A couple of people have sent me the link to this column in Pajamas Media. I have no comment at this moment. Just read it. Here’s a taste:

Remember that scene from Casablanca, when Captain Renault declares
that he is shocked, shocked to find gambling going on – just as the
croupier hands him his winnings? I keep thinking of that scene when I
read about all those politicians who are baying for Spitzer’s blood.
Because I know, and they know, that almost all of them have been escort
agency clients too. Show me a rich and powerful man between the ages of
35 and 60 who has never paid an escort for sex, and I will show you a
man who is a very rare exception.

But why would a rich, powerful and handsome man pay for
extra-marital sex? Aren’t there tons of women waiting to throw
themselves at him for free? Yes, there are. But those women always want
something: they want attention, intimacy and romance. They want to
enjoy the high of sleeping with a powerful man. Escorts don’t want or
care about any of those things. At least one of the articles about the
22 year-old escort who slept with Spitzer implied that she didn’t even
know who he was. Based on my experience, I think it’s highly unlikely
that she knew or cared. She was in it for the money, and she had as
much to hide as he did.

She thought that Silda must have known.