Video: Spitz resigns, pretends that he’s sorry
posted at 12:19 pm on March 12, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Didn’t want to bury this at the end of the other post. What’s the worst part? The ritual shaming of his wife by having her appear beside him yet again? The references to his “private” failings even as he’s engaged in plea negotiations with federal prosecutors to avoid being indicted? His insistence that he’ll pursue the public good in other ways going forward when we all know he’ll land at some law firm defending POS white-collar criminals for spectacular fees? Answer: None of the above. The worst part is his solemn assertion that he couldn’t tolerate the idea of dragging the state through the ordeal of trying to stay in office. Couldn’t he?
In one of the last and desperate rounds of the end game, a top Spitzer administration official reached out to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s staff on Tuesday to see if the governor could avoid an impeachment vote. But the prospects were grim.
Republicans have pledged to try to have Mr. Spitzer impeached and only 34 of the more than 100 Democrats in the Assembly would be needed for the matter to be referred to the Senate for an impeachment trial. It was clear during the discussions that 34 or more Democrats were almost certain to vote against the governor.
That outcome would have been a dire for the governor, because his top political rival, Senate majority leader Joseph L. Bruno, leads the Senate, where a trial would have been held.
He had no cards left to play; that’s the only reason he folded. Good riddance, Steamroller.
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Now that I’ve seen her picture, I agree it’s hard to imagine he’s sorry.
Blacklake on March 12, 2008 at 12:21 PM
He’s far from contrite.
Viper1 on March 12, 2008 at 12:22 PM
The tyrant is dead (at least politically). Tonight I am going to get wasted at a neighborhood bar toasting that would-be ‘Stalinist Inquisitor’ of Wall Street’s demise. I hope his wife divorces him. His family stands to inherit millions from Eliot’s Dads fortune.
Hilts on March 12, 2008 at 12:23 PM
Private Failings?
What has become one of the biggest news storys of 2008, Mr. Spitzer’s “private failings” will be examined for weeks ahead. What Client Number Nine does from here will more likely be in the private sector while he deals with his failure to his wife and family.
Now back to the economy stupid………..
Rovin on March 12, 2008 at 12:23 PM
No way in God’s green Earth I’d stand behind my cheating husband like that. NO WAY. I’d already be gone, the kids with me, having already contacted the most expensive bulldog divorce attorney in NYC. I’d take that cheating SOB for every penny he has.
I’m not usually vindictive, but this is just too much.
Bob's Kid on March 12, 2008 at 12:24 PM
Anyone think he’ll stop using hookers? Anyone?
(crickets chirping….)
Frozen Tex on March 12, 2008 at 12:27 PM
US Capital being evacuated
windansea on March 12, 2008 at 12:27 PM
also, NY DA sez no deal has been reached with Spitzer
windansea on March 12, 2008 at 12:28 PM
He keeps trying to spin this as a private matter, but it’s hardly that.
Now if we can just get rid of Kwame Kilpatrick here in Michigan…..he says it’s a “private matter” too. Tell that to the dead strippers family….
Old Tanker on March 12, 2008 at 12:28 PM
“That outcome would have been a dire for the governor, because his top political rival, Senate majority leader Joseph L. Bruno, leads the Senate, where a trial would have been held.”
See, that’s where this reporter got it all wrong.
Shelly Silver, with an iron fist, controls Albany. Bruno just fights for a tie.
TC@LeatherPenguin on March 12, 2008 at 12:28 PM
Kristen has nice “triceps”. LOL
kiakjones on March 12, 2008 at 12:29 PM
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
rockmom on March 12, 2008 at 12:29 PM
Can I come?
JiangxiDad on March 12, 2008 at 12:29 PM
Well, this will just have to serve as proxy for Bill getting off the hook ten years ago. Better’n nuthin.
Cuffy Meigs on March 12, 2008 at 12:30 PM
Spitzer will end up as a judge…
in the Ms.America contest.
JiangxiDad on March 12, 2008 at 12:30 PM
Sometimes what goes around comes around….
while I do feel for his family this is one nasty guy who used the power of his offices to bully anyone he thought was a political enemy….
