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well commodity action is everybody David Shuster here it was five years ago when
New York Governor Eliot Spitzer resigned in office from disgrace after being
caught
well not literally caught but after was revealed that he had been frequenting
prostitutes in was client number nine
in a criminal investigation to resign from office there are no criminal
charges he spent the last five years trying to rebuild tell you
rehabilitate his image and just this past week he collected enough signatures
to be on the ballot to run for Comptroller
in New York City here's what he said when he was seeking those ballot
signatures
course only the chaos that a new york city press
with people shouting he lied he frequent hookers as its gotta talk about his
record
joining us now to talk about this is Kelly gosh she's a special correspondent
for the rude also a political analyst Kelly walking to take action news
it's great to be with you So Cal you wrote a fascinating column on this past
week we suggested that there perhaps as a double standard between oh why
politicians black politicians when it comes to come backs or second chances
explain what you meant
well I actually feel there's a double standard for anyone who's not
a straight white male politician think that if you're
a black politician a female politician a transgender politician adult female POV
to
as ever any sort of minority partition I think that you're not going to have a
yezzir
a route as a straight white guy in a different look at the record it speaks
for itself which is the after dark when you have a light sensor
you have Anthony *** are you have marked stamp for you know it this cuts
across party
David in the placement making is that I really have a hard time believing that
hillary clinton's would be living a life that her husband has had she been cut
down with an intern
every point it out monica lewinsky is certainly not living a life that are
quite as a mouse a
a pretty women with their mother tongue employed and because he had a tough time
getting
anyone to see past skandal also weighed in saying involved you know amy Anderson
is named after the president clinton's and
and nearly every bit like Avis you look at his running
for Comptroller against Eliot Spitzer and that there are certain Canada by the
name of Kristin Davis
and no not the actual sex n city from by
ya woman in question david is running at her candidacy is laptop
why is actually a convicted felon was convicted of
running a brothel that Eliot Spitzer allegedly frequented
so there's a certain way that I think white straight powerful divers would
have looked at in this country that the rest i sorry
and that's what I really touched upon a piece of that I
killed can we really say with a straight face someone who was an Anthony ***
Eliot Spitzer
have too many additional baggage having a minority would be given sort of have
to
the red carpet rolled out the way they both think what do you think is the
reason for it is it because over
racism or sexism towards minorities and women or just because the perception
that is always existed that well-mannered gonna mess up and that's
always been part of our history and we just to serve used to it spot after
former sex is another sailing after the races or sexism in a word yes
but it's the hardest trying to eradicate David Lee had
really really subtle and transact and so what I mean by that is what you just
said
a lot of people agree lets even though they don't realize about sexism or any
but I is you know a guy who sleeps around the car was being a woman who
sleeps around
called another and so you know that's the question that have come up in
conversation after I wrote this piece with with
with frantically female friend is why is it that a stripper
whoever stripper were to run for president should be seen as a joke
every political consulting with our she has a chance yet I can't heal we took a
poll
members of congress Senate and presidential candidate after that
they've ever been to a strip club
what do you want to cast and everything around you know ninety-nine point nine
percent
yet that does not preclude them from running for higher office
so there is a sort of subtle double standard that we had a function at every
level of society
it just happens to become more pronounced when someone's examined
differently have a public figure we know what are the example they mentioned in
the piece
is says the cases mitch Daniels who is who was considered a very viable
I'm Republican potential presidential candidate and the reason enough
running it because it's family didn't want to face scrutiny specifically
because his wife apparently left him for another man at one point now it's every
candidate mail carrier that ran for office who had an affair
as ended up not running there we would have a lot left
present from our history but the fact that no one in South like
and for the record a vid the polling apparently they did seem to indicate
that I was trailed
that there were many among women that women who look at her suspiciously
because she allegedly done that so it is so intrinsic in our society that's why
say it's one of the hardest on ceramic a because it's very start of
you know a way to deal with it is the best way to deal with it if we're not
gonna hold you know why politicians accountable we're gonna give them a
second chance that we are lay-off everybody else
or do we give everybody a tough time and say okay if you've messed up regardless
what you're black or white or male or female you
you know we're gonna criticize you are ridic Julia first place to start
actually is it not in
it's not even exist because friend yes straight white guy and you're willing to
engage in a conversation
their people dance so uncomfortable that I even brought this up
and this is not the first time this has happened a very quickly before we go to
throw out
is what I said this is in rice is being held to a different standard and
PeopleSmart
issue race but it's a job killer racist or but there are people who dead
said to be tackled her Britney slightly recessed and I said let's look at a frat
and let's say that
I wanted to talk to her were politely racist I will say it's laughable
Senator John McCain would say she's not intellectually qualified
to access the it what will happen to stop the qualifications this is a woman
who was a Rhodes Scholar
who is a former as assistant secretary of state and John McCain thinks he's not
qualified to be secretary of state
yet their appeal is qualified to be President or vice-president
that's a double that's kinda post answered I'm
about when it comes to race and that's in an effort to talk about I think
that's a good start
not Kelly I am I with you 100 percent great piece in the road everybody should
check it out Kelly got special correspondent for the route Kelly thanks
so much for being part to take action is we appreciate it
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