New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has informed his most senior administration officials that he had been “involved in a prostitution ring.” Announcement “coming” soon.
While we wait: what does it mean “involved” in a prostitution ring mean? Please say fluffer. Can’t wait to hear what best friend Jim Cramer has to say about this one.
Disappointing update: The Times is now saying he was a client, and not a pimp.
Not disappointing update: This all took place in Washington.
More: CNN keeps running stock footage of Spitzer in what looks like a hotel conference room with an ear-to-ear smile on his face, not unlike the smile we assume he had before diving into his paid for pussy. (Ed’s Note. That sounds so dirty! When in Rome, I guess.)
Still Haven’t Heard From Him: In the meantime, the illegal coitus might’veall went down via escort service Emperors [sic] Club VIP, which investigators broke up last week, though the Spitz’orSwallows Administration hasn’t yet said if there’s a connection. If it is, holy Christ—the club charges up to $5,500 an hour. Not $500, $5,500. For one hour. What kind of value-added services must be provided to justify that fee? I’m looking for actual answers here.
41 minutes late and counting: Last year, I attended a talk at the 92nd Street Y with Spitzer blood brother, Jim Cramer. He kept talking about “what a knockout” Eliot’s wife, Silda, is.
Hmm: I wonder what Eliot’s thinking about right now.
Additionally: The Gov. is expected to resign. Pussy.
Electronic Paper Trails: This is why, when you’re making arrangements to have sex with a hooker, you don’t use your fucking cell phone. Amateur!
Maybe now, I won’t be the only one obsessively chronicling his every move: Charlie Gasparino’s comment on the matter– “I think prostitution should be legal.”
Spitzer says: “I’m sorry” and “I will report back in short order.” So I guess he’s got more to say? Just got to tie up a few loose ends? See what the reaction was to the initial comments?
Um: While we hang around waiting for Part II, Spitz kind of sounded like a cocky asshole just now, didn’t he? Not quite sure how to feel about this—on the one hand, I want to hear you groveling, bitch. On the other—way to own it.
Weak: Eliot was apparently referred to as “Client 9″ by the staff at the Emperors [sic] Club VIP. I think we all know you guys can come up with a better nickname than that.
Awk: As noted by Fox Business guest and Brickhouse Security (distributor of the Semen Detector) CEO, Todd Morris, February 13, the night the tryst took place, is the most popular day of the year to cheat on your spouse.
Let’s Get To The Bottom Of This: From The Smoking Gun filing that went up on Friday, after investigators busted the Emperors [sic] Club VIP, before the Spitz connection came in to play, prostitute Kristen, referring to “Client-9,” i.e. Big E: “He would ask you to do things that, like, you might not think were safe—you know—I mean that…very basic things.” Alright, what are we talking about here? What’s something that’s not kinky but also not safe? So far the only thing we can figure is anal sans condom. “Basic,” but probably not something you’d want to do with a hooker. I’ll put up a poll shortly. Get thinking.
Good question: CNBC’s Melissa Francis asks, “Does this sound like a typical [prostitute] situation?” What is a “typical [prostitute] situation”? I expect Warren Buffett to offer some remarks shortly. (Like he doesn’t have any thoughts on the matter.)
I agree: “To say there was literally a ring of prostitutes for me to sample like an endless buffet, is absurd. It was never more than two or three girls at a time. So by my calculations that makes it, at most, a prostitution prism.”
NittyGritty: Obviously, overall, Wall Street is happy about the news. One trader told Bob Pisani it means “there is a God.” But we want more individualized, firm-specific responses. Like, Merrill Lynch was one of SpitorSwallows first targets. Are they happier about the revelations that the erstwhile Attorney General fucked a hooker than, say, Lehman? What does Bridgewater think of this? The virgins at RenTec? Is everyone at SAC all like, “Not interested”? “Wake us when the transgendered aspect comes into play”? We’re realists– we don’t expect official statements to be issued, but we still expect you to let us know.
The real question is……who are Clients 1-8 (and 10-50)? As previously stated, “There is a God” was the first thought on Wall Street. The next thought is, “Please don’t let it be revealed that I’m Lucky Number 7.” You know I’m right. But I’m also in the dark re: naming names. Clearly 1, 2, and 3 aren’t going to turn themselves in, though Hudso—I MEAN NUMBER 4 would probably want to brag about this kind of thing. It’s share-time, people.