When his cases came to trial they lacked evidence.
robo on March 12, 2008 at 12:31 PM
will he quit chasing tail now that he is, and will be further, unencumbered?
Hell no…….. Hello Rangoon
Duane Ingalls Glasscock on March 12, 2008 at 12:31 PM
I think having the worse is having his wife not only standing next to him once again, but that he has made her stand right on top of him. Why does she have to be paraded around for his sins/crimes?
Blake on March 12, 2008 at 12:32 PM
Thank you for embarrassing our country in front of the entire world, jerkimer. Good riddance indeed. Oh, and as for your pledge to pop up somewhere in the future to work for the public good, please don’t bother. Your little resignation counts as your first and only deed carried out on behalf of the American people.
RushBaby on March 12, 2008 at 12:32 PM
I wonder if they have an inventory of the Gov. mansion in New York and a list of what Spitzer can and can’t take with him?
Seven Percent Solution on March 12, 2008 at 12:32 PM
I think
havingthe worse is having his wife not only standing next to him once again, but that he has made her stand right on top of him. Why does she have to be paraded around for his sins/crimes?Blake on March 12, 2008 at 12:32 PM
From Fox news
Unidentified Aircraft Strays Into Washington, D.C., No-Fly Zone
William Amos on March 12, 2008 at 12:33 PM
You sir, are a worm. Begone.
Exiled on Mars on March 12, 2008 at 12:33 PM
What’s a dire?
RW Wacko on March 12, 2008 at 12:34 PM
Once the Feds and his wife’s lawyers are done with him, not even hookers will approach him!
newton on March 12, 2008 at 12:35 PM
Spitzer’s attempt to marginalize Silver last year as a Democratic power in Albany did more to ensure his downfall as his attempt to frame Bruno using the State Police. Going to Albany and alienating not only top Republicans but top Democrats as well, while at the same time angering longtime NYC Democratic power brokers like Charlie Rangel meant there was nobody for Elliot to turn to who would go to the mat for him now.
If he had played nice with the people in his own party, we would be hearing the “it’s a private matter/it’s only about sex” excuses that the Clintons used and which Alan Dershowitz tried to spin on Monday for Spitzer without success. Look for a very bitter book by the ex-governor 12-18 months from now attacking his fellow party members while unveiling a sudden change of heart over the prosecution of “victimless crimes” like prostitution.
jon1979 on March 12, 2008 at 12:35 PM
Hey at least its not detroit
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/15553350/detail.html
William Amos on March 12, 2008 at 12:35 PM
Thousand dollar hookers for everyone!
ihasurnominashun on March 12, 2008 at 12:36 PM
You should read what advice that loony Cindy Adams at the New York Post has for the Mrs.
PattyAnn on March 12, 2008 at 12:36 PM
If he was so sorry why do it in the first place?
rbj on March 12, 2008 at 12:36 PM
Good riddance…buh-bye!
Lance Murdock on March 12, 2008 at 12:38 PM
Private failings? Give us a freaking break!
Governor, your failings are “private” like the KKK is a civil rights group.
Meanwhile, notice how the DOW gains another 110 points.
Bigfoot on March 12, 2008 at 12:39 PM
Wow…Healing ME and my family…as I go forward….blah, blah, blah…whatta pr*ck!
ihasurnominashun on March 12, 2008 at 12:40 PM
whoo hooo
honey, I’m going to McD;s back in awhile
windansea on March 12, 2008 at 12:40 PM
I heard that and it is disgusting. So let’s see, it is racist to point out that you’ve been cheating on your wife, conspiring with your lover to get 2 cops fired — and costing the nearly bankrupt city $9 mil in the process –, oh, and lying about it all under oath.
I will say this, at least Spitzer had the decency to resign, something that Kilpatrick doesn’t have.
rbj on March 12, 2008 at 12:41 PM
“I look at my time as governor with a sense of what might have been, I hope this does not damage the high-price prostitution community, they do not deserve the shame that I and my family have brought to them.”
