CNN: Spitzer resigns; to step down by Monday

CNN ^ | 2008-02-12

[rabscuttle385]

ALBANY, New York (CNN) -- Gov. Eliot Spitzer said Wednesday that he will step down from the state's top office and promised to "atone for my private failings" with family members.

[rabscuttle385]

CNN: New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer today announced his resignation after allegations of his involvement in a prostitution ring.

[Steely Tom]

Please remain clam.

[BullDog108]

Ah, shucks. I was hoping that he would stretch it out and the Feds would give us a perp walk!

[MarkMyWord]

Wow, I bet his Lt. Governor didn’t see that coming.

[rhombus]

and promised to "atone for my private failings" with family members

Paging Jessie Jackson... snicker

[Vince Ferrer]

DJIA at the time of announcement: 12,235.86 +79.05 +0.65%

[Dane]

Saw the speech and Spitzer was smarmy.

The guy thinks he is a god.

[alwaysconservative]

Cute!

[BibChr]

Has any credible news agency reported this yet?

[goldstategop]

He could change his mind before Monday. I wouldn't put it past him to try to remain in office.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[wbill]

Well, I posted the following, yesterday. I'm right so far. Hoping that I'm wrong on the Hillary!, piece, though.

My completely unsolicited $0.02?

Spitzer resigns. Hillary! gets her butt handed to her by Obama in the rest of the primaries.

Thus, Hillary! is available to run in the inevitable re-election for NY Governor. Gives her a graceful way of bowing out of the '08 election, while maintaining (maybe expanding?) her power base. And, leaving her open for a later run in 2012.

Makes me think about who leaked what, and to who. And when.

[FormerACLUmember]

And now Elliot, my lad......

Club Fed: the Vacation Paradise!

[xtinct]

[HamiltonJay]

PRIVATE FAILINGS???

I guarantee you, when all is said and done in this investigation you are going to find way more than PRIVATE FAILINGS... this guy got snagged by Feds investigating indiscrepencies in government accounts and money laundering.

While the use of prostitutes may be a private failing... and I have complete sympathy for this jacka$$’s daughters.. .there are 3 girls who will never be able to truly trust a man in their lives thanks to daddy’s selfishness... There is no atonement he can possibly do to make up for the failings he has done to these girls.... The rest of the stuff that’s around this is not in any way “private”, there is way more to this coming folks.. I’d bet the farm on it.

[Sooth2222]

If he doesn't pardon the 19 people he put in jail for being "involved" with prostitution rings before he leaves, he really is slime.

...of course, he really is slime.

[AU72]

Wow, I bet his Lt. Governor didn’t see that coming.

Yeah. You could say he got blind-sided.

[NRA1995]

Gov. Eliot Spitzer said Wednesday that he will step down from the state's top office and promised to "atone for my private failings" with family members.

Whips....red hot irons....nutcrackers....

[Behind Liberal Lines]

It’s an interesting theory, but under NY Law, the Lt. Governor will serve out the remainder of Spitzer’s term, which expires at the end of 2010.

[justlurking]

Makes me think about who leaked what, and to who. And when.

This investigation has been going on for a while. I believe it started BEFORE Clinton was considered D-Inevitable, when she didn't consider Obama a threat.

Perhaps the timing of going public is suspicious. But, Spitzer was one of her committed super-delegates, who reportedly won't be replaced.

[AbeKrieger]

Wow, I bet his Lt. Governor didn’t see that coming.

Oh man,....

[The Mayor]

[Yossarian]

I just saw the resignation speech - what an egotistical putz.

While many of the individual words were conciliatory, they were all surrounded and delivered in a "Am I not wonderful?!" context and tone.

Hasta La Vista, MFer!

[wideawake]

If Clinton were to run for governor of NY in 2010 she would once again find herself running in a Democratic primary against a black man with much higher personal likability - and this time that man would be a sitting incumbent.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

Right, but when does he go to jail?
Any chance of that? More than Nifong going to jail?

[wbill]

It’s an interesting theory, but under NY Law, the Lt. Governor will serve out the remainder of Spitzer’s term, which expires at the end of 2010.

I assumed that there was some sort of law on succession, but I didn't know that he was in until 2010. Still, I wouldn't rule out the Lt. Gov being found with a dead girl. Or a live boy. Or, just suffering from a case of Arkancide. Or, stepping aside "For the Good of the party" to avoid one of the three aforementioned alternatives.

And yes, I *do* have a tailormade tinfoil hat. Keeps Hillary! from controlling my mind. LOL!

[Maceman]

He added, "Our greatest glory consists not in never falling but in rising every time we fall."

This is what my father-in-law calls "taking a bow at your own funeral."

[HIDEK6]

What a putz.

[Miss Didi]

If Clinton were to run for governor of NY in 2010 she would once again find herself running in a Democratic primary against a black man with much higher personal likability - and this time that man would be a sitting incumbent.


FAVE DAVE: David Paterson, at home outside Albany yesterday, has a strongly liberal voting record but is highly regarded by pols of both parties as a conciliator.

PATERSON'S '06 MISFIRE PUSHED BAN ON COP 'SHOOT TO KILL'

By KENNETH LOVETT Post Correspondent March 12, 2008 -- ALBANY - The man who could be governor, David Paterson, once sponsored highly controversial legislation in the state Senate requiring police to shoot to harm, not kill.

