“You know what I would like to see?” Spitzer asked the crowd. “I’d like to see a petition with a hundred million signatures, submitted to the White House tomorrow morning, saying, ‘Give us a treasury secretary who understands reform.’ Bring Paul Volcker in. Bring in Joe Stiglitz. Bring in Paul Krugman. Bring in Robert Reich…Spitzer, who was booted from the network after the program failed to offset a ratings slump, told Capital on his way out the door that he has no plans to embark on another media venture anytime soon. “Right now I’m having loads of fun,” he said. [Capital NY]
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Eliot Spitzer Is Having ‘Loads’ Of Fun Telling Other People How To Do Their Jobs
By Bess Levin
Although you know that Eliot Spitzer was slightly preoccupied during his time as New York’s Attorney General, maybe you can understand why William Gilman and Edward McNenney might have thought that he was devoted full-time to bullying them. Gilman and McNenney, formerly executives at insurance broker Marsh & McLennan, have not exactly had positive interactions with the Spitz these past seven years. Let’s go down the list: Continue reading »
If You Know Any Job Openings In The Field Of Prosecuting Financial Villains, Keep Eliot Spitzer In Mind
By Matt Levine
Because he really misses it and thinks he could bring a lot to the table. To help make his case, he sat down today for a little chit-chat with the Observer about what he would be doing to the ratings agencies right now had that whole…you know what it is, we don’t need to say it…not happened:
All you need is a common law fraud concept that people—and you go back to the emails, just as we did in the analyst case—and again, I’m not saying “let’s relive the past” This is a more theoretical matter. Go through the emails, and you would’ve seen—“this isn’t a triple-A, but they’re a good client, and we’re gonna…”—that tension between what ratings were put on a product, and one’s belief or recognition that they may not deserve it. There are many theories about what would be there, but you have to get the evidence, to state the obvious. I don’t want to say “gee, they should’ve been prosecuted.” But there should’ve been greater scrutiny over the years, and the structure has always been problematic. It was next on our hit parade, if I had been there for that.
But he wasn’t just going to prosecute the bad apples – he would have cleaned up the whole system. Again, if there’d only been time: Continue reading »
“I don’t like the guy and every time I get a chance to take a shot at him I do it.”
On top of all the other stuff- he’s gone and pissed off New York madam Kristin Davis, who Eliot Spitzer can confirm you do not want as an enemy. Continue reading »
If Eliot Spitzer Were Attorney General, He’d Be Bringing The Thunder All Up In Goldman Sachs’ Business
By Bess Levin
“Once the steam stopped coming out of my ears, I’d be dropping so many subpoenas,” Spitzer told Matt Taibbi of the Levin report. “And I would parse every potential inconsistency between the testimony they gave to Congress and the facts as we now understand them.” [Rolling Stone via BI, earlier]
Eliot Spitzer Wants Attorney General Eric Holder To Prosecute Goldman Sachs Right This Second
By Bess LevinIf Holder doesn’t he should quit his job, as the charges are “screaming out to be brought,” according to Ness. Continue reading »
If Something That Will Never Happen Happens, Dick Grasso Will Run For Mayor Of New York
By Bess Levin
Been missing Dick Grasso in your life? Have a recurring fantasy in which he runs for Mayor of New York City? Today’s your lucky day, because Dick has promised his fans he’ll do just that. Continue reading »
Eliot Spitzer Wants You To Feel Comfortable Making Jokes About The Time He Got Caught Paying For Hookers
By Bess Levin
Former Governor of New York Eliot Spitzer was recently interviewed by Times magazine. On the topic of patronizing prostitutes, which led to his resignation from office, reporter Andrew Goldman asked Ness if he was ready to laugh about the whole thing. Spitzer said that while, personally, he’s not yet at the ha-ha stage, he totally gets that his hooker banging days are something other people often bust a gut over and he wants them to know it’s okay to do so in his presence. Continue reading »
Been Fantasizing About Seeing Eliot Spitzer And Dick Grasso Run Against Each Other For Mayor Of New York City?
By Bess Levin
If you’ve been dying for a while to see the Steamroller and Dick Grasso battle each other for the job of running NYC but never told anyone about it because you felt silly, given that it will never happen, you’re not alone: reporter Charlie Gasparino, too, would love such a match-up and despite being told Ashley Alexandra Dupré vs Gary Busey would have a better chance of coming to fruition, can’t help himself. He’s decided to put it out there, today, Secret-style, in the hopes the universe will give it back to him. Continue reading »
In an interview with Deal Journal about his documentary of the former governor, Client 9, filmmaker Alex Gibney mentions that one of the prostitutes featured, who goes by the name “Angelina,” has since left one ho’ing business for another– due to her high-profile clients, she was able to land a gig on Wall Street. Continue reading »
