“Spitzer? It damned near killed her!”

Okay, the adults can go back to work now.

I’m sure he could try to lawyer away from the term hypocrisy by pointing out that he wasn’t doing this IN New York, or maybe it was all the late nights pouring over “documents” surrounding the prostitution rings that he busted in his time in the AG’s office that warped or haunted his mind and made him act out, but none of this will mean a thing when this videotape from a recent high-level Governor’s cabinet meeting gets leaked.

Proper, in my view.

Spitzer was a prosecutor, however. My own rules for hypocrisy are pretty liberal—Spitzer said he failed to live up to his own standards, and that’s fair—among human beings who have standards, failure is inevitable.

But to condemn others [and Spitzer prosecuted prostitution] for what you do yourself is another matter entirely, and fits my definition of hypocrisy.

Now, if he gave hookers a break—and because there is no moral difference here between buyer and seller—perhaps he’s just the victim of bad luck.

Me, I just wonder how he could afford Emperor’s Club courtesans on a civil servant’s salary. Up to five grand a pop? At least we can hope he selected from the Three Diamond menu instead of the Seven, as any fiscally responsible politician would.