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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 03:34 AM Original message |
Why the Bush Administration ‘Watergated’ Eliot Spitzer |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 04:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. all that matters is did he pay and did he lay |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 06:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. that's missing the point entirely |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 07:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Why isn't * in Prison?!? why..... why..... why? |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 07:24 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Spitzer was lucky nothing else happened to him |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. even if that happened, it would be small consolation |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-24-09 12:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
50. Barack Obama and A.G. Holder... There's no lack of evidence (n/t) |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #3 |
18. and easy to forget that when Kerry was uncovering BCCI, thugs tried to plant COCAINE in his offices |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Wow, I didn't know that. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-24-09 01:43 AM Response to Reply #18 |
55. I didn't know that . . .!!! |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. Really? What about |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. that's just it. whether or not a scandal is exposed, or whether or not it ends a career, |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
35. Then why Is Sanford still governor of South Carolina? |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 07:00 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. again that's the point. scandals only matter if the powers that be want them to. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-24-09 01:44 AM Response to Reply #44 |
56. As long as we have monopoly-corporate press serving the right wing, that's true .. . |
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Selena Harris (273 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-24-09 01:59 AM Response to Reply #35 |
58. Vitter's Predecessor |
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jotsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 09:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. I contend your perception of what matters could do with a little scrutiny. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. Eloquent. Seconded. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-24-09 01:46 AM Response to Reply #14 |
57. GOP worked for decades to overturn New Deal restrictions, regulations, laws . . . |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. Let the clucking, pearl clutching, goody two shoe pirouetting begin. |
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damonm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. + 1 for this: |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 12:24 AM Response to Reply #28 |
70. I'd appreciate you editing your post to leave the pearls out of it! |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
41. I could have SWORN you advocated letting the little fish go to catch the big fish! |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-24-09 12:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
49. I don't give a f*ck what he did on his own time! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-24-09 01:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
53. That matters to whom . . . ??? Certainly not to me . . . |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 04:23 AM Response to Original message |
2. "He did not have Republicon Family Values. Smirk." - Sen. Diaper Dave Vitter (R) |
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Ivan the So-So (27 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
4. K&R |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
6. I disagree |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
8. Fuck Spitzer |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
30. We'd be even better off without you. |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. +one on that. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-24-09 12:40 AM Response to Reply #8 |
51. What the hell is wrong with tearing off some high-class ass??? (n/t) |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 12:25 AM Response to Reply #51 |
71. Hurts your family very badly when found out. n/t |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
9. He got caught with some hookers, he made his own bed. |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
39. And never has there ever been nor will there ever be |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:25 AM Response to Reply #39 |
74. that should read "thou" |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
10. Yup the Bush administration made him an incompetent |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 08:20 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. fucking Paterson did the same thing but much worse, at least Spitzer used his own money...... |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-24-09 06:28 AM Response to Reply #11 |
59. Actually Paterson and his wife had affairs..... |
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invictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 10:27 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. +1 |
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rmp yellow (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
12. Do we want our married governors sleeping with prostitutes? |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 09:34 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I personally don't give a shit about a politician's love life |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
37. i do care about elected politicians not violating the law |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 09:46 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I could care less who they sleep with as long as it isn't a child. |
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rmp yellow (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Problem is, 70% of NY'ers wanted Spitzer to resign in the wake of the incident |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
48. I don't believe that poll for a second |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
33. Do we want the president on the side of predatory lenders? |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
36. Don't care, I aint sleepin with em that's for sure |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-24-09 12:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
52. Who the Hell cares? |
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Czar One (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
17. What really sickened me about Spitzer..... |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 10:24 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Oh you... |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
19. Well that, and the fact that he was banging a high-priced hooker... |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
22. K&R /eom |
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CalvinandHobbes (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
23. Blame shifting nonsense. |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
31. Bush admin never did properly explain why they were wiretapping Spitzer. |
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Ivan the So-So (27 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 05:09 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. Interesting: |
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Pharaoh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
32. Hiya Cyn!! |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #32 |
43. Hey Cupcake!!! |
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iceman66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
40. They had to take him out before crashing the stock market last year |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
45. Spitzer was fighting to expose real crimes and stepped on some really big |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. ^^^A BUCKET OF TRUTH ^^^ there |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. ****EXACTLY!!!!***** I could care LESS who Spitzer was doing in his private life. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-24-09 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
54. Spitzer had organized the governors to try to stop this predatory lending . . . |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-24-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. agree |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 11:22 AM Response to Reply #54 |
65. Thanks for this reminder of Spitzer's forthright attempt to |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 05:14 PM Response to Reply #54 |
66. yup...and sadly this is what set the evil * cabal into actions against him. |
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Czar One (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-24-09 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
60. How come this isn't on the front page? |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #60 |
67. Same reason the story about UFOs landing in |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Are you equating this with a tinfoiler? |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:32 AM Response to Reply #68 |
72. Well my position in Alcoa has certainly risen in value! |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-24-09 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
62. Wall St and the bankers who backed bush and wanted no regulation were |
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joeycola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 06:03 AM Response to Original message |
63. I had not seen this article previously. The |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
64. At Least They Let Him Live |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
69. A kick for the "Appalled One" |
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Gwereeya (79 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
73. Spitzer deserves a second chance. |
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