Spitzer Is Linked to Prostitution Ring [NYT]
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oh and the waves of laughter booming across the trading floor as the headline pops up on bloomberg. oh dear. we needed this to lighten up the day.
oh and the waves of laughter booming across the trading floor as the headline pops up on bloomberg. oh dear. we needed this to lighten up the day.
Spitzenfreude.
The only thing that would be better would be if it were Seth Tobias’s prostitution ring.
i didn’t think the fucker had it in him
Here is a collection of trader comments for those not fortunate enough to be on trader runs . . . bitches:
FIRST QUESTION….WAS HE THE HOOKER OR THE HOOKEE
and the world gets stranger every day . . .
Eliot Solicitser
that was clearly the only positive news of the day
cant make this stuff up!
Bayliss’ hair allegedly involved in the Emperors HAIR club
THIS REALLY MESSES UP NY AUCTION RATE SECURITIES
– Dave Chappelle
Didn’t think our floor could get that loud.
Crash and burn little man.
Bess you need to liveblog this shit.
so that’s where he spent that Enron settlement money on.
Please throw that asshole in jail.
Let this be a lesson…don’t sh!t where you fuk
Elliot Clitzer
Couldn’t have happened to a nicer man.
Let me just say as Libertarian and a Level III Dungeon Master, the fact that a hard working man can’t get his knob jobbed on his own dime any more is perverse. I’ll have you know that many a founding father was a known fish monger and ole Grandpa Lightning himself, Ben Franklin, famously went’a whoring in London. So if the “steam roller” can’t pay for a fucking Cleavland Steamer, then I don’t know what we beat the damn commies for anymore. What two consenting adults, dressed as hobbits, do in the privacy of their own port authority bathroom stall is none of the governments business.
Only way this gets better is if Obama was caught in the same room servicing a tranny.
Spitzer bears an uncanny resemblance to Karl from Sling Blade.
I like French-fried taters.
Wow.. I wasn’t paying attention to the bloomy/reuters screens when I heard a roar of laughter and everyone saying turn up the TV… Wow… Dick Grasso must be having a good laugh now!
-mrp
As a client was he serviced by boys or girls (or both)?
Mr. Clean, not so clean after all. If you weren’t so busy dicking over Wall St. all those years maybe some brokers would have hook you up with a few strip clubs. Too bad.
who’s the lieutenant governor? we can all breathe a sigh of relief that young eliot will crawl back into the cave from which he came and won’t be president (at least of this great nation)! and I agree, bess you need to live blog this – can’t you get someone up to albany, perhaps a road correspondent?
At least those Dems like girls… unlike that *other* party. How is Larry Craig anyway?
I hear spit ‘s a prick
ahem
What an amazing story!!!
correction, he’s in manhattan and will issue a statement from his office here. bess, tell carney you need a car to get down there for a live blogging session. I heard grasso is ordering a round for everyone at cipriani on wall street…
when the bear is hungry – it will eat
Bloomberg couldn’t have orchestrated this shit better if he drew it up himself.
Apparently girls-cuz he was taking advantage of a membership in the “Emperors Club”.
This is the greatest story!!
What I don’t get is why this asshole was paying for sex. As I said before he has some hot daughters. Why go elsewhere for poo-c?
2:47–um,because fucking your children is worse than fucking a prostitute?
@2:47 That where you get your sex?
http://www.nypost.com/seven/03102008/news/regionalnews/spitzer_linked_to_prostitution_ring__rep_101299.htm
“The johns paid as much as $50,000 for a weekend with a prostitute and had the option of purchasing a “buy out” of their favorite girls, which allowed them to book trysts directly with the hookers, Manhattan federal prosecutors said.”
Convertible bondage?
Nice.
He must have some major addictions to ruin his career. Wonder what the wife looks like.
