> > they were cheapasses about it, considering $80 (let alone $30) for the same thing > in the US wouldn't even get you a full set of teeth. > > $80? Her fee was $800, and he was trying to send her out the door with $35... so she > called the cops on him. Did you mean to write eight hundred dollars? Or was that a typo? Anyway, I don't see what the big deal is. What is with the whole prostitution = scandal thing?! So he paid a woman for sex, big deal. You want something, you pay for it. What was a big deal (in my opinion) was that he cheated her. I hope that in the end she got her money.
> > But yeah... super unprofessional of them, and brought immense shame on the White > House, but completely typical behavior of black-op and secret service types. I've had > the misfortune of partying with some back in the day, and when they are off duty they > LOVE to mix it up in ways most wouldn't... start fights for sport, steal cars for > fun, that sort of thing. And when they get arrested, they stay anonymous, and the > state department comes in, flashes their credentials and gets these anonymous guys > out of jail, so yeah, they get used to getting away with stuff, and they do it for > fun. I'm sure he had no plans to ever pay the escort her fee. What really hit the fan > here was that a reporter was in the hotel, and opened the story up before it could be > shut down. > > To be honest, though, what kind of behavior do you expect from trained assassins who, > in theory, will knowingly step in front of a bullet to save their subject. They get > some leeway, and that has bred a culture of "how far can I push this priviledge."
Well, Abe Lincoln said: “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.” I guess he knew what he was talking about.
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