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Videogame critic busted for prostitute fun: Mmm, tasty irony photo

"Like all parents, I know it is increasingly difficult to protect our children from negative influences… we have learned that when self-regulation fails, government must step in… we must do more to protect our children from excessive sex and violence in the media."

These were the words of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer during a 2006 campaign, which were followed by criticism aimed at Grand Theft Auto for its depiction of sex with prostitutes. Spitzer may hate fantasy prostitution, but he seems to love the real thing -- as he was all about the whores until the cops uncovered his dirty business.

The game hating politician was recently busted for his sordid shenanigans, uncovered as "Client 9" to an international prostitute ring. He was caught on a wiretap organizing himself a big fat delivery of paid-for sex, arranging for a lady of the night to travel from New York to Washington, where he was staying. It seems that sex is perfectly dandy if you pay for the act itself, and not a digital representation of it. After all, it was Spitzer who said:

"Media content has gotten more graphic, more violent and more sex-based ... Currently, nothing under New York State law prohibits a fourteen-year old from walking into a video store and buyin ... a game like ‘Grand Theft Auto,’ which rewards a player for stealing cars and beating people up. Children can even simulate having sex with a prostitute ..."

You're right, Mr. Spitzer. Let's not waste $60 pretending to have sex when we can spend an alleged $4300 for the real thing. You lying, hypocritical jackass. 

[Thanks to Prof. Pew]


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animateria's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2008 23:10
animateria
SWEET SWEET IRONY~

Games or Prostitution

Games or Prostitution

I pick games he picks prostitution!
Skribble's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2008 23:12
Skribble
I can't comment on this right now.

Im far too busy...being delicious!
GoS-CPT-Stewart's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2008 23:13
GoS-CPT-Stewart
Wow...

All I can say is... wow.
Loose Nukes's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2008 23:15
Loose Nukes
God how embarrassing it really is. I saw this hit while I was at the gym today, and was just completely ashamed. As a resident of the state it's feels even worse. How pathetic we've really become politically. One lie, and scandal after another. This is why people hate our country because of assholes like this. Pieces of slime, that manage to get us knee deep in shit. People that can't even manage their own lives trying to manage our poor struggling country. I'm sick of politicians dragging their wives on stage to try and salvage their career, once shit hits the fan... A fucking joke, really.
Kalmah's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2008 23:15
Kalmah
What are you fapping to?

A) The Story
B) The Confused chick on the Left
3) His Shiny 5-Head
4) Sterling
P) Irony
E) The Prostitute
W) All of the Above
Jaren Face's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2008 23:16
Jaren Face
Irony makes me nerdgasm.
After reading this post, I am swimming in nerd juice.
Vegas's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2008 23:19
Vegas
CP
Pariah's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2008 23:23
Pariah
something about throwing stones and glass houses... the euphamism escapes me.

I love NY

I loathe NY politicians.

Spitzer swallows, see what I did there.
viralhunter's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2008 23:24
viralhunter
Thank God I'm not home in albany right now. My moms a state worker there, and yes, the shit has really hit the fan.
thebrassthief's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2008 23:25
thebrassthief
Oooohoo yeah! Stuff like this just sweetens your day.
cjpkiller's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2008 23:26
cjpkiller
god damnit jim, you fucking idiot
I thought you were all for legislation that keeps little fucktards from our games of COD4...
seriously
he has a good point little fourteen year olds cant buy porn mags or gun mags, but they can buy gta... and I really think that that is wrong.
fuck you jim...

it would've been funnier if you had pointed out in this blog that as attorney general of NY he also took on prostitution rings.

also what the fuck is a brit doing writing about america...
gtfo...
Your moms new boyfriend's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2008 23:26
Your moms new boyfriend
I'll bet you fifty he blames video games for this.

You know what? Let's just make it a whole dollar.
MaxVest's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2008 23:27
MaxVest
You're forgetting that he beat her up to get the money back and then ran over her over, thus video games are to blame!

Please, please will someone ban this sick filth?
MaxVest's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2008 23:28
MaxVest
I can't type. I have a probablm.
Riser Glen's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2008 23:30
Riser Glen
I love you, Max.
Kalmah's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2008 23:33
Kalmah
@MaxVest: I blame video-games for your inability to type correctly.
Mustin's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2008 23:39
Mustin
FUCKING AWESOME

LIKE... SERIOUSLY
NihonTiger90's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2008 23:40
NihonTiger90
Spitzer is done for.

The guy who's taking over is blind, but apparently, he's a great person, so I guess NY wins.
Lord The Night Knight's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2008 23:53
Lord The Night Knight
I see this is a democrat for once. I guess they wanted in on the sexual hypocrite demographic that the republicans have such a base in. ;)
automagV's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2008 23:54
automagV
What a dildo this guy.
AgentMOO's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/10/2008 23:54
AgentMOO
The deer in the headlights expressions are the icing on the cake.
NightDehumidifier's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2008 00:03
NightDehumidifier
What's ironic is a video game critic gets busted for having illicit sex with a woman who gets paid for sex, and video game fans can't even muster up the energy to talk to a woman who gets paid for sex.

