Eliot Spitzer

Eliot Spitzer article.
"The tawdry nature of his current troubles — to be caught on tape arranging a hotel-room liaison with a high-priced call girl, according to law enforcement officials — shocked even his harshest critics..."

Using a call girl? This "tawdry" beyond everybody's imagination? Wow.

I never fail to be amazed at what the American public will forgive, and what they won't. They will forgive war profiteering and massive fraud, but if they found out you've slept with somebody outside marriage: bang, down you go.

Spitzer said:
"I cannot allow for my private failings to disrupt the people's work," Spitzer said at a news conference in New York City. "Over the course of my public life, I have insisted — I believe correctly — that people take responsibility for their conduct. I can and will ask no less of myself. For this reason, I am resigning from the office of governor."

... I notice, though, that he only did so after being found out...