Bess is right – what do you get for $5500 an hour? Seriously, could somone elaborate on what the service is besides the personal touch.
it is a victimless crime… go ask Clinton, he’ll tell ya…
oh snaps – the gov’t has text msgs from spitzer to set up a “meeting” (didn’t a mayor in georgia have this happen to him?). unbelievable – if he used a government issued phone, I fully expect to see the msgs as well as a full on criminal prosectution! tell dennis k to get ready for a new cell mate.
In other news, Bear Stearns is trading at 63 bucks… oh so close to being down 1000 dollars from May of 2007.
I would think part of the reason you’re paying that price is to be guaranteed discretion. Oops… guess not.
typo… down 100 dollars from May 2007
From the CNBC pics of his swearing in ceremony, I’d say the wife looks pretty good.
is this story not dealbreaker’s wet dream
Its Silda, not Shiva…
Did anyone else catch them saying that the Emperor’s Club also offered investment advice?? Not kidding.
$5,500 an hour isn’t that much. Haven’t you people ever been to scores? That sounds about right to me for attractive specimens.
@Drederick
Just 14 short months ago Bear was trading around $180.
It’s great to have a laugh at all this, but will it really knock him out of Albany? Doubt it.
Goddamned Skeletor-looking-motherfucker…
@golden girl: yes, I saw it too: introduction to models and investment advice, c’mon – are they kidding. probably needed it for billing purposes. this is pure gold. what could he possibly say? second question: why did it take the new york sun to break this nugget?
@2:51
have you seen his daughters?? If you don’t know what you are talking about then keep your piehole shut.
That 14 year old has some major boobage. I bet she has a kitty-cat to match.
Lowly Assistant, the guy is done. Bloomberg can take him out in either the primary or the general. He won’t stick around though, he’ll resign, the democratic party will tell him to the get the fuck out of office before he blows the election for them.
Investor Cluzo – I’m imagining something like this photo
http://www.nbc10.com/news/15301971/detail.html
Except replace the sushi with a laptop opened up to Microsoft Excel.
Did Gasparino just say: “I think prostitution should be legal”????
He’s my hero. Hey DB, I need an address so I can send him a cut-off t-shirt that says “Worlds Greatest _______ “
My favorite part of this coverage so far is Charlie Gasparino declaring “I think prostitution should be legal”.
@ lowly assistant: spitz has the approval rating of a tree stump. he has no choice but to resign. not to mention, if this was done using government resources (ie. gov’t car to alleged meeting), he’s looking at jail time. what is hilary going to do about this? more info here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/10/emperors-club-all-about-_n_90768.html
Spitzer resigning as governator, er governor, wow way to go champ, wayyyy to go
What’s the big deal?
@ 2:47 and 2:51 – good luck with the kiddie porn and get the fuck off this site!
did you just hear that ‘effing apology? is he kidding? he’s going to “return in short order.” pluh-ezeee! just get the f out, now! gasparino is loving this this $hit…he audibly laughing.
@3:12
If their twats bleed on their own it’s hardly kiddie porn. It is more a statutory thing. Where have you been?
OMG. Some douchebag supporter of his on NBC says ‘He was just a john. The prostitution group may be laundering money or evading taxes but he is just a customer, nothing more.’
REALLY? So its just if you are an highly paid executive that you are responsible for anything and everything that happens in the firm.
But if you are Elliot Spitzer, then you can go and screw money-laundering tax-evading prostitute ring run by the Gambino family – but it is ok. Bravo!
I love how Spitzer busts Wall Streeters for jay-walking, but then this is a “private matter.”
NYT is reporting he appeared on CNBC at 7am the day after “Client 9″ was reported to have arranged “a meeting” down in DC.
He’s probably waiting to get the wife at his side, like McGreevy. Remember the first post-Monica sunday on the way to church photo op? Clinton had wife and chels at his side, plus was carrying the biggest bible you’ve ever seen.
VALENTINE’S DAY!!!
the emperor lost his pants and now has no clothes.
Self righteous prick had his wife at his side while he told the world he was going to “redirect” himself towards her. If i was his wife i would have slugged him on camera.
Self righteous prick had his wife at his side while he told the world he was going to “redirect” himself towards her. If i was his wife i would have slugged him on camera.
I call top bunk!
