the players
• high-powered governor, famous or infamous for tough prosecution; many political enemies, arrogant and wealthy
• high-priced hooker, plays sympathetic in the media, myspace profile has no personal friends as contacts; only celebrities, and the profile and photos seem staged
• FBI investigators with federal wiretap in back pocket, only tap until they nab the governor, rather than taking down the larger prostitution ring
the timing
the train is derailed the same day that the governor is set to speak to a group of pro-choice activists, who are gathering around the country to mark the National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers
the questions
Who is the hooker? Is she really a young girl from a tough background? Why is her MySpace profile seemingly tailored for just such a situation? Even the photos are such that if someone were contriving the whole scenario, they’d shoot photos just like these for a character in this situation.
Why was the governor the only one taken down?
Why were the federal wiretaps, which apparently were available for up to another month, taken down before nabbing a larger group of individuals?
Why did the governor resign without any charges being brought? Does anyone smell extortion?
What else is going on that the media is not covering while they cover this to death?
Tags: ashley alexandra dupre, eliot spitzer, kristen, ny governor, ruse caboose