Gawd… what a smug jerk, I feel terrible for his daughters.
christophercube on March 12, 2008 at 12:41 PM
I saw some lefty whackjob on a CNBC panel suggesting that Spritzer was set up by the Republicans as a political smear effort. The host said to him, “you’re talking like a crazy man.”
If it wasn’t so sad, it would be funny.
Syd B. on March 12, 2008 at 12:49 PM
Spitzer is what I meant.
Syd B. on March 12, 2008 at 12:50 PM
What’s the over/under for his appearance on SNL? Six weeks?
TexasDan on March 12, 2008 at 12:51 PM
Good for you. I don’t understand why any woman/man would get within a mile of an adulterous husband/wife. To stand beside him, in public, appears to be an act of self-loathing on her part.
Oh, and don’t forget to rifle the joint bank accounts, and change the locks at the home, too.
OhEssYouCowboys on March 12, 2008 at 12:51 PM
It’s always the cover-up, stupid, that gets you in the end. You’d think that they would know this by now.
ScoopPC11 on March 12, 2008 at 12:51 PM
So, what New York ends up with is, a new governor, hand-picked by the disgraced, outgoing governor, for no other reason than his identity.
Good Luck, New York…You’re gonna’ need it.
franksalterego on March 12, 2008 at 12:55 PM
Good grief. Why can’t he or many other public officials understand that, when you’re a public servant, nothing is private? The job of governor is a 24/7/365/4 appointment, and most people would agree that humping ladies half one’s age isn’t in the job description.
I’m not saying that we should see our public officials as they go potty… uh, thanks Larry Craig, you managed to discredit even that line! I’m not saying that we should be able to watch cameras in the governor’s mansions, the White House, etc. monitoring the bedrooms. I am saying, though, that public officials should know going in that they have been given an important but fragile trust. They should lead their lives as though we have that power. How they are seen as men or women has a great deal to do with how effective their job overall will be.
flutejpl on March 12, 2008 at 1:01 PM
Good.
Glad he’s gone.
Now maybe the MSM will cover more important stories like this:
Iraq Report Cites Security Gains, Need for Political, Economic Progress
Nah, Spitzer’s kinky sex adventures are far more news worthy.
/sarc
Et tu Brute on March 12, 2008 at 1:02 PM
He talks about ‘getting up from a fall’. He didn’t FALL. He climbed down into the muck in complete control. What a complete and total schmuck.
And I still don’t get the wife. What on EARTH motivates her to stand with him like that??
birddog on March 12, 2008 at 1:06 PM
I’m sorry, so sorry,
That I was such a fool to get caught you see.
I didn’t know such expensive lust could be so cruel.
Oh oh-oh oh, oh oh, oh yes.
You tell me
Mistakes
Are part of being so blindly arrogant,
But that don’t right the wrong that’s been done
to memy wife and kids.I’m sorry, I’m sorry,
So sorry, So sorry,
Please accept my apology.
But lust is blind, and
I was too blind with lust to see.
Oh oh-oh oh, oh oh, oh yes.
You tell me
Mistakes
Are part of being so blindly arrogant,
But that don’t right the wrong that’s been done
to memy wife and kids.Oh oh-oh oh, oh oh, oh yes.
I’m sorry,
So sorry,
Please accept my apology.
But lust is blind, and
I was too blind with lust to see.
Sorry…
- Spitzer Lee
MB4 on March 12, 2008 at 1:07 PM
As as woman, I just don’t get how she can stand there next to him at a press conference. I would be so embarrassed and disgusted, there is no way in hell I would do that. Ever. I love my husband dearly, but would be puking if I knew my husband did what Spitzer has done.
As for what Cindy Adams says about it, OMG!!! So in other words, men cheat, get over it, so what??!!. I call BS on that. What is wrong with this woman??
StephC on March 12, 2008 at 1:08 PM
Revenge.
Et tu Brute on March 12, 2008 at 1:09 PM
I bet his wife Silda is charging him a helluva lot more than $5,500 an hour to stand by him during the resignation process and his departure from the Governor’s mansion.
“I’m 10 diamonds honey, and there’s no pre-nup. You’re gonna pay me millions to stand by you for the next 5 days.”
