Dr. Laura weighs in on Spitzer
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Comments on the Eliot Spitzer debacle by Laura Schlessinger, the popular conservative radio talk show host known as “Dr. Laura,” ignited a firestorm of controversy today.
Her remarks this morning on TODAY on NBC have been widely interpreted as ascribing blame to Silda Wall Spitzer for her husband’s patronage of a high-priced prostitution ring.
But, on her blog, Schlessinger categorically denies the accusations, saying she was not at any moment speaking specifically about Mrs. Spitzer.
On the show, Schlessinger said that women share the blame if their men cheat.
“You’re saying the women should feel guilty that they somehow drove the man to cheat?” Meredith Viera, the show’s co-host, asked.
Schlessinger replied: “The cheating was his decision to repair what’s damaged and to feed himself where he’s starving. But, yes, I hold women responsible for tossing out perfectly good men by not treating them with the love and kindness and respect and attention they need.
The network reported being flooded within minutes with e-mail critical of Schlessinger’s comments.
Schlessinger said her comments were misinterpreted and that she never was referring directly to Silda Wall Spitzer. She said on her blog that her only direct comment about the governor was “that powerful men sometimes feel an unwarranted sense of entitlement.”
The Spitzer case has dominated the news since Monday. The controversial New York governor stepped down from office today after 14 tumultuous months in power.
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I don’t either extreme is right in this little debate.
You can’t automatically say it’s the wife’s fault in any way if a husband cheats, but you also can’t categorically say that nothing that she did could have pushed him in the direction of cheating.
It’s really none of our business, anyway, in this case.
In some cultures, its acceptable. In others it isnt.
The big fact here has nothing to do with his personal life with his wife, not our business. But the fact he was a BLOODY HYPOCRITE!
and thats all people should care about. and just wheree did all that money come from? maybe my pet peeve the bottle bill money he wanted more of.. Now i have proof he wanted that money for something other than recycling. well maybe he called it recycling…