Video game critics, they don't pussy out of the pussy.
Sassafras's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2008 00:04
Sassafras
What gets me is he spent over $4,000..Not so smart. First off going to the corner and getting a $5 BJ would have been less costly AND he probably wouldnt have gotten caught. Secondly, what an asshole. He should have spent that money on his kids, obviously it wasnt just about the sex. The guy needed to feel Mr.BigandPowerful having his whores transported via airplane.
Azereki's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2008 00:07
Azereki
That guy looks pretty creepy, no wonder he has to pay women for sex.
Usedtabe's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2008 00:20
Usedtabe
Haha. Not suprised in the least. This guy's policies scream "I'm a fucking idiot". Thank God New York had the sense to not let him give out ID's to everyone like he wanted.
Crunshii's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2008 00:22
Crunshii
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO00000000000OOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!

ahh the Hippocrates in power that want it all and shit on the world, can you all just please do us a great favor and simply make one giant line right behind JT, Yes, right there. Don't move, So I can land with one flying wind of my utter flu-flavored saliva unto all of Thee at once. So I can save the rest for the next ass-wipe that comes burning down like an broken ape from the tree.

Truly remarkable when they fall, they fall down & hard.
Sirapak's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2008 00:23
Sirapak
Politicians lie.. thats just how it is.
Skribble's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2008 00:33
Skribble
He is an hero
13thDragon's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2008 00:40
13thDragon
Alright! One for the good guys.
sushi111's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2008 00:51
sushi111
His face looks like the teacher from the movie Election when he got caught banging Reese Witherspoon.
Redzie's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2008 00:53
Redzie
you are so eloquent with that last paragraph, mr sterling.
Orochi Borgieman's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2008 01:21
Orochi Borgieman
So...what's his excuse? What made him sex up prostitutes in the first place?
Riegel88's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2008 01:23
Riegel88
So did video games make him do it?
Schmo0zle's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2008 01:24
Schmo0zle
I love it when this shit happens.

Now all we need to do is uncover Jack Thompsons' secret love for young boys that go to private schools, prostitutes of all kinds, drugs, and FPS shooters.

Any of the above will suffice enough to make Fox News stop putting his dumb fucking ass on the air.
RskimB's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2008 01:32
RskimB
Lol I love it. The high and mighty deuche felled by his own rigid standards.
orao's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2008 01:51
orao
Nothing's wrong with sex ^^ mmm
deiga-the-semivaliant's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2008 01:56
deiga-the-semivaliant
As someone mentioned before, I find it more ironic that he spent a lot of time busting up prostitution rings.

I guess it's only OK if he does it.
mistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2008 01:58
mistic
lol sweet sweet karma!
kapshhh's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2008 02:00
kapshhh
The face of Innocence.
Trowble's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2008 02:05
Trowble
They have $4300 prostitutes in New York? I've never seen one nor heard of them here. Eh... still no surprise, politicians aren't crooks and liars for nothin'
TheToiletDuck's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2008 02:15
TheToiletDuck
Quick Governor Eliot, PUSH RESET, PUSH RESET!
Starman's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2008 02:35
Starman
Is it just me, or does that guy really look like the G-MAN!!
Boolean's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2008 02:43
Boolean
BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURN!!!!!
TseeBaeng's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2008 02:59
TseeBaeng
How the hell do you spend 5,500$ an hour on a hooker? Does she discover the cure for AIDS and poop gold for you? I found an article that has the expense report of a 5,500$ session.

http://www.236.com/news/2008/03/10/new_york_governor_eliot_spitze_5036.php
Orionsaint's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2008 03:08
Orionsaint
It's always the religious right who turn out to be the creepy weirdos. Jack Thompson must be secretly running a Brothel.
Rainbowblack's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2008 03:21
Rainbowblack
unlike everyone commenting on this....

ELIOT SPITZXER IS HAVING SEX WITH 5K PROSTITUTES!! DAYYYYM

what are we having sex with?

thats what this write was really about lol, bitter gamers
animateria's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2008 03:26
animateria
@Rainbowblack

You seem bitter. Why so bitter?
bleep's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2008 04:01
bleep
DAMN IS THAT HIS WIFE OR ONE OF HIS WHORES?? I PUT HER OUT ON THE STREET TO MAKE MY MONEY!!!
Rainbowblack's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2008 04:05
Rainbowblack
@animateria

Actually whats gotten me upset is that anyone who speaks against video games immediately gets flagged as BAD GUY. ANYONE!

We're jumping on this guy for wanting to do the right thing
A 14 year old SHOULD NOT be able to buy GTA. and we jump on him for that.

I agree we should point and laugh every time JT screws up because his belief is that games should be banned outright, thats perfectly fine with me

But Spitzers quoted comments suggests that he just wants to keep GTA out out of lil 13 yerar jiummy's hands. Whats wrong with protecting the kids? could it be all of you are children?? but because of his comments Jim labels him a Game hating pol

Sound like Jim is simply taking advantage of an opportunity. when I get home from I'm willing to bet D'toid is the only gaming site who ripping into this guy.
SLiFE's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2008 04:33
SLiFE
He just wants to keep GTA out of lil 13 yr old Jimmy's hands?

"we have learned that when self-regulation fails, government must step in"

Government imposed censorship is so fucking fail.
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