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CNN: Spitzer resigns; to step down by Monday
CNN ^ | 2008-02-12

Posted on 03/12/2008 8:52:58 AM PDT by 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.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: New York
KEYWORDS: adiosmofo; cultureofcorruption; democratparty; democrats; hooker; own3d; prostitution; pwn3d; spitzer; spitzmas; toastedflakey
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CNN: New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer today announced his resignation after allegations of his involvement in a prostitution ring.
1 posted on 03/12/2008 8:52:59 AM PDT by rabscuttle385
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To: rabscuttle385

Please remain clam.


2 posted on 03/12/2008 8:53:59 AM PDT by Steely Tom (Steely's First Law of the Main Stream Media: if it doesn't advance the agenda, it's not news.)
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To: rabscuttle385

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


3 posted on 03/12/2008 8:54:15 AM PDT by BullDog108 (A Smith & Wesson beats four aces)
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To: rabscuttle385

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


4 posted on 03/12/2008 8:55:01 AM PDT by MarkMyWord
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To: rabscuttle385
and promised to "atone for my private failings" with family members

Paging Jessie Jackson... snicker

5 posted on 03/12/2008 8:55:05 AM PDT by rhombus
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To: rabscuttle385

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


6 posted on 03/12/2008 8:55:21 AM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: rabscuttle385
Saw the speech and Spitzer was smarmy.

The guy thinks he is a god.

7 posted on 03/12/2008 8:56:39 AM PDT by Dane ("Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" Ronald Reagan, 1987)
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To: MarkMyWord

Cute!


8 posted on 03/12/2008 8:57:02 AM PDT by alwaysconservative (If Spitzer resigns or is impeached, does he lose his Hillary superdelegate status? LOL!)
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To: rabscuttle385; dead

Has any credible news agency reported this yet?


9 posted on 03/12/2008 8:57:17 AM PDT by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: Dane
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

10 posted on 03/12/2008 8:57:45 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: rabscuttle385
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.

11 posted on 03/12/2008 8:57:56 AM PDT by wbill
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To: rabscuttle385

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

Club Fed: the Vacation Paradise!


12 posted on 03/12/2008 8:58:03 AM PDT by FormerACLUmember (When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.)
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13 posted on 03/12/2008 9:00:44 AM PDT by xtinct (I was the next door neighbor kid's imaginary friend.)
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To: rabscuttle385

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.


14 posted on 03/12/2008 9:00:52 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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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.

15 posted on 03/12/2008 9:00:53 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
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To: MarkMyWord
Wow, I bet his Lt. Governor didn’t see that coming.

Yeah. You could say he got blind-sided.

16 posted on 03/12/2008 9:01:15 AM PDT by AU72
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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....

17 posted on 03/12/2008 9:01:18 AM PDT by NRA1995 (Bill Clinton: HILLARY!'s other big ass)
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To: 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.


18 posted on 03/12/2008 9:01:19 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: wbill
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.

19 posted on 03/12/2008 9:02:13 AM PDT by justlurking (The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.)
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To: MarkMyWord
Wow, I bet his Lt. Governor didn’t see that coming.

Oh man,....

20 posted on 03/12/2008 9:02:29 AM PDT by AbeKrieger (There is a special place in Hell for Lyndon Johnson.)
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