New York Republicans will seek to impeach Spitzer unless he quits in 48 hours

[sabra]

Source: MSNBC

BREAKING NEWS: New York Republicans will seek to impeach Spitzer unless he quits in 48 hours

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

[NJmaverick]

1. The repukes just have to keep this story on the front page

[Catherine Vincent]

2. How disappointing.

All this drama for a few minutes of pleasure. :(

[kirby]

3. Juxtapose that with what Bush has done...

And impeachment was taken off the table! Sheesh.

[still_one]

4. So, where have the Democrats been on impeachment with bush?

I am not saying whether spitzer should or should not be impeached, that is the business of New York

but what I am saying is that rove LIED under oath. bush and his administration did illegal wire tapping, along with a host of other questionable activities, and what is the Democratic response to this?

[subsuelo]

36. One Democrat has repeatedly called for impeachment

Where did that get him with the voting public

[Golden Raisin]

41. We hold a lot of Committee Hearings

that accomplish exactly nothing. We issue Congressional subpoenas that are ignored and/or laughed at. We tsk-tsk-tsk a lot. We wring our hands a lot. We take impeachment off the table while the Constitution is being publicly raped. Republicans couldn't care less about taking the high road. They kick you in the balls, go for the jugular and will spend any amount of money (vide: Ken Starr).

[boobooday]

5. Because only sex is an impeachable offense

Pillaging and looting . . . not so much.

[ingac70]

10. Spitzer is looking at felony charges under the Mann Act. n/t

[boobooday]

17. Yeah, I think he should resign

Of all people, he knew he was breaking the law, and precisely which ones.

I'm just saying that we seem to focus on one type of felony over other crimes against our constitution.

[kysrsoze]

21. Agree. I don't care what the Repubs think, Spitzer paid $ sex and that's illegal

No ifs or buts about it. We can't expect to hold anyone else to a higher standard if we don't do it ourselves. Bye-bye, Spitzer, you f*cking idiot.

[TheDebbieDee]

6. Why is it that repukes can hold Democrats

to higher moral standards and Democrats let bygones be bygones when repukes like Vitter and Craig get caught with their pants down?

WHY? I'd really like to know!

[DeeDeeNY]

18. Actually, Vitter received a standing ovation from his Republican colleagues

[TheDebbieDee]

20. Was that supposed to make me feel better?

I don't feel any better. I feel like my political party is a doormat that repukes use to clean their shoes on and I'm SICK of it!

That's how I feel........

[DeeDeeNY]

27. You are right.

I just thought it was ironic that Vitter was applauded for the same thing that Spitzer can be impeached for.

[kskiska]

45. So did Bob Livingston - literally.

But then after thinking about it overnight, they all changed their minds for some reason.

[joeybee12]

7. This can only help Spitzer...Repukes always overplay their hand. n/t

[ingac70]

11. He's looking at a felony...

charge under the Mann Act. Spitzer needs to get the hell out of there now.

[Thepricebreaker]

49. Whatever your smoking - please pass it over here... n/t

[Thepricebreaker]

50. Self Delete

[bemildred]

8. So Impeachment is on the table after all?

I will gladly trade impeachment of Spitzer for Impeachment of Bush-Cheney.

[tyne]

9. Hillary will have to come

out and stand for Spitzer against impeachment.

If he quits, her sigh of relief will be heard around the world.

[Traction311]

52. If Hillary (or Obama) stand up for Spitzer

there is no way they would win in November.

[Wizard777]

12. I hope Pelosi is watching this. Spitzer hasn't tortured anyone.

I hope she also realizes what an evil witch this will make her look like. There are actual means of expelling someone from the democrat party. I think that process should be invoked against Pelosi.

[Plucketeer]

13. With young male pages,

dressed in a diaper while in a toilet stall and toe-tapping with Abramoff and loosing the bribery check stuck to the bottom of his shoe. :banghead:

[mikelgb]

14. If I were nancy Pelosi..............

dot dot dot

[Golden Raisin]

42. Please. She'll just have another picture

taken beaming & smiling next to Bush.

[KnaveRupe]

15. HA! YOU REPUBLICAN FOOLS!!!!!!

Don't the Repukes know that impeachment is a sure-fire, guaranteed losing issue?!?!

They have just guaranteed that the Dems will win every seat in the NY legislature!

The Repukes' POWDER will be WET!!!!

If there's one thing we've learned from the Democratic Congress, it is this: if you put impeachment on your table, you LOSE!!!!! If you keep it off the table you WIN AUTOMATICALLY AND FOREVAR!!!!


Check and MATE, my friends! CHECK AND MATE!!!

