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Richie Waves · 03-24-2008, 01:37 AM

YouTube - The Assassination of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer

Joshua Nightshade · 03-24-2008, 01:41 AM

While I agree that that's very interesting information, I think it's disingenuous to claim he was politically assassinated when you consider the circumstances he resigned under.

It's not like he was forced to call a hooker.

Eloh · 03-24-2008, 01:55 AM

I got through half of the video before realizing they meant politically assassinated and not boom-head-shot assassinated.

(ok fine, they even said "assassinated, politically" in the first few lines. I blame the sorry state of my attention span on MTV and the Internets

)

Joshua Nightshade · 03-24-2008, 01:56 AM

ELOH MAKE A MALE SKIN FOR ME PLEASE SO I CAN FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU WHOLLY.

Joshua Nightshade · 03-24-2008, 02:04 AM

Oh and I want to say that "Pure Pwnage" wasted hours of my life that the depression of which was only increased when I realized it was produced by Canadians, who really should have known better.

jauani · 03-24-2008, 02:13 AM

"mr.spitzer, do you have anything to say in your defense?"

"george bush made me hire a prostitute"

Richie Waves · 03-24-2008, 02:51 AM

no, I don't think anybody is implying that Bush made Spitzer get Prozzies.

But the timing is pretty sweet for bush.. like um.. well loads of things during his presidency. very nicely timed.

I'm sure lots of folks can be sanctimonious about his illicit affairs from their Trailer parks next year after wolf comes a calling.

Io Zeno · 03-24-2008, 03:14 AM

I don't think it makes a damns worth of difference to Bush, Richie, really. And Eliot was skating on thin ice before this happened all on his own. His own party was sick of him and he has been a huge disappointment to most of us who supported him.

Richie Waves · 03-24-2008, 03:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Io Zeno

I don't think it makes a damns worth of difference to Bush, Richie, really. And Eliot was skating on thin ice before this happened all on his own. His own party was sick of him and he has been a huge disappointment to most of us who supported him.

This is the party headed by harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi yea?

Io Zeno · 03-24-2008, 03:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richie Waves

This is the party headed by harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi yea?

No, the Party right here in NY.

Honestly, Richie, Josh and I live here and voted for him and he was a nightmare before the hooker scandal.

He came in pretty much to universal praise and before this hit his approval ratings where in the toilet.

FFS he was spying on his enemies in Albany, it's been deadlocked up there he has created such acrimony.

Joshua Nightshade · 03-24-2008, 03:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Io Zeno

No, the Party right here in NY.

Honestly, Richie, Josh and I live here and voted for him and he was a nightmare before the hooker scandal.

He came in pretty much to universal praise and before this hit his approval ratings where in the toilet.

FFS he was spying on his enemies in Albany, it's been deadlocked up there he has created such acrimony.

I am incredibly disappointed by Spitzer as Attorney General.

Io Zeno · 03-24-2008, 03:29 AM

Really everyone loved the guy and he has been trouble almost from day one. No one thought it would end *this* badly, though. :/

Richie Waves · 03-24-2008, 03:43 AM

heh... well i thought the Dig at pelosi was funny...

look, I realize he might not have been Mr Popular before this all blew up (or even a decent guy.. sounds like sleeze to me) but, I still think that is a very big issue he was trying to highlight (crimes much worse than fucking a hooker IMO), and one that wouldn't just make bush look bad (file under AX123425565T), but the Republican party who are out trying to sell an older slightly smarter model of the Chimpemperor..

is anybody else trying to bring attention to it?

Greg Palast has a go at this also:

Quote:

This week, Bernanke’s Fed, for the first time in its history, loaned a selected coterie of banks one-fifth of a trillion dollars to guarantee these banks’ mortgage-backed junk bonds. The deluge of public loot was an eye-popping windfall to the very banking predators who have brought two million families to the brink of foreclosure.

Up until Wednesday, there was one single, lonely politician who stood in the way of this creepy little assignation at the bankers’ bordello: Eliot Spitzer.

