Eliot Spitzer's Screw Up - Latest Info Update 1

Eliot Spitzer's Screw Up
Latest Info Update 1
Wednesday, March 12, 2008

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Many in the MSM are reporting, this Wednesday morning, that New York Governor Eliot Spitzer is expected to resign effective this coming Monday over a sex scandal involving a prostitute ring...
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* UPDATE: 11:00am CDT
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Spitzer just came out, with wife by his side... and gave a short statement announcing his resignation, ending two days of speculation that his involvement in a prostitution ring would lead to the end of his tenure. Gov. Spitzer announced his resignation would take effect this coming Monday, March 17th.

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* HERE’S the VIDEO *

Video posted on YouTube by moalam1111
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12:30pm CDT
* Reuters.com has this news article out on the soon to be New NY Governor. It starts off like this... New York Lieutenant Governor David Paterson was set to become the state's first black governor and the first legally blind governor in U.S. history, after the resignation of Gov. Eliot Spitzer on Wednesday... Paterson, 53, became New York's first African-American lieutenant governor in November 2006. He has been legally blind since childhood, with only partial sight in his right eye... Spitzer resigned after media reports linked him to a prostitution ring. He said Paterson would take over on Monday.
The following are some facts about Paterson:
Click here to read this article in full
* Click HERE for Lieutenant Governor David A. Paterson’s Biography
Paterson file photo from NY.gov website

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More to come as info comes in...
AubreyJ.........

Iran’s Chief Nuclear Negotiator, Ali Larijani Resigns; Talks Now In Doubt

Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator, viewed by the West as a moderating influence in Tehran, resigned before crucial talks with Europe this week over Iran’s nuclear program, signaling that officials here may have closed the door to any possible negotiated settlement in its standoff with the West. ...“This is definitely a major political change, and not necessarily a positive one,” said Saeed Leylaz, a political analyst and former government official. “It might mean that Iran is speeding up its activities and is becoming more radical, especially now with higher oil prices.”...
Read story in full NYTimes.com

>>> International Herald Tribune website has this report...
Iran's nuclear negotiator suddenly quits

>>> BBC News website reports it like this... Ali Larijani's resignation is a complete surprise, and very significant... As Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, he has been a key figure in attempts to broker a compromise with the West over Iran's nuclear programme. His departure could be the start of a major shift in policy...
Read story in full at link below...
Iran's hard-line nuclear reshuffle

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Well... that looks like the end to any meaningful talks with Iran now.

If you can’t talk with them... if you can’t sanction them enough to convince them into changing their direction... you only have TWO things left to do.

Let them do as they wish...
Or
Kick the tires and light the fires.
AubreyJ.........

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Resigns

U.S. Attorney General
Alberto Gonzales
* Resigns *

Fox News is reporting this morning that one U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has handed in his resignation to President Bush. This news has been confirmed as true...
Follow link HERE for up to date info as it comes in.

>>> Remarks of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales Announcing His Resignation

>>> Letter of Resignation

>>> The White House website has this...
President Bush Discusses Resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales

>>> CNSNews.com has this take...
Dems Say Gonzales' Resignation Doesn't Absolve Administration

>>> Speaker Nancy Pelosi has this BS...
Pelosi: ‘Resignation of Attorney General Gonzales Is Long Overdue’

>>> DEMOCRATES.Senate.gov has Harry Reid’s BS...
Reid Statement On Resignation Of Alberto Gonzalez

DOJ photo

More to come...

AubreyJ.........

Carl Rove, “The Architect” To Resign At End Of Month

Carl Rove, “The Architect”
To Resign At End Of Month
Monday, August 13, 2007

FoxNews.com had this news out early this morning and it goes in part like this ... Rove is expected to write a book after he leaves. He disclosed his departure in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. “I just think it's time,” Rove said in an interview at this home on Saturday. He first floated the idea of leaving to Bush a year ago, the newspaper said, and friends confirmed he'd been talking about it even earlier. However, he said he didn't want to depart right after the Democrats regained control of Congress and then got drawn into policy battles over the Iraq war and immigration.
Read the full story HERE
White House file photo by Eric Draper

>> From the White House - Office of the Press Secretary
* President Bush's Remarks on Resignation of Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor Karl Rove
(Has Video)

Above White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian