Eliot Spitzer has refused to deny claims that he is cheating on his wife Silda – again.
The New York City comptroller candidate was given three opportunities this morning to defend himself against allegations he has a girlfriend, but instead chose to dodge reporters’ questions.
‘I am so tired of the personal attacks and I’ve answered all those questions,’ he said at a Brooklyn campaign stop.
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Spitzer spectacularly resigned from politics five years ago after admitting he regularly had sex with prostitutes, including Emperors Club VIP call girls Ashley Alexandra Dupré.
While his wife Silda, 55, stood by him, it has been reported she now plans to leave her husband as soon as the New York election is held in November. The couple also reportedly live apart.
Spitzer today tried to play down the fresh rumors about a new extra-marital tryst – telling reporters the public doesn’t care about his love life.
‘The public cares about what I did in government. That’s what I’m going to be talking about and that’s what the public is going to be voting on – based on what I did in terms of trying to clean up Wall Street, which got a lot more attention than the other things we did,’ he said, according to the New York Post. ‘But the other things we did was just as important.’
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When the topic was raised again, Spitzer insisted voters weren’t interested in his private affairs.
‘We’ve said everything we can say about that and these are attacks that are coming out of left field and frankly, you know, the public cares about what the public should care about. The public frankly is a lot smarter in this regard than some folks in the media,’ he said.
When a reporter gave him a final chance to ‘reject’ the rumors, Spitzer said: ‘I have said everything we’re going to say about this.’
Not smart. He therefore keeps the story alive. It has not been confirmed — but by not denying it’s a story with legs’ in more ways then one.
FOOTNOTE: If you’re a woman working for any of these three guys, if they ask you what you’d like for the holidays never say “a Christmas goose.”
Here’s a theme song they can all use:
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.