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Wealthy, Male Sex Addicts -- Above the Law?

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I couldn't agree more with Ms. McLennan. Despite her unashamed life as a high-end escort, I have to agree that the law SHOULD BE GOING AFTER THEIR CLIENTS. Hit the demand not the supply will probably work were the reverse has failed miserably. I despise double-standards. I had a lot of dealings with Spitzer's office of Attorney General in 2004, was impressed with them and campaigned for his run for Governor. He had a take-no-prisoners, "the law IS the law" style I liked. Why then is he getting a pass? Why aren't clients of high-price escorts sent to 'John School' and publicly shamed like the guys who frequent streetwalkers? Why the double standard? By NATALIE McLENNAN I'm not naive. I know life isn't always fair and justice isn't truly blind. Yet Eliot Spitzer getting off scot-free and US Attorney Michael J. Garcia's saying, "We have determined that there is insufficient evidence to bring charges against Mr. Spitzer," tests...
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LOOK OUT, REV! Sharpton's aides are in the hot seat. Seems the Feds are probing the Rev's finances. Of course, Al... never one to miss an opportunity to mouth-off or play victim, now paints himself with the same brush as Martin Luther King, Jr. by proclaiming that all civil rights leaders are hassled this way. And, like all good narcissistic types - he denies denies denies any wrongdoing. Rev, you gonna get Twana Brawley or maybe Steven Pagonis to come to court as a character witness if you get subpoenaed? Sharpton blasts feds over finance probe, says it's retaliatory Less than a month after the Rev. Al Sharpton led a Washington march to demand federal action in the Jena Six case, several of his associates and employees found federal agents at their doors with subpoenas for records related to his finances, he said. To him, the timing was no coincidence. With a grand jury gearing up to consider possible tax fraud charges against him, Sharpton is accusing federal authoritie...