SPITZER STEPS DOWN
Part One: He did what!? - On Monday, Spitzer admitted to involvement in a prostitution ring, standing besides his uncharacteristically disheveled wife, Silda Wall Spitzer.
- The charges were unclear, and reactions were disparate
- The floor of the stock exchange allegedly erupted in cheers. (As Attorney General, Spitzer crusaded against white collar crime, imprisoning many Wall St. CEO's -- thus the NYSE reaction).
- Spitzer's arch rival Joe Bruno, Majority Leader in the NY Senate, stayed out of the limelight. Bet he was downing champagne that night...
- It later becomes clear that Eliot had spent over $80,000 on high-class call girls over 10 years.
Part Two: Spitzer = Punchline
- Conan, Letterman, and Stewart didn't even NEED their newly returned writers -- sex scandals write their own stand-up.
- Letterman's countdown was "top 10 excuses for Eliot Spitzer"
The list ended with "I thought Bill Clinton legalized this years ago!"
- Jon Stewart (and the always lewd, always pregnant Samantha Bee) spun it this way
- You can even buy "Client No. 9" tee shirts online (click here!) -- for those who don't know, Eliot's alias at the prostitution service was client no. 9. Oh, how it must feel to be made into a punchline!!
Part Three: Patterson, who?
- After an aloof Tuesday, Spitzer resigned on Wednesday afternoon, accepting responsibility for his "failings."
- Lieutenant Governor David Patterson (who happens to be black and legally blind) will assume the governorship.
- Patterson is little known in Albany but is reputed to be amiable.
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