Who are they kidding? Spitzer’s lynching and the bankers’ enriching are intimately tied.

How? Follow the money.

The press has swallowed Wall Street’s line that millions of US families are about to lose their homes because they bought homes they couldn’t afford or took loans too big for their wallets. Ba-LON-ey. That’s blaming the victim.

Quote:

And that very same day the bail-out was decided – what a coinkydink! – the man called, ‘The Sheriff of Wall Street’ was cuffed. Spitzer was silenced.

Greg Palast » Eliot’s Mess

Clancy Sullivan · 03-24-2008, 07:24 AM

Richie, some people in this thread don't know wtf they are talking about, but I ain't one of them. Just read some of the things that they say in other threads on other subjects, then ask yourself: could they really know anything about politics but nothing else?

See, a little math and you get the answer.

Cindy Claveau · 03-24-2008, 08:33 AM

Richie, it's not about Bush any more. He won't be President in another 10 months. There's no more reason to pimp his re-election, nor is there any more reason to accuse him of garbage like this.

Let me ask you: Are you a voting American citizen?

If so, vote for someone else.

If not, why do you care?

Richie Waves · 03-24-2008, 08:45 AM

Why do you get to care about the middle east with your hubristic warmongering yet I cant point out that the US is acting like a banana republic?

so there you have it.

btw Cindy, try reading the actual story next time... its evident in your response that you did not.

Greg Palast » Eliot’s Mess

Cindy Claveau · 03-24-2008, 08:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richie Waves

Why do you get to care about the middle east with your hubristic warmongering yet I cant point out that the US is acting like a banana republic?

That's a whole truckload of jingoism you got there.

Persephone Milk · 03-24-2008, 09:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richie Waves

Greg Palast » Eliot’s Mess

This is an interesting read, though I must admit that I am not knowledgeable enough in banking and finance to judge the veracity of the claims made. However, one thing seems particularly odd to me about this. If all of these things are true, why does this story need an Elliot Spitzer? If the Bush administration is so complicit, and it's all so brazen and obvious, then won't there be a cavalcade of politicians and journalists writing about this? I just don't see how "taking out" Spitzer would solve anything for the administration.

The sad truth is, if this administration is going to target everybody that is critical of them they are going to have to go after more than half of the country.

And that my friend is gonna take a whole lot of hookers.

Malachi · 03-24-2008, 09:33 AM

Did you know that "Vincent Foster" and "Elliot Spitzer" have exactly the same number of letters in them?! This thing goes all the way to the top, baby! I've managed to contact certain underlings, evil spirits, secretaries of secretaries, and assorted minions, who will contact my father! My father secretly runs the tri-lateral commission! That will get their attention!

Aimee Weber · 03-24-2008, 10:18 AM

You know what kind of right-wing conspiracy this is?

A vast one.

Asher Bertrand · 03-24-2008, 12:02 PM

Workplace LOL:

We're sitting around watching Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick respond to charges brought against him and refusing to step down.

Says one of my coworkers: "He's no Elliot Spitzer."

My god, how bad are you if Spitzer is someone to aspire to?

Beau Perkins · 03-24-2008, 12:59 PM

Assisination is what the divorce lawyers are gonna do to this guy.

io Kukulcan · 03-24-2008, 01:16 PM

i'm so glad right wing shadow masters forced Spitzer to go to the hookers, and then exposed him, now I know how to think and whom to vote for... 'cuz you know, I need to be spoon-fed in my sleep over here...

congratulations, the conspiracy worked on me.

Richie Waves · 03-24-2008, 03:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by io Kukulcan

i'm so glad right wing shadow masters forced Spitzer to go to the hookers, and then exposed him, now I know how to think and whom to vote for... 'cuz you know, I need to be spoon-fed in my sleep over here...

congratulations, the conspiracy worked on me.

l2read.