Mark my word…he ain’t going without a fight. I’d be very surprised if he leaves over a few spanks, whistles, titty twisters. He’ll turn it around as a “private” matter between he and his wife. He’ll spin the shit out of the entire deal, and end up blaming it on the stress of Iraq, or something equally preposterous.
-my opinion, hope I’m wrong.
@3:30pm
If you were his wife you would be looking pretty silly right now. If your husband was paying $5500 an hour for sex what does that say about the quality of your vagina? Don’t fret sweetheart, medical science has made some advances in rejuvenating your clam.
Rich NY asshole spoiled brat
@3:32 Agree with you there: he’s no goin so fast. People like him (see 3:34) have very big egos.
ummm….why does a NY Governor on a trip to DC have that much cash with him? Where did it come from? Who provided the intro to these hookers?
And, what wife would stay with a man who pays that much to some hooker? I see indictments, divorces and irs questions all looming for the guv’nor!
Considering there are so many slutty women who would do this for free, how sad he had to pay!
So many questions, so few answers.
WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND!!!!!
HOW STUPID CAN HE BE…USING ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS JUST LIKE THE TARGETS OF HIS INVESTIGATIONS ON WALL STREET!
MAYBE WE SHOULD GIVE HIM A REFRESHER COURSE IN WALL STREET ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS POLICY…IF YOU WOULDN’T WANT IT ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE TIMES THEN DO NOT SEND IT ELECTRONICALLY!
LOLOLOL…I WILL BE SMILING ALL THE WAY HOME TODAY…THANK YOU ELLIOT SPITZER FINALLY SOMETHING YOU HAVE DONE WILL PUT A SMILE ON MY FACE!
Bye, bye this old monoline,
Spitz parked his chevy in the levy -
While apparently high.
Now Ambac is stuck drinking moonshine and rye,
Singing this will be the day that I die.
This will be the day that I die.
Charlie Gasparino is a Bensonhurst bred Bufoon…someone needs to get him off the air it is embarassing for CNBC.
“I think prostitution should be legal”
He should be wearing a wife beater on camera instead of a suit.
What an assclown this guy is. Honestly the guy had to pay that much for vag, how bush league (no pun intended)
The Depression is near…its like the roaring 20′s all over again.
Sex, Scandals, Booze, Real Estate Crisis, Banks caught with their pants down after buying Brokerages they do not know how to manage.
This has all them makings for quite the implosion…look at the history you can see where we are headed!
@Anal_yst:
Oh yeah analyst? How much did you pay for the chick at Scores you fucked in the champagne room. Have some fucking self awareness, what does that say about you? Ahem?
I’m going to start a website: spitzermustgo.com, I’ll be “soliciting” funds to hire legal representation for the people of new york who want to get that john out of albany.
@golden girl: the picture is indeed priceless.
finally, as far as “ideas” matter: I’ve got a good one for eliot – just leave peacefully before we have you taken out in cuffs. how about that – client 9 gets his own perp walk…
@3:40pm
Did you wake up today and decided your kneecaps were obsolete? Don’t speak ill of those that can kick your ass.
Yes because believing that prostitution should be legal is such a rare position. No decent people think that the government has no business policing morals, it’s just those outer borough yokels!
Ding dong the witch is dead! Serves the bastard right. The big question is who is going to be able to buy rounds tonight. SOO many people will be trying to buy rounds. Also, don’t expect anyone to show up to work tomorrow
This story reminds me of the joke that Bob Eubanks is infamous for telling: You know why Jewish girls don’t get AIDS?
I doubt seriously that the people here are the ones paying parting with thousands of $ at Scores.
Charlie Gasparino is a Bensonhurst bred Bufoon…someone needs to get him off the air it is embarassing for CNBC.
“I think prostitution should be legal”
He should be wearing a wife beater on camera instead of a suit.
Hopefully it’ll be the feds and not Cuomo investigating Spitzer. Cuomo is Spitzer’s pet monkey.
I suspect the proud citizens of NY paid for Spitzer’s cellphone, the hotel room, the security who looked the other way, etc., making this not just a private matter.
I also have a nagging suspicion that a customer wouldn’t be called “Client #9″ on his first exchange!! There’s plenty more still to come.
i’m glad so many people caught Gasparino’s personal confession. CNBC BIO – When he’s not yelling down other guests and talking about all of his ‘wall street sources’ Charlie Gasparino likes to frequent pay-by-hour motels.
