GOP pushing for NY governor impeachment

arbilad · Head Chef

GOP pushing for NY governor impeachment

Duke of Mirth · Profuse Pontificator

Governors are generally considered the chief law enforcement officer of the state. When the chief law enforcement officer is violating state law and in this case federal law by going across state lines then he needs to leave his post. If he won't leave willingly, he should be removed. Impeachment is the process by which he should be removed.

rayb · Hot Air Balloon

last time I checked, prostitution was against the law. throw the book at him.

Mahonri · Senior Bucketkeeper

He reminds me of the Clintons... folks who feel that they are above the law.

I feel badly for his family.

rayb · Hot Air Balloon

further Spitzer got his political popularity for prosecuting politicians who did exactly what he did to pay for the prostitution, which was also very very illegal.

He should be impeached.

--Ray

arbilad · Head Chef

Ray, I'm not sure from your posts why you feel that he should be impeached rather than resign. If he resigns, unless I'm mightily mistaken, he's still criminally liable and can be tried for the crimes he committed. All impeachment accomplishes is removing him from office. A criminal trial punishing him for his crimes is separate from that. So all an impeachment accomplishes is the exact same result as if he resigned - only more expensive and it takes more time.

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

So... the problem is that he paid for it?

hiccups · Future Queen in Zion

Thus making it prostitution, yes.

Is it still morally wrong if they'd all been freebies? Yes, of course. But as Clinton proved while he was in office, there is a huge segment of our society that thinks it's fine for consenting adults to have sex with whomever and still be in high political office.

Makes me want to root for the second coming.

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

Frankly, I kinda like him getting a hooker rather than what Clinton did.

rayb · Hot Air Balloon

He used a dummy corporation to funnel money to pay for it. A financial practice for which he put away other politicians. Leaving aside the prostitution thing (which is illegal) he's guilty of finance irregularities... and I wouldn't mind it if he resigned... but either way the bum needs to go.