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| WaPo: Client 9's Sinking Ship |
| 2008-03-11 |
| Dana Milbank . . . whatever Spitzer -- or, in the language of a federal court filing, "Client-9" -- did with a petite brunette nicknamed "Kristen" on the eve of Valentine's Day last month at Washington's Mayflower Hotel, it probably wasn't as monstrous as what he asked his wife to do yesterday. In the grand tradition of Larry Craig, David Vitter and Jim McGreevey, Spitzer dragged his partner of 21 years before the television cameras at his offices in New York to announce that he was "disappointed" in himself for unspecified sins. Silda Wall Spitzer looked like a victim of food poisoning as she stood by her man's side. She cast her eyes downward at the 183-word statement while he read it. She raised her glance only briefly, when the governor admitted he had "acted in a way that violates my obligation to my family," when he offered an apology "to the public, whom I promised better," and again when he pledged to "dedicate some time to regain the trust of my family." The silent Mrs. Spitzer -- Harvard law school graduate, corporate lawyer, nonprofit founder and mother of the governor's three daughters -- then led Client 9 away from the lectern. Fortunately for Mrs. Spitzer, the ordeal lasted only 67 seconds, and the governor, his forehead shining under the TV lights, took no questions. Unfortunately for Mr. Spitzer, this left unchallenged a rather lurid account of the events of last month at the Mayflower in the federal prosecutors' filing . . . |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #11 Who is client #1? Bill or Teddy? |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2008-03-11 22:09 |
| #10 Go to your room, #9 BP! ;-) |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-03-11 21:15 |
| #9 This sinking ship... Is it going down with lots of seamen? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2008-03-11 21:04 |
| #8 I'll bet the wife didn't like this Valentine's Day |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-03-11 17:51 |
| #7 Silda Wall |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-03-11 14:37 |
| #6 Many of these marriages are more about power and prestige than love and family. Mrs. Spitzer (does she have a first name?) knows the drill and followed it. |
| Posted by: DoDo 2008-03-11 14:25 |
| #5 You do have to wonder why smart, worldly women like her (and Hillary, and others) allow themselves to be humiliated like this. Ah come on. You think they look for the decent guy who is not the center of attention or wearing the power suit or 'up and coming'? Each element of discrimination [income, profession, height, etc] further and further restricts the available population. When you put together the elements of selection, how can they put on the show of surprise and astonishment? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-03-11 14:25 |
| #4 She's supposed to be a high powered lawyer. Shock? I doubt it. I hope she got his sig on the deal before the presser. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-03-11 14:11 |
| #3 My guess is that she is hoping to negotiate support and trust funds for the daughters from his family, in exchange for her discretion. That and she just found out about the whole d*mn thing a few hours before. Shock. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-03-11 14:03 |
| #2 You do have to wonder why smart, worldly women like her (and Hillary, and others) allow themselves to be humiliated like this. My suggestions to her would have been along the lines of stay at home, change the locks on the door, empty the bank accounts, toss his clothes onto the street -- and then issue a short press statement. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2008-03-11 13:24 |
| #1 I will never understand why these wives allow themselvs to be used as pathetic props for the obligatory news conference. Better that they refused, making the asshole stand there by himself, or took the opportunity to do a quick knee to the groin and storm off. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-03-11 13:13 |