So today in the news we have yet another politician caught in a prostitution sting.  This time it’s the democratic Governor of New York, Eliot Spitzer.  I watched his wife as she stood by his side as he gave his statement to the press.  She glanced up one time.  The rest of the time her eyes were fixed on the script he was reading.  She looked sad and stricken.  I can just imagine my own response if I were in the same situation.  “You want me to go out there and stand BY you while you admit to the world how immoral you are?  I don’t think so.  You’ve broken our marriage vows.  You’ve irreparably damaged our daughters’ faith in their father, and you’ve publicly humiliated me.  Our three daughters and I are moving out today, and you’ll hear from my divorce lawyer tomorrow. ”  That pretty much sums up how I would handle it.

New York Governor Linked to Prostitution Ring

NEW YORK (March 10) - Gov. Eliot Spitzer, the crusading politician who built his career on rooting out corruption, apologized Monday after he was accused of involvement in a prostitution ring. He did not elaborate on the scandal, which drew calls for his resignation.

His stoic wife at his side, Spitzer told reporters at a hastily called news conference: “I have acted in a way that violates my obligations to my family.”

“I have disappointed and failed to live up to the standard I expected of myself,” he said. “I must now dedicate some time to regain the trust of my family.”

Spitzer’s involvement in the ring was caught on a federal wiretap as part of an investigation opened in recent months, according to a law enforcement official who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because of the ongoing inquiry.

The New York Democrat, identified in legal papers as “Client 9,” met last month with at least one woman in a Washington hotel, the law enforcement official said.

The prostitution ring, identified in court papers as the Emperors Club VIP, arranged connections between wealthy men and more than 50 prostitutes in New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Miami, London and Paris, prosecutors said. Four people allegedly connected to the high-end ring were arrested last week.

The club’s Web site displays photographs of scantily clad women with their faces hidden. It also shows hourly rates depending on whether the prostitutes were rated with one diamond, the lowest ranking, or seven diamonds, the highest. The most highly ranked prostitutes cost $5,500 an hour, prosecutors said.

My question is, WHY are these wives “standing by their man”?  Why do they publicly humiliate themselves by standing beside their husbands and essentially telling the world that they’ll accept his slimeball behavior of paying some whore up to $5,500 per hour for sex?   You stand by your man when it’s you and him against the world - not when he has behaved in a despicable way, exposed you to sexually transmitted diseases, lied to your repeatedly, publicly displayed his immoral mindset, and brought shame to the entire family.   I understood it a little when Hillary stood by Bill.  He was her ticket to her own political future.  So she set aside her personal feelings and honor in favor of her political goals.  Why are these other women standing by their slimey husbands?  I just don’t get it.

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