Monday, March 10, 2008

Spitzer support unseen

News broke out Monday afternoon about New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer being involved in a prostitution ring, and immediate calls were placed on Spitzer to resign. I think this is a huge story of course, but can see that New Yorkers take it pretty serious when their governor is involved in a prostitution ring. What happened with our own Detroit mayor then? I think it is interesting, reading articles on the Spitzer topic, like this one from The Associated Press, and seeing how people react to this, even his own political supporters. Many are calling for him to resign, although he is actually a good governor and as an attorney general, was nicknamed "The Crusader of the Year" and "Sheriff of Wall Street." He worked on stopping corruption in American business. I am not at all saying what he did was right, but with all the coverage, I cannot help but compare it to the Kilpatrick coverage on how although he spent taxpayer money to sneak around with a woman other than his wife, Detroit, most of it at least, continues to embrace him. I wonder what would happen if Kilpatrick had been in a prostitution ring, and did not spend taxpayer money. Would he be called to resign? I doubt it.

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