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NY Gov prostitution ring - Non douchebag version

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Write-brained, Mar 11, 2008.

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  1. BigDog

    BigDog Active Member

    Monica Lewinsky would have done him for cab fare and dinner. Whoops, that'd be more than $4,300. Sorry.
     
    BigDog, Mar 11, 2008
    #61
  2. BigDog

    BigDog Active Member

    True story: On page 71 of the affadavit, it's revealed that when she was on all fours, he'd yell "Let's do some good" and slam through her meat doors.
     
    BigDog, Mar 11, 2008
    #62
  3. BigDog

    BigDog Active Member

    Well, much like Eliot, my time is up. Good night, Dems.
     
    BigDog, Mar 11, 2008
    #63
  4. budcrew08

    budcrew08 Active Member

    This thread will not end well and will be locked before too long.

    But Big Dog's limerick was hilarious!
     
    budcrew08, Mar 11, 2008
    #64
  5. Tom Petty

    Tom Petty Guest

    why will the thread be locked? because bigdog went off his meds and started a conversation with himself?

    near as i can tell he's an idiot, but i don't think that's against the rules.
     
    Tom Petty, Mar 11, 2008
    #65
  6. Fenian_Bastard

    Fenian_Bastard Guest

    Now that it's been a day, and Eliot Spitzer is both a hypocrite and a Democrat, it's time for me to point out a) that the Mann Act is anachronistic bullshit, and b) that I don't trust the Bush DOJ as far as I can throw it.
    This guy agrees.
    http://harpers.org/archive/2008/03/hbc-90002589
     
    Fenian_Bastard, Mar 11, 2008
    #66
  7. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    No, but it does prove a certain lie often told on this board.

    And really, I think he has so many people ignore on this board, the only people left for him to carry on a conversation with are himself and one group I won't mention because they might get their panties in a bunch.
     
    outofplace, Mar 11, 2008
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  8. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    FB, You reckon the DOJ manufactured this all?
     
    The Big Ragu, Mar 11, 2008
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  9. Fenian_Bastard

    Fenian_Bastard Guest

    Not at all. Spitzer walked into this bear trap with his eyes -- and, apparently, his fly -- wide open.
    That said, when you politicize the DOJ the way these guys have, which is unprecedented, you lose a certain amount of credibility when it comes to your choice of public targets. Spitzer is one customer, and he's the only one we know. The Mann Act? A festival of cobbled-up political prosecutions since they used it to land on Jack Johnson for dating white women. He deserves pretty much whatever happens to him. But if he resigns, and this prosecution suddenly goes away, don't be surprised.
     
    Fenian_Bastard, Mar 11, 2008
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  10. jgmacg

    jgmacg Guest

    I think whether he resigns or not is going to depend on where all that sex money came from.
     
    jgmacg, Mar 11, 2008
    #70
  11. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    This isn't Jack Johnson. No parallel. Johnson was persecuted unjustly because of racial bigotry. You just said Spitzer walked into this with his eyes wide open.

    Spitzer sold himself as the sheriff. He was the guy who was a stickler for integrity and high ethical standards. His opponents always said that was BS, and some anecdotal stories of his conduct in office suggested to a lot of people that that might be true.

    If this was trumped up stuff, it'd be one thing. But if it's not, he's the issue, not the DOJ--not because he violated the Mann Act, but because he is a hypocrite.

    The Bush DOJ may be involved in politically-motivated prosecutions. I doubt many people would be surprised. The DOJ being politicized is hardly endemic to Bush's White House.

    But if Spitzer isn't a hypocrite, a guy like him--former AG and a "fucking steamroller"--destroys the DOJ if they come after him for anything more than a traffic ticket.

    Knowing the attitudes you've expressed about various things on here, I'm curious about whether you thought Eliot Spitzer was an overzealous AG who engaged in some unjust and selective prosecutions?
     
    The Big Ragu, Mar 11, 2008
    #71
  12. Webster

    Webster Well-Known Member

    After a day and reading all of the coverage, I keep on coming back to how he thought that he could have gotten away with this? How do you live with yourself knowing that you might get caught? Especially given how many enemies he has made among those who would love to knock him down a few pegs.

    As Dennis Miller once said about OJ (I believe in connection with hosting some function for battered women), the last time that he saw balls that big, they were chasing Indiana Jones in a cave.
     
    Webster, Mar 11, 2008
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