@3:48
Ha, I don’t know a first year analyst that doesn’t go to “Scores” of course by score I’m revering generically to all strip clubs. Though anal_yst did actually fuck a chick at Scores proper.
It’s a general rule that the more self-righteous an individual is, the more he or she has hiding in their closet.
This story is pretty awesome. The first thing I thought when I heard it is that it would keep Dealbreaker busy for weeks.
Bess, I want you to take this story and run with it. Run like the wind.
- Erin Burnett’s Booty Call
Now all we need is another big hedge fund blow-up this week.
Maybe this whole thingwas funded by an L.P. “Client 9 Partners, L.P.”
this just in: “kristen” collected $4,300 from client 9 – he’s done. spitzer got upsold at the d.c. hotel by the pro! omg…what a chump. can you make this stuff up? I think not.
Dungeon: You need to get out more. I’ve never been to Scores, or “scores” either for that matter. GAnalYst
My need to party with Anal_yst next week when I’m in the city just increased dramatically.
-Nominate me
All I can hope is that is goes to trial and Dick Grasso gets selected for Jury Duty.
Of course prostitution should be legal. It would be better for all participants if it was legal. However, the legality of prostiution is NOT the issue. The issue is how some “holier than thou” ass-hole preaching about the evils of prositution(amongst other things) gets caught on a federal wire tap as client #9.
He is just one of those guys that thinks he will never get caught because he smarter than the rest of us…..
You guys – all of you: Spitz and also Anal, Dungeon, Nominate – should consider going gay. I guarantee, it greatly simplifies sex and the pursuit thereof. GAnalYst
Story of the year so far. Outstanding reporting by Bess.
god you cant even depend on a troll to be a good husband anymore. Poor wife, she was profiled in Vigue not too long ago in one of those “she has it all” articles. She must be utterly mortified. What an asshole.
Will there be more names? This ring, if it includes massive $ and the likes of the Gov., is bound to include a few familiar faces.
Guesses anybody?
-Nominate me
@girl:
Look girl, when you’re a guy and you bring $500 mil to the table in a marriage you should be able to fuck whom ever and whatever you want. Any chicks worth $500mn that want to marry me and bang male prostitutes on the side are more than welcome.
You can reach me at my weekly D&D game, ask for Meagus High Wizard of Alfazan.
@4:03 See 3:46:31
Now, Gasperino just endorsed legalizing weed (well compared to prostitution and victim less crime).
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0310082spitzer1.html
Four hr appt that lasted less than two. “He would ask you to do things that…you might not think were safe…very basic things.” Awesome.
Thank you girl. To trot her to the press conference like that…. what a shmuck.
There was an article about them in Vanity Fair (january i think). In VF they also made it sound like he was very lucky that she married him. She was as accomplished as he was but actually had personal skill sets that made her invaluable to him.
Does this mean Mrs Spitzer will be running for the Senate in Arkansas?
E-Dawg would probably ask her to crack his ribs and crawl into the dungeon of doom, where she was forced to kill little kittens, drink gasoline, and perform demonic tunes using a glass harmonica.
On the other hand, he probably paid her to paint his toe nails, hike up his stockings, offer help with getting into those high heels, and walk to the nearest TGIFridays for an onion blossom.
The world is on fire.
if only the emperor’s club had been in charge of underwriting mortgages (mozillo, take note)…they wouldn’t let spitz get his groove on until he came up with more cash because his store “credit” wasn’t enough to cover the business at hand…
What will Hillary have to say about this???
Things that make you go Hmmmmmmmmmm….
His wife’s not that bad. I’d do her, if that makes her feel any better. But she has that frigid look to her. So I don’t blame the guy.
- EBBC
@ Dungeon Master, well you just called yourself out as a potential whore for hire, and a loser who is obsessed with video games, so good luck with that.
Regardless, as Ari Gold so brilliantly put, marriage is about “agreeing to suffer through monogamy together.” Having all the money in the world doesn’t exempt you from this rule, so if you’re too pussy to follow through you simply shouldn’t propose in the first place. Then he can fuck whores all he wants but not while a beautiful smart woman is squandered on his idiocy.
