Matt Lauer did his best to be respect to dirty former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer when he interviewed him on the Today Show this morning.

In his first interview since the scandal, Spitzer, 49, downplayed his involvement with the service, saying he used it "not frequently, not long." The disgraced politician, saying there were "no excuses possible" for his behavior, which he repeatedly called "egregious," also said that he is still frequently asked about important issues.

Even so, he said, "I’ve had flaws," and he has thought about them "deeply," he said, saying he has "tried to address these gremlins." He credits his "spectacular wife," Silda, and their three daughters "who are wonderful" for their understanding after they had to deal with "excruciating pain."

Amazingly, Spitzer was never prosecuted for his crimes, and he is not divorced. I give his wife credit for both lucky breaks.

Eliot Spitzer is in hot legal water once again. A second hooker ring was busted, and Spitzer was once again linked to it. This time he was riding the madam, who looks like a tranny. The New York Post reports:

Disgraced former Gov. Eliot Spitzer has been identified as a long-standing client of a second high-priced call-girl ring, The Post has learned.

The ex-governor regularly patronized Wicked Models, the Manhattan-based operation taken down Tuesday, according to financial documents and other evidence unearthed in a yearlong prostitution in vestigation, law-enforcement sources said.

The revelation comes three weeks after Spitzer was outed as "Client-9" in a separate federal hooker probe involving the New Jersey-based Emperors Club VIP.

At the center of the new ring is Kristin "Billie" Davis, a busty bottle blonde who hails from a ough-and-tumble California trailer park. She has a reputation for hard-partying, shameless self-promotion and a rumored 10,000-name-long client list.

Davis’ alleged multimillion-dollar empire was smashed by city vice cops as she made plans to skip town. Prosecutors say she netted some $2 million last year by pimping out ladies of the night for as much as $1,000 an hour through four Web sites.

They noted she has openly boasted of total earnings of $6 million, and has been in operation since at least 2004.

Davis, 32, pleaded not guilty to money laundering and promoting prostitution in Manhattan Supreme Court yesterday and was held on $2-million bail. She faces 15 years in prison if convicted of running the ring, which also allegedly operated the Madison La A’mour and New York Body Miracle agencies.

A source said Davis personally serviced Spitzer.

Although Spitzer, through a spokesman, denied any connection to this latest hooker ring, it’s hard to say if anyone will believe him, especially his wife.

David Paterson, the blind black man who became governor of New York after Eliot Spitzer resigned in a hooker scandal, has himself admitted to having several affairs while married. Now Paterson himself has become fodder for jokes. Don’t be surprised to see him as a regular on Saturday Night Live soon. Barack Obama is running on the slogan "Judgment to Lead," and that is causing voters to take a closer look at the judgment of all politicians these days, including Paterson.

In an effort to dilute the controversy surrounding Barack Obama’s racist preacher Jeremiah Wright, the Obama campaign released a photo yesterday of Bill Clinton with Wright. The photo was taken September of 1998 at a prayer breakfast at the White House. Controversy has always surrounded Bill Clinton, so this effort by Obama to divert attention away from his racist preacher, has only resulted in Obama covering himself with more dirt and mud. At this point the only thing that could divert attention from Wright, would be news that Obama was having an affair with Eliot Spitzer’s hooker.

Ashley Alexandra Dupré (22) made her debut to the world by appearing in a Girls Gone Wild video on her 18th birthday. In case you forgot, Ashley is the hooker, aka Kristen, that cost Eliot Spitzer his career as the Governor of New York, but she has not yet been arrested or charged with a crime. The pictures here are from the video Spring Break 2005: Anything Goes, which will be released soon.

In the meantime, Joe Francis offered Ashley $1 million to sit down and tell her story, and she isn’t even required to take her clothes off. Joe wants to put Ashley’s face on the cover of his new magazine nation wide. That’s a sweet deal.

Update: After Joe Francis discovered GGW already had seven full-length tapes of Ashley in their archives doing everything imaginable, he pulled his $1 million offer off the table. She should have jumped on it while she had the chance. It’s not like she hasn’t before. To see Ashley in action Joe requires a $29.95 subscription at GGW, but we may get some of that footage soon to post for free.

Click here to see the video.