SilverStar830 on March 12, 2008 at 1:16 PM
I keep waiting for one of these wives to come to the news conference, stand quietly beside her husband while he makes his speech, and then, instead of walking away like a kicked puppy at her husband’s heels, grab the microphone and say, “He’s a lying sack of sh*t. Don’t believe a word he says. I’m leaving this dirtbag and taking the kids with me, effective immediately. I’ll also be taking him for everything he has in the divorce settlement. Thank you for your time.” Then turn, slap him hard across the face, and walk calmly away. Now that would be a good news conference!
I really don’t understand why these women “stand by their men.” It’s insane. I never would. Not for a moment. I’d be gone, or his stuff would be on the lawn, before he could finish saying the word “hooker.”
aero on March 12, 2008 at 1:17 PM
*applauds*
He has a credit with them, for goodness’ sake. Wouldn’t want to waste money or anything.
inviolet on March 12, 2008 at 1:18 PM
Sorry, sorry, oh so sorry
Uh-oh!
I ran all the way home
Just to say I’m sorry (sorry)
What can I say?
I ran all the way, yay, yay, yay
And now I’m sorry, sorry, sorry
I didn’t mean to make you cry
Let’s make amends
After all, we’re more than friends
Yay, yay, yay
Whoa, whoa, whoa-uh
Yay, yay, uh-oh
Yay, yay, yay
Ahh-oh, ahh-oh
FADE
Ahh-oh
- Spitz and the Impalas
MB4 on March 12, 2008 at 1:20 PM
Spitzer should have two black eyes and a broken nose. His wife should have bruised knuckles.
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
dalec on March 12, 2008 at 1:21 PM
Am I the only one who thinks Silda and Eliot DESERVE each other? When she stood by him TODAY that proves she is just as power hungry as he is. I don’t buy one syllable of his “atonement.” They are both down in the dumps because he got caught. That is IT!
Branch Rickey on March 12, 2008 at 1:23 PM
I get the feeling that his wife knew from the very first day what kind of man he was.
Niko on March 12, 2008 at 1:28 PM
Yeah, no kidding. They advertise all of these ED drugs on tv all of the time.
cjs1943 on March 12, 2008 at 1:31 PM
What… and throw out the baby with the bath water? She’s probably still in shock and it’ll take a bit of time for it to all sink in and be believable for her I’m sure. But once it does, no high power law firm in the world will be able to save him from paying HUGE dividends to her for her suffering.
Hell hath no fury…!
SilverStar830 on March 12, 2008 at 1:38 PM
I actually felt sorry for his wife yesterday. Ugh. You are so correct. The only fall he made was into the pond when Narcissistic(s) Eliot {and Silda} could not carry the weight of such vanity.
Branch Rickey on March 12, 2008 at 1:43 PM
I told my husband he would have appeared at the podium with two black eyes and walking funny.
Mommynator on March 12, 2008 at 1:49 PM
The NY Times editorial is a classic this morning. It says that Spitzer has to go but his policies, particularly a tax increase “on the wealthy” must be carried out and enacted.
Larraby on March 12, 2008 at 1:57 PM
And alone, I’m sure.
aero on March 12, 2008 at 2:02 PM
That`s what it sounded like to me.
ThePrez on March 12, 2008 at 2:05 PM
Ah, another “Man of the People”.
RobCon on March 12, 2008 at 2:22 PM
What was the deal with the $40,000? What was that going to?
nottakingsides on March 12, 2008 at 2:25 PM
It probably has much to do with his future as an attorney in the private sector. If he never actually publicly names what it is he’s done, then the public record will show that he never admitted to anything. Call it a private matter and he’s covered his ass.
As for his wife - she should take everything he owns that she doesn’t want, put it inside his favorite car - and torch it. Then hire the lawyer.
KrisinNE on March 12, 2008 at 2:33 PM
I love how liberals who generally despise the Bible, quote it when it serves their needs. At least he saw the connection, although I wonder if he realized it’s a biblical concept.
