Spitzer will resign. No later than Friday.
Too plausible.
It is, after all, the party of moral chaos.
When I say "should", I mean from a strictly amoral, cynical, point of view. He doesn't need to resign.
That is because our party lacks the b_lls to force them to resign!
We refuse to make their crimes an issue, and totally ignore them.
New Yorkers are weighing in on the governor’s call-girl scandal.
The consensus, according to a new poll, is a big thumbs down. A State that put him in the governors slot with close to 70% of the vote.
The Marist College poll released late last night found 70% of New Yorkers polled feel Spitzer should resign and 66% feel he should be impeached and removed from office if he doesn’t.
Don’t forget Gerry Studs and his male page boyfriend.
He thinks he is the law.
Just announced that he IS resigning : http://www.nypost.com/seven/03122008/news/regionalnews/spitzer_to_resign_in_the_hour__sources_s_101629.htm
"...And I know that every one will confess that it would be most praiseworthy in a prince to exhibit all the above qualities that are considered good; but because they can neither be entirely possessed nor observed, for human conditions do not permit it, it is necessary for him to be sufficiently prudent that he may know how to avoid the reproach of those vices which would lose him his state; and also to keep himself, if it be possible, from those which would not lose him it; but this not being possible, he may with less hesitation abandon himself to them. And again, he need not make himself uneasy at incurring a reproach for those vices without which the state can only be saved with difficulty, for if everything is considered carefully, it will be found that something which looks like virtue, if followed, would be his ruin; whilst something else, which looks like vice, yet followed brings him security and prosperity.
The Democrats are already defending him. He's put "bad" guys away, but we don't know if his purposes were legitimate or if they were truly bad guys.
So, the division between official duties and a private life is being offered as his defense.
We've seen this before.
Those other stories died, this one won’t. It is just too delicious....hypocrisy, sex, money (maybe even Mafia money or state funds....ohlala...), beautiful women, betrayed trophy wife...it’s better than a soap opera.
To quote Col Potter: “You people - get the phone, Radar - you people have been panicking over a rumor that says the 4077 is bugging out. That is grade-A 100% bull cookies! You service people should know by now that scuttlebutt is as common as cooties in your skivvies! ...
The general has assured me, there is nothing to worry about. M*A*S*H 4077 is definitely... [Radar hands him a message] bugging out in three hours!
IMHO, a vanity should only be offered if it is the equivalent of a news / commentary article.
You could have put these few lines into a response on most any Spitser thread.
At an absolute minimum, it should be labeled a vanity or even a rant, so everyonne knows all they will get from clicking on the thread is the equivalent of a single response.
I’m sure there are plenty of other politicians who’s drinks are being mixed by shaky hands while they wonder “Am I next?”
bet you a fin he does before end of week.
Add Kwami “the salami” Kilpatrick to the list.....
NC State Representative Thomas Wright
It’s not just Democrats. Last I checked, David Vitter was still in office, even though he did the exact same thing as Spitzer. There’s a large, bi-partisan group of guys who can’t keep their zippers shut.
He just did
Well, they’re now announcing that he will, shortly. I also said yesterday that he’d fight it tooth-and-nail. I guess we were both wrong.