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New Republic Gives Atonement Advice for Eliot Spitzer
NewsBusters ^
| December 17, 2008
| P.J. Gladnick
Posted on 12/17/2008 4:25:42 AM PST by PJ-Comix
Former New York governor Eliot Spitzer, who resigned due to his involvement in a prostitution ring, is slowly attempting to edge himself back into the public eye with his new column in Slate. The problem from the POV of The New Republic is that Spitzer is trying to make himself relevant again much too quickly without showing the proper remorse. As a result, The New Republic gives Spitzer some atonement advice written by Jacob Gershman which does the former governor no real service since anything he does now will come off as a cynical attempt to return to the public eye:
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: New York
KEYWORDS: corruptdems; eliotspitzer; spitzer; tnr
The jokes will follow Eliot Spitzer forever.
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posted on
12/17/2008 4:25:43 AM PST
by
PJ-Comix
To: Paul Heinzman; IMissPresidentReagan; AlexW; Cletus.D.Yokel; ConservativeOrBust; tropical; ...
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posted on
12/17/2008 4:26:41 AM PST
by
PJ-Comix
(The Tide Turned Just a Half Year After Pearl Harbor)
To: PJ-Comix
If you play Spitzer backwards,it says client no.9,no.9.
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posted on
12/17/2008 4:29:42 AM PST
by
Dr. Ursus
To: Dr. Ursus
Whereas if you say it forwards it’s “Putz...Putz...”
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posted on
12/17/2008 4:34:36 AM PST
by
Still Thinking
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: PJ-Comix
Hard to ever take this hypocrite seriously ever again.
Hey elliot, why don’t ya just go beg for a job from daddy?
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posted on
12/17/2008 4:43:37 AM PST
by
Joe Boucher
(An enemy of Islam)
To: PJ-Comix
Where was Spitzer during the Madoff run for the money.
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posted on
12/17/2008 4:58:19 AM PST
by
Carley
(Prayers for Sgt. Eddie Ryan)
To: PJ-Comix
Anyone who would vote this guy back into ANY office is a total FOOL!
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posted on
12/17/2008 4:59:23 AM PST
by
SumProVita
(Cogito, ergo...Sum Pro Vita. (Modified DeCartes))
To: PJ-Comix
What will be the title of his first column?
"A John's Story"
"What My Wife Doesn't Know"
"Oops, I did it Again... to a Prostitute"
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posted on
12/17/2008 5:04:26 AM PST
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll)
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