Eliot Spitzer, New York State's attorney general, is running for governor, but maybe he should also consider running for head of one of the five families.
* Eliot Spitzer Eliot Laurence Spitzer (born June 10 1959 ) is an American lawyer, politician and the current Governor of New York. Spