Spitzer to Give Ethics Lecture at Harvard

Former madam slams university's decision

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 11, 2009 5:12 PM CST

(Newser) – A Harvard University ethics center is hosting a lecture by none other than Eliot Spitzer tomorrow. The disgraced governor will speak about when it's right for the government to intervene in the markets. Despite the intellectual theme, his former madam tells the Daily News that Spitzer is a "man without ethics" who has no place at the university's Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics.

"I am greatly intrigued as to what Mr. Spitzer could contribute to an ethical discussion when as Chief Executive Law Enforcement Officer of NY he broke numerous laws for which he has yet to be punished," Kristin Davis wrote in a letter of protest to the center. Spitzer “went around arresting and making examples out of the same escort agencies he was frequenting," she added.

In this March 31, 2007 file photo, former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is shown at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Tim Roske, file)

New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer speaks during a news conference in Albany, N.Y., Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

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kirei_gaisuto

Nov 12, 2009 12:59 PM CST

Lolololololololol

brawne

Nov 12, 2009 12:54 PM CST

And K-guy what is up with the flagging? Jay who gets what most people like to ignore even though he's right wing, and I'm sorta left is more right about this than anyone who flagged him. Keep reacting to any negative thing about Obama and you are no different than the right who couldn't smell Bush's farts. Your brain--a terrible thing to give up to emotional bipartisan politics.

brawne

Nov 12, 2009 12:47 PM CST

No Jay you miss the greatest point of all--the Safra school of ethics? Hah. He was the guy who burned up in his bathroom in Monaco because he was so shady that he makes Spitzer look like an albino. Remember the Grove, dear other side of my partisan coin-- those guys.

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