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“Wild Bill” Spitzer

Every time I look at New York Gov. Elliot Spitzer I see "Wild Bill," the pervert serial killer from Silence of the Lambs.  Now this guy Jimmy Swaggert is added to my olio of Spitzer imagery.  I've received a number of e-mails about Spitzer's current plight (getting caught), but this from "dlttylr" wins. “ Do you think Mrs. Spitzer Swallows? ” Not any more. Good.  As New York's Attorney General, Spitzer displayed all of  predecessor Rudy Giuliani's worst traits, and none of the good.  “ Spitzer himself does not deserve an ounce of sympathy for the public humiliation he is set to endure, because he built his career on the public humiliation of others. Back in 2002, as a wave of corporate scandals rocked Wall Street and the Securities and Exchange Commission was seen by some as too slow to respond, Spitzer cleverly seized on an opportunity to make his name. By broadly defining his role as New York's Attorney General and using any angle he could, Spitzer aggressively prosecuted corporate malfeasance, whether it was real or perceived. THOSE WHO ARE TEMPTED to see Spitzer's "appointment" with a $5,000 prostitute as a private matter should remember Jack Grubman. The former star analyst at Salomon Smith Barney was forced to accept a lifetime ban from the securities industry as part of a as a larger $1.4 billion settlement Spitzer reached to combat the problem of research analysts publicly touting the stocks of companies that they were seeking investment banking business from. While there was plenty to criticize in Grubman's behavior, over the course of the probe, he was publicly humiliated by the exposure of sexually-explicit emails he exchanged with a female client that were unearthed by Spitzer's office. Spitzer's career as prosecutor was not only characterized by overzealousness, but by a sanctimonious attitude toward his enemies that helped mask his own shady dealings, including the fact that his wealthy father bankrolled his political career by questionable means. [Eliot Rex by Philip Klein ]  ” The last news item I read last night was "Sources: Spitzer Resignation Expected -Lt. Gov. David Paterson Could Be Sworn In Within 48 Hours."  Right.  My money says Spitzer has more Larry Craig in him (Elliot, the world cannot survive your absence) than he has James McGreevey.  Personally, I think Spitzer is the ideal Governor for New York.  It's what we expect