Spitzer is a hypocrite for his persecution of prostitution at the same time he was paying for their services. This man destroyed people, used the power of office for revenge and partisan policy perks while steadfastly telling all he was the moral choice for office. The man was a heartless thug that showed no mercy to others and basked in the glory of their failures. So, it is not an affair or prostitution, but his persecution of others doing what he himself is doing that most people find distasteful.