HA! What a dumbass, couldn't keep it in his pants!

[originalpckelly]

I mean, at least what Bill did with Monica wasn't illegal. Although, Mr. Spitzer does win points for not lying about it when found out.

[saltpoint]

1. I would be extraordinarily hesitant to refer to Spitzer as a "dumbass."

[Oceansaway]

2. it was awful STUPID of him to get caught....n/t

[saltpoint]

5. Still, the word is not the one for the caption.

"Human" might be better.

[acmavm]

3. Really? Well he sure a hell doesn't belong in the genius category either.

Obviously.

[Nitrogenica]

4. I agree, but he should step down.

Craig didn't, Vitter didn't.

We're different, and here's a great way to show how.

[saltpoint]

6. Which is why I'm neutral. I hear your points. I believe he'll be out by noon

tomorrow, in fact.

But I see a "human' there and not a "dumbass."

[Nitrogenica]

16. Yes, he was a fighter.

[bbinacan]

8. Here's a better word,

Extortionist.

[saltpoint]

11. Nah. I wouldn't use that one either.

[bbinacan]

30. I would

At that time, I was a Financial Advisor and his witch hunts caused me a lot of headaches. And he extorted a lot of money from Wall Street. Many firms paid him to just go away.

[saltpoint]

34. Even so, he won with 70% or so of the popular vote and had a

powerful promise, dimmd considerably in the last year, and even more swiftly after today's revelations.

Not disputing your experience, only saying I'm sad to see a Democratic governor in trouble.

[Thepricebreaker]

9. your right.. he is a fucking dumbass... n/t

[saltpoint]

12. The adjective is an established point. It's the noun I object to.

[spanone]

when you have as many political enemies as spitzer, it's pretty damed dumb

[saltpoint]

38. Agree that the political landscape is tense for him going into this

afternoon's announcement.

But still strongly feel that it is a human we have on our hands and not a "dumbass."

[spanone]

37. duper

[alarimer]

7. These dumbasses never seem to realize how stupid it is to do stuff like this.

They are elected officials; they know the opposition is gunning for them, Why give them ammunition?

I guess it's true that power corrupts. You become what you previously hated.

And it is clear to me, now, that every single politician is a scumbag. No exceptions. They may even do good things but sooner or later their true nature will surface.

[varkam]

10. Didn't jesus say something about who should cast the first stone?

I think he did.

[saltpoint]

I think he did, too.

[El Supremo]

17. Actually, that is open to debate.

Those verses in the New Testament (John 8 : 7) have not been found in the earliest versions (witnesses). They were added later.

[saltpoint]

18. Let's say they were added later. I personally have no idea. Let's say, then,

that an Irish monk added them some centuries later -- a complete interpolation.

They were still very good words and the woman in the pit deserved the mercy those words granted her.

[El Supremo]

21. Since many people reject the death penalty based on those words...

yes they were very good words indeed. I just wish they were real, but I have my doubts.

[saltpoint]

24. I understand your point. I guess I should have said, "Well, they feel real

to me."

Not on a religious basis but on a human basis.

I would wish away this story about a greatly capable Democratic governor if I could, but I'm not against him because I can't.

[varkam]

23. Well I think the existence of jesus is open to debate...

I was really just saying it for effect - but thank you for the lesson :hi:

[malaise]

13. Confucious said:

"Man with hard dick 'have' soft head" :D

[saltpoint]

14. But that would describe half the population. This guy's in the news because

he's high-profile Dem.

Vitter got essentially a free ride from the media, or close to it.

I betcha we hear a GREAT deal more about Spitzer.

[Sal Minella]

19. Still bugs me how little we heard about the whore Jimmy-Jeff Gannon-Guckert having free run of the

White House day and night without even bothering to sign in and out.

We really didn't hear much about that whore and his johns, did we? Wish we had journalists who would have dedicated a little effort to finding out what was going on THERE.

[saltpoint]

20. Hi, IH. According to reports, Gannon made somewhere around 200-some

visits to the White House.

Even the FOX News propagandists aren't invited there THAT often.

Sure is a fishy tale. Not that Gannon is the only question mark of the last 7-8 years, but I think your point is on target because it puts the pro-Bush media bias on trial.

[Sal Minella]

33. Did you ever see Gannon's web page? Pix of himself peeing, ferpetesake.

Somehow that all went under people's radar. Here's this whore, with a web page advertising his studly services for money (I've forgotten what his rates were, but I think he discreetly quoted them per hour and per night on the site) -- and he's pretending to be a JOURNALIST in the White House press conferences? And has free access to the White House at all hours?

What? This goes in the same class with the marked-up copy of Joe Wilson's Africa trip NYT piece that Cheney had under the glass on his desk top -- there's just too much here to ignore, folks, and yet the press blithely ignored it all.

My first editor told me good journalism comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable, but apparently that idea went out of fashion along with saddle shoes and the Bunny Hop and liking Ike.

[saltpoint]

35. Honestly, I hadn't seen the site, but felt that that many personal visits

to that particular address were, well, odd.

I'm being as diplomatic as I can!

The suggestion left in the wake of those visits by Gannon is that an extremely influential person at that address invited him there. I doubt if Gannon dropped in to borrow a cup of sugar for cookie-baking.

[Sal Minella]

39. Exactly. Otherwise a "visitor" who hadn't signed in with the Secret Service would find himself face

down on the marble with his wrists and ankles hog-tied behind himself.

So that was prostitution, and where the heck were the big front page stories on that???

[saltpoint]

41. I'm thinking, maybe Gannon was PAID to lie

face-down on the marlbe with his wrists and ankles hog-tied.

It seems as plausible as any other explanation for his being there.

And it would be of a piece with the administration's pro-torture impulses abroad.

Or, I suppose Dick Cheney and Doug Feith could have been holding Tupperware parties.

[malaise]

36. Bugs you; it pisses me off

This too will pass.

[Bobbieo]

15. Welcome - President McCain and the current DU posters are putting him there

with their incessant backstabbing!!!!Can't you see what this is doing t0 the Democratic party?

[aquart]

22. So good to know you are without sin.

[Bobbieo]

32. Thank you for the compliment. I'm without sin in this argument as I don't like either candidate

but I don't backstab them.

[kwenu]

25. Spitzer is far worse because he paid $5,500 for it. That's some really expensive....

stuff.

[ljm2002]

26. Wrong...

...his prostitute was one of their cheaper ones, at just over $1K per hour.

[kwenu]

28. Oh. Well. Then I stand corrected.

[ljm2002]

42. No worries --

Your point stands anyway: $1200 is a lot to pay for an hour of "fun".

[Algorem]

27. "I did not have sex with that prostitute,Miss Bordella."

[saltpoint]

31. Actually he came right out and admitted involvement.

[npincus]

29. He should've called a local hooker (in D.C.)!

Now he's in trouble, transporting a prostitute across state lines... possible violation of (quoted on MSNBC) the Mann act, punishible for up to 5 years in jail, if prosectors decide to press charges.

[saltpoint]

40. Here is a poll if anyone wants to put up with the NY DAILY NEWS regarding

Spitzer's status:

http://www.nydailynews.com/

It's not the city's best read, but you can hardly get from one end of a subway car to the other without seeing half a dozen people reading it.