In 2002, accusations by then Attorney General Eliot Spitzer set off a chain of events that resulted in Merrill Lynch analyst Henry Blodget being fined $4 million in fines and repayments and being banned from the securities industry for life. Those polled at the time probably didn’t expect the two to end up bros. Today we find out how utterly wrong they were.

“Our guest today is the former governor of New York and the man who destroyed my Wall Street career,” Blodget said on the show, smiling as Spitzer chuckled. His friendly overture impressed Spitzer, who now gushes about Blodget like an old drinking buddy. “Listen, I think Henry’s great,” Spitzer says. “And the issues that led to the analyst case are not of such moral dimensions that these were people who were, you know, out killing babies.”

Blodget on Road From Ruin Bets News’ Future Is Business Insider [Bloomberg]

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Comments (11)

  1. Posted by guest | July 8, 2010 at 5:35 PM

    killing babies hyping stocks same diff no diff.

  2. Posted by Anonymous | July 8, 2010 at 6:02 PM

    Killing babies is the new killin’ it.

  3. Posted by Hank Moody | July 8, 2010 at 7:10 PM

    The tags just never fail to amaze/impress/engorge me.

  4. Posted by Mr. Market | July 8, 2010 at 7:54 PM

    This does not surprise me, since Blodget rhymes with ‘Blogs, got it?’, and they are both fallen angels looking for redemption in eachothers embrace

  5. Posted by Anonymous | July 9, 2010 at 12:06 AM

    Pair of TOOLS

  6. Posted by Skippy | July 9, 2010 at 12:18 AM

    Get a room you two fags.

  7. Posted by sladd | July 9, 2010 at 8:14 AM

    Rumor has it, at least Blodgett has the decency to remove his socks off before pumping up a stock

  8. Posted by Anonymous | July 9, 2010 at 8:36 AM

    Broheim isn’t the same as Brahsefasauras

  9. Posted by Anonymoose | July 9, 2010 at 11:23 AM

    B: “Hey Spitz – gotta tell yah, that was one hell of a fucking you gave me!”

    S: “Haha – I know! But it wasn’t quite like the fucking I got!”

    B: “Haha…no, no it wasn’t!”

  10. Posted by EvilBuzzard | July 9, 2010 at 11:35 AM

    “Listen, I think Henry’s great,” Spitzer says. “And the issues that led to the analyst case are not of such moral dimensions that these were people who were, you know….” Ass-reaming hookers from Lowng Eyeland.

  11. Posted by Anonymous | July 9, 2010 at 12:36 PM

    Ice me bro! Yea, all over my face, just like that.

    -NHF

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