Everybody must get stoned, roger that
A new and truly strange detail has emerged about the investigation of Eliot Spitzer’s walk on the wild side: it now appears that the investigation may (and I stress may) have been triggered by a tip from Roger Stone. Yes, that Roger Stone, he of Watergate, the Brooks Brothers riot, Plato’s retreat, and obscene phone calls to Eliot Spitzer’s dad. The Miami Herald has the details:
Almost four months before Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned in a sex scandal, a lawyer for Republican political operative Roger Stone sent a letter to the FBI alleging that Spitzer ”used the services of high-priced call girls” while in Florida.The letter, dated Nov. 19, said Miami Beach resident Stone learned the information from ”a social contact in an adult-themed club.”
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”Mr. Stone respectfully declines to meet with you at this time,” the letter states, before going on to offer ”certain information” about Spitzer.
”The governor has paid literally tens of thousands of dollars for these services. It is Mr. Stone’s understanding that the governor paid not with credit cards or cash but through some pre-arranged transfer,” the letter said.
If this is really what triggered the investigation, then perhaps this really is another example of Republicans using the DOJ to settle political grievances. Scott Horton of Harper’s certainly thinks this is the case. I’m not so quick to jump to this conclusion, but certainly this possibility can no longer be rejected out of hand.
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“They Stone you when you’re wearing your dress socks, They Stone you when you’re getting off your rocks.”
This is just ripe for lyric creation.
They’ll stone you when you’re walking on the street
They’ll stone you when you’re trying to keep your seat
(Clever post.)
They’ll stone you when you’re wiring your dough
They’ll stone you when you’re talking to a ho
LOl! That is the funniest thing yet!
I would not be so all alone…EVERYBODY must get stoned…
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