Oh, no! Not Time Magazine's "Crusader of the Year".

Payback's a bitch. Why do smart people do such stupid things?

Hormones? That's why they call it a sex "Drive".

The war is still a disaster, and the economy still is falling apart.

He is going to have to go, Vitter should too. Of course the Republicans will call for Spitzer to resign and whine if Vitter is brought up. It really is sad, Spitzer had a bright future ahead of him, but it is ruined now.

At least David Paterson will take over as Governor, he is a good man, and will end up being a better Governor then Spitzer. He should have enough time to build up a good reputation as Governor on his own to win in 2010.

The Democratic Party of New York needs Spitzer to resign, they are one State Senator away from a Democratic majority and as long as this is hanging over the party it won't happen. As it is this scandal might have delayed it.

~ Bob Aubin
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"When we've been told we're not ready or that we shouldn't try or that we can't, generations of Americans have responded with a simple creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes, we can." ~ Barack Obama

Too bad for Spitzer and I feel for his wife and family.
If only he were Republican then this would be a non-story instead of a leading story.
IOKIYAR.

What the hell are they doing wire tapping prostitutes? And this is a federal offense? I didn't realize the sex trade was so closely related to terrorism!

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."
Hunter S. Thompson

Yeah, it seems to me that it was stupid on his part -- for lots of reasons -- because he knew to look for this kind of fund shifting he had to know that others would. Unless he thought he was too clever or that they wouldn't investigate the crusader. They actually thought they were investigating possible bribes.

There is a theory that there's a special venom held for those who do the things we hate in ourselves. Could explain his behavior as AG.

Pam Strickland

"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." ~Kurt Vonnegut

It's a sad day when someone whose public persona was "Mr. Clean" turns out to be otherwise.

-- Ellen Smith

Looks like you not only get criticized by what you DO post but for what you DON'T post:

http://brianhornback.blogspot.com/2008/03/them-democrats-are-mighty-bunc...

Can you win against The Truthsquat which have apparently now become mind readers and psychics? Who needs to pay Bobby Drinnen for a reading when the Great Hornbackian can do it by free and apparently by not even reading this blog?

Hornback, are you reading my mind now?

wasn't saying that their wasn't a post. He challenged whether R.Neal, Carole Borges or bbeanster would comment. The only reason bbeanster commented this late in the post is in response to Brian's Blog.

You are a parnoid woman always assuming Brian thinks about you and Sandra. He doesn't and you are just upset that you are who you are, the beanster that has been referred to by others here on thsi forum as just full of beans.

Is there anything smaller than a midget?...I believe you are giving him far too much credit.

If it is that the glass is half empty.

bird brain

Now why would you go insulting all those birds?

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He has resigned.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/12/nyregion/12cnd-resign.html?hp

Waiting for you, Rep. Vitter.

True happiness is knowing you are a hypocrite. -- Ivor Cutler

of this.
I am sorry for his wife and daughters.

and exchanged an email once with Betty..smile. Dontcha love those folks ?
I would emulate Rodney King and say "Can't we all get along" and blink my eyes.I MIGHT ACTUALLY MEAN IT.Smile.

Perhaps one of his p.r. people can Google up a copy of Spitzer's speech on responsibility for Ragsdale. -- s.

For those of you who believe it was right for Spitzer 'to go', some even saying he has to because he's in a(n) executive position, is it because of the legality (prostitution) or morality? What if he was in Nevada? Would it then be just a 'personal matter'? What if he was the President?

Maybe that line is right...about knowing you're a hypocrite. Seems to me WhitesCreek hit the nail on the head in his second comment, no pun intended.

Repudiation

Repudiate Repudiate after every meal
The more you repudiate, the better you feel
Embrace the enemy repudiate friends
It doesn't matter what message that sends.

Repudiate Repudiate it feels so fine
Especially after drinking a bottle of wine
Feelings of betrayal have nothing to do with it
Especially if personal mileage is made from it.

Repudiate Repudiate
When friends have miscues
Especially after you've paid all your dues
Repudiation is awful fun
Especially after a friend's day is done.

Repudiate Repudiate all your venal friends
Shake hands with your enemies and make amends
After all, isn't that what the silly season is for?
Repudiate and run when you hit the floor.

Repudiate Repudiate when your reputation's at stake
Hide and duck when your friends make a wake
Be sure the wave doesn't crash over you
To repudiate whatever it is that you do.

Repudiate folks who don't live in your Hood
It's okay to repudiate, cause it's all good
Don't worry cause what goes around comes around
To paint rosy red all over the town

Repudiate what's going down.
Repudiate.

I wasn't calling you a hypocrite, I was simply using your tag line. What occurred to me is that many who called for Spitzer's head, may also be those who thought Monica in the oval office was a 'private matter'.

If he should go because he's an adulterer, I take it you likewise believe Clinton should have resigned on the same grounds. At least Spitzer went, went quick and didn't stand up and say 'I didn't have sex with that woman, Ms. Dupre'...

An interesting note from another blog today. Don't know if there's a true connection, but strange how Ms. Dupre (aka Kristen) found herself to the same lawyer as a former high-profile defendant opposite Spitzer:

Paybacks, As They Say [Greg Pollowitz]

One of the Spitzer prosecutions mentioned as evidence of Spitzer's over-zealous character is that of Bank of America broker Ted Sihpol. The Atlantic describes the prosecution as such:

Spitzer rarely made his case in court. This may be because it wasn't clear many of the practices he prosecuted were illegal, even if they were allegedly immoral. (He'd be a better bishop than attorney general.) The rare cases he did try disappointed: minor figures, embarrassing acquittals, notably a stunning loss against a Bank of America broker named Theodore Sihpol.

Sihpol was successfully defended by NY attorney Don Buchwald against Spitzer, but eventually was forced to settle by the SEC in a civil settlement and pay a $200,000 fine.

And as the title of this post suggests, guess who is representing "Kristen":

She has not been charged. The lawyer appointed to represent her, Don D. Buchwald, told a magistrate judge in court on Monday that she had been subpoenaed to testify in a grand jury investigation. Asked to swear that she had accurately filled out and signed a financial affidavit, she responded affirmatively.

Oops.