The current lieutenant governor, a Democrat from Harlem, also pushed a bill that would have allowed non-citizen residents to vote in local elections. (snip)

[OESY]

Mort Zuckerman comments on Elliot Richardson's
resignation (briefly) on Fox News.

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[wbill]

If Clinton were to run for governor of NY in 2010 she would once again find herself running in a Democratic primary against a black man with much higher personal likability

Oh the irony. Would love to be a fly on the wall if she was actually considering this.

[NCC-1701]

A typical dimoCRACK pose:

[stratboy]

Read the article - interesting thing - he is never referred to as a RAT in the article - only a little sidebar stating that he was a rising star in the RAT party. Imagine if this were a GOP gov.

[Miss Didi]

HILL'S A 'SUPER' LOSER

[COUNTrecount]

He added, "Our greatest glory consists not in never falling but in rising every time we fall."

Finally, The View co-host Joy Behar opined, "Aren't you sick of men? Viagra is destroying our government."

[SeaHawkFan]

Paging Jessie Jackson... snicker

Tony Compolo is a more likely 'counselor'. Tony despises corporate America and is a socialist.

[RedRightReturn]

“Makes me think about who leaked what, and to who. And when.”

BINGO!!!

This was my suspicion too. HRC knows she’s tanking in the primaries. This is a calculated move by the HRC inner circle and is based on meeting/not meeting certain delegate and poll critera along set stop points in the campaign.

The make-nice, let’s be partners with Obama, schtick was the smoke screen while all this was going down in the backgroud. And the Barack WTF noise in response was the gas on the fire. Makes it look real.

This all sets her up to “legitimately” answer the call of her stricken State and saves face for the 2012 run. She know she lost and probably wont spend much $$ for the duration of her campaign. She will sabotage Obama at every turn for the shot at 2012.

It has been decided. McCain will be our next President.

He will serve a single term and she’ll be back in for her final hunt in 2012.

[Miss Didi]

Brent Bozell was on Fox telling the Friends this morning that the Drive-Bys have all omitted “Democrat” from their reporting. Surprised?

[Daveinyork]

I can hear the corks popping on Wall Street all way down here in York, PA

[rabscuttle385]

Imagine if this were a GOP gov.

That would be some serious macaca.

[randita]

Thus, Hillary! is available to run in the inevitable re-election for NY Governor.

That totally fits in with what I heard on FNC - that David Paterson is more interested in becoming a U.S. Senator than governor.

Here's my prognostication: Hillary will resign as Senator, Paterson will appoint himself to fill her spot, then she runs as governor, which she would win in a landslide.

Everyone's talking about how this hurts Hillary, but no way. Her consolation prize for losing the Democrat primary could be the governorship of NY state, keeping the state of NY out of Republican hands.

[GovernmentShrinker]

I agree. The tremendous level of scrutiny this received from federal law enforcement officials, over a very long period of time, and despite rather small amounts of money involved (at least that we’ve heard about so far), suggest that they bumped into other topics of interest early on. Other dealings of “QAT” and the man behind it may be the serious law enforcement story here.

[wbill]

Brent Bozell was on Fox telling the Friends this morning that the Drive-Bys have all omitted “Democrat” from their reporting. Surprised?

Not surprised, but I can say with all honesty that I had *no idea* what his party affiliation was until I found it on FR.

I suspect that would not have been the case if he had a (R) after his name.

[KayEyeDoubleDee]

Wow, I bet his Lt. Governor didn’t see that coming.

Okay, that's the funniest thing anyone has posted to FreeRepublic in, like, at least... a month.

[Southack]

#1, promising to step down in the future is *not* the same thing as resigning

#2, Hillary still needs to show her “leadership” by commenting on the man she endorsed for Governor of NY...

[wbill]

Here's my prognostication: Hillary will resign as Senator, Paterson will appoint himself to fill her spot, then she runs as governor, which she would win in a landslide.

Hmmm. Didn't even think about that. Wonder what the political ramifications are of appointing yourself as a senator? Any precedents?

[rottndog]

GOOD RIDDANCE to a scumbag of scumbags...

One question...Is he an even worse scumbag because he had unprotected sex with his wife after having unprotected sex with hookers? Inquiring minds want to know. I’m sure Tim Russert will be all over that one.

[Grampa Dave]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080312/ap_on_re_us/spitzer_prostitution

NY Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigns 5 minutes ago

NEW YORK - Gov. Eliot Spitzer announced Wednesday that he is resigning, completing a spectacular fall from power for a politician whose once-promising career imploded amid allegations that he paid thousands of dollars for high-end prostitutes.

“I look at my time as governor with a sense of what might have been,” Spitzer said, with his expressionless wife Silda standing at his side. “There is much more to be done, and I cannot allow my private failings to disrupt the people’s work.”

Spitzer says his resignation is effective Monday. He will be replaced by Lt. Gov. David Paterson, who will become New York’s first black governor.

[MarkMyWord]

Well, I for one, am insulted because I’ve been posting all month!

[jws3sticks]

This looks safe enough to post:

[randita]

If Clinton were to run for governor of NY in 2010 she would once again find herself running in a Democratic primary against a black man with much higher personal likability - and this time that man would be a sitting incumbent.

FNC reported that Paterson is much more interested in being a U.S. Senator than being governor. Hillary would have the path paved in gold to run for governor of NY.