And according to LGF, he’s a KOS diarist as well. When someone is as far to the left as he sounds like, I’d say that’s a bad sign…

why is a resignation being offered (and apparently accepted) in trade for a reduced charge/penalty? His removal from office should already be a given.

JohnTant on March 12, 2008 at 10:13 AM

There are lawyers involved, nothing is a given.

I agree with you about removal from office being automatic, I’m one of those few who thought Clinton should have been removed from office for the infidelity too. That being said, we really don’t know what kind of a case the government has against Spitzer and what (if any) deal was struck. I read that Mr. Happy Pants lawyers were negotiating all day yesterday which tells me that the feds weren’t giving out too good a deal (again, if any).

At a minimum, and based on the information available, I think Spitzer should have his law license pulled. He knowingly engaged in money laundering and illegal activities as an NY’s highest ranking officer of the court. That shouldn’t be excused with a slap on the wrist as it was when Bill Clinton got a five year suspension for his perjury.

Anyone know if NYer will get a do-over, or more correctly, a special election to fill the rest of the term? What’s the law with this?

Does anyone know any other former editors that are vying for public office?

Whose money furnished these services?

“Kristen” remains as yet unknown but there’s a photo here of one of his previous “providers.”

Wow. Not that the face-blurring hid much, but wow. It is a shame whenever anyone enters a lifestyle like hers, but it stings more for some reason when they are so beautiful.

If he is indeed on his way out, he certainly is letting the door hit him repeatedly in the process.

flutejpl on March 12, 2008 at 9:07 AM

Maybe he likes it rough.

As a New Yorker and a “glass half full” guy, I take solace in the fact that the “Steam Roller” wasn’t caught with a man like New Jersey’s governor(speaks volumes about the Garden State), and he did not force himself on somebody like Billy Jeff.
boxcardriver on March 12, 2008 at 7:49 AM

Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play! ;-0

Seriously, I can’t recall a similar situation where virtually everybody friend and foe alike is telling Spitzer the party is over. There were actually cheers at the NYSE when the story broke!

This simply can’t be a newfound sense of morality. Infidelity in the Oval Office and sodomy in New Jersey were greeted with an “everybody does it” attitude. Rather, I suspect this is nothing more than “payback time” for an arrogant prick who got to the lofty heights of politics by crushing anybody who got in his way. Spitzer launched frivolous show trials against corporations to cement his populist facade. He set himself up as a crusader for ethical reforms in the name of the people and prosecuted miscreants to the full extent of the law to “set an example.” Now, Spitzer finds himself on the other side of the equation. It is a situation of his own making.

I would hope that the federal authorities treat Spitzer with all the compassion and sense of proportion that he has shown throughout his political career! I wonder if you can get the death penalty for prostitution and money laundering!

“Women Ponder Why Spitzer’s Wife Stood By.” Maybe she loves him, maybe she felt sorry for him, maybe she just figured it’s What One Does in these situations.

From my experience in the world of sexual addictions, I’ll hazard a guess:

She’s just had a train-wreck-sized lurch in her emotions, and she’s pretty well frozen at the moment. It’s going to take time for her to figure out exactly what her feelings are, and exactly what she intends to do about them. Until she does, she’s going to behave publicly pretty much as she always has — and she’s going to create a nice, safe distance from her husband at home. She’s a smart and sensible woman, she’s had a pretty good family life until now, and she’s not going to shoot it in the head until she’s good and ready.

These things take time.

JiangxiDad on March 12, 2008 at 7:38 AM

I had to do the same thing. Thanks again Gov. Steamroller

He’s a megalomaniac that should absolutely be made an example of….
….Obviously, prosecution to the absolute fullest extent of the law is not only warranted here, but absolutely required. He should be thoroughly crushed like any other good megalomaniacal hypocrite should be. There is no bargaining to be done here whatsoever, aside from maybe turning states evidence for further prosecutorial ventures involving the prostitution ringleaders he’s helped make wealthy… and Clients 1 thru 8 and 10 thru however-high-it-goes. Then, only maybe…

SilverStar830 on March 12, 2008 at 12:24 AM

Ding!Ding!Ding! Best post of the thread. Throw the book at the schmuck.

Thanks you effing putz Spitzer. Because of you parents across the country had to take care of some nasty business last night.

So for those of you who think this is just victimless, or an unwarrented intrusion into someone’s private life, think again. Our leaders are supposed to be moral examples to children. Yes, we hold them to a HIGHER standard than we do the rest of us, because their influence is out-sized. And that is why I hate Bill Clinton, and Pelosi, and so many Democrats. Because they are miserable examples of personal conduct for millions of kids.

I’m almost hoping he drags it out.

insiders say he’s going to use the resignation as a bargaining chip to cut a deal with federal prosecutors

The very real problem for Spitzer, as he well knows having been a prosector and the former Attorney General is that he could be charged with a number of things that carry jail time: tax evasion, money laundering, bringing a prostitute across state lines from New York to Washington…

And if he skates it will be another nail in the coffin of equal justice for all.

I’m a loser
And I lost an governorship that was dear to me
I’m a loser
And I’m not what I appeared to be