Republican Dirty Tricks

Well, it’s clear that the finger prints of republican operatives can be found in Eliot Spitzer’s fall, just like it’s clear that the now former governor of New York was just plain stupid for leaving himself so exposed:

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.

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Stone, known for shutting down the 2000 presidential election recount effort in Miami-Dade County, is a longtime Spitzer nemesis whose political experience ranges from the Nixon White House to Al Sharpton’s presidential campaign. His lawyer wrote the letter containing the call-girl allegations after FBI agents had asked to speak to Stone, though he says the FBI did not specify why he was contacted.

Allegations of republican involvement in Eliot Spitzer’s fall surfaced earlier, as discussed here.