He he, that made me laugh
1st comment... I guess

ya all those politic bastards say are worthless crap with some sprinkles on them to make it sound important

Well at least us New Yorkers got a better governor out of this whole ordeal.

i know rehab cured my infidelity and hypocrisy.

I find it weird that this came to a resign-or-impeach scenario. Considering people cared more about the fact that he was adulterous than he was committing a crime. It's weird that apolitical stuff still affects their political career, like Bill Clinton's scandal(s).

I didn't catch the full speech, but i got some political commentary before and after.

I'm completely surprised this wasn't some kind of blackmail scandal. Only banging a hooker? Well if Clinton can do it, so can every other politician. At least, that how it seems.

In other words, I expect no less from a politician today. Power corrupts, its only a matter of time. Why do you think our founding fathers put time limits on positions of power?

Ah, politics again. Heh, they're masters of verbal warfare . . .

I don't know, but in the scheme of things, I think this is on the smaller side compared to what the Bush administration has done. I'm not saying that we should overlook this whole scandal... but hey, warmongers and profiteers are running rampant across the nation. I think before we focus on anything, we ought to be spending our time clearing up corruption in the highest offices.

OMG So Fucking True. He was also In charge of getting rid of what he was doing... what an idiot. That's his wife right there amirite?

Why would she stand right next to the guy that has been spending all that fucking money to have sex with someone that is not her. I would feel sooo fucking pathetic I would beat the shit out of his ass.

Poor guy got caught. What a n00b.

Why did he get caught? He used his fucking checking account! What an idiot. He deserves what he got, not because he's a bad person, but because he's just plain stupid.

The personal lives of my politicians don't matter much to me. Yes, it's true he should step down since the woman was in fact a prostitute. However, if it was just an illicit affair, I could care less. The public seems to have the misconception that politicians are pillars of rigid morality (mostly Christian morals, mind you). I find it hilarious that every time we're reminded that those in power aren't much different than the man or woman who pumps your gas. It's the one-eyed man leading the blind in this country.

If you look hard enough, you can see his wife's soul imploding.

How the mighty has fallen, eh?

Honestly, it wouldn't be so horrific (I mean, some politians have managed in the past to salvage something of their carrers for similar sins, bu in this case it's a bloodbath) if he didn't seem such a terrible hipocrite after all his actions and accusations as a prosecuter. Here's (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7 289268.stm) a nifty summary of how the press responded to his actions.

I find your lack of contextual links disturbing. Are you feeling okay?

You're right, though. What's the deal with the spouse always attending the public apologies? Talk about a facade. Not only is he spoon-feeding the media a bunch of bullshit like you've said, but we're supposed to buy the in to the illusion that he gives half a shit about their relationship.

Bullshit is expected of politicians. In many cases, it's their job to obfuscate and confuse, and so they do it quite often otherwise. Quite a few people have extrapolated on this theme-- taking someone's face-saving speech and getting the simple message out of it, albeit in a more humorous form.

But yeah, no one wants to stand at a podium and publicly admit their crime in front of the whole country. His use of politicalese is understandable.

you're just saying that because he was an awful govener and didn't deserve the high ranking that was bestowed on him.

I LOL'ed it!

You know, as a new yorker, he wasn't a half bad governor, he was working on balancing a budget and trying to get the state congress to stop being so gridlocked. He also was working on getting a lot of shit fixed.

he couldn't have picked a worse time to get found out, as the law makers are in the middle of hammering out the state budget.

hist lt. gov., Paterson, seems like a pretty level headed guy and even Joe Bruno (see, spitzer's largest rival) likes him and is willing to work with him.

I really wish that things like this weren't such a tremendously huge deal that gain so much news posts. It's just sex, granted he had to pay for it and he's married, but the only person who he should have to grovel to should be his WIFE. Not the state or the country or the media.

Silly american prudes! The woman who ratted him out is a real bitch for ruining this guys life just for 15 minutes of fame. He won't be able to get a job like his current one again, or at least for a while.