Web Pundits Unload On Spitzer
Stupid Spitzer
Huffington Post/Bill Press
Here's one thing I'll never understand: Why do such smart men do such dumb things? Or maybe we should ask: Why don't smart men use their brain instead of some other part of their anatomy? It's a bipartisan malady. Mark Foley and Larry Craig. Gary Hart and Bill Clinton. And now, Eliot Spitzer - caught by a federal sting operation in the middle of a high-class prostitution ring.
Just. Keep. It. In. Your. Pants!
Fire Dog Lake
… As a resident of New York and someone who voted for Mr. Spitzer, I have a question for him: what the HELL were you thinking? You were the Attorney General, for crissakes, the self-righteous bulldog who chased down white collar criminals and prosecuted them. Successfully. You made yourself a whole lot of enemies on Wall Street who would kick up their well-polished heels if you were publicly scandalized. You won the Governor's mansion running on your record at the AG's office. Oh, did I mention the enemies you made on Wall Street?
Republicans Try, Unsuccessfully, To Hits Dems Over Spitzer
Crooks and Liars
Given the humiliating difficulties facing the National Republican Congressional Committee, I guess it’s not too surprising the gang would try to connect Democratic House candidates to Eliot Spitzer’s scandal, but this is just weak.
Left And Right Agree: Eliot Spitzer Must Go
Michelle Malkin
A survey of this morning’s lead editorials in the NY press shows a bipartisan consensus: Eliot Spitzer has to go. Both left and right bristled at Spitzer’s brief, arrogant, remorseless, and dishonest statement yesterday apologizing for his “private matter”–a very public matter of alleged law-breaking, breach of electoral trust, and political self-destruction.
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