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Prominent Democratic lawmakers yesterday railed against “Client 9” Eliot Spitzer — deriding the city-comptroller wannabe as a hypocrite and demanding he repay taxpayer funds he spent traveling to his infamous DC hooker tryst.

“We are sick and tired of the reality show and the double standards,” said Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.

He and fellow political leaders hit the steps of City Hall to discuss Spitzer’s refusal to hand over his full tax returns — and instead sounded off on yesterday’s front-page Post report detailing how Spitzer soaked taxpayers for his travel bill for the Washington, DC, hooker hook-up that torpedoed his gubernatorial career.

“Eliot Spitzer, while serving in office, embarrassed New Yorkers, offended women, misused public resources,” said Bronx Assemblyman Marcos Crespo.

“Enough is enough,” Crespo said of Spitzer’s attempted political comeback. “If he was using public resources to get his services, or whatever it was, he should pay that money back — whatever that amounts to.”

The lawmakers yesterday at City Hall denounced Spitzer as a candidate with no respect for women or the law.

“Eliot Spitzer was patronizing an industry that denigrates women, that traffics women — an industry that promotes misogyny,” said Viverito. “This is critical. This is not the type of leadership that we should be having in the city of New York.”

“Human trafficking is an industry that Eliot Spitzer has promoted when he went out and sought prostitutes to satisfy himself in a way that is so undignified that he should never hold public office again,” said Queens Assemblyman Francisco Moya.

Brooklyn Councilwoman Diana Reyna criticized Spitzer for leading the fight against johns while he was secretly hiring hookers.

“What are we saying as a society when we see Eliot Spitzer give two faces to the city of New York — the face of ‘I can break the rule and I can make the rules’?” asked Reyna. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/payback_time_hZVt3TnhHpfI33wxlcyo1I
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Opponents of government spying programs should talk to families who lost loved ones in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said at a Republican governors forum Thursday.

Asked about the influence of libertarian-minded leaders in the GOP - including Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky - Christie said that when it comes to national security, those who oppose National Security Agency programs that monitor Americans' electronic activity were just wrong.

"This strain of libertarianism that's going through both parties right now and making big headlines I think is a very dangerous thought," Christie said, referring to national security topics.

Christie acknowledged during the discussion that Paul, an outspoken critic of the NSA spying programs, was among the people who held opposing views.

"You can name any number of people, and he is one of them," he said.

The sharp denunciation from Christie elicited a similarly cutting retort from a senior adviser to Paul, the tea party favorite who is also considering a 2016 White House bid.

"If Governor Christie believes the constitutional rights and the privacy of all Americans is 'esoteric,' he either needs a new dictionary, or he needs to talk to more Americans, because a great number of them are concerned about the dramatic overreach of our government in recent years," Doug Stafford wrote in a statement.

Republicans questioned in a Quinnipiac University national poll conducted earlier this month were divided on the NSA anti-terrorism program, which scans domestic calls. Forty-nine percent supported it while 45% were opposed. More at http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/07/26/christie-nsa-critics-s
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