Jon Stewart Eats Up Spitzer Scandal
By SilentPatriot Tuesday Mar 11, 2008 3:10pm
...And you know the media loves to breathlessly dish it out.
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Stewart: If only someone in law enforcement could have given Eliot Spitzer better advice...
Spitzer in 2006: Never talk when you can nod, and never nod when you can wink. And never write an email -- because its death. You're giving prosecutors all the evidence we need.
Stewart: In Spitzer's defense, he probably forgot he had said that because it's hard to concentrate when you're getting a $2000 bl*w%#b.
If only the media would spend more time investigating the suspicious details of the complaint and less time reporting the salacious -- and entirely inconsequential -- details of the man's private (albeit hypocritical) life.
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Hillary Clinton issued a press release today stating that :
“Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. is a negro.”
more as this story develops...
lol
one of my clients is getting alot of press thx to the spitzer scandal
good for her
hope she sells lots of books and can buy a new computer.....cuz i need the work
Go Sox!
New York legislators demanded his resignation or impeachment proceedings were to begin within 48 hrs. If only the United States Congress were to take the same action with George Bush and Dick Cheney.
Well, I hope that nobody expects that when President COlbianmtaon takes office that Jon Stewart is going to close up shop for four years. The jokes that seemed funny when aimed at the Republicans might seem otherwise to some when aimed at the Democrats...
How can we who are "liberal" support this man's ongoing involvement in interstate/international criminal activity? Shall we ignore the problem if international prostitution and forget that much of it involves slavery? This organization may not involve slavery, but let's not give room for it. At least not if we respect our women and human dignity. There is more to it than privacy.
If only the media would spend more time investigating the suspicious details of the complaint and less time reporting the salacious — and entirely inconsequential — details of the man’s private (albeit hypocritical) life.
LOOKS WHO'S TALKING?!?!?!
$2,000 for a B.J.! Ah, remember the good old days when you could get a B.J. in the Oval Office for free!
Albatross @ 5:
this entire bit is aimed at a dem you insuferable boob
back to redstate you go....fuckwit
Barney Hussein Google @ 6:
if spitzer had been getting his bj's for free, he would still be gov
give him credit...he wasnt hitting on secretaries or interns
uncle joe mccarthy @ 7:
Actually, I recall a Daily Show a while back near the start of the campaign where Stewart did one of his classic play the different video outtakes and watch the elected official contrdict his or herself repeatedly. He did it with HRC and there was a sort of quiet uneasy laughter in the audience even though the bit was funny as hell. He looked at the audience and said something like, "Yeah, it's not so funny when it's your candidate, is it?"
C'mon folks...what's good for the goose, etc...if Dems can dish it out - deservedly so in light of Foley, Craig, Vitter, et al - we must be prepared to take it...Spitzer made his bed, so to speak, however he got nailed, he got nailed...he is not Don Siegelman...he is a sanctimonious "do gooder" who got a dose of his own medicine...have a nice trip, sweetheart.
JerryO @ 4:
Being a 'john' is surely a more severe offense than treason, no?
I'm just guessing he doesn't have as many powerful friends as Bush Co, as in not above the law.
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I. EAT. YOUR. SPITZER. I EAT IT UP!!!!
No wonder that the GOP is rejoicing @ Governor Spitzer's resignation.
But they should start to realise that they could be seeing much the same thing @ the GOP National Convention in the Twin Cities later this summer.
JerryO @ 4:
It's only impeachable if it involves sex.
If Elliot Spitzter's wife was black, she would have beaten him to a bloody pulp.
uncle joe mccarthy @ 7:
That's my point, fuckwit.
JerryO @ 4:
SilentPatriot is 100% right. What are the details of this investigation. What? Does anyone REALLY think that none of the other politicians in the NY legislature...or any other legislature for that matter...isn't getting a blowjob from some hooker after working a long week? And the fact is...there are no accusations that public monies were used in this endeavor.
This was a political hatchet job. Plain and simple. Was Spitzer a hypocrite by being Mr. Law and Order and then doing something illegal? Of course he was. Did he break the law? Yes, prostitution is illegal in this neck of the woods...I won't debate whether or not it should be. I have my own opinion on that. Will he be indicted and tried. Of course not. Why? Because this was a political hatchetjob and the mission was accomplished.
The blue-nosed counterpoint to the R scandals. How charming.
Then how come you're missing the whole point?
Horton Hears a Who...Do You?
The Neocon DoJ gets another Governor. What a freakin' coincidence!
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Lawyer_questions_whether_Spitzer_was_set_0...
