Stay Classy, New York Post.
March 17, 2008 at 4:21 pm | In Media | Leave a CommentTags: Ashley Alexandra Dupre, classy New York papers, Eliot Spitzer
From a “report” on what Eliot Spitzer’s work wife (get it? hahahahha) is up to now:
Experts estimate that Dupre will bring in between $2.5 million and $5 million from companies looking to promote the hooker who brought down the governor.
Dupre would have to service Spitzer 581 to 1,162 times at her going rate of $4,300 for four hours to earn the same amount of money.
Please, god, get that mental image out of my head. Going to look at some Lolcats now.
Can We Stop Snickering About EscortGate Now?
March 12, 2008 at 6:13 pm | In Iraq | Leave a CommentTags: Eliot Spitzer, EscortGate, George Allen, Iraq, PenisMouthGate
Twelve U.S. soldiers have been killed over the past three days, with the latest casualties occurring today when three were killed in a roadside bomb attack in Diyala province, AP reports. That puts the death count to date at 3,987, per AP, which indicates that barring something spectacular, the next time Iraq will lead the news is when we hit the psychologically meaningful but not actually significant total of 4,000 dead since the March 2003 invasion.
I don’t get why Iraq has fallen off the front pages. I mean, I get why, what with the presidential contests taking up all the oxygen. But I scratch my head nonetheless.
As for EscortGate, I find it funny that Washington is trying to share ownership of this story, simply because one of the alleged assignations occurred here at the Mayflower Hotel. It doesn’t take much for the nerds in this town to get all atwitter about sex. I mean, remember Washingtonienne? It was like: Hey everyone, the suits who work on the Hill enjoy having sex with women half their age and way lower on the pay scale! For real? You don’t say!
I’m not saying that I’m too busy sipping cognac and watching Frontline to be at all captivated by this stuff. For god’s sake, I coined PenisMouthGate. What’s that? You don’t recall that one? Let me refresh your memory.
Props to George Allen for trying to spread the embarrassment in 2006. Hope he’s enjoying his life, which won’t ever include becoming president. Seriously. All the best.
Spitzer Hanging On, Apparently
March 11, 2008 at 5:36 pm | In Main Blog | Leave a CommentTags: Eliot Spitzer, new york, prostitution
“Sources” are telling AP that Eliot Spitzer actually believes he might be able to ride out EscortGate:
“If the public is fine, he’ll stay,” said a Democrat who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject.
Oh, word? New York is liberal, but not THAT liberal, Governor. And like I said yesterday, this is not about sex so much as the dressing down of a moralistic crusader who leveraged his hype to vault him into the governor’s mansion. The deed doesn’t make Spitzer worse than any other politician who’s used a “high-end” escort service to get his rocks off. But it does undo Spitz’s entire political persona, which got him into his current job.
Anyway, I wouldn’t put too much truck in that anonymous Democrat’s wishful thinking. Make fun of him all you want, and I know ya’ll have, but Larry Craig actually had a case for staying in office. Other lawmakers have stayed on after committing worse offenses, and last I checked, it’s perfectly legit to be a sitting senator and gay, if that’s what he is, wink. EscortGate is totally different. New Yorkers elected Mr. Clean, not Mr. Icky. They’re entitled to demand his exit, and Spitz should give it to them.
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