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Gov. Perry Invites Limbaugh To Texas
Rush Limbaugh made headlines again recently when he declared that he was leaving New York forever, because of the ever increasing tax rates in the state. New York now has the highest taxes in America.
Gov. Rick Perry of Texas is planning to reach out to Limbaugh and encourage him to take his act to Texas.
“He’s not unlike other people who want to go to a place that’s got low taxes and fair regulations and a balanced legal system and a skilled work force,” Perry told the Dallas Morning News. “Excellence in Broadcasting hires a lot of people. So if he wants to go somewhere where he works hard and keeps more of what he makes, Texas is the place to do that.”
As a Texas resident myself, I applaud Perry for reaching out to Limbaugh. Unlike liberal states like New York, Texas doesn’t punish businesses with and individuals with unnecessary extreme taxation.
-Chris Jones
Video: McCain/Palin Supporters March Through Manhattan
$10 Cigarettes A Reality In New York
NY State has raised its cigarette tax by a $1.25, which has some stores in Manhattan selling premium brand cigs for $10.25 a pack.
(image via Gawker)
NY Governor Paterson And His Wife Both Admit To Having Affairs
From the NY Daily News:
The thunderous applause was still ringing in his ears when the state’s new governor, David Paterson, told the Daily News that he and his wife had extramarital affairs.
In a stunning revelation, both Paterson, 53, and his wife, Michelle, 46, acknowledged in a joint interview they each had intimate relationships with others during a rocky period in their marriage several years ago.
In the course of several interviews in the past few days, Paterson said he maintained a relationship for two or three years with “a woman other than my wife,” beginning in 1999.
As part of that relationship, Paterson said, he and the other woman sometimes stayed at an upper West Side hotel — the Days Inn at Broadway and W. 94th St.
He said members of his Albany legislative staff often used the same hotel when they visit the city.
“This was a marriage that appeared to be going sour at one point,” Paterson conceded in his first interview Saturday. “But I went to counseling and we decided we wanted to make it work. Michelle is well aware of what went on.”
In a second interview with Paterson and his wife Monday, only hours after he was sworn in to replace scandal-scarred Eliot Spitzer, Michelle Paterson confirmed her husband’s account.
“Like most marriages, you go through certain difficult periods,” Michelle Paterson said. “What’s important is for your kids to see you worked them out.”
What Gov. Paterson is admitting to is far different than what Spitzer did. Many politicians have affairs and still come out with their political reputation intact. Unlike Spitzer, Paterson didn’t build a career on being a self-righteous crime fighter who could do no wrong.
Paterson didn’t hold press conferences to gloat about bringing down prostitution rings while secretly enjoying the services of prostitution rings.
Paterson seems like a pretty good guy, and it’s hard not to admire someone who has been without eyesight his entire life yet managed to accomplish so much.
I think you also have to give the man credit for being a blind womanizer. If a blind man can get that many women it should give hope to all men.
-Chris Jones
Paterson Sworn In As Governor Of New York
Lt. Gov. David A. Paterson was sworn in to New York’s highest office on Monday, pledging civility and unity in government to an ecstatic and very much relieved gathering of state lawmakers and officials.
PICTURES: Meet Eliot Spitzer’s Lady
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It was only a matter of time until the press uncovered the identity of the mysterious call girl named “Kristen” that Eliot Spitzer payed $4600 for. The AP is reporting that the woman is 22-year old aspiring musician named Ashley Alexandra Dupré.
All things considered at least the Governor has good taste. She’s definitely the best looking call girl I’ve ever seen.
Click here to read the AP story
Click here to see her MySpace page
-Chris Jones
Spitzer Out!
Eliot Spitzer has just resigned his post as Governor of New York. Lt. Gov. David Patterson will officially take over as Governor on March. 17th. Spitzer said that over his career he has expected much from those he worked with and those in positions of power.
Therefore, he must expect no less of himself. So for that reason he must resign, and let the healing begin, etc.
I will get a video of his speech up within the hour…
-Chris Jones
Spitzer Impeachment Threat
From CBS:
If Gov. Eliot Spitzer opts to roll the dice and not resign, state Republican leadership will force him to go all-in and call for his impeachment from office, according to a state Assemblyman, who admitted he asked the governor to step down.
