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How Hard Is It To Get Extramaritally Laid Anyhow??

Welcome to XX Factor Judith, and thanks for your thoughtful post.

My only quibble is with the assumption that Spitzer somehow had to pay for sex (pathetic), which then unspools the freight train of humiliations you’ve just described. Is it really all that hard for someone in high office to “to get extramaritally laid” as you put it, or is it exceptionally simple? I always assumed the latter. Can’t imagine Spitzer didn’t have heaps of women throwing themselves at him. I assumed he simply opted to pay for it (power). Raises a question about whether it’s “better” or “worse” to buy extramarital sex the way you’d buy new loafers. But judging from the way Silda looked just now at the press conference—I didn’t think it was possible for her to look more heartbroken and exhausted than she did 48 hours ago, but I was wrong—maybe that just doesn’t matter.

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