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Elliot Spitzer Resigns - Silda Spitzer Stands by His Side

by Bald Man on March 12th, 2008

Well, the inevitable has occurred. New York Governor Elliot Spitzer resigned today less than a week after federal officials discovered he has spent around $80,000 on call girls. And standing next to him the whole time: Silda Wall Spitzer, his wife of 21 years.

Everything proceeded in the way these things normally do. It’s sad this sort of thing has happened often enough that there is “normal” way. Reporters caught wind late last week and began pursuing staffers in Spitzer’s administration. Spitzer himself broke the news to his family over the weekend. On Monday the Feds produced the smoking gun, prompting the Spitzers’ public confession (Is it really a confession when we already know what you did?) and ultimate resignation.

Like others before her, Ms. Spitzer shared the podium with her disgraced husband. Why she and the others before her do this remains a mystery. Some speculate it is indicative of great character: forgiveness and that. Others that it is merely political maneuvering. Either the husband is hoping his wife will shield him, or she is trying to score martyr points of her own. Kerri seems to remember Dina McGreevey, the wife of former New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey who resigned back in 2004 after coming out of the closet and “confessing” his affair with another man, saying it was shock. When she came out on stage with her husband she was still reeling from the news herself. Instinct, years of publicly supporting her husband, and political handling kicked in and you’re on stage before you know it listening to your husband tell the world what he’s really been up to.

Whatever the case, it’s sad in so many ways… sad enough to prompt some satire.

h/t - The Corner

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