There’s just too much already out about this for me to add anything substantive at this point. Be that as it may, considering the news earlier today that no one reads political blogs, I’ve decided to cover Spitzer from a different, more lucrative, angle. This comes from the Smoking Gun.

As described in the FBI document, Client-9 (clearly a repeat customer) apparently went to great lengths to arrange the illicit Washington encounter, choosing to mail money in advance to the ring, instead of using a credit card. Client-9, whose conversations were recorded by an FBI wiretap, would not do “traditional wire transferring,” the affidavit quotes one Emperors Club employee remarking. Additionally, the affidavit notes that after her appointment with Client-9 ended, “Kristen” spoke with a Emperors Club booker, who said that she had been told that Client-9 “would ask you to do things that, like, you might not think were safe…” “Kristen” responded by saying, essentially, that she could handle guys like that.

So what on earth was Eliot having to pay a hooker $2000 to $5000 an hour to do that “wasn’t safe” and why haven’t I run across it on late night Cinemax yet?

Oh, and on the off chance you’re interested in the political aspects of this, here’s a round up.

NYT: Mr. Spitzer’s ‘Private Matter’

Instapundit: “No honorable alternative to Spitzer’s resignation…”

Salon: Who cares if Eliot Spitzer hires prostitutes?

Michelle Malkin: Left and Right, Spitzer must go

Neocon Express: Hillary has a new running mate

Redstate: Spitzer follows familiar script

Sierra Faith: Spitzer and the fall of man

Harper’s: A few more questions

Firedoglake: Some questions about the Spitzer Incident

Redstate: Schadenfreude is far too mild a word

Patterico’s Pontifications: Another Spitzer Post

Instapundit: Silda Spitzer joins pissed-off political wives club

Hugh Hewitt: The Spitzer Precedent

FullosseousFlap: Hypocrisy of Eliot Spitzer

Radio Equalizer: Client 9 = Cloud 9

FullosseousFlap: Quick Resignation or Impeachment?

Hugh Hewitt: “Elliot Spitzer, Crook”

Rodger’s Rules: Why you shouldn’t let Eliot Spitzer get away with being called a hypocrite

JustOneMinute: More on Spitzer

Lisa Schiffren, The Corner: Legalizing Prostitution

Riehl World View: Will Rudy Run?

Dave Lucas: Client 9 from Outer Space

All American Blogger: Client #9

This Ain’t Hell, but you can see it from here: Spitzer investigation wasn’t about sex

BigMouthFrog: Eliot Spitzer Has to Go

TaxProf: Tax angles to the sordid Eliot Spitzer mess

QandO: Spitzer, Hypocrisy, excuses and truth

Hot Air: Video Flashback message from Eliot Spitzer

NRO: Let us have done with You

Sister Toldjah: Impeachment looming for Spitz?

Debbie Schlussel: Eliot Spitzer: Client 9, White Collar Thug Gets His Due

David Frum: Liberty & Prostitution

Update 1:37PM CST: Hot Air has more late breaking News

Ace of Spades HQ: Spitzer Swallowed By Scandal (These puns are getting easy, aren’t they?)

Right Voices: Client No. 9 has 48 Hours to Get Out of Dodge

7 Deadly Sins: Lust: Gov. Spitzer

California Conservative: NY GOP Upping the Ante On Spitzer

Update 9:45PM CST: Second Spitzer Update Post Here. Are we jumping to conclusions on him?

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