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1. But not 1 mention of party affiliation in the AP story. Had it been the other way, the HEADLINE would have read Republican governor…
   Nope, no liberal bias here…

   Comment by DJ | March 10, 2008

2. Just wait for some of the lib scream sheets, like the Albany Times Union, to try and blame all this on Joe Bruno (NY Senate Majority Leader, R-Brunswick), or George Bush, or Rush Limbaugh…

   Comment by deaconblue | March 11, 2008

3. It’s funny how the right-wing is up in arms demanding his resignation yet Vitter still is in office and no one seems to care.

   Comment by jen | March 11, 2008

4. Jen,

   I blogged on the Vitter situation last year, blasting him for his hypocrisy and sleaziness. Your point about him still being in office is a valid one, though, especially since prostitution (or, in his and Spitzer’s case, solicitation of it) is ILLEGAL!

   Comment by crushliberalism | March 11, 2008

5. Greetings from the Pineapple Patch Jen……

   Historically, Republicans will remove trash themselves…
   Democrats, on the other hand, will deny, defend or cover up criminal, unethical or immoral behavior within their ranks.

   Comment by Kanaka Girl | March 11, 2008

6. Amen, KG!

   Comment by The Truth Hurts | March 11, 2008

7. ha, ok, vitter, renzi, craig, doolittle – all still in Congress. now, there are some corrupt dems still hanging on (jefferson) but KG you must be drunk on malibu and pineapple juice to say that Republicans remove trash themselves. Vitter only fessed up when Hustler threatened to publish info about his ties to DC madam.

   nice try though.

   Comment by jen | March 11, 2008

8. Even Leno weighed in last night on the “honorable” governor from NY. He said that now Hillary is the second angriest wife in New York!

   Comment by tnjack | March 11, 2008

9. Alcee Hastings: impeached and removed from office (only the 6th judge in American history) for corruption and perjury.

   Gerry Studds: never was removed from office for boinking a 17-year-old boy page.

   Jack Murtha: ABSCAM.

   Ted Kennedy: Chappaquiddick.

   Robert Byrd: KKK, responsible for domestic terrorism against blacks.

   Alan Molohan: Money laundering resulting from his seat on House Ways & Means. FBI getting involved.

   Nancy Pelosi: violated House ethics rules for ties to Big Pharma.

   Don’t know who Renzi or Doolittle are, and Craig’s Republican colleagues have begged him to leave. No one on the GOP side is defending Craig.

   We could play “your side is and has been more corrupt than my side” all day long and get absolutely nowhere, but I think the point is clear: KG is right. By and large, the GOP take out their trash, while the Dems promote and protect theirs.

   BTW, Malibu rum is Caribbean (Barbados, specifically), not Hawaiian (or do all Islanders look alike to you?). Nice try, though.

   Comment by crushliberalism | March 11, 2008

10. This guy is great he works to get rid of the 2-bit pros but goes to the 4g pros. Talk about its not good for you but its ok for me since mine are classy.

    Comment by WMD_Maker | March 11, 2008

11. Jen, I assure you I’m completely sober and I stand by my assertion that in most cases Republicans DO take out their own trash. Who was the last Democrat mired in a scandal that your folks drove out of town? I can’t think of a single one. Usually Democrats hold their trash up as victimized heroes, followed by sainthood and continued reelection!

    This guy built his career on fighting crime and corruption, while he was engaging in the very actions that he was prosecuting others for. He put his wife, his State and the country in harms way and he needs to go!

    Comment by Kanaka Girl | March 11, 2008

12. KG,

    I am not defending Spitzer, what he did was ridiculous, especially being best known for busting prostitution rings and crime and in such a high profile position. I just find it equally ridiculous that you (and jonathan) think republicans remove the trash from their ranks – there are several Rs under investigation right now, not to mention Craig and Vitter, one of whom pled guilty and the other admitted being involved in a DC prostitution ring. Both are still in office and no one is clamoring for Vitter to resign.

    And jonathan, i was just trying to think of an alcoholic beverage that mixed well with pineapples (see KG’s original post), i wasn’t saying Malibu came from hawaii. I was just in japan and found out that no one is even importing pineapples from hawaii anymore, this chef at one restaurant told me all the best pineapples come from the philipines now. you don’t have to try and fight with me on every little word, do you?

    Comment by jen | March 11, 2008

13. I’ll give you an “Attaboy/girl” for one little word jen!! You used “pled” instead of the most often used “pleaded” (either is technically correct), why so many writers use pleaded is beyond me. Good on ya for that, now if you could just lean a tad bit to the right……..

