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[SlaveNoMore]

Diane_Keaton
He was talking about the New York Times. This is The New Yorker. The one with all the cartoons.

The cartoons are perhaps the only thing distinguishing the two.

[SlaveNoMore]

Tyrone Slothrop
Spanky's just disappointed that there's not enough to this Rezko stuff to become a real story.

You are kidding, right?

[SlaveNoMore]

ALBANY - Gov. Eliot Spitzer has informed his most senior administration officials that he had been involved in a prostitution ring, an administration official said this morning.

Mr. Spitzer, who was huddled with his top aides inside his Fifth Avenue apartment early this afternoon, had hours earlier abruptly canceled his scheduled public events for the day. He scheduled an announcement for 2:15 after inquiries from the Times.

Mr. Spitzer, a first-term Democrat who pledged to bring ethics reform and end the often seamy ways of Albany, is married with three children.

Just last week, federal prosecutors arrested four people in connection with an expensive prostitution operation. Administration officials would not say that this was the ring with which the governor had become involved.

But a person with knowledge of the governor’s role said that the person believes the governor is one of the men identified as clients in court papers....

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
that's different. we have to keep attacking the clintons:

God says so:

• "THOU SHALT NOT SUFFER A WITCH TO LIVE."
  Exodus 22:18

That's not God. That was just Strom Thurmond.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
ALBANY - Gov. Eliot Spitzer has informed his most senior administration officials that he had been involved in a prostitution ring, an administration official said this morning.

Mr. Spitzer, who was huddled with his top aides inside his Fifth Avenue apartment early this afternoon, had hours earlier abruptly canceled his scheduled public events for the day. He scheduled an announcement for 2:15 after inquiries from the Times.

Mr. Spitzer, a first-term Democrat who pledged to bring ethics reform and end the often seamy ways of Albany, is married with three children.

Just last week, federal prosecutors arrested four people in connection with an expensive prostitution operation. Administration officials would not say that this was the ring with which the governor had become involved.

But a person with knowledge of the governor’s role said that the person believes the governor is one of the men identified as clients in court papers....

How long until he resigns? I imagine the junior senator from his state isn't going to be too happy about this.

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
ALBANY - Gov. Eliot Spitzer has informed his most senior administration officials that he had been involved in a prostitution ring, an administration official said this morning.

Wow. Earl Long may have been able to survive Blaze Starr, and Bill outlasted the furor over his Not Sex with Monica, but how does a (supposed) law and order type like Spitzer go on after being found out as a customer of high-priced talent? I wouldn't bet on him finishing his term.

Dick Grasso is drinking champagne as I type this.

[Secret_Agent_Man]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
How long until he resigns? I imagine the junior senator from his state isn't going to be too happy about this.

When you've positioned yourself as the morality police, you've really got to keep your nose clean. (hehheheheh)

S_A_M

P.S. Hey Slave - I heard on the Internets that when Congress is in recess, Obama has been spending his time on "fact-finding missions" to Colombia where he was really fighting alongside the FARC. They even gave him his own code name -- Comandante Oídos Grandes. Check it out. http://translation2.paralink.com/

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Not Bob
Wow. Earl Long may have been able to survive Blaze Starr, and Bill outlasted the furor over his Not Sex with Monica, but how does a (supposed) law and order type like Spitzer go on after being found out as a customer of high-priced talent? I wouldn't bet on him finishing his term.

Dick Grasso is drinking champagne as I type this.

All the 7 diamond girls were stockbrokers, so it's OK.

[Replaced_Texan]

inaudible] … politics that would rebuild New York and create opportunity for all. We vowed to bring real change to New York and that will continue. Today, I want to briefly address a private matter. I have acted in a way that violated the obligations to my family and that violates my — or any — sense of right and wrong. I apologize first, and most importantly, to my family. I apologize to the public, whom I promised better. I do not believe that politics in the long run is about individuals. It is about ideas, the public good and doing what is best for the State of New York. But I have disappointed and failed to live up to the standard that I expect of myself. I must now dedicate some time to regain the trust of my family. I will not be taking questions. Thank you very much. I will report back to you in short order. Thank you very much.

He spoke for less than a minute, and slammed the door when he left. Interesting. I can't imagine he'll survive a news cycle.

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
He spoke for less than a minute, and slammed the door when he left. Interesting. I can't imagine he'll survive a news cycle.

Quite. I wonder what an embittered and cynical press will do with these developments. Good thing for Spitzer the journalistic types in New York are softies.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Gattigap
Quite. I wonder what an embittered and cynical press will do with these developments. Good thing for Spitzer the journalistic types in New York are softies.

I just hope he's ready for some really stinging cartoons.

[Sparklehorse]

Originally posted by taxwonk
I just hope he's ready for some really stinging cartoons.

Andy Borowitz has already started (although it's not technically a cartoon):

"Spitzer: I've Been Screwed"

[Gattigap]

Ben Smith, Politico:

• As one reporter just quipped on the Clinton plane: "There goes another superdelegate."

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Not Bob
Ever heard of a man named Charles Keating?

You just put "Still Rock n' Roll To Me" in my head.

And I'm not going to forget it. You'll pay for this. Don't think you won't pay.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Gattigap
Ben Smith, Politico:

• As one reporter just quipped on the Clinton plane: "There goes another superdelegate."

We're finally reclaiming the sex scandal from the Republicans. It's been one long dry spell for the Dems.

Think of Spitzer as the closest we could come to a self-righteous evangelist.