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Letterman to Spitzer: 'Get Out of Office!'

Posted Mar 12, 08 8:05 AM CDT in Arts & Living,  Politics 

(Newser) – David Letterman has made as many Eliot Spitzer jokes as anyone since the governor’s indiscretions broke, but last night he went on a punchline-free rant against Client 9. “He should have stepped down yesterday,” he said. “Get out of office. Who is running the state, for the love of God?” The audience applauded wildly, the Daily News reports.

Letterman spent essentially his entire monologue—“Client 9 will soon be looking for wife No. 2”—before getting serious, criticizing the governor for making up his mind on the taxpayer dime. “How does that benefit us residents of the Empire State?” he asked. “Can you imagine if this happened to me, how fast they’d have my ass out of here?”

Source New York Daily News

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In this image originally provided by CBS, David Letterman appears on the "Late Show with David Letterman," in this Oct. 8, 2007, file photo, in New York. (AP Photo/John Paul Filo, CBS, File)   (Associated Press)
Timeline shows some settlements arose from investigations initiated by AG Eliot Spitzer.   (Associated Press)
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer arrives at his Fifth Avenue apartment, Monday, March 10, 2008, in New York. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)   (Associated Press)
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