    Comment by Lee | March 11, 2008

14. I just want to know what kind of sex is worth $5,000/hour!!!
    BTW Jonathan, in your list you forgot Bill and the human humidor

    Comment by DJ | March 11, 2008

15. “It’s funny how the right-wing is up in arms demanding his resignation yet Vitter still is in office and no one seems to care.”

    It’s funny how the left wing defends their miscreants with, “Your guys do it too.” The topics at hand are:

    1) Spitzer is a miscreant.
    2) The press refuses to identify him with his political affiliation.

    Is it possible for you to stay on topic or have you no feeble defense for this particular degenerate? Or, would you care to discuss how many stories about Spitzer have no mention of the fact that he’s a democrat?

    Comment by TheBad | March 11, 2008

16. Jen –

    I just find it equally ridiculous that you (and jonathan) think republicans remove the trash from their ranks

    Mark Foley
    Tom Delay
    Richard Nixon
    I don’t have time to list them all for you…..

    I’m still waiting for you to name ONE Democrat that was run out of town by the DNC following a scandal.

    Someone on the radio said it best. Democrats love to scream hypocrisy when a Republican gets caught up in a scandal involving immorality. However, Republicans don’t have that same option because Democrats don’t operate under a code of morality to begin with, thus, there’s no hypocrisy on their part…it’s just business as usual.

    Comment by Kanaka Girl | March 11, 2008

17. Ha, Mark Foley wasn’t taken out very quickly, it was only after it went public – this is from another site –

    congressional conservatives protected Foley before the media found out:

    - The office of then-Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert (R-IL) was told of Foley’s “worrisome conduct” three years before ABC exposed Foley’s explicit contact with pages.

    - When Rep. Tom Reynolds (R-NY), then-chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, told Hastert of Foley’s inappropriate e-mails earlier in 2006, he presented it as something that “that might have affected campaigns” instead of something that needed to be addressed to protect the pages.

    - Rather than address the issue in a bipartisan way that would have underscored a common desire to protect the young interns, the conservative chair of the House Page Board — Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) — refused to inform the Democrat on the committee — Rep. Dale Kildee (D-MI).

    nice try, KG. Again, i am not defending spitzer’s, or any dem who has done wrong (jefferson)’s behavior or how it was handled, because frankly, and you can flame me all you want for it, but i didn’t really follow politics until i moved to DC. i am just calling you out on your statement that republicans take care of their trash right away because it isn’t true.

    Comment by jen | March 11, 2008

18. Jen – “Worrisome Conduct” is not the same thing as commiting a crime. Your example is ambiguous at best — you don’t know what Hastert was told, so don’t sit there and say “HA!” over “worrisome conduct”. That could be anything. The FACT remains, as soon as there was evidence of wrongdoing, Foley was taken out immediately and became a pariah.
    Your guys, on the other hand, stay in office forever and are rewarded for bad behavior (or even homicide in some cases).

    Still waiting for you to name ONE Democrat that was run out of town……….

    Geez, this is getting tiresome…….

    Comment by Kanaka Girl | March 11, 2008

19. Oh, and by the way……in the future you might want to find a different source of reference. It’s hard to take seriously a quote by a Democrat about “protecting young interns”.

    Comment by Kanaka Girl | March 11, 2008

20. you don’t have to try and fight with me on every little word, do you?

    Point taken. But you know I’m going to have fun at your expense, right?

    It’s hard to take seriously a quote by a Democrat about “protecting young interns”.

    Oh, snap! KG, I ought to make your comment the first ever “Commenter’s Quote of the Day”!

    Comment by crushliberalism | March 11, 2008

21. DJ said,
    I just want to know what kind of sex is worth $5,000/hour!!!

    There isn’t any; if it was THAT good, it sure as hell wouldn’t LAST for an hour…

    Comment by Submariner | March 11, 2008

22. Actually I don’t believe it was $5000/hour (that was a press misconception or misquote), The way I understood it it was $4300 for a SESSION he had with the female in question.

    I hope the malignant narcissist Spitzer is prosecuted with the same zeal that he went after people with his bullshit failed cases.

    Comment by Ludwig Van Beethoven | March 12, 2008

23. It’s official, he’s out. While it won’t be official until Monday, he’s no longer the Governor.

    Comment by deaconblue | March 12, 2008

24. KG you know I’m a big fan but I have an exception to your rule…..
    ..It’s hard to take seriously a quote by a Democrat about “protecting young interns”.

    I heard that a certain democrat legislator from Massachussetts is very protective of his interns. Just ask Barney Franks?

    Comment by tnjack | March 12, 2008

25. tnjack — I stand corrected.

    Comment by Kanaka Girl | March 12, 2008

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