In his great requiem, East of Eden, John Steinbeck points out both the advantage and despair of the brothel in the formation of the American West. The character and real life 'monster' Cathy, describes University professors willing to have toilet water splashed in their face for the right combination of trick. The other brother, Cain, simply utilizes its services on occasion and is satisfied the need enough not to bother or hurt anyone with sensibilities like love or caring when it comes to the physical and evolutionary need to breed. 
If prostitution were legal Governor Spitzer would not be wasting our New York minutes (I calculate approximately two and a half dollars a minute). Instead he may spend weeks defending himself in a very public manner in what was a very private matter. Of course when old Bill Weld accepted our nomination in 2006, many were up in arms about the Libertarians stance on prostitution. Ain't nobody calling us hypocrites today.
Of course not knowing the facts of the case or the reality of any transactions by federales I'm in no position to judge anything but policy. I do have to think that the quality and quantity of the coverage suggests some truth. More so than any John Edwards love child or Obama gay sex. While the faithful will start howling about the travesty of the people never believing a reformer again, most will just shrug and agree that expectation should always be low for these thugs/heroes of power. I've always been critical of Mr. Spitzer and will continue to do so, but I am looking forward to the Broadband program being left in limbo.
But let's be real. The real tragedy here is not the weakness, vanity or whatever drove this alleged behavior. It is the fact that we prosecute so many crimes who's only victim is oneself. The stupidity is about an AG who got caught via wiretaps authored by the likes of FISA or the Patriot Act or whatever, is all to follow. Governor Paterson will right us back to our ho hum statist ways. Perhaps the rage will stay . . . the cockroaches are scrambling now.
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