I'd vote for him right now. If this admission somehow disqualifies him for holding public office, then we have a lot of unqualified politicians out there, starting at the top.
Actually, I don't think it even bounced. The FBI was conducting a sting into the health club where he had paid with personal checks already. It wasn't even public that he was involved in the probe of the health club until he testified against the men being charged with operating it. He was just smart about handling it. He knew with the probe, it would come out at some point that he was involved. So knowing he was caught either way, he took it head on and owned up to it rather than denying it and, as a result, kept public support. After resigning his city council seat at the beginning of the scandal, he won it back in a landslide a year later because people liked his honesty about it. Dude was smart in approaching it because if he had denied it it would have tanked his political career.
The most honest politician ever... Jerry Springer. The only people that weren't shocked at the judge Jerry show were from Ohio given that's hes got the law degree
He was smart. Once the probe started becoming public, he knew he was caught. At that point, you can try to delay it and deny it, which does no good, as it's coming out anyways. Or you do what he did and own up to it before your name even comes out publicly, being associated with the scandal, and you have a chance that people respect the honesty and have a future career. It worked for him - he won his seat back a year after he resigned in a landslide. If he'd not owned up to it, his career would've been done the minute his name got released by being associated. Instead, the first public word of his involvement was when he voluntarily testified in the trial against the health club operators he'd engaged in the actions at. Smart political move when your other option is the end of your aspirations.
I'm not sure what the rest of his platform is like, but this move earned him some major respect points in my opinion... He admitted what he did (even though I think prostitution is a victimless crime) and owned right up to it. No politician today would ever do admit fault like this... They'd make up some BS to try and save their image.
+akirak Prostitutes are likely to be killed, abused, or even worse. It is not victimless. Prostitutes are often disadvantaged women from impoverished or abused backgrounds and are addicted to drugs and other substances.
+Autumn Reed Those things are caused largely by the fact that prostitution is illegal. Prostitutes are currently unable to notify the police of attempted or threatened violence because they're afraid of being thrown in jail themselves. Also, prostitutes who work on the streets are obviously in much greater danger. If it were legal, there would be brick-and-mortar brothels, which offer much safer working conditions. I'm not saying that prostitution is some great career choice. I'm just saying that making it illegal causes it to be even more harmful than it already is. The least worst option is to simply legalize it and let prostitutes seek police protection that every other kind of worker gets.
Admitted to it? If you knew the story he was caught red handed and tried to hide it at first. This was all over the news in Cincinnati and then he was forced to face it because everyone was talking about it.
I did such a spit take when it wend "Jerry Springer, Democrat for governor!" XD . It's like he made his own attack advertisement. I mean if it was current day? You could just add "I"m Ron Desantis and I approve of this Message". And I guess that's why it worked so well, he shot the gun and depleted the ammo right before they could use it :P .
When a politician admits wrongdoing on TV, it usually means he has hit bottom. Who would have guessed in 1980 that the young Springer would continue a downward spiral for decades to come?
1982, actually. He finished a distant third in a three-candidate race. (Dick Celeste won the primary and the general election that fall, ultimately serving from 1983-91.)
@JPMcFly1985 I believe it was around 1997 when (NBC) Universal took over the Jerry Springer Show. At one point during its popularity, it even beat OPRAH WINFREY (both shows originated in Chicago until Springer moved his to Stamford, Conn. -- home of a certain wrestling organization whose initials are WWE -- last year) in the ratings!!!!
Jerry is my MAN, no question , but he only admitted to it because he effectively had to because "in the rough world of politics, opponants are not about to let personal embarrasments goto rest", meaning, if he owns it now they can't really advertise that he's been spending time (translated "money") with a woman he shouldn't have, and no freakn kidding about I wish no one else would ever know, well, yeah!>???
God Bless America...I would vote him in for Governor any time, and all he was doing was what anyone else would have done anyways...this was even before Bill Clinton made it virtually acceptable
Nowadays a politician would deny any involvement with a prostitute, even if the prostitute had a copy of the check with politicians/candidates signature on the check. That's a hell of a lot better than - "I didn't do it, and you can't prove I did it.."
why are people getting mad over something that happend years ago get over it he is a talk show host now thats why he become a host to turn his live around
Well...I will be honest, at least he was honest about it. Espcially if an opponent just dug it up and started to sling mud. In the end, it didn't work out.
Exactly the premise of an old joke - the prostitute reporting a rape when the check bounced....."Not afraid of the truth" my ass. He only came forward because he knew his opponents were going to rat him out.
Oh, I'm sorry... Do you know me? No, you don't. So you have no idea about my intelligence or lack of. Don't make yourself look silly by thinking you do.
My final response is twofold: 1. Sentences begin with capital letters, the pronoun "you" is three letters (not hard to type out in full), and "to" should not be represented with a numeral.
Yeah I say so maybe he saw some 10-20 years into the future at that moment and saw himself doing to show featuring people simliar to what he did in his private life in some cases worse.
2. Your response has nothing to do with what I said, which I think was a perfectly valid response to your initial comment; let alone that it was not an "e-mail" as you said and that arguing with a tenth-grader (unless you're a college sophomore, which is actually a sadder possibility) is a complete waste of my time.
