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When Will Spitzer Finally Pull Out?
Village Voice ^ | 3/10/08 | Harkavy

Posted on 03/10/2008 6:03:07 PM PDT by melt

Will Eliot Spitzer resign in time for this evening's network newscasts? I wouldn't if I were him. I'd wait until right afterwards, so that my smiling face wouldn't appear simultaneously on every TV set in the Western world.

This is not New York provincialism. Spitzer is practically the most prominent and powerful Democrat in a huge state — Hillary Clinton's state, Wall Street's state, the state of millions of Democrats.

Spitzer's boner really sticks out, even in this day and age. He didn't just get some on the side. He violated the law, if the federal complaint and published reports are true.

Yes, it will be more important to the country when Citigroup finally collapses. That will be a real disaster.

Still, there's some meat to this Spitzer thing. In any case, the way it went down was a case of exquisite timing, coming on the heels of last night's final episode of HBO's The Wire.

My buddy and former colleague Adamma Ince just texted me:

Looks like Lester got Spitzer on the wire too. She's referring to Lester Freamon, the ace detective on that ace investigative entertainment series about political corruption. Lester, adept at tapping and taping politicians, lawyers, and drug dealers, was the shining cop of all "murder police" on that instantly legendary series.

Judging from the complaint that apparently involves Spitzer, there was some pretty good bugging going on against him too.

Lost in the babble over the Spitzer story are the dubious prostitution laws. Why exactly is prostitution criminalized? However, it is, and Spitzer just got finished with a long stint as attorney general, where he hounded others for breaking laws. And now he's governor.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: badjokes; corruption; doubleentendres; goodriddance; hookers; hypocrite; liar; mediawhore; resignation; sex; spitzer; villagevoice
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To: melt

I’d wager everything I have that he won’t resign if he’s not indicted.Even if he is I wouldn’t bet a dime on him resigning.


22 posted on 03/10/2008 6:11:18 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Women swooned in Mao's presence too.)
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To: melt

He won’t resign. He is too arrogant.


23 posted on 03/10/2008 6:11:35 PM PDT by Redleg Duke ("All gave some, and some gave all!")
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To: kingattax
With all due respect to that wonderful 90s band Collective Soul, new york should just:

Turn its head, now baby, spitz him out.


24 posted on 03/10/2008 6:12:03 PM PDT by Vision Thing
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To: melt

There’s a headline for Jay Leno’s show, lol.


25 posted on 03/10/2008 6:13:15 PM PDT by psjones (u)
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To: melt

Judging by the look on his wife’s face resigning is the least of Spitzer’s worries.


26 posted on 03/10/2008 6:13:42 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Those who surrender personal liberty for lower global temperatures will receive neither."--weegee)
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To: cripplecreek
Wonder if the evidence will stand up in court.

All rise!

27 posted on 03/10/2008 6:13:55 PM PDT by HoosierHawk
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To: melt
When Will Spitzer Finally Pull Out?


28 posted on 03/10/2008 6:14:08 PM PDT by RockinRight (Supreme Court Justice Fred Thompson. The next best place for Fred.)
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To: melt

He has already referred to this as “a private matter.” Those carefully chosen words mean he is not going to resign.


29 posted on 03/10/2008 6:14:11 PM PDT by Toskrin (Bringing you global cooling since 1999)
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To: Chris DeWeese

Leave it to the Village Voice to come up with such a great title for this situation.


30 posted on 03/10/2008 6:14:56 PM PDT by jpl (Samantha Power was right.)
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To: melt

He’s going to “Clinton” it out. “It’s just a private matter. Let’s move on.”


31 posted on 03/10/2008 6:16:02 PM PDT by pabianice
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To: melt
Lost in the babble over the Spitzer story are the dubious prostitution laws. Why exactly is prostitution criminalized?

Oh, so now we are going to go down this liberal road of defense again? Next is coming some obscure and bogus story that Abe Lincoln or some other revered president used a prostitute in order to defend this POS.

32 posted on 03/10/2008 6:16:25 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: Toskrin

He’s a Democrat.

He’ll walk. Slick has already shown the way.


33 posted on 03/10/2008 6:16:42 PM PDT by Ole Okie
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To: MARTIAL MONK

I hear the hookers are reporting otherwise and gave him the “Little Man” discount. One said, “Hmm..I never noticed he screwed me, but I noticed on the credti card receipt.”


34 posted on 03/10/2008 6:17:16 PM PDT by Emmett McCarthy
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To: melt
MERRY SPITZMAS!
35 posted on 03/10/2008 6:17:29 PM PDT by Old Sarge (CTHULHU '08 - I won't settle for a lesser evil any longer!)
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Lester Freamon, the ace detective...

Correction: Lester Freamon, private dick...

36 posted on 03/10/2008 6:17:58 PM PDT by melt (Someday, they'll wish their Jihad... Jihadn't.)
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To: pabianice

Yup, it’s only about sex, so it’s no big deal ....

Everybody does it ....


37 posted on 03/10/2008 6:20:37 PM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: melt

just an fyi - the Village Voice is mostly read by the NYC gay community. *snort*


38 posted on 03/10/2008 6:21:32 PM PDT by RDTF (Go AEGIS!)
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To: melt

Rumor has it that Spitzer was kinky and liked being spanked.


39 posted on 03/10/2008 6:22:32 PM PDT by Riptides
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To: melt

This picture reminds me of the sci-fi Predator, in more ways then one.


40 posted on 03/10/2008 6:23:00 PM PDT by Brimack34
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