Spitzer prostitute ingratiates herself to America

Ashley Alexandra Dupre, the prostitute at the center of the Eliot Spitzer scandal, recently issued an apology to Spitzer’s wife. In the article, “Prostitute to Spitzer’s wife: ‘I’m sorry’” (http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/20/spitzer.prostitute.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories), Dupre says she was stricken by the pain on Silda Wall Spitzer’s face. “Dupre, 23, envisions a future for herself in music, fashion and writing books.” For that reason, the issue of self-presentation is central to her apology. It makes one question her apology and wonder if it was merely a move to advance her career. Perhaps it was just a way to ingratiate herself to America. She claimed she would “never again” be involved in prostitution, but one has to wonder how an upper-middle class girl like her got involved with the business in the first place. The instant fame she received from the Spitzer scandal may just have been her jumping off point.