I agree with others who’ve said that Hillary and Obama should be pressed to tell us what Spitzer has done wrong. If there is no truth and all is morally relative, then he has done nothing wrong. Also, why should Bill Clinton have been able to remain in office while this guy should step down?
pecan pie on March 12, 2008 at 2:43 PM
What about the health complications? This is not a victimless crime. Unfortunatley, the victims usually don’t know they are victims, until they get sick. I would hope they are swabbing every nook and cranny.
bloggless on March 12, 2008 at 2:44 PM
That’s a good hearted woman in love with a
twomany timin’ man.I can’t believe he mentions his kids for pity. So much for a ban on shadenfreude.
Hening on March 12, 2008 at 2:56 PM
To drag or even allow the wife to be photographed like this at a moment like this shows how a small man Spitzer is. You can send him hate mail HERE until Monday. Be careful - threatening him in any way is a criminal offense.
HotAirJosef on March 12, 2008 at 2:59 PM
Amen. As I was going to say on the first thread about Spitzer (guess I forgot), all this talk about America’s worst governor and nothing about America’s worst mayor.
OneGyT on March 12, 2008 at 2:59 PM
What a smarmy non-apology in defense of Statism and Socialism. “There is still much to be done.” Sheesh. Yeah, in converting NY to full European Socialism. Disgusting too with his wife there. Look at all of the other pictures of her on the Internet. She’s beautiful, and always with a great smile. A real catch. And he f’ed that all up, and put a frown on her face for fleeting gratification.
Oh thank Karma. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Good riddance asshat.
JeffB. on March 12, 2008 at 3:14 PM
Looks like he was wearing a pair of Obama ears.
Travis1 on March 12, 2008 at 3:18 PM
“You can send him hate mail HERE until Monday.”
Thanks for the link, but it doesn’t sound like he was into S&M, so I doubt as one of his last acts in office, he’s going to be perusing E-mail from this site.
However, perhaps it will be preserved in posterity by the Eliot Spitz Library, so maybe I will shoot him a note of encouragement.
NoDonkey on March 12, 2008 at 3:23 PM
Some great quotes collected by Patriot Post:
From ‘Non-Judgmental’ Nonsense By Thomas Sowell
INC on March 12, 2008 at 3:30 PM
From Sex and the Married Governor By Cal Thomas
INC on March 12, 2008 at 3:30 PM
And now an Obama supdelegate is about to bite the dust. Maybe the superdelegate problem will solve itself if these scandals continue!
Kilpatrick urged to resign
PattyJ on March 12, 2008 at 3:53 PM
I agree with an earlier poster’s contention that Spitzer’s wife has likely known about all this for some time. For years, probably. The question will be what are her motivations whether to spare the kids or a lust to be the first lady equivalent of New York while her husband railroaded and screwed (figuratively and literally) plenty of honest people. The payoff for Silda’s Faustian bargain is being dragged in front of the cameras like a Kristen, of sorts, for Eliot’s awkward moments such as his phony remorse of today.
The burning question should be directed at publicity troll of last week: Gloria Steinem. The question for Steinem should be whether or not Monica is now owed a lot of salary (besides free White House pizza) by Bubba Clinton given that Spitzer was paying a wage rate of five and a half grand a pop, so to speak. Or does Steinem’s weather vane strumpet-overlooking principles shift yet again as regards the Spitzer / Clinton wage policy on their, shall we say, service (or is it serviced?) economy?
viking01 on March 12, 2008 at 4:17 PM
And speaking in a really high pitched voice. :)
wytammic on March 12, 2008 at 4:26 PM
If there is any good reason for divorce, this is it. Take the money and run, Silda. She deserves it for putting up with all his sh*t.
pullingmyhairout on March 12, 2008 at 4:46 PM
I already did send the hate mail:
E-mail Client #9 here. I’m still a virgin, but I’m all for giving e-mail hell/hate mail/S&M/Giuliani Time/shock n’ awe/payback to the Satan Lt. of Albany who has screwed a great lady and her three daughters.
HotAirJosef on March 12, 2008 at 5:03 PM
I doubt seriously she is any more than a victim in this. Her top priorities are the kids, most likely.
