tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post2850729726696412554..comments2024-01-04T07:21:18.243-05:00Comments on John In Carolina: Some Plead for SpitzerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-49479434729019955372008-03-15T21:10:00.000-04:002008-03-15T21:10:00.000-04:00John -While my heart agrees with you and Tarheel H...John -<BR/>While my heart agrees with you and Tarheel Hawkeye (especially his 8:47 PM comment) my head says otherwise. On this matter, I happen to agree with Bill Anderson and to some extent Alan Dershowitz. The laws that Eliot Spitzer used to prosecute targets (or more correctly, persecute), should never have been on the books in the first place. That is how got to be "famous." (BTW It is not too different than the tact used by Franklin Roosevelt in the 1930 to distract citizens from his miserable governance.) Secondly, the laws used to get Spitzer should not be used for such trivial cases. Those laws are heavy duty laws meant to stop heavy duty crimes and terrorism. As soon as the investigators found out the purpose for which Spitzer was using the money, they should have dropped the case. The misuse of such laws ensares people who at most might be guilty of petty crimes. Here, think of Michael Vick who was forced to plead guilty by the threat of RICO being used against him (for essentially a state infraction). Such laws place us all at risk.<BR/><BR/>Jack in Silver SpringAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-61986501933060375902008-03-15T10:11:00.000-04:002008-03-15T10:11:00.000-04:00Need that question be asked?;)kbpNeed that question be asked?<BR/><BR/>;)<BR/><BR/>kbpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-16744801473267738312008-03-15T08:26:00.000-04:002008-03-15T08:26:00.000-04:00It just occurred to me that Eliot's little $4K gal...It just occurred to me that Eliot's little $4K gal pal was likely being paid under the table. Which means that she never claimed her "fees" as income when (or if) she filed her taxes. How come nobody is asking that question?<BR/>Tarheel HawkeyeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-28503392460794653322008-03-14T20:47:00.000-04:002008-03-14T20:47:00.000-04:00The single reason for prosecuting Spitzer to the f...The single reason for prosecuting Spitzer to the full extent of the law is the fact that he, as New York Attorney General, prosecuted more than one case of this nature and he charged every culpable party to the fullest extent of the law. His pals are now seeking a "bye" for the Guv. I think the term for that is hypocrisy. Charge him to the max and if it means jail time, Sing Sing has a few special cells for ex-prosecutors. He'll have no problem finding "unsafe sex" while in the pokey. He's a prime POS and should be put away where he can't see the light of day for a decade or so.<BR/>Tarheel HawkeyeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com