03-24-2008, 01:41 AM	#2 (permalink)
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03-24-2008, 12:02 PM	#21 (permalink)
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Joshua Nightshade Custom Unedited Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 32,147 SL Join Date: 10-11-2004 Business: abstract avatars! XBOX Leaderboard: 29^th SLShopper Ads: 16 My Mood:	Oh and I want to say that "Pure Pwnage" wasted hours of my life that the depression of which was only increased when I realized it was produced by Canadians, who really should have known better.

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jauani Banned Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: canada Posts: 1,269 SL Join Date: 2003-04-01 My Mood:	"mr.spitzer, do you have anything to say in your defense?" "george bush made me hire a prostitute"

03-24-2008, 02:51 AM	#7 (permalink)
Richie Waves 50/50 Is Three apples Tall Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Between Iraq and Israel Posts: 8,318 SL Join Date: 27/06/2005	no, I don't think anybody is implying that Bush made Spitzer get Prozzies. But the timing is pretty sweet for bush.. like um.. well loads of things during his presidency. very nicely timed. I'm sure lots of folks can be sanctimonious about his illicit affairs from their Trailer parks next year after wolf comes a calling.

03-24-2008, 03:14 AM	#8 (permalink)
Io Zeno Don't make me Stoking the fires of Hell Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New York City Posts: 16,450 Blog Entries: 1 My Mood: Awards: 1	I don't think it makes a damns worth of difference to Bush, Richie, really. And Eliot was skating on thin ice before this happened all on his own. His own party was sick of him and he has been a huge disappointment to most of us who supported him.

03-24-2008, 03:29 AM	#12 (permalink)
Io Zeno Don't make me Stoking the fires of Hell Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New York City Posts: 16,450 Blog Entries: 1 My Mood: Awards: 1	Really everyone loved the guy and he has been trouble almost from day one. No one thought it would end this badly, though. :/

03-24-2008, 07:24 AM	#14 (permalink)
Clancy Sullivan Banned Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: New York City Posts: 4,630 Business: Rollerskating My Mood: Awards: 1	Richie, some people in this thread don't know wtf they are talking about, but I ain't one of them. Just read some of the things that they say in other threads on other subjects, then ask yourself: could they really know anything about politics but nothing else? See, a little math and you get the answer.

03-24-2008, 08:33 AM	#15 (permalink)
Cindy Claveau Toto's dead. Get over it. Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 11,284 SL Join Date: May, 2005 My Mood: Awards: 2	Richie, it's not about Bush any more. He won't be President in another 10 months. There's no more reason to pimp his re-election, nor is there any more reason to accuse him of garbage like this. Let me ask you: Are you a voting American citizen? If so, vote for someone else. If not, why do you care?

03-24-2008, 08:45 AM	#16 (permalink)
Richie Waves 50/50 Is Three apples Tall Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Between Iraq and Israel Posts: 8,318 SL Join Date: 27/06/2005	Why do you get to care about the middle east with your hubristic warmongering yet I cant point out that the US is acting like a banana republic? so there you have it. btw Cindy, try reading the actual story next time... its evident in your response that you did not. Greg Palast » Eliot’s Mess

03-24-2008, 09:33 AM	#19 (permalink)
Malachi the bathwater & the baby fish and bees are inherently sarcastic Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,395	Did you know that "Vincent Foster" and "Elliot Spitzer" have exactly the same number of letters in them?! This thing goes all the way to the top, baby! I've managed to contact certain underlings, evil spirits, secretaries of secretaries, and assorted minions, who will contact my father! My father secretly runs the tri-lateral commission! That will get their attention!

03-24-2008, 10:18 AM	#20 (permalink)
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03-24-2008, 01:16 PM	#23 (permalink)
io Kukulcan i don't know differential weathering Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: the wasatch front Posts: 1,747 SL Join Date: 04/2006 My Mood:	i'm so glad right wing shadow masters forced Spitzer to go to the hookers, and then exposed him, now I know how to think and whom to vote for... 'cuz you know, I need to be spoon-fed in my sleep over here... congratulations, the conspiracy worked on me.