Albatross @ 15:
sorry....i laffed
and when stewart goes after president obama....i will laff
and when george bush is in jail being waterboarded....i will laff
Hey! At least He was f----ing a Female.
Albatross @ 15:
If you wear a big hat nobody will see it.
pro daddy @ 10:
Just to point out a bit of a difference. The Republicans refused to disown Vitter over his patronage of prostitutes because they would lose a house seat over it. Now they are screaching for impeachment of Gov Spitzer for the same offense. Bottom line? republican first, American second.
Another point: Spitzer made some very powerful and rich enemies with his prosecutions of Wall Street corruption. He should have known better than to do what he did. When will we hear about "Customers" 1 through 8? Will they also be prosecuted in FEDERAL court?
It's so typical of Daily Show information feed.
One of my friends was SO pissed off that Spitzer was immoral!
Wow. Context, context, context.
I'm glad some here have half a brain still. CONTEXT!
"less time reporting the salacious — and entirely inconsequential — details of the man’s private (albeit hypocritical) life"
Right, because C&L felt the details of Larry Craig's private life were entirely 'inconsequential' and not worth mentioning.
Why is it no-one's takling the real issue in these political sex scandals that Stewart glances by, which is that rather serious acts, in some cases criminal, have been commited by these people and yet beyond a public statement and a job shuffle, they'll face little to no punishment for their crimes.
Paul in LA @ 17:
like i have said....
spitzer gave them the ammo....but they have been gunning for dem pols
investigating pols without evidence of a crime
going of fishing expeditions
spitzer is an idiot.....doesnt mean that the doj isnt corrupt
The Liberal's Pledge:
"I, STATE YOUR NAME, promise not to turn into a humorless stick-up-the-butt liberal once Clinton or Obama is elected."
(I'm not sure what to do for those who are already humorless stick-up-the-butt liberals.)
uncle joe mccarthy @ 18:
sorry....i laffed
and when stewart goes after president obama....i will laff
and when george bush is in jail being waterboarded....i will laff
Laffin' is good! Especially at ourselves.
Consarn it, now I get to laff at myself.
BritExPat @ 23:
if you cant see the diff between what craig was doing compared to spitzer...then there can be no real debate
It's always funny to see politicians unmasked for hypocrisies, which ever face of the two-party coin they peer out from. One less crook or liar to burden us. Or in the case of those who hang on, another target to provide us amusement with our slings and arrows.
Albatross @ 25:
The Conservative's pledge?
"I, STATE YORE NAME, promis not to evr think for miself and to folow blindely wherevr the Dear Leader says I otta go."
Albatross @ 5:
Well Stewart is(as far as I know)a Democrat,so even with the 'Pugs in opposition(instead of prison where they belong)they still won't escape the satirical lash of his tongue.If a Dem DOES take the White House BTW,and starts fucking up,I hope John pounds on them like a side of Flank Steak.
Anybody else smell Rove or Gonzales or Cheney behind this indictment?
killthepoor @ 32:
Worse than the smell of an outhouse.
ohhhhh, the media...
i was dying at this last night.
uncle joe mccarthy @ 28:
But the article's complaint wasn't about his treatment, but the fact the MSM is reporting on "details of the man’s private (albeit hypocritical) life".
C&L can't salivate over the details of one man's private life and then call it media intrusion when another's is exposed. Well, ok, they can but it makes them as guilty of shoddy reporting as the news outlets they blast.
Greta van Sustern at Foxnews.com is soliciting messages for Silda Spitzer as if FOX isn’t gleefully milking this but actually is concerned for her welfare. Please bomb the sh1t out of this trash and make me proud…
http://gretawire.foxnews.com/ 2008/ 03/ 12/ your-chanceto-write-to-silda-spitzer/
Here's why Spitzer Should NOT Have Resigned!
He briefly touched on something that I was thinking about watching that annoying press conference - wouldn't it be nice if just once one of the wives of these people said something along the lines of: "No. You got yourself into this mess by lying to me and getting your wick dipped all by yourself. You can go out and give this goddamn press conference all by yourself too. If anyone asks - Hell, yes, I'm pissed."
I'm just saying, every once in a while, it would be nice to see these women stand up for themselves and not subject themselves to the political shenanigans of their husbands. Or even for the husbands to have the class not to ask their spouse to appear at the press conference with them and just say that they did not want the subject them to more embarrassment or public conjecture and/or ridicule.
ya gotta love jon stewart.
nick @ 38:
Married to politicians! Doormats, or schemers, typically.
