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    Dec 16, 2008 10:25 AM 14,740
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    Eliot Spitzer Wanders Into Media Party, Thinking It Was Something Else

    Slate columnist and randy ex-governor Eliot Spitzer showed up at a Slate party last night at—get ready for this, guys—Happy Ending, a former rub-'n-tug spot. Oh, you! Then he gave this soulful quote:

    "I went over afterwards to ask him how he was enjoying life as a columnist. 'It sucks,' he said with a grin. 'I used to be governor of New York'”.

    There you have it: being a Slate columnist sucks worse than being caught in a prostitution sting. [FT]


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