[robcon]

22. At least one NY Democrat wants Spitzer to resign...

Suffolk Democratic Party chairman Richard Schaffer called for Spitzer's resignation. "I think it's best that he step down," Schaffer said. "We're all hoping he figures that out over the next couple of days. But for everyone, including his family, I think it's best that he step aside."
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/state/ny-stspit0312,0,7580346.story

[kevinbgoode]

16. Oh my...did Republicans suddenly discover ethics and values?

Why, just a few months ago, they were defending David "Diaper" Vitter's right to stay in office.

I think the GOP is only going to make themselves look more like the hypocrites they are. . .

[Naipes]

19. Nothing pisses-off a republican more...

...than a politician having straight sex.

The irony of it all.

[TheCowsCameHome]

23. Why has he waited this long to resign?

He's only making things worse.

[EFerrari]

30. His lawyer is probably negotiating with the Feds. n/t

[TheCowsCameHome]

32. I'll bet that's it, but this looks worse every minute

[EFerrari]

39. He can't panic right now. The real damage has already been done

and now the job is to contain the possible consequences, imho.

Not only that, but there is more and more evidence that this investigation was another political witch hunt. That can only help him.

[FightTheRight89]

24. I agree, and I hope Spitzer does resign.

As a Democrat who lives in the state of New York, I am appalled by Spitzer's actions. What he did was not just an affair - it was PROSTITUTION! Something he'd fought against and railed against as attorney general! His administration was supposed to "Bring Some Passion Back To Albany". Well, he brought the passion back alright. Everything was supposed to change on "Day One". Nothing changed. His adminstration has thus far been a failure and if he stays in office, it will only increase the deadlock in a state that has been stuck in the mud for years now.

Spitzer betrayed the Democratic party and the people of my state. Defending him only makes us look like partisan ideologues. He did wrong and should be punished.

[fascisthunter]

25. Pay Attention Democrats.... This is What YOU Should Do to Pukes

[VP505]

29. Exactly, and one of the NY Dem House

Rep should discretely let it be know to the State House that if Spitzer is impeached before all the facts are known and he has a chance to step down or do what is appropriate then they should expect Bu$h, Cheney and a few other notable RePukes will also be facing impeachment.

[fascisthunter]

31. .

[aquart]

26. I want Bruno gone.

[Speciesamused]

28. They certainly retain their miscreants hanging in the bathroom airport.

Which was so white trash. I do not see anything
wrong with what Spitzer sought.
Drawing attention
away from the real dirt bags that should be impeached.

[ronnykmarshall]

33. NY Republicans threaten to impeach Spitzer

Source: Retuers

NEW YORK (Reuters) - State Republicans threatened on Tuesday to impeach New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer if he does not quit over a sex scandal that has raised questions over whether he could face criminal charges.

The threat added to pressure on Spitzer, a Democrat and former state chief prosecutor who made his name fighting white-collar crime on Wall Street, to step down after a report that he hired a high-priced prostitute.


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080311/pl_nm/newyork_spitzer_dc_21

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Just resign already!

[Fresh_Start]

34. Let them impeach...maybe it will start a trend

the sky will not fall if there is an impeachment

[DJ13]

35. Let them

Most often the party launching impeachment will overstep the boundries of decency in their zeal to throw dirt, making them look like a group on a witch hunt.

That would be more damaging to the NY GOP than the Democrats in the long run.

[closeupready]

37. Very quick to impeach, Republicans.

Do they really want to go down that road????

[Hugabear]

38. Where is our outrage?

Imagine, if our Democrats in Congress were even half as outraged over BushCo as the rethugs are over this. Oh, they talk a fair deal about how "outraged" they are - but how many Democrats do you actually hear pushing for impeachment? A few, but not nearly enough. WHERE IS OUR OUTRAGE?

[NashVegas]

40. Shock and Awe

I hope level heads prevail.

[bobthedrummer]

43. Fwiw, has anyone checked for a relationship between Deborah Palfrey's Pamela Martin & Associates

and Emperors Club VIP?

Also fwiw-Armchair Subversive has kept a constantly updated page on Republican sex offenders--many of them child predators

Republican Hypocrisy Revealed
http://www.armchairsubversive.com

on edit: people were murdered that were part of Pamela Martin & Associates, and that were investigating these DC linked prostitution networks

[KamaAina]

44. So who's next? Craig? Vitter?

(crickets chirping) (tumbleweed blows down Main St. past swinging saloon doors)

That's what I thought...

[galledgoblin]

46. I hope so

I don't want to see him resign, I want to see this properly addressed.

bring it on.

[olddad56]

47. If the guy was a republican, the sex would have taken place in ...

a public restroom with a male stranger and it wouldn't have made the papers. How long has GW been porking Victor Ashe? SInce their freshman year at Yale? Google it.

[struggle4progress]

48. Ah, the light is beginning to dawn! Maybe Spitzer shouldn't rush to quit

[Thepricebreaker]

51. Simply put.. Republicans have balls - Dems have no spine - Only republicans impeach..