Albatross @ 25:
I talked to STATE YOUR NAME and he said that he's really really tired of people trying to get him make dipstick pledges. He just wants to live his life as he sees fit.
dipstick.
After hearing the sleaze peddler AIPAC Blitzer ask at least three people , " where there any signs " this was going to happen , (u have to be fkn kidding, nobody saw Spitzer's I like expensive blow jobs t-shirt ?) and leading with the story every half hour, not just reporting but having FKN DISCUSSIONS , FKN DISCUSSIONS over and over and over again, you can come to only one conclusion , this is a concerted effort in keeping the American people as uninformed , dumb and distracted . This crap can't be happening by accident, that this purveyor of sleaze censors the U.S. attack on Somalia , the humanitarian crisis in Gaza , the KBR war profiteering , the warrant less wire tapping (and lying ad on tv) , the huge military build up of bases around the world , that's causing Russia to react by deploying their war ships , the forcing of Adm. Tallon out of his command position , with no serious reporting or even discussion , of the possibility of an attack on Iran .
You can come to only one conclusion , that the cable cesspool is in collusion with the federal government , in keeping certain stories off the radar screen , and to keep the sheeple distracted with sleaze , fabricated controversies .
This crap can not be happening by accident .
no bl*w%#b is worth $2000.
Jeez, can we just stop defending adulterous politicians when we agree with them? If Spitzer had been a Republican, most of us would be delighted at this scandal and would call for him to resign. Let's drop the double standard and condemn ALL disgusting pig politicians who cheat on their wives just because they think they're powerful and can get away with it. Screw Spitzer. Glad to see him go, we don't need Democrats like him in office anyway.
"If only the media would spend more time investigating the suspicious details of the complaint and less time reporting the salacious — and entirely inconsequential — details of the man’s private (albeit hypocritical) life."
Wow, I am surprised to see C&L take this position. It's not inconsequential in this case and you can't fault the media for having a field day with this one. There's blood in the water and you can't fault the sharks for being sharks. When one holds himself out to be as righteous as Spitzer has over the years and with all the campaign promises he made about ethical integrity and change, he deserves to reap from the seeds of hypocrisy he has sown for himself. I personally don't care if a politician is sleeping with his secretary or prostitutes, gay, lesbian, etc as long as they don't hold themselves out to be self righteous against the lifestyles choices they themselves are engaged in. There are two choices here for politicians, 1) be honest with the voters about who you are or 2) keep your private business private, don't let it be a distraction to your duties and don't be a hypocrite. As long as a politician takes one of these two approaches, I think we should feel comfortable with them making decisions on our behalf as our representatives. Finding out the depth of hypocrisy of an individual ultimately erodes my confidence in any lawmaker to be my representative.
I don't think C&L is right to put a spin job on this and fuel some right wing conspiracy hit job theory. There are many other things those on the right are doing that need to be exposed by our media before this one. Alabama's former Dem gov needs to be let out of prison today! That's a travesty of justice and more clearly a political hit job! Regardless of how Spitzer was found out, right wing hit job or normal course of law enforcement business, no one on the right or left should be covering for anyone who puts him or herself in this situation. I looked up to Spitzer for what he was doing to Wall street when I was in law school and this is just a major disappointment. We all have weaknesses and faults and ghosts because we are all human but hypocrisy of this magnitude deserves no place at the power table of politics in any democracy. He did the right thing by owning up to what he did and stepping down. Perhaps there will be some level of redemption in the way he owned up to it. Hopefully NY will move on and be the better for it. So sad. The Democratic party has lost a brilliant politician here.
billybob @ 44:
It was not the adultry that made this an issue. That's not our business. It was the crime compounded by hypocrisy.
Steiner @ 45:
If only they would put as much effort in investigating the crimes of this administration.
Jon Stewart is a scab and I refuse to watch his show.
Ron @ 13:
Does Bush/Cheyney fucking America (in the a**) count as sex?
Look, banks and other financial institutions are legally obligated to report suspicious transactions to the IRS. They cannot contact the client, regardless of who the client is and how valuable they are to the bank. This reporting requirement has been in place for a number of years to track money laundering and has been significantly ramped up since 9/11. Large cash withdrawals, under 9,999.99 are considered suspicious if they occur with any regularity, as all banks are required to report cash withdrawals or deposits that exceed $10,000. He wasn't that bright when it came to hiring these services. He was also a total hypocrite. I think that prostitution should be legal and that it should be at least decriminalized, if not legalized, but Spitzer showed otherwise, when he was AG.
Michael @ 48:
Then be sure not to comment on his show either!
