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Forget about Doe and Ray. This little diddy was all about ME! That's how soon to be former governor of New York has handled the entire scandal surrounding him and the D.C. call girl ring. Identified as "Client #9" by the feds, Eliot Spitzer tendered a resignation today that is not effective till Monday. Huh, must be a governor's ball this weekend. How many times can one arrogant man say "I", "My" or "Me"? Here are just a couple sentences to prove my point. "I am deeply sorry that I did not live up to what was expected of me. To every New Yorker and to all those who believed in what I tried to stand for, I sincerely apologize." WHEW, wait there's more. "There is much to be done, and I cannot allow for my private failings to disrupt the people's work." Like giving illegal aliens drivers licenses (my words).
To my wife and three daughters, I am sorry - faggetaboutit! It was morally and legally wrong, went against my oath as an officer of the court and I humbly apologize for my actions - fat chance.
He should have went to Bubba for some post affair advice. Bite your lip son! Talk in a low raspy voice like you are gonna cry. If that fails, then Deny, Deny , Deny. It looked as though his wife Silda had garnered some advice from Hillary as she stood by her man.
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What you write is rather cruel. Obviously what he did was wrong. The use of the pronoun “I” in his speech was rather unusual for a politician. He personally took responsibility for his actions. His usage of the pronoun “I” did not blame anyone else. His usage of the pronoun “I” did not claim that he was a victim. He apologized for his transgressions and letting down the people of New York. It was an apology he owed them and he gave it to them. I don’t consider his usage of the pronoun “I” to be arrogant, but one of contrition.
He apologized to his family but you don’t believe that his apology to his family was sincere. You don’t believe that any of his apologies were sincere. Why? Because he’s a Democrat? What else should he have done. He apologized. He took the blame. He didn’t decree himself to be a victim of anyone. He did not decry law enforcement for entrapping him. He didn’t decree that his wife misunderstood him. He apologized. And this is arrogant....how?
Secondly, the bringing in of Bill Clinton was uncalled for. I have no clue as to what relevance Bill Clinton has to this story unless you liked how Clinton handled it and are suggesting that Spitzer do likewise?
Then you recommend him to deny? He didn’t. Should he have?
As for Silda Spitzer she is entering her own hell. Her family has become fodder for Letterman and Leno, the Comedy Channel, talk radio, and Saturday Night Live. He broke his covenant with her and she, by standing with him, is keeping her covenant with him. Again, this is wrong, how?
We have watched Jim McGreevey go down in flames.
We have watched David Vitters go down in flames.
We have watched Larry Craig go down in flames.
We have watched Eliot Spitzer go down in flames.
We watched the whole saga of Bill Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky in horror only to find out that Newt Gingrich was having an affair himself while leading the charge against Clinton. Sexual sin is not the domain of either political party.
This is all rather tragic stuff and I’m not finding much joy in sarcasm or humor or even partisanship in this. These are real live human tragedies and real families are being devastated.
He could have summed it up in one very honest, but short, sentence by saying, I'm very sorry I got caught.
Spare me the remorse!
Millie
I must agree with Rev. Manzo. Mr. Spitzer was wrong and apologized. The true victims are his family, especially his poor wife.
You both are correct - his family are the victims here. What you both fail to admit, though, is that this man is despicable. He thrived on breaking up families and squahing wealth for many years. As Attorneys Genereal, he had a special fetish, if you will, for breaking up prostitution rings and exposing every client. He frequently went after political adversaries, and now he is just a hypocrite. He got what he deserved. Now, God can change his heart, that is true. What is done is done, may God have mercy on him and his family, because the rest of America won't.
Thank you Daniel for telling it like it is. What's with these people saying "He was wrong and he apologized"? Is that all there is to it? Wow, you can ruin people's lives and all you have to do is apologize? And it doesn't even have to be heart felt, you just have to say the words, and like magic, everything is supposed to be all right? NO WAY!! This man deserves everything he gets and then some. You said it...he is despicable...and that's putting it lightly!
AMEN!!!
Millie
Daniel,
I didn't say what he did was not despicable. It was. He was/is despicable for having done it and he deserves all that comes his way. I didn't miss that. That isn't what offended me about your post. It was a crass post more akin to a talk radio rant than one of a person hoping for justice.
Eliot Spitzer, in my mind, deserves all that he gets. His family, however, does not and it's not up to any of us to belittle the tragedy of the events.
Perhaps instead of judging him we can all pray to God that justice prevails and that there is a change of heart.
John...I'm rather surprised that you didn't list Ted Kennedy in your earlier post. But wait! He didn't go down in flames, did he? Hmm...and Barny Frank? Oh...he didn't go down in flames either.
john manzo said...It was a crass post more akin to a talk radio rant than one of a person hoping for justice.
So is the implication here that Daniel cannot express his distaste for Eliot Spitzer's act without having mocked it from a talk radio show? In other words...are you assuming that he's a parrot and cannot express himself independently? Yawn!
john manzo said...Perhaps instead of judging him we can all pray to God that justice prevails and that there is a change of heart.
Did you not bother to read Daniel's quote? Allow me...
daniel short said...What is done is done, may God have mercy on him and his family, because the rest of America won't.
No one here has said that we hate Eliot Spitzer...and I seriously doubt anyone that's posted here does hate him. We don't hate the sinner...it's the sin we hate. I don't think that any of us don't have sympathy for his wife and children either...and to a certain extent for him too. It's a sad, sad situation he has put himself and his family in.
And as Daniel spoke of in his post, it's the "I", "My" or "Me" type of thinking that got Client #9 in this situation.
Millie
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