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Dec 17, 2008, 11:43AM

"It sucks"

Elliot Spitzer showed up at Slate's holiday drinks party in Chinatown...

...and that's about it:

The first I knew of it, since I was there last night, was when Mr Spitzer’s familiar face appeared, asking where he could find Jacob Weisberg, Slate Group’s editor-in-chief. I pointed through a crowd of people in his direction.

“Don’t worry,” Mr Spitzer replied cheerfully, starting to make his way through the crowd. “I’ve got sharp elbows.”

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”.

Mr Spitzer presumably knew he was walking into the lion’s den since he was surrounded by journalists, but he was unabashed. I rather admired his chutzpah and his willingness to turn up with just a sense of humour to protect him.

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  • It probably does suck to be Eliot Spitzer right now. Maybe, but likely not, has some sympathy for his innocent victims that he hounded to get headlines to run for office in New York.

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