RAT's IS... as RAT's DOES!!!
Posted on 09/05/2006 3:44:31 PM PDT by george76
Eliot Spitzer is running for governor as the best guy to clean up Albany, including its corrupt "pay-to-play" system of shaking down interest groups for campaign donations and other goodies.
So what the heck is he doing jetting around on the Gulfstream of a Wyoming businessman who wants to run race tracks and build casinos in New York?
It's one thing for Spitzer to pile up money and endorsements from insiders...
Accepting deeply discounted air travel from a gambling mogul doing lots of business with state government - as Spitzer and an aide did in May - is too cozy for comfort.
Spitzer was on a two-day fund-raising swing out West and needed to get from Phoenix to Tucson to Cincinnati and back to New York in a hurry.
Casino developer Richard Fields got wind of his predicament and offered the use of his corporate jet.
Thanks to him, Spitzer and his aide could meet their tight schedule, skip the long check-in lines and fly in style.
The offer practically screamed "conflict of interest." Fields is part of a group bidding to take over the Aqueduct, Belmont and Saratoga horse tracks.
He also represents developers working with the Oneida Indians of Wisconsin to build a casino in the Catskills.
Even now, the AG is tangling in court with Fields' clients, the Oneidas, who claim New York cheated them out of land in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Spitzer... should have known better than to get on that plane.
Keep in mind, Fields had just paid $9,000 to settle charges he broke lobbying laws by loaning his jet to state Sen. David Paterson - now Spitzer's running mate.
And Fields has since ponied up $200,000 for Spitzer's campaign account, funneling the money through limited liability corporations to evade contribution limits.
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
Ethics are for the little people.
A double standard !
Shocked, just shocked...
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Upstate needs its own state.
like the poor mom & pop gas stations he took for tens of thousands of dollars because they couldn't afford to defend themselves over "gouging" charges?
I get calls from this guy all the time asking if there is anything he can do for me.
LOL.
" I get calls from this guy all the time asking if there is anything he can do for me. "
What Spitzer couldn't find local "Businessmen" to hobnob with?
Upstate should be its own state.
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This guy is dangerous....I'm suprised he's not sleeping with bj clinton....
Eliot Spitzer is no friend of the middle class working people.
NY will get even worse.
RAT's IS... as RAT's DOES!!!
Ahem. NYS's Upstate is made up of most red counties.
Looks like year 2004.
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The essence of being a liberal:
“The absolute conviction that there is one set of rules for you, and another, completely different set of rules for everyone else.”
~ Ann Coulter
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absolutely...
LOL, Spitzer has always been a corrupt scumbag.
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