Why Do New Yorkers Make Such Poor Choices for Electing Politicians Statewide?
I can understand why someone who is of a leftwing persuasion would vote for someone with a similar philosophy. But why have New Yorkers fallen for such obviously power-mad politicians such as Eliot Spitzer and the Oinkubus?
New York has had some decent governors and US Senators in the past. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, although he was as lefty as they come, was a man of conscience who gave considerable thought to the issues of his day. Likewise Jacob Javits, although a Republican, was very leftwing and still was a man of thought and principle. I don't think I ever agreed with Mario Cuomo about one single thing, but his ethics were not to be questioned.
How do you end up with someone who zealously prosecutes a callgirl ring at the same time he is spending thousands on whores for himself? And how can you vote for someone like Her Ugliness who has such obvious problems with ethics and has megalomaniac written all over her face?
New Yorkers, there are plenty of Moynihans and Javitses out there.
The mind boggles.
"It's so easy not to not get caught," reformed Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss tells Radar, adding that she provided service to many a well known politician her day. "I saw many famous people—more famous than Eliot Spitzer—and you know what, you pay people right, you treat them right, you don't have a problem."
It was Spitzer's ethical crusade and no-ho posturing that did him in, too, Fleiss says. In 2004 Spitzer pontificated about the breakup of a Staten Island ho ring, calling it a "sophisticated and lucrative operation with a multi-tiered management structure," then adding, "It was, however, nothing more than a prostitution ring."
"I think think he's an arrogant prick and he thinks he's above the law; no one likes a hypocrite," Fleiss tells Radar.
"He could have gone to the Bunny Ranch and never would have had his cover blown. But this is an arrogant prick," Fleiss says. "Welcome to reality."
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