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Spitzer Gets a New Job, as an Online Columnist
new york times ^ | Sewell Chan | December 3, 2008

Posted on 12/04/2008 5:35:50 PM PST by mathprof

Eliot Spitzer, former governor of New York, has a new calling: online commentator.

At 5:59 p.m., Slate, the online magazine, published the first of what it says will be a series of biweekly columns by Mr. Spitzer on financial matters. Mr. Spitzer’s first column argues against using bailouts to prop up giant financial conglomerates, asserting that the money could be better spent elsewhere, whether it’s supporting “basic research and development that could give us true competitive advantage” or restructuring “our bloated health care sector.”

The flaw in consolidation, Mr. Spitzer writes, is that it has created mega-banks that are deemed too big to fail. “Imagine if instead of merging more and more banks together, we had broken them apart and forced them to compete in a genuine manner,” he writes.

“We asked him to write for us,” Jacob Weisberg, editor in chief of the Slate Group, which includes the online publications Slate, Root and The Big Money and is a unit of The Washington Post Company, said in a phone interview. “We first approached him a couple of months ago. I had the idea a while back that he would be an interesting person to write about the financial crisis, in particular.”

The news of Mr. Spitzer’s new job was reported this afternoon by The New York Observer.

David Plotz, the editor of Slate, signed off on the idea, Mr. Weisberg added.

As for the quality of Mr. Spitzer’s prose, Mr. Weisberg said, “He’s a natural writer, which is, I have to say, among ex-politicians something you’re not expecting to find.”

(Excerpt) Read more at cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: asshat; hypocrite; idiot; moneylaundering; pwn3d; spitzer; spitzer3d; spitzmas
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1 posted on 12/04/2008 5:35:50 PM PST by mathprof
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To: mathprof

LOL
Good luck with that Spitz.


2 posted on 12/04/2008 5:37:19 PM PST by TribalPrincess2U (Dirty Dems at their best is always the worse.)
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To: mathprof
columns by Mr. Spitzer on financial matters

One wonders if he will discuss how to pay for a prostitute or how to financially avoid criminal prosecution.

3 posted on 12/04/2008 5:38:53 PM PST by AmericanGirlRising (The cow is in the ditch. We know how it got there. Now help me get it out!)
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To: mathprof

Spitzer Gets a New Job, as an Online Comunist.

There, fixed it.


4 posted on 12/04/2008 5:38:53 PM PST by ChetNavVet (Build It, and they won't come!)
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To: TribalPrincess2U

Spitzer should stick to what he knows


5 posted on 12/04/2008 5:39:12 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: mathprof; TigerLikesRooster; politicket; PAR35
...published the first of what it says will be a series of biweekly columns by Mr. Spitzer on financial matters.

Great. Financial matters...like how to trigger anti-money laundering alarms at the bank that result in getting caught with a high-priced Jersey call girl.

6 posted on 12/04/2008 5:39:18 PM PST by rabscuttle385 ("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
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David Plotz the editor of Slate

Plotz? Seriously?

7 posted on 12/04/2008 5:41:26 PM PST by clintonh8r (For the first time in my life I'm ashamed of my country.)
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To: mathprof

I wonder how many back door shenanigans went on behind the scenes to hook up the Spitz.


8 posted on 12/04/2008 5:42:12 PM PST by TheWasteLand
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To: mathprof; neverdem

9 posted on 12/04/2008 5:42:42 PM PST by The Mayor ( In Gods works we see His hand; in His Word we hear His heart)
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To: mathprof

How many hos does I get for a dollar?


10 posted on 12/04/2008 5:43:42 PM PST by VRWC For Truth (Throw the bums out who vote yes on the bail out)
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To: mathprof

He’s a steamroller, baby . . .


11 posted on 12/04/2008 5:44:03 PM PST by Charlemagne on the Fox
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To: mathprof
Dear Governor Spitzer,

My wife of 20 years doesn't know that I like to cheat on her with cheap prostitootsies.

Does that make me a bad Lieutenant Governor?

Sign me,
'Dave'

12 posted on 12/04/2008 5:44:27 PM PST by billorites
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To: TribalPrincess2U
Rinse,

then Spitz.

13 posted on 12/04/2008 5:45:45 PM PST by billorites
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To: mathprof
Dear Spitz
Should I get one $2000.00 hooker or 1000 $2.00 ones ?
14 posted on 12/04/2008 5:49:08 PM PST by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it freedom has a flavor the protected will never know F/8 Cav)
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To: mathprof
Client No 9 is now an online prostitute!

"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

15 posted on 12/04/2008 5:50:36 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop

Spiztler isn’t the Hitler he thought he was, now is he?

Remember all those threats against his critics?

Yes, gloat, gloat gloat!!

;^)


16 posted on 12/04/2008 5:53:58 PM PST by elcid1970 ("O Muslim! My cartridges are lubricated with pig grease!")
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To: mathprof

Way Cool Dude!

17 posted on 12/04/2008 5:56:40 PM PST by jaz.357 (I binge with the lunatic fringe)
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To: mathprof
He could do an Ann Landers column....
Dear Mr. Spitzer,
I don't have a lot of money but would like a woman like you bought. Where would the best place to buy one like that?
Regards,
Doug
18 posted on 12/04/2008 5:59:35 PM PST by vetvetdoug
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To: mathprof

His first article was “Never Carry Large Bills on Dates” !!


19 posted on 12/04/2008 6:08:43 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: mathprof

20 posted on 12/04/2008 6:11:45 PM PST by BigLittle ( .)
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