I don’t think prostitution should even be a crime. If a woman chooses to have sex for money that’s her business and if a man chooses to make that purchase it should be his right.
However, for the moment prostitution is in fact a crime and governors shouldn’t be committing crimes. Especially governors with holier-than-thou attitudes who engage in scorched earth politics.
I think a lot of politicians could probably recover from an incident like this, but the hypocrisy factor is off the charts for Spitzer. He took great personal glee in sending corrupt businessmen to prison and holding press conferences to show his disgust for all the corruption he uncovered.
For that same man to now be revealed as corrupt himself is a little too much for most people to handle. The governor needs to do the right thing and step aside.
-Chris Jones
Video: Spitzer Apologizes
SPITZER INDICTED, MAY RESIGN AS GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK
BREAKING NOW: The AP, NY Times, NY Sun, and Fox News are all claiming that Governor Eliot Spitzer has been indicted and will may resign any minute.
UPDATE #1: The Smoking Gun has more details on the prostitution ring
UPDATE #2: Huffington Post has details on what brought about the bust
DEVELOPING…
HYPOCRISY: Eliot Spitzer Linked To Prostitution Ring
From The NY Times:
Gov. Eliot Spitzer has informed his most senior administration officials that he had been involved in a prostitution ring, an administration official said this morning.
Mr. Spitzer, who was huddled with his top aides inside his Fifth Avenue apartment early this afternoon, had hours earlier abruptly canceled his scheduled public events for the day. He scheduled an announcement for 2:15 after inquiries from the Times.
Mr. Spitzer, a first term Democrat who pledged to bring ethics reform an end the often seamy ways of Albany, is married with three children.
Just last week, federal prosecutors arrested four people in connection with an expensive prostitution operation. Administration officials would not say that this was the ring with which the governor had become involved.
But a person with knowledge of the governor’s role said that the person believes the governor is one of the men identified as clients in court papers.
The governor’s travel records show that he was in Washington in mid-February. One of the clients described in court papers arranged to meet with a prostitute who was part of the ring, the Emperors Club VIP on the night of Feb. 13.
Mr. Spitzer appeared on a CNBC television show at 7 a.m. the next morning. Later in the morning, he testified before a Congressional committee.
An affidavit filed in federal court in Manhattan in connection with that case lists six conversations between the man, identified as Client 9, and a booking agent for the Emperors Club.
He had a difficult first year in office, rocked by a mix of scandal and legislative setbacks. In recent weeks, however, Mr. Spitzer seemed to have rebounded, with his Democratic party poised to perhaps gain control of the state Senate for the first time in four decades.
Mr. Spitzer gained national attention when he served as attorney general with his relentless pursuit of Wall Street wrongdoing. As attorney general, he also had prosecuted at least two prostitution rings as head of the state’s organized crime task force.
In one such case in 2004, Mr. Spitzer spoke with revulsion and anger after announcing the arrest of 16 people for operating a high-end prostitution ring out of Staten Island.
“”This was a sophisticated and lucrative operation with a multitiered management structure,” Mr. Spitzer said at the time. ”It was, however, nothing more than a prostitution ring.”
This is yet another example of hypocrisy at its finest! Mr. Spitzer the tough, NYC crime fighter, and holier than thou Governor has been caught with his pants down. This scumbag has made a career out of parading people company executives down the street in handcuffs and holding press conferences to show his obvious disgust for criminals.
I don’t think prostitution should be a crime in the first place, but since it is a crime I would expect Mr. Crime Fighter not to be a criminal.
I’m just glad it was a Democrat that f*cked up this time.
-Chris Jones
Spitzer Pulls The Plug on Drivers Licenses For Illegals
With his poll numbers collapsing, New York Governor Eliot Spitzer pulled the plug on his incredibly controversial plan that would have given drivers licenses to illegal immigrants.
The embattled governor made the announcement after he met with the state’s heavily Democratic congressional delegation, which had grown increasingly critical of the plan.
Spitzer aides said the decision was made because the firestorm over the issue was so fierce it was blocking the governor’s overall agenda, and there were serious concerns that various lawsuits, as well as threatened legislative action, would block the plan anyway.
Forcing the issue on the public has given the Governor his lowest approval ratings ever, with only 25% of New Yorker’s saying they would vote to re-elect him if the vote were held today.
There was also anxiety about the negative impact the issue was having on Sen. Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
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