Disgraced N.Y. Gov. Returns As A Columnist

Eliot Spitzer, Laid Low By Prostitution Scandal, Begins Writing For Slate.com

(AP)  Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is back in the media, this time as a member of the Fourth Estate.

On Wednesday evening, the online magazine Slate quietly posted Spitzer's first column, headlined "Too Big Not To Fail." It argued against costly economic government bailouts to huge financial institutions.

Jacob Weinberg, the editor-in-chief of the Slate Group, owned by the Washington Post Co., says the semimonthly column will focus on the financial crisis, regulation and government.

Spitzer resigned earlier this year after getting caught in a prostitution scandal. Last month, federal prosecutors announced they would not bring criminal charges against him.

[roachcrusher]

Life of the privileged. Break the law, no problem. Prosecutors go only after the poor and not-so-famous. This guy looks like a beady-eyed prosecutor. Bet he was once one.

Slate.com? Change your name, Sleaze.com

[culturechang]

What is going to write about. The horrors of prostitution? Is he going to lecture us on morality and honesty.

[sorceress62]

Why should he not have charges brought against him? Again, if you are a politician or a celeb you are above the law!!!! Let us peons try this and see how long we spend in prison!

[legacyabq]

Hey, don''t worry

Hypocrites make good journalists

[eggy1620]

He should be writing reviews of escort services.

[blackyowe]

I wish he would fade away he is a disgrace!

[antoniof123]

What a joke we reward the filth in this world and punish the good.

Just like the rich fat cats and sleeze in Washington to protect their own.

I hate them all scum everyone one of them.

[jbright9]

Judge not lest you be judged.

[obamaslady]

Part 1
Just because Spitzer went off the straight and narrow of his moral compass, particularly in light of the fact that he is married and has a family [which makes this his family''s business rather than ours ''IF'' he did not break any law], doesn''t mean he is bad, worthless or should hide away the remainder of his life. Quite the opposite, Eliot is an astute and very intelligent man so for him to be reduced to the heap bin of times gone by when he can offer a valuable service to the public, is pretty ridiculous. When it comes to ''regulation and oversight'' of the financial industry, I don''t think you will find anyone who could equal him in his knowledge of their inner workings and I feel he could be used far more effectively if he were assisting Paulson with the bailout funds. At least, we would have the benefit of knowing that Paulson had a colleague who was enforcing accountability from the banks and giving it to congress and the public. 60 days have lapsed since banks were given funds and not one of them has yet to offer any accountability as to where those funds have gone [or are being hoarded] and why they have not yet reported to congress.

How many of us can say we have never made mistake? Even if we think we would never do what he did, how do we know what we would or would not do had we been in his shoes?

[dan_da_ban3]

man, i love cheese

[obamaslady]

Part 2

Furthermore, who gave any of us the right to JUDGE Eliot? None of us have that right unless we want others to judge us for our misgivings or mistakes. I don''t want to judge him and I surely don''t want someone to judge me for the many mistakes I have made throughout my long life because I am certain my family would leave me if they knew about some of the things I did when young. Since he has not been charged with a crime, I say put his mind to good use because he is brilliant and ''a mind is a terrible thing to waste''.

Writing for Slate may not be the job he would ultimately want, but it certainly beats %u2018serving penance for his recklessness%u2019 the remainder of his life. I''m glad he is writing a column because I know he has much to offer especially in the field of economics, oversight and regulation, so that perhaps these financial institutions will never be allowed to work for GREED with no oversight or regulation so that we, as a nation, will never be faced with an economic crisis again. Our congress let us down when they allowed lobbyists to keep regulation out of finance, when they removed all oversight and when they even went so far as to remove the Glass-Steagall Act which protected bank depositors from the additional risks associated with security transactions so that our country would never again go into a great depression. The act was dismantled in 1999 in large part due to former Senator, Phil Gramm, [McCain%u2019s good GOP friend].

[misogynist10]

I assumed he would be hired as the new spokesman for the Nevada Brothel Association.

[McHineguy]

He should be writing reviews of escort services.


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Posted by eggy1620 at 12:25 PM : Dec 04, 2008

I think he plans to publish and interview with Monica Lewinsky.

[dan_da_ban3]

cheese rules

[dan_da_ban3]

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[inketolstoy]

The circle of life: Shady politicians become journalists, shady journalists become politicians. And we wonder why nothing changes.

[erasmus606]

Posted by Dan_Da_Ban3 at 12:58 PM : Dec 04, 2008

I like your name.:)

[sepa2]

Seems like he is going after big guns again. Did not he learned the first time? He should stay clear of the priviledged and the powerful, the corner stone of our democracy.

[kaliwind]

I won''t be reading anything this hypocrite has to write. I don''t believe a word he says about anything. He should be in jail, but oh no, only the women go to jail. The men go home to their sycophantic wives.

[stevador39]

Spitzer is not disgraced. Bush used the full force of the U.S. government against Spitzer to turn up something the fascist right could use as a cudgel against him. Spitzer was known as the sheriff of Wall Street. First, Spitzer tried to limited the criminals on Wall Street. Now Spitzer is trying to prevent this nation from being financially fleeced thru the Bailout.

[condumbistan]

"Disgraced N.Y. Gov."

For having *** with a prostitute? There is nothing disgraful about that in anyway. No way should prostitution be illegal anywhere. There are tons of good looking college co-eds that could easily pay ther way through college if prostitution were legal, and regulated. The lack of freedoms in the USA is AWFUL, thanks to the RepubliScum that have been in control since 1981.

[bobnjersey]

[Given the lies, distortions, unsubstantiated slime, and totally unethical behavior of the loony-left liberal media, a person of Spitzer''''s slimebag caliber will actually RAISE the standards of that pathetic and despicable group.]
[Posted by ObamBaboon at 03:54 PM : Dec 04, 2008]

what do you suppose is behind all these people sharing these attributes?

[bobnjersey]

[I won''''t be reading anything this hypocrite has to write. I don''''t believe a word he says about anything. He should be in jail ... ]
[Posted by Kaliwind at 02:32 PM : Dec 04, 2008]

in case your mamory is fautly ... this is the guy who for years went after and prosecuted dozens of wall street analysts, executives, and traders for unscrupulous trading practices.

when all is said and done ... he ends up resigning his position as governor over a consensual sexual interlude ... and those who he prosecuted and their colleagues get a $700 billion dollar windfall from uncle sam.

what''s wrong with this picture?

[colonieny]

hooray for him. Cut the poor guy some slack.

[wlmrtpatriot]

I thought this man was guilty of paying for his hookers with taxpayers money. Who cares if the man had hookers on the side and used his own money? I don''t.

[KLHILL]

What about his wife, you f**ing morons.

[skeezix06]

Take that, Joy Behar.

[kansas1946]

Slate is really scraping the bottom of the barrel for columnists. Uck.

[hagtilahun]

If you are an American be a Jew American!!! What a desgrace??? I had been a big fan of him not anymore now. If his wife is behind all this, I would say shame on you too, Mrs who ever.

[jw218389]

He should write about his S@x life - now that would be interesting - very few of us have wild rendevous with $4000 a night call girls - or would want to - but it still would be fun reading...

[zabarc]

And not one mention in most of articles of this scandal, including this one, that he is a Democrat. Typical of the media.

[jt_lancer]

There''s nothing worse than a hypocrite in high office - especially one who prosecutes the very activities that he participates in. What a dirtbag.