I confess, I hadn't followed this "scandal". I just don't think it's even news when someone has sex, but, hey, it's America.
Anyway, Jon gave me all the news I needed, that's why I LOVE him (yes Michael [at]48-- LOVE him).
If I were one of those wives, the divorce would be over before I ever got on that podium to be internationally humiliated. I might add one note: If you preach family values, you oughta live them. If you don't preach family ways screw your ass off, it's natural and healthy.
48 Michael Says: Jon Stewart is a scab and I refuse to watch his show.
--->>But you watched this clip, right??
Brad @ 46:
Actually, if Spitzer had merely been cheating on his wife (unless workplace issues were involved), it would have been nobody's business. Why? Because Spitzer never (unlike Craig and Vitter and Foley, etc. etc. etc.) banged the "moral values" drum. However, he was breaking the laws that he was supposed to enforce. That is the problem--and the root of the hypocrisy. And I'm glad that he had the smarts and enough residual sense of propriety to resign. Too bad for him that his soon-to-be-ex-wife's a lawyer, too: He won't be left with enough fingers to spank the monkey after she's done with him...
Geeze, what a dumb@$$. Under the bus with him. We've already had seven years of people who think themselves above the law--thank goodness his career was nipped in the bud before he was closer to being Presidential or Veep material.
Obviously Spitzer hasn't been thinking with the head on his shoulders. Someone should have warned him that taking too many purple pills affects blood flow to the brain.
Now that he did the right thing and resigned and did it fairly promptly, other things need to be looked at. This is kind of curious, being that "unusual wire transfers" were cited as the reason he was busted. What is unusual about a wire transfer of a few thousand dollars? Why would that set off any alarms? The way all this was discovered makes me wonder if there was another "lets screw a Democratic governor" operation, alá the Alabama method, and this just came up by accident.
Just curious, and not sorry to see him held accountable. Also glad to see him submit to a process of accountability.
so its ok to jump all over larry craig, but this is about spitzer's "private life" as you say? come on, who's more of a hypocrite? spitzer or crooks and liars?
cubiclegrrl @ 54:
no, he just led a major prostitution bust in 2004 and then gets popped himself four years later. billy bob is soooooo correct
biff were you missing my point? You're perfectly correct about the 2004 bust. That's exactly where the stink of hypocrisy comes in If it has been adultery with a non-pro, I'd be telling the gloating trolls to get stuffed. Just like if I caught my own husband cheating. That'd be my business and my own battle, thank you very much, simply because we've never held ourselves up as pillars (much less pinnacles) of so-called "moral" behavior.
In Spitzer's case, it's 100% the legal dimension that's brassed me off. To my knowledge, Spitzer never made a career hyperventilating and hand-wringing about "moral values" like so many of the GOP goons (and their posse on the Religious Right) caught with their pants down have. Different flavor of hypocrisy, but hypocrisy all the same. What was the point in quoting me?
"If only the media would spend more time investigating the suspicious details of the complaint and less time reporting the salacious"
If only C&L would accept the fact that the guy got what was coming to him. Your sounding a bit pathetic on this one.
aristotleszoo @ 60:
his policies were good, who cares if he bought hookers
prostitution should be legal anyways
I don't feel even remotely sorry for Governor Spitzer.
When a New York State trooper finds a roach in my ashtray, Governor Spitzer doesn't feel bad that the cop's getting ready to destroy MY life, so why should I sweat this little thing that he has to deal with? Or, if I were caught with a hooker inside the New York state line, I doubt there would be this outpouring of grief over ME losing MY job.
I mean, he's got a college education... I'm sure he'll land on his feet.
If the law is too difficult for our "leaders" to uphold, then either leave the job, or CHANGE THE LAW!!!
It speaks VOLUMES about us, that we can fire a politician for sex issues (Spitzer), but can't fire one for defrauding the United States (Bush-Cheney).
C & L absolutely loves when a REPUBLICAN gets his feet held to the fire, but you don't want to make a big deal out of a Democrat's sex problems?
The title SHOULD say "Crooks and BIAS".
The emperor wears no clothes!
James @ 65:
Here's the deal, James. While Spitzer has admitted to patronizing a prostitution ring, and we have no desire to diminish or dismiss that, the way that this investigation has come about, especially in light of what we know about the miscarriage of justice in the case of Don Siegelman, another rising Democratic star, and the purging of US Attorneys for not focusing on prosecuting Democrats, some of us at C&L are a little wary of jumping on the bandwagon of writing him off completely. If it turns out there is a partisan angle and this is a political witch hunt, would you still consider the emperor naked?
