Comments on: Political Prostitution

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:28:58 +0000

And let’s not forget male prostitutes, which work just as hard for the money, but who have been given short shrift in this post.

Clumpy, don’t you know that what the world needs right now is a steady diet of moral hectoring to keep ‘em on the straight and narrow? It’s an imperfect solution, but until the state has the power to legislate morality, it’s the best we can do.

By: Clumpy

Clumpy — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:32:58 +0000

Uh, Connor, we might not hear about the morality of the issue because that isn’t news – it’s opinion. It’s something about which we already have the knowledge and perspective to reason and judge for ourselves. A “prostitution is wrong” story wouldn’t be news, though I think most of us would agree with the statement.

The political implications, though, are news because many of us don’t know what is going to happen. Insomuch as the moral issue can be addressed (such as the many mainstream media articles mentioning Spitzer’s loss of “moral authority”), I feel that they have. I agree with your perspective that we are tolerating certain immoralities in society, but you may be applying your beliefs a little overzealously on this issue.

The second half of your post is spot-on, though.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:13:45 +0000

For this reason, we should prefer laws that require the full and timely disclosure (of any favor of any kind received by a politician or due to a politician’s influence) over laws that try to prevent inflow. Let the public know exactly who is paying what and in what form (including sexual favors). Then let the public decide for themselves what to do about it.

By: brother #3

brother #3 — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:26:36 +0000

“what of the political prostitution that surely occurs in all levels of government? What of the elected leader whose vote is influenced by the donations he receives from certain PACs and large corporations? The offering of one’s services for a corrupt use, for the sake of personal financial gain, is the very definition of prostitution. Some women sell their bodies; some politicians sell their influence and power.”

amen brotha

By: Kelly W.

Kelly W. — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:47:20 +0000

As an aside, when Spitzer’s immorality came to light, there were calls for his impeachment if he didn’t resign. But when Mark Foley’s immorality came to light concerning his homosexuality with an intern, no such calls were allowed to happen. In fact, the number of Republicans actually supporting him was astonishing!

(Does this mean the Republican Party is the less-moral of the two? Laughable, but it makes one wonder!)

By: Kelly W.

Kelly W. — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:42:45 +0000

While Spitzer’s immorality is destestable, he has not yet been charged with any crime. Usually it is the prostitute or the pimp that gets charged, not the “customer.” Spitzer was caught by blackmail, resulting in the Powers That Be trying to excercise their control and power over those in public office.

This is the method of how the secret combinations within our own government operate. The PTB see to it that the candidates who are elected to office are also the same candidates the PTB has ammo to blackmail them with. In this fashion, the PTB can excercise control over the candidates by threatening them.

So, what did Spitzer do that enraged the PTB to the point of blackmailing him out of office?

Spitzer wanted to investigate the dealings of Wall Street and the Bear Stearns bank, and he also wanted to investigate Larry Silverstein and the insurance fraud of the WTC and the also the dealings of the pensions of those killed in the 9/11 attacks.

Spitzer got what he deserved, but the American people did not get the truth nor the reason for the explosive coverage in the news media.