Something has gone terribly wrong when a university professor earns just one-tenth the pay of a high-priced call girl, dontcha think?
CCNY has hired former Gov. Eliot Spitzer — who quit in disgrace after admitting to secret hotel trysts — as an adjunct professor in its political science department.
He will, Lord have mercy, teach a weekly three-hour course this fall on “Law and Public Policy” — and for this he will be paid $4,500 for the semester, or roughly $100 an hour.
Compare that with pricey prostitute Ashley Dupre, whose regular hourly rate was an eyebrow-raising $1,000.
Doesn’t seem right, does it?
Still, we hope Spitzer sticks with his teaching gig and foregoes any thought of an electoral comeback.
The Post’s Maggie Haberman reported that Spitzer has been talking with friends about possibly running next year for state comptroller — or even challenging newly appointed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.
We understand how the current state of what passes for leadership in Albany might have Spitzer — and even some voters — thinking that his brief tenure was, by comparison, the Age of Pericles.
But going before the voters again?
Please.
Forget — for a moment, anyway — the unseemliness of Spitzer running for office after the tawdry way he left it. Why would he even want to subject his family to the indignity?
But voters should also know that Spitzer is far more responsible for the sad state of affairs in Albany than he probably would like anybody to realize.
After all, he’s the one who hand-picked David Paterson for lieutenant governor, making him first in line to succeed to the Executive Chamber.
Then there was Spitzer’s inability to deal with the Legislature, as well as his ham-handed dictatorial — but ultimately ineffective — style of governing. (Remember “I am a [bleep]ing steamroller”?)
Oh, and did we mention Troopergate?
Fact is, Spitzer already has done enough damage.
Stay put, Eliot.