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.

[MEG33]

Treatment? Bless his heart, his addiction made him do it?.Barf.

[gleeaikin]

“He makes Bill Clinton look like an amateur.”

Yeh, and Bill gets it for free. I think he actually liked Monica and related to her. A big difference from buying, using, and discarding. Nevertheless, from a Libertarian perspective, I think prostitution laws against consensual acts between consenting adults are stupid. Have the women pay taxes, get regular medical checkups and education, get rid of the pimps, and put the police to work on crimes with actual victims. Save a lot of tax money in the long run.

Also, when is some wife going to get up and say: “You know, I am just not as interested in the physical side of my marriage as I was 20 years ago. So long as he brings home a paycheck, gives the kids and me quality time, and remembers my birthday and Valentines Day, I don’t mind if a gets a little happiness that means a lot more to him than it does to me. Moreover, why is it any of your business?”?

[The Mayor]

Here's my new graphic... : )

[MEG33]

LOL
Still wonder if a deal was cut with the feds. Deals are cut all the time so I would not be surprised ...but I would love ALL the sleaze and history to be revealed. He loved to threaten and steamroll others..bout time he got steamrolled.

This man needs a lot of treatment for his arrogance and hypocrisy..

[MarkMyWord]

KayEyeDoubleDee thought it was my best work to date.

[RecallMoran]

Did he have the same problem as Frank Gifford?

[The Mayor]

There was a report issued 45 minutes after he resigned that said “No deal was made with the Feds”... I am counting the hours till the list of charges gets revealed.

[wideminded]

Classy girl.

[The Mayor]

No... that would be great if he did though....

[MEG33]

I guess he finally saw that impeachment was next..and I saw no pundit or politico suggesting he should not resign.

This was not just about sex. I think they rarely prosecute a john so the fed money wrongdoing will be what he is facing. I have little doubt he will get a deal..but it might be hitched to his giving evidence against the Prostitution ring. He may be too arrogant to make a good deal for himself..asking for too much.
He has some heavy hitter lawyers...and plenty of money to pay them.

[headstamp 2]

Buh Bye........

[Old Sarge]

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

Stolen FBI File #712. Payback for the illegal/driver lisence fiasco that cost She Who Must Not Be Named some street cred.

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

Mo. House votes to bar illegal immigrants from public colleges

Posted by swinging_cornflake_killer to BGHater
On News/Activism 03/12/2008 12:45:27 PM PDT · 25 of 27

CNN: Spitzer resigns; to step down by Monday

Posted by swinging_cornflake_killer to The Mayor
On News/Activism 03/12/2008 10:36:40 AM PDT · 112 of 152

CNN: Spitzer resigns; to step down by Monday

Posted by swinging_cornflake_killer to The Mayor
On News/Activism 03/12/2008 9:58:59 AM PDT · 89 of 152

Spitzer to Announce Resignation in the Hour: Sources

Posted by swinging_cornflake_killer to drb9
On News/Activism 03/12/2008 8:57:58 AM PDT · 26 of 27

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4 posts,,,

Seems to want to jam Sen.Vitter(R)Louisiana,,,

Must be one of “Katrina Mary”Landrieu’s buddies...

[The Mayor]

I guess the votes were there to impeach too.
I didn’t know that he had checked with the assembly and impeachment was imminent if he didn’t resign.

This is what happens when you step on everyone in your way. They will eventually have their way with you. Good riddance.

[Arrowhead1952]

swinging_cornflake_killer may be a troll. See the reply just below yours on this thread.

[Miss Didi]

RUSH: One more thing about Eliot Spitzer you have to understand. A lot of people ask, "Why did the media love Spitzer?" Well, here was the official Drive-By prosecutor is the way to look at this. I mean, he was going after targets that the left despises institutionally, not so much personally. Here's how Spitzer operated, folks. He would threaten to ruin people. He would file an action. He'd call a big press conference accusing these people, besmirching these people, and then squeeze them into settling to some consent decree to avoid the full force and power of his office. But few of his targets were actually found to have done anything wrong. This is what he did. Eliot Spitzer is what Mike Nifong wanted to be. If you really haven't followed Spitzer's career and you don't know much about him, Spitzer had to be Nifong's role model. I mean, this kind of excess -- no control, no discipline, pure exercise of political power to destroy people -- is exactly what Spitzer was engaged in. It was great press based on no substance, and the moral of it all is that he had no more business being a prosecutor than the Drive-Bys have a claim on being objective -- and this piece in the Wall Street Journal today by Kimberley Strassel just nails the Drive-By Media and their enabling behavior of Eliot Spitzer. Simply put, capitalism was his target, and he went after it with a vengeance. (cont.)

The Drive-Bys Couldn't Save Spitzer, But Silda Wanted to Stick It Out

New Paul Shanklin Parodies:

Party of Love

Love Client No. 9

[Old Sarge]

[Not A Snowbird]

For what?

[Not A Snowbird]

Was Vitter also engaged in money structuring and goodnesss knows how many other felonies?

[skimask]

It’s SPITZMAS in March.