Spitz swallows the inevitable. UPDATE: Celebrate Spitzmas with Whine Spitzers UPDATEx2: Transporting mynahs over sedate lions for immortal porpoises, or . . . you da man act UPDATEx3: Tragic fall of a scumbag (Willy Lomax’s evil twin with a trust fund)

A short memo to our left-liberal pals in the blogosphere: When Paul Krugman is writing that “a large part of the progressive movement seems to have lost its sanity” — and gets agreement not only from Kevin Drum, but also from Mr. Thirsty — you really need to take a reality check.  Really.

ABC News reports that embattled NY Gov-for-the-moment Elliot Spitzer got an unsolicited testimonial: A 22-year-old escort found on another call-girl Web site claimed to ABC News in a phone interview that Gov. Eliot Spitzer had been one of her customers two years ago when he was New York attorney general and that he was a nice guy who tipped well. “He didn’t do anything that wasn’t clean,” she said, adding

S. Weasel has an article up on Blues Legend Blind Lemon Paterson.  Included is a list of observations helpful in constructing the music: 1. Most blues songs begin, “Woke up this morning.” Let that be a lesson to you. In my opinion, some of his best work was done with Jelly Roll Gleckman.

Shaun Mullen and Vermont Woodchuck attribute to me passages I’ve gleaned from Greenwald in order to hold them up to mockery and scorn. But the former reproduces this asinine passage from Ezra Klein: This is sort of the boring take on Spitzer, but what we’re seeing here is not the fall—if indeed he does fall—of a high-flying governor. It’s the final tumble of a crushed reformer. Spitzer, for reasons both

Then. Now. 

A USA Today editorial tries a little too hard to be even-handed when it comes to asking for full disclosure for presidential candidates: For a campaign playing out in the glare of the 24/7 news cycle, it’s remarkable what’s still not known about the three leading contenders to be the next president. On matters ranging from Hillary Clinton’s finances, to Barack Obama’s dealings with an indicted businessman, to John McCain’s

The man poised to succeed Gov. Eliot Spitzer would not only become the first black governor of New York. He would also be the state’s first legally blind governor and its first disabled governor since Franklin D. Roosevelt. He’s also a pretty darned good poem.

One part of this affair that I haven’t yet seen properly addressed is the outrageous chauvinism of the Governor: as if there weren’t enough high-priced prostitutes in Washington, D.C.?  I mean, WTF? Here’s a list of the rates for “models” at the Emperors Club. I imagine that the Diamonds are awarded by Zagat’s. IowaHawk: Amid Charges of Spitzer Tryst, Embattled Prostitute “Kristen” Expected to Resign Experts Analyze Spitzer’s Thinking

Radar magazine’s “Fresh Intelligence” blog obtains expert advice on the Spitzer scandal from… former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss: “It’s so easy not to not get caught,” reformed Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss tells Radar, adding that she provided service to many a well known politician her day. “I saw many famous people—more famous than Eliot Spitzer—and you know what, you pay people right, you treat them right, you don’t have a problem.”