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A Disappointment to My Family? Try Again.

Here is my overwhelming impression of that press conference. I would like to see Eliot Spitzer's face if one of the white-collar creeps he so loved to bust gave this speech at the sentencing hearing. "Judge, Mr. Spitzer, this is a private matter. I have violated my obligations to my family and my own sense of right and wrong. I have failed to live up to my own standards, and now I must dedicate time to repairing the family wounds I have caused."

And what would be Spitzer's response to this: "Yeah, how about you dedicate some time to that orange jumpsuit I am about to put you in? Private matter, my ass. If you want to make it up to your wife, you can write her a nice letter. From jail."