HotAirJosef on March 12, 2008 at 5:05 PM
You know what I wished happened?
One of these prostitutes realized what was going on, then got access to the First Lady - probably by bumping into her at an event and told her what was up. Then had the First Lady charge into Spitzer’s room at his next date… as his next date.
HotAirJosef on March 12, 2008 at 5:25 PM
I’d take that scarf off of her neck and look for bruises. You’d have to choke me to within an inch of my life to get me up there with that jagoff.
She looks like hell. I feel for her and their daughters.
sheesh on March 12, 2008 at 5:41 PM
Seems doubtful unless he can entirely avoid indictment or anything more substantial than pleading out to a misdemeanor charge.
In fact, at this point, I’d say his disbarment is almost assured.
DelD on March 12, 2008 at 5:41 PM
After the decline and fall comes a new rise….@$4200.00 a pop.
BL@KBIRD on March 12, 2008 at 5:42 PM
Tweety, dude, the person she should be staring down is standing next to her at the podium.
Moonbattery.
fogw on March 12, 2008 at 5:42 PM
He’s a special kind of filthy. What a maggot.
Jaibones on March 12, 2008 at 6:23 PM
Someone mentioned he might take a high-paying job with some law firm, but I don’t know if he’ll have that option. So far, the prosecutor hasn’t made any deals with him; but there are a number of possible charges that might be brought against him. If he is found guilty of felonies that would cost him his law license.
Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy!!
poodlemom on March 12, 2008 at 8:01 PM
Do I still get my license? Adios, cabesa gordo.
2Tru2Tru on March 12, 2008 at 8:17 PM
Poor poor baby Spitzer.
No one knows what it’s like to be him.
silverfox on March 12, 2008 at 8:17 PM
So much for toe tapping.Another sex scandal and money
transfers to shell companys that never existed,and
another Liberal,to the tune of Queen bites the dust!Ha Ha
canopfor on March 12, 2008 at 9:16 PM
If I were Spitzer I can say without a doubt that my wife would be standing by my side as well. Only until she was sure the cameras were live and then she would proceed to tell the world what she really thought. It would make for good TV I can garuntee you that!
Spider79 on March 12, 2008 at 10:14 PM
As a NY’er, I always thought Eliot Spitzer was always an arrogant totalitarian. It sickens me that he won a landslide election. I am so glad I voted for John Faso. Even though he got wallopped, he didn’t back down from the F-ing Steamroller. All the NY Libs can sit there and know they voted the wrong guy in. I knew you were wrong all along.
StatenItaly08 on March 12, 2008 at 10:17 PM
Of course, every news article, barely mentions his party affiliation. But thanks to El Rushbo, I know that means it’s a Liberal Dem.
StatenItaly08 on March 12, 2008 at 10:20 PM
Why do all these politicians and other celebrities all say essentially the same things, and have precisely the same tone when they are apologizing, resigning, not resigning but ‘repentant’, Maybe resigning, etc after getting caught with their hand in the cookie jar, or another body part in the ‘
cnookie’????Well, except for Marion Barry. (“that 8!7(# set me up!”) At least he didn’t sound that fake contrite “I disappointed my family and supporters, but mostly I disappointed myself; I take the full blame for my momentary weakness, but really, I’m the victim here…..”
It is almost like they have a tape of the first press conference of the first scandal ‘apology’ made during that decade, and play it every time. Or do all these losers and boozers hire the same PR flack to write their speech and he is too lame to come up with new material.
LegendHasIt on March 12, 2008 at 11:21 PM
So when does Elliot go into rehab? When will his book come out? When will he leave his frumpy although loyal wife for the babe? When will Hillary offer him a job in her administration? He’d be a great buddy for Bill.
abcurtis on March 13, 2008 at 1:29 AM
Because that’s all they have. They’re only sorry they got caught. I’m sure that Shining Knight Sir Elliot never believed for a minute he would be found out much less held accountable.
The NY State Legislature Chaplain read from Psalms. He should have read this:
Numbers 32:23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.
Sir Elliot’s sins found him out.
abcurtis on March 13, 2008 at 1:32 AM
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