Have you looked at how the Mann Act (the precedent that has been brought up to explain why the FBI is involved in this case in the first place) has been applied in the past?
Spitzer's career is over and no one here is saying that it shouldn't. However, there does appear to be a huge discrepancy between how these kind of scandals are handled when it's a Republican.
I saw no problem with Stewart's comments, or the press coverage of this story. As someone who voted for him, I found the soon-to-be-Governor's conduct and words during statements to the press over the last two days to be arrogant. Today, he referenced what we are assuming to be the scandal as his reason for resignation, since he did not truly take responsibility for anything specific. What disgusted me is that he twice referenced this issue as a personal/family matter, as did this others. Extramarital affairs are, indeed personal matters- participating in illegal activities is quite public. Perhaps the Eliot Spitzer we thought was a take-hold activist is truly nothing more than a narcissist.
The tragic thing about Spitzer is that he missed the whole point of holding high political office. Political power is like a pussy magnet. Power is the greatest aphrodisiac for attracting hot chicks. Spitzer was sadly unaware that thousands of spectacularly beautiful women would gladly have sex with the Governor of New York for free; all he had to do was ask.
Ron @ 16:
No, it's only impeachable if it involves sex with a member of the "opposite" sex.
.
And yet Senators Craig(R) and Vitter(R) still are employed by We the People.
.
Ed-hussein-gay-agenda-win Hussein @ 56:
Absolutely not. I do not traffic with those I know are scabs. Period.
Blue Lensmadinejad @ 54:
All the more reason to comment ... his lack of character should be considered.
What is it with Americans, once upon a time there would have been a very nice portrait of the girl commissioned and would be on display in the National Portrait Gallery. (You can visit it in London, they have a section for them)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Nell_gwyn_peter_lely_c_1675.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:George_Romney_-_Emma_Hart_in_a_Straw_...
THE REAL STORY IS HOW HE GOT CAUGHT. HOW ARE POLITICAL OPPONENTS TARGETED IN THIS COUNTRY? AND WHO IN THIS CASE SIGNED OFF ON THE SPITZER TARGETING?
Don't get me wrong - I love Stewart's show. But repeat after me, please.
Jon Stewart is not a reporter. He is not the press. He is not "the media."
Jon Stewart is a comedian. His show is comedy. His purpose is to entertain.
The saddest part of this situation is that the media isn't going any further in their reporting than the comedians....
Oh come on C & L. Your better than this tripe, and there's finer points to be made about Spitzer & Vitter than this weak-minded shite. Stop defending Spitzers bullshit life, at least the way you're doing it in this patehtic article.
First, I don't give a f**k about Spitzers private life. The man made his name as a REFORMER. How stupid (and how big a sex addict) do you have to be to waltz off to your next tryst thinking, "I'm a reformer and this is the kind of information I've made my career destroying people with." He thought he'd never get caught, or he thought it was worth ruining his family, career, and reputation over. Congrats Elliot, that bargain sound any good now? I don't want a PERSON THIS STUPID left in his government job (and I'm a flaming liberal).
Second, for republicans to say this event somehow means that Dems are as bad as they are, is insane. Noone in the coountry is concerned about the 8 Dems in the last ten years who've been nailed with their pants down, because they're much more rare, and because Dems almost never manuever their way into office by posing as a good Christian or a person of exemplary morals, because we're not naive enough to believe in moral figureheads. (Hey, thanks Spitz!) On the other hand people do care about the uniform texture of immoral moralizers (a hundred?) that have been part of the GOP, are continually exposed, then absolved out of political expediency.
Spitzer has been revealed as an stupid, stupid man! Let it go.
Michael @ 51:
A scab? Technically, that would be impossible in this situation. He's neither a writer nor a WGA member.
But semantics aside, when his show returned to the air during the strike, it did so without using scripted skits and monologues - because those would require writers. When offered the Oscar gig during the strike, he accepted - but said he would not appear unless the strike was settled before the show.
And Stewart played a large part in getting the writers at Comedy Central into the WGA in the first place. CC was a non-union shop for years. About a year ago, TDS writers went union in large part because Stewart not only supported it but actively lobbied for it - the only CC producer to do so. Other shows on the network began allowing their writers to go union only after the TDS writers got it.
Just wish Spitzer would get up in front of everyone and say:
"My political carreer is a ruined,
"my family is in disgrace...
"but damn!
"DAMN!!
"She was worth EVERY penny of it!
"DAMN that ho knows how to F**K!!"
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