Comments on The Zinquisition: the Myth of Price: Sex and Wine

MSNBC has the following:"Ah, a new cocktail for ba...

2008-03-21T08:40:00.000-07:00

MSNBC has the following:

"Ah, a new cocktail for bartenders in the Big Apple: The Spitzer Screwdriver: "No. 9" vodka and orange juice with a shot of schadenfreude. On the rocks ... just like his marriage."
MSNBC article

Al

I say raise a glass of Spitzer Spritzer (One part ...

2008-03-18T22:51:00.000-07:00

I say raise a glass of Spitzer Spritzer (One part Sparkling Catawba and Two parts Long Island Rose) and raise a toast to those professional girls. We only had to listen to him, they had to service him.

I say, mix up a Spitzer Spritzer (One part Sparkli...

2008-03-18T22:48:00.000-07:00

I say, mix up a Spitzer Spritzer (One part Sparkling Catawba and Two parts Marcari Rose) and raise a toast to profession girls everywhere. We only had to listen to him, the poor girls had to service him.

By the article's logic, Spritzer did enjoy himself...

2008-03-13T13:57:00.000-07:00

By the article's logic, Spritzer did enjoy himself more because he thought he was gettign something classier than he was. Price probably mattered to him, as he wasn't looking for fun on the streetcorners like Hugh Grant was here in LA., so obviously he was looking to go "upscale".

Regarding wine, Yeah, I've fallen into that trap many times in restaurants or been with people who

While that may be true, the way he explicitly disc...

2008-03-12T19:41:00.000-07:00

While that may be true, the way he explicitly discussed "business" with the pimps in the matter (both verbally and via text messages) in a non-secure format is what sunk him.
(see the transcript on the smoking gun.com!)

And in an absolute sense, I'm not sure there can really ever be anything like true "discretion" when referring

Timely analogy and not without merit. However, on...

2008-03-12T11:35:00.000-07:00

Timely analogy and not without merit. However, one thing Spitzer was paying up for--but ultimately did not receive--was the discretion and "security" of a high-class operation.