Good Point by James Young

From SO:

"Hmmmm. Perhaps. But if the interests of justice are truly to be served, one might be inclined to demand a gubernatorial pardon for each and every madam, prostitute, and john prosecuted by Spitzer during his tenure in his various offices.

Anyone sitting in prison or with a criminal record because of Spitzer's actions seems to me to be entitled to demand it as a matter of simple justice."

Or give Spitzer the same time as the longest prison sentence he secured for anyone else in a similar situation.

This Spitzer situation actually tops Tom Davis when he voted to impeach Bill Clinton for having an affair- while Tom was "mentoring" a certain State Delegate.

Comments

[Ann]

With overcrowded prisons, why are we incarcerating prostitutes, pimps, etc., anyway? Unless there's a slave trade angle, which merits lengthy jail time, these offenses should be payable by a "stiff" fine.

[Bruce]

Bill Clinton was not impeached for having an affair. He was impeached for lying under oath to a grand jury. He also had his law license revoked by the Arkansas Bar. By the way, his 'affair' was with a subordinate - a classic definition of on-the-job sexual harassment even when consensual.

Tom Davis has never been accused of a crime. Such comparisons are beneath you.

Bill Clinton was having an affair with a White House employee - she was an intern! He was her boss and employer.

[Not Ben]

I heard that in celebration of Spitzer's fall from grace, Larry Craig sucked off David Vitter. True?

Legalize prostitution and tax it!

[M.D.]

Once again, Mr. Tribbett, you get lost in the sophistry rather than the fact, that Bill Clinton was not impeached because he had an affair. While horrible for any public leader to engage in that behavior, his impeachment was because as a Commander In Chief, he lied under oath, committing perjury.

Consequently, he was stripped of his law license and banned from practicing in front of the Supreme Court.

So, your Tom Davis, Bill Clinton analogy is FLAWED...Nice try though.

I find it funny how all Clinton fans try to rationalize his actions by saying that every man does it, and its nothing new... but Republicans did not impeach because of that...it was because he lied...something Liberals do quite well...

[John]

I have a personal story about Tom Davis that forever affects my judgement of him. When he first became Chair of House Oversight (was Government Reform at the time), I met with him to encourage him to continue Dan Burton legislative attacks on Bush's Executive Order 13233 (which deals with the release of Presidential Records). Davis told me to my face that he disagreed with the President's EO and was going to strongly continue the legislative push against it. After the meeting, and before he brought up a bill to revoke the EO, the House leadership somehow got to him (I'm sure at the behest of Bush) and Davis decided to drop the issue. Another classic example of how he valued his pull within the GOP operation over his view of the issues. When I next saw him and asked him about the status of revoking the EO, he lied to my face and denied that he ever intended to move legislation on the issue. What a coward.

Can someone explain the Tom Davis/State Delegate reference?

This is just the reason that we do not need the Clinton's back running our nation. They are a disaster!

[Mike Rothfeld]

Well, it seems Tom Davis was enjoying a woman married to another man with young children in their home. Multiple victims, including minors, and, in that way, far worse than Clinton.

Seems right that those who make laws should be subject to a more rigorous standard than those who only live under them ... and those who "enforce" laws, to the full measure of the law as they applied it.

Spitzer is in a class unto himself.

Well maybe the punk prosecutor in Raleigh, NC is in that class, too.

[Me]

If you're insisting it for Spitzer for engaging in activity with a prostitute then you have to insist for the same for Vitter.

I think the charges for Spitzer which will ultimately stick (and more appropriately so) will have more to do with the large cash withdrawls to pay for the prostitute rather than the actual acts of engaging in activity with the prostitute

[John]

By the way, Spitzer is going to resign at 11:30. One less Hillary superdelegate! (The Lt. Gov. is already a Hillary superdelegate as a DNC member, so this is a loss of one).

[Not Geraldine Ferraro]

This never would have happened if Spitzer was black! They never get prosecuted or sent to jail!

[John]

LMAO!! Very good one NGF!

[Donkey Breath]

So the Democratic Governor pays a large amount of money to have hot stranger sex for 2 hours in a private hotel room. The Republican Senator pays nothing to attempt to get quickie stranger sex in public bathroom.

Once again, Republicans trying to get something for nothing. At least Democrats pay their own way, and get better service.

I know which one I'd rather have running the Governement??

[Fan of Integrity]

I wondered why last night on MSNBC there was sympathy for Spitzer's Harvard educated wife and respect that she was still standing up there and by him - YET - when Hillary stood by her man for much much less of a transgression, she was said to have character flaws.

I really don't get that.

[Pete in Williamsburg]

Bunch of GOP wishful revisionist history as usual. Bill Clinton was not impeached for lying to a grand jury, he was impeached for being Bill Clinton. He whipped the GOP time after time and they invested tens of millions to get him anyway they could. Eventually, our tax dollars funded $40M worth of fishing just to come up with lying about a sexual affair. Shreik all you want about the sanctity of the oval office and the cigars. Ultimately, it was an impeachment "offense" that was 5% real issue and 95% GOP salesmanship.

[James Young]

See what you get, Ben, for saying something nice about me? ;-)

[novamiddleman]

It just goes to show that with partisan blinders on you can make anything political

[Social Conservative]

No doubt that many who led the charge in the "impeachment" of Bill Clinton were motivated by hatred for the man. That said, the guy provided plenty of material for his haters to work with. No one in that mess should get a free pass, not Clinton, not Gingrich, not anyone.

We would be so much better off if the whole Clinton family would just disappear from the American landscape, go live in Europe or something.

Spitzer violated his vows first and foremost; violated his children's trust; violated local and state laws; and violated federal laws.

His resignation is the least he can do.

http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/samgrahamfelsen/gGBTXr

[charlie]

Sic Semper tyrannis

[Grapes]

Jimboooooooooooo Young!!!

Once again, Jimbo has sex on the brain.

Did we impeach Bill Clinton for having an affair?

I must have missed that.

Anon 6:26 not sure how you missed it because yes we did impeach Bill Clinton