Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Best New York Post Readers' Spitzer Headlines

The New York Post, which is famous for its pithy headlines, asked its readers for some headline suggestions regarding the Spitzer scandal. Here are some of the best ones (I won't link to the Post website because some of the suggestions are just plain gross) for your enjoyment:

  • SPITZER INJECTS $4,300 INTO ECONOMY AS PART OF SWEEPING GOVERNMENT STIMULUS PACKAGE [$4,300 was the amount Spitzer allegedly paid for the rendezvous in question]
  • BRINGING PASSION BACK TO ALBANY
  • SPITZER NAMED SOLICITOR GENERAL
  • SPITZER NOW EMINENTLY QUALIFIED FOR POTENTIAL CLINTON ADMINISTRATION POST
  • SPITZER: TAXES UP. PANTS DOWN.
  • TXT FOR GOV: U R N TRBL [Spitzer allegedly used text messages to arrange his liaisons with the call girls.]
  • ELLIOT DE-BRIEFED
  • HOWARD STERN KICKING HIMSELF FOR DROPPING OUT OF '94 RACE
  • NY GOVERNOR GOES UNDERCOVER TO EXPOSE CALL GIRL OPERATION
  • NO HAPPY ENDING FOR SPITZER
  • AT LEAST HE'S NOT GAY [An allusion to former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey was resigned after he admitted to an extramarital affair with another man.]
  • SPITZER GOES OUT WITH A BANG
  • WHAT DID SPITZER HO, AND WHEN DID HE HO IT? [A play on the famous question from the Watergate hearings.]
  • SCHTUPPER-GATE [An allusion to the "Troopergate" scandal where Arkansas state troopers allegedly arranged liaisons for then-Governor Bill Clinton.]
  • BILL WAS CLIENT #1, #2, #3, #4.... [Spitzer was referred to as "Client 9" in the FBI complaint.]
  • GOVERNOR SPITZER HANDS NEW YORK REPUBLICANS SOME TASTY WHORES D'OEUVRES
And my personal favorite:
  • SPITZER MAKES LATE BID FOR DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION!

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