Eliot Spitzer and The Wire

I hate to make light of this (actually, I enjoy it), but when I heard today about NY Gov Spitzer being involved in a prostitution ring, in Washington, DC no less, I couldn't help thinking that Lester Freamon became "police" again, and that's what he moved on to...

That's what I thought when I saw the first report on CNN online. But when I further heard that Spitzer got nabbed for this on a wiretap...

This may the real life coda - epilogue - of The Wire. The ultimate spill-over into reality...

Thanks, HBO, for this extra episode (maybe even a new season)...

(Ok, I admit to not liking Spitzer, ever since his unconstitutional payola witch hunt a few years ago ... Ever notice how government officials who yelp the most loudly about morality and victimless crime seem to always be involved in some themselves?)

More on The Wire ... The Wire's Back! Review of Season 5 Episode 1 and Episode 2: The Great, Dangling Conversation ... 3. McNulty and Marlo ... 4. One Down ... 5. Media Chasing Their Own Tales and Tails ... 6. Superman Omar and Tall Stories ... 7. King of Diamonds ... 8. Two Down ... 9. Cold, Killer Sweetheart ... The Wire Bows Out Gracefully; Kudos to Cast and David Simon, The Charles Dickens of Television

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The Plot to Save Socrates

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Obama Girl's Back! And Batman, Too...

It might make a difference ...

Ben Relles and the gang at BarelyPolitical.com are getting back in the ring, with another deftly written, delightful political video. This one picks up on Rocky (and Rambo) ...

Among the best attractions -

.Obama Girl (Amber Lee Ettinger) looks at the ring, as two younger, not-quite-champion boxers are training .... One of them is Spitzer Girl...

.The clueless Hillary team, trying to bring down Obama Girl, laments that she denied their MySpace request... one of them also mentions "YouTunes"...

.The aged Truman Girl comes on as her trainer...

.Guiliani Girl lends a hand...

And much more...

With the race tightening up, this video can only help...

And holy spoof, check this BarelyPolitical.com vid from just the day before yesterday, and also Obama Girl's pithy response to New Hampshire...

See also The Barely Political Revolution