Maggie Shnayerson

Yeeaaahhh…I’m glad I’m not the only one wondering…

Any others I missed?

At least Silda Swinton had an appropriate look on her face.

“Before speaking, Mr. Spitzer stood with his arm around his wife; the two nodded and then strode forward together to face more than 100 reporters. Both had glassy, tear-filled eyes, but they did not cry.”

Eesh, New York Times. Eesh.

Wendy Vitter’s color palet choices, on the other hand, I still have no explanation for.

From Governor Eliot Spitzer’s press release announcing New York’s Anti-Human Trafficking Law on May 16, 2007:

“Updating and enhancing our human-trafficking laws to adequately punish the perpetrators of these unspeakable crimes and sufficiently support victims is critically important,” said Governor Spitzer. “New York is finally joining the ranks of other states in ensuring that those who exploit innocent people and children and cause extreme suffering are subject to strict punishment under state law.”

The legislation made New York the 24th state in the nation to have an anti-trafficking law and was heralded as a strong and significant step by the Governor’s office.

John McCain finally lost his shit at a New York Times reporter. In this clip of the exchange today, the Arizona senator politely refrains from gutting Elisabeth Bumiller for questioning his stance on whether a conversation with John Kerry about a VP role in 2004 actually took place. Instead, he subjects her to the kind of argument any parent of a teenager will recognize instantly, which might be worse. “There’s no living American in Washington that doesn’t know that,” McCain tells her. “Everybody knows that in America.” There’s also a pretty hormonal “Why should I?” in there that should put all those loose-cannon concerns to rest. read more…