S: Is for Getting Off Scot Free!

It seems Eliot Spitzer is getting off scot free. That is unless you count a ruined career, ruined marriage, kids who he has painfully hurt as nothing. My guess is a book deal is in the works. Mr. Spitzer was involved in a high profile prostitution ring, a move that ultimately led to his political demise. The FBI stated "It isn't common to punish the people buying the hookers, only the prostitutes themselves". However if you dig this is not true.


Spitzer released the following statement: "I appreciate the impartiality and thoroughness of the investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office, and I acknowledge and accept responsibility for the conduct it disclosed. I resigned my position as Governor because I recognized that conduct was unworthy of an elected official. I once again apologize for my actions." The statement release by the FBI stated "We have concluded that the public interest would not be further advanced by filing criminal charges in this matter." Tell that to the men in jail for doing less. The lawyer for an escort service employee has blasted a federal prosecutor's decision not to criminally charge former New York governor Eliot Spitzer for his role in the call girl scandal. Attorney Michael Farkas represents Tanya Hollander, a former booking agent for the escort service, 1 of 4 people who've pleaded guilty to running the call girl ring. Farkas calls it "a sad injustice" that Hollander faces jail time and others do not. The decision not to prosecute might have to do with valuable evidence that Spitzer may have offered to the prosecutor.
“What if there is a ring of people, what if there’s a major prostitution ring that involves the mafia, big money, organized criminals who go beyond prostitution,” George explained, adding that Spitzer could be “ useful because he got information from the hookers.”

Spitzer was taken down in a prostitution scandal by his bank at an opportune time for Wall Street. ... now that the feds have approved a $700 billion bailout for Wall Street, Spitzer's "crimes" aren't such a big deal... In fact, they're not even crimes. Not everybody gets the hands-off treatment. Some people get charged. The people who get charged in for soliciting prostitutes tend to poor, black or brown. So the lesson is, if you're rich you get to do what you want? One reporter gathered a list of johns whose only crime was picking up a prostitute in Chicago and not only were they jailed but fined and Spitzer gets off. Where is justice? It seems there are only rules when it suits the powers that be and that is a F.A.C.T.