Asked by host Chris Matthews Monday on MSNBC’s “Hardball” who he would vote for in the mayoral election, Spitzer was hesitant to answer. Matthews pressed Spitzer, saying “You’re not going to vote for Anthony Weiner, can you just say that now? You don’t think he should be mayor of New York.”
Fair point, that is correct,” Spitzer responded.
Spitzer, who resigned as governor in 2008 in the middle of a prostitution scandal, is running for New York City comptroller.
Matthews also asked Spitzer if, as comptroller, he would fire a public official who was using city equipment to engage in a pastime similar to Weiner’s multiple online relationships.
“I think the answer is yes,” Spitzer said. “We have had a number of instances over the years where inevitably, of course, municipal employees, state employees have used computers and the like for improper purposes and there is an appropriate sanction for that and there should be.”
Quick question: When Eliot Spitzer was NY AG and/or the Luv Gov, did he use government computers or phones to set up his trysts with hookers?