Major Breaking news on MSNBC now-NY Governor Spitzer involved in a prostitution ring

[Tropics_Dude83]

Just reported on MSNBC.

OMG. OMG OMG.

2:15 presser apparently. He's been huddled with his advisors all day. MSNBC's Savannah Guthrie just announced this.

Wow!

[villager]

1. Who's the Lt. Gov -- who'll become Gov. next week, when Spitzer resigns?

n/t

[Tropics_Dude83]

4. Hopefully it's a democrat

My jaw dropped to the floor when MSNBC reported it. Frigging amazing.

[lonestarnot]

7. David Paterson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliot_Spitzer

[whistler162]

14. The gentleman is named Paterson..

African American(and a few other ethnic roots) and legally blind.

http://patersonfornewyork.com/

[lonestarnot]

17. Here too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Paterson

[jgraz]

2. WHAT????

:wow:

[qanda]

3. Unbelievable

Is anybody not corrupt?

[Tropics_Dude83]

6. And no, I'm not a troll

Just in case anyone thinks this is fake. It's not. I'm as shocked as you all are.

Here we are.

MSNBC live TV now.

NYT reporting this,

[qanda]

10. Oh, I know you're not a troll

There's another thread on this posted in LBN from the DU administrator. I just can't believe the guy who cried the loudest about ethics and reform would be involved in something this overtly illegal. Why would he do this?

[Tropics_Dude83]

12. Yeah for sure:(

Thanks. It's just like a hollywood movie. The brilliant rising anti-corruption superstar is just as corrupt as the people he prosecutes.

Why would he do this to his wife and 3 children?

[qanda]

16. Exactly!!!!

The fact that he has kids just really stinks.

[rusty_parts2001]

5. What hath Roger Stone wrought?

[spanone]

8. here's link

ALBANY - Gov. Eliot Spitzer has informed his most senior administration officials that he had been involved in a prostitution ring, an administration official said this morning.

Mr. Spitzer, who was huddled with his top aides early this afternoon, had hours earlier abruptly canceled his scheduled public events for the day. He is set to make an announcement about 2:15 this afternoon at his Manhattan office.

Mr. Spitzer, a first-term Democrat who pledged to bring ethics reform and end the often seamy ways of Albany, is married with three children.

Just last week, federal prosecutors arrested four people in connection with an expensive prostitution operation. Administration officials would not say that this was the ring with which the governor had become involved.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/nyregion/10cnd-spitzer.html?hp=&pagewanted=print

[Unsane]

9. There goes any chance he had at serving in a Dem admin.

[democrat2thecore]

11. I. Am. In. Shock. -nt

[laylah]

13. What a horrible disappointmen!

My cousin worked with Spitzer in Albany and had nothing but high regard for him. So sad!

[Cassandra]

24. I went to school with his sister.

Major bummer about this.

[BigDaddy44]

15. Hubris

Spitzer has been walking an ethical tightrope ever since he became Governor. It appears he may have finally fallen off of the wire.

[cali]

18. Oh shit

this is really not good. Pukes will have a field day. this will suck all the oxygen out of the room and worse, taint dems.

[jpljr77]

26. That's exactly what I was thinking.

This WILL be coming back up around Sept. or October. Crap.

[shadowknows69]

19. Well so much for the over hyped savior of my state

Where do we find these people?

[w8liftinglady]

20. the guys on CNBC are orgasmic over this

they so much as said that wall street would love to see spitzer go down.

[GreenPartyVoter]

21. For real??

[asdjrocky]

22. Crap.

[spinbaby]

23. How was he involved?

The phrasing almost makes it sounds like he was running it.

[Jacobin]

29. reading between the lines, it looks like he was a John

But you are right. The headline makes it appear that he is running a 'ring' whatever the fuck a 'ring' is.

[Jack Rabbit]

25. I guess he's not going to be the AG in the next administration if there's anything to this

Shucks.

[SmokingJacket]

27. He'd better resign as quickly as possible.

Damn.

I was so excited when he was elected governor -- I voted for him. He was going to clean up the place!

Unfortunately he turned out to be surprisingly tone deaf and has been making misstep after misstep.

But this!!! This takes the cake!!!

I didn't think anything could shock me anymore!

[SidDithers]

28. Customer of? Or administrator of?...nt

Sid

[nels25]

31. Listening live to WGN radio in Chicago

I can't get the straight of what is happening.

They had a live feed for a few minutes, and then stated the Gov Spitzer would not resign.

Then reported that CBS news having him resigning.

Then stated that he might take time off and then resign.


????:crazy:
:wtf:
:wow:

[kestrel91316]

30. Involved - as in he's a big time pimp, or involved - as in

he uses prostitutes.

Either way, you do all realize that if he's a Republican it's perfectly acceptable and if he's a Dem it's the crime of the century??