The Real Conspiracy

[pantryslut]

I'm not surprised that many people think that Deborah Jeane Palfrey's death was not suicide. I believe it was, but I understand the impulse to question it as well. (Questioning it, and denying it, are two different things, though. But that's another issue.)

I don't think that the real conspiracy lies in how she died, however.

Surely it has occurred to someone already that we've had two high-profile "prostitution ring" busts in the past several years. Both operations seem to have taken up a lot of time and money and resources on the part of the investigating authorities. As Palfrey said to Susie Bright, "For 31 months I was being observed! Any good vice cop will tell you that a simple prostitution bust or investigation takes no more than a few days to a few weeks to a few months to put together — from start to finish."

In Palfrey's case, they netted a Republican Senator and an administration official. The Senator still has his job, although the official does not.

In the other case, they netted a Democratic Governor, and all hell broke loose and then some.

Why the difference? Why toes Eliot Spitzer -- a john -- get hung out to dry, while David Vitter still has a job?


I am not usually one for conspiracy theories, honest. But do I think that there's the possibility that, among its many greater sins (like Guantanamo), this administration has been directing various investigations into the use of escort services by high-placed politicians in the hopes of creating a scandal or two -- but only a scandal or two for the non-Republican party, please? If they happen to catch a Republican by accident, the focus is switched, quickly -- to the madam. In this case, Palfrey.

(Of course, I wouldn't put it entirely past them to also be keeping an eye on escort services favored by Republican politicians, too, just to keep tabs.)

Palfrey herself seems to have come to a similar conclusion. Again, from her interview with Bright:

"SB: I suspect something partisan is going on. J. Edgar Hoover used to watch certain people he was politically afraid of, like Martin Luther King. "I'm gonna get all this sex shit on him, so that I can use it later."

DP: That's what came to our minds eventually, because October was one month before the very crucial November election of last year, when both the Senate and House went Democratic, and the balance of power in this country shifted."

Comments

[kalmn.livejournal.com]

i have, courtesy making light, a t-shirt that says "i deeply resent the way this administration makes me feel like a nutbar conspiracy theorist".

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

Exactly. It would be perfect for me if it said "nutbar partisan conspiracy theorist." B/c that's the part I resent most, to be honest.

[innerdoggie.livejournal.com]

I think a new president will help improve things. Certainly won't solve all problems, but a new one will help.

I keep wondering if somebody threatened Palfrey.