To girl@4:17:
“Beautiful smart women” like Hillary?
Tee-hee-hee.
One client can do it twice in 1hr and no dinner….recessions hurt
Please do not resign. Yet.
@girl:
ahem, D&D is a live action role playing game. Not some lame computer game. Some very prominent people in the media participate in mastery of this sacred past time (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120486500666119109.html). Editors of some of the worlds most popular blogs…. Jesus what kind of loser do you think I am?
Oh, this is beautiful. Just the thing to liven up the week. For those of you out there suffering “career turmoil,” this think of Smilin’ Elliot Spitzer!
Please, Lord Jesus, don’t let him resign yet. Let him somehow get the idea that he can survive this and that he should drag this out as long as possible. Because that would be awesome.
This was his first time, your honor, give him a break.
-You mean his first time on tape, right.
Spitzer steam rolling that pussy for 5.5 g’s a night. “She’s my diamond girrrrl”
I agree. Gots to be anal sans condom. basic but def not safe with a hooker, no matter how high-priced.
Wikipedia is already updated. Wow, some people have wayy too much time on their hands (i kid, obviously)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot_Spitzer#Involvement_with_a_prostitution_ring
@ Dungeon Master
haha well played- although that doesn’t really make you normal, just part of a wider subset of dorks as far as i can tell
Btw Dungeon Master
With regards to your accusations that I’ve solicited scores girl, I take the fif (besides I’m more a fan of the PEC, butt i digress…)
anybody think Spitzer will resign, then run for office next year as “Client 9 In ’09!”
Ironic he prosecuted all prostitutes on wall street and winds up getting busted in bed with a prostitute of his own kind.
By the way notice the complaint says he asked her to do things that “may not have been safe”…Anal for sure ..condom questionable or maybe he is into watersports…who knows.
4:42 – True. Or could involve a second woman a la 2 Girls 1 Cup?
I’m going to be the first on urban dictionary to book the phrase “giving a Spitzer”
@4:42 Anything that involved a cup? Now who wants some hot fudge? Or corn? On the cob! Or peanuts? Chocolate covered!
the legal beagles out there have pointed to the fact that spitz has “allegedly” violated a federal law called the “man act”. even more ironic that young eliot was big on finding obscure laws to bring down the i-banks, now he could be facing his own federal prosecution.
@4:24: you’re absolutely correct, this could be played out for weeks/months in the ny post upping sales numbers single handly bringing us out of recession!
@ 4:46 pm i think John Mayer already did that after he gave Jessica Simpson a “spitzer”.
The Times website has the federal complaint and the wiretap affidavit. Spitzer was apparently caught when he put a call into the service because the feds had shortly before put a wiretap on the service’s line.
Spitzer made arrangements for a woman to be available for him in Washington, D.C., and the service complied. The feds were overjoyed, because that meant they caught the service transporting a woman across state lines for the purposes of prostitution, making the group guilty of that old standby, the federal Mann Act.
Spitzer, though not named, is the star of the first portion of the federal complaint, which means the feds have got the goods on him. Tape recording of the call, proof of the woman’s transport, proof of what transpired at the out-of-state hotel meeting. I’m sure the feds crossed their t’s and dotted their i’s with this one … seeing how it was the New York Democratic GOVERNOR and control of the legislature in Albany is up for grabs.
What an all-round idiot.
I agree with Girl. I don’t care if you have $500 million, if you’re married, you’re expected to be faithful to your wife, or be prepared to lose a hunk of your fortune and go it alone. And what the hell was he doing in politics, with enemies like he has and habits like this? Weird. He makes Bill Clinton seem wholesome.
@ girl:
Girl, I know you’re a bright chick. Keep digging baby, am I really into RPG (that’s role playing games, for the initiated) or am I just lampooning to the editor of a popular new media outlet as a poon chasing basement goblin?
All in good fun of course, Cohn Jarney is a level one Magi with an advanced degree in conjuring from the Wizards Institute of Technorsory (WIT) he’ll fuck you up.
On the reals though this scandal is great news for Barack Obama the debate about whether Spitzer can survive this will only draw comparisons to Billy C. However, Pennsylvania so so far away HRC has plenty of time to recover.
Anyone who thinks live-action D&D is less dorky than online/video role-playing has obviously never witnessed a LARP D&D session, not that I’m judging.
@girl, re: “loser who is obsessed with video games”
People like you are why online video game chatrooms are breeding grounds for misogynistic and homo-phobic teens. Comments like that are how they learn to hate you. Thanks for contributing to your own repression.
@ anal_yst:
Accusations my ass.
You fucking posted the shit in the comments on this site yourself. Don’t make me track it down and put a link in. The hilarious thing is that you make fun of Spitzer for having to pay for it when you essentially do the same shit. Now I personally don’t give a shit but again, self awareness. Its about as funny as Bush telling Turkey to “invade Iraq, achieve clearly defined objectives, and then get out” SELF AWARENESS PEOPLE!
Dungeon master, wtf are you talking about? I’ve never even been to Scores (either of them)?
I have, however, been to the Penthouse club, where I was treated and did not spend a dime.
In hindsight I should have prolly just let you run your mouth, but I’m not really worried about “street cred” here.
Disclaimer: I may or may not have, or currently may or may not be romantically involved with a woman/women who at one time may/may not have been employed by scores and/or similar establishments.
@dung master
anal_yst’s comments are clearly hearsay and nothing more. The Guv’nor’s actions are documented in a, shall we say, a federal probe of, ummm, matters?
Well I’m too lazy to go back and look but I could have sworn it was you. Maybe I’m conflating you and some other commenter. There was something about him being afraid of giving his girl friend the clap, from what I remember.
Anyway, whatever, you now have my permission to make fun of Spitzer.
@ Dungeon Master
I got the joke the first time around, I’m just messing
@ Master of None-
wait vieo gae chat rooms exist? That’s so GAY
@girl
How else would 80 elves, dwarves, and humans scattered across the globe coordinate strategy to defeat the dragon?
Tip of the fucking iceberg, my friend.
@ anal_yst – you’re so annoying. you post 800 times on every single story. shut the F up.
I can’t believe I didn’t come (cum?) straight to Dealbreaker when I saw this on the front page of the Times. My first intuition was that Fox News was the appropriate place to go for coverage of the sordid details.
But this is clearly the story that Bess Levin was born to report. Kudos.
WOW. I knew I hated finance idiots, but this fake-tan-super loser bloger is beyond pathetic. I spewed food all over my keyboard laughing when I msaw his ridiculous face.
And WHY are you so pissed off about the fact that the criminals among you got caught and prosecuted??? Too good for “the law”???
BTW, this has ZERO to do with Spitzer. I could care less about him personally or politically. This is purely to point out the absurdity of financial idiots like this BAFFOON!
I believe 7:14 actually mistook Mozillo for Bess Levin.
Wow. Baffoon, indeed.
Yet you choose not to address the substance of the charge…
My sister spent several years of her life as an attorney defending insurance companies Spitzer went after when he was NY Attorney General. She believes that it was no random occurrence that Spitzer got caught on a federal wiretap. She said Spitzer had too many mortal enemies (insurance companies, Wall Street, Senator Bruno, just for starters) and that someone in the know (state trooper? close political aide?) had an agenda and let the feds know that Spitzer was a regular client with this particular service.
The feds may have become familiar with Spitzer’s pattern, put their ducks in a row, and bided their time for the wiretap application. It was publicly announced Spitzer was traveling to Washington, D.C. to testify before Congress on the monoline insurance crisis. The feds may have known from their informant that out-of-town travel meant a Spitzer call for a prostitute to be arranged. The wiretap on the prostitution service got authorized in time, and snap! the feds caught Spitzer, without the FBI having to explain to a federal judge how they were investigating the governor of NY on suspicion of engaging in prostitution, which is the kind of politically-tinged investigation federal judges usually frown upon.
This also means a panic among the gubernatorial appointees who are running many New York state agencies. If their patron goes, so does their jobs. The state insurance commissioner has got to be feeling the heat, as well as the state banking commissioner. Aren’t they alumni of Spitzer’s AG operation?
I’m not a proponent of ruining men for consensual sexual behavior, but Spitzer’s pride caused his downfall more than his libido.
Time for Spitzer to do himself what he’s been paying others to do – fall on his sword.
I heard they used the homeless killings as a cover to get a wiretap.
- I really miss The Wire
guest @ 7:14
ahahahahaha you fucking moron! at least us finance idiots know who that super tan man is.
Master of None
” CHIMP “
After reading the transcript of the wire tap, all I can say is, Elliot better get himself one helluva a lawyer because they have him cold not just on violating the Mann Act bit on conspiracy, and since the “steam roller” established “credit” they now have his balls in the vice of one of THE worst federal charges- “furthering a conspiracy”.
TOAST!! He better hope to hell someone like Fitzgerald isn’t prosecuting this because if its Fitzy, he’s gonna do some time.
Flh High
I fucked Eliot Spitzer! Who wants some of his semen?
-Bear Stearns FICC Department
Ok, lets see if we can get some things down…
1. 140+ comments, that might be a record, no?
2. I imagine of said 140+ comments that maybe 30-50 people tops accounted for most, if not all of them.
3. Where the hell do all these randoms come from?
4. love it, LOVE it when non-finance types come here to rain on the parade, kind of like one of us going to some hippy tree-hugger anti-capitalistic site and taking them to school…well actually nothing like that now that i think about it, but whatever
5. Bess, when are you going to make it to CNBC?
6. is db still having registration problems that a bunch of people are just citing themselves instead of logging in?
he’s obviously a deranged human being — not for hiring a hooker, but for prosecuting prostution rings and then giving them money for a hooker.
just reading through the discussion – are you for real that prostitution in the US or in NY is illegal?
how astonishingly antediluvian.
jaysus you lot over there are weird
I smell a Pulitzer for Ms. Levin!
Elly-ot… Phone home! Ohhh line’s busy??? Maybe Silda’s busy talking to a matrimonial litigator…
the comments in here about spitzer’s daughters are truly disturbing. whoever made them clearly has no moral standing to make any judgment about anybody else. this story is about the governor’s misdeeds – leave his poor family out of it.
Hey moral guy @11:19, he didn’t exactly leave anyone’s family out of it. And plus while he was terrorizing everyone, his wife clearly never thought it necessary to counsel him. Instead she was soaking up all the glory.
All is fair game now!
While I’m as happy about this as everyone else, I don’t understand why everyone is saying “he had to pay for vag?” as if it’s surprising. High-profile people like that have to use prostitutes because they’ll keep their mouths shut – their livelihood is based on their ability to be discreet. If he just banged some hot college chick, who’s to say she wouldn’t try to blackmail him or something? I’m sure plenty of cute starfuckers would sleep with him just because he’s famous, but that would be foolish on his part. About as foolish as leaving the same trails he criticized his former defendants for leaving…
No one’s talking about the other side of the story: while Spitzer was doing the deed, Tom Suozzi just sat there and watched.
http://dealbreaker.com/2008/03/pirate_capital_founders_betrot.php
KEEP THIS ONE GOING I FREAKING LOVE IT
Elliot, remember the Insurance Business you ripped apart about two or three years ago? “WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND”…………………
SUCKS DON’T IT
@March 10 10:34 – are you having trouble sitting down this morning dude ?
I know it has been several weeks past and Spitzer is old news, but i just happened on this site by accident.
Well guys, remeber his famous lines when he was grandstanding and crucifying various insurance companies and brokers ? (and Mutual Fund companies!)
‘NEVER WRITE WHEN YOU CAN TALK. NEVER TALK WHEN YOU CAN NOD; AND NEVER PUT ANYTHING IN AN E-MAIL…….’
He should amend this with ‘AND ALWAYS CHECK THE PHONES FOR WIRETAP !’ I said the same as some of you : there is a GOD ! The amount of monies emplyees (Including I) lost in 401K holdings and pensions, because of his grandstanding, this was one of the sweetest revange anybody could wish for.
As for why he had to pay for sex ? I am surprised at all of you : PAYING SOMEONE FOR SERVICES OF THIS SORT IS THE ULTIMATE CONTROL… AND THIS GUY WAS ONE CONTROL FREAK !( THIS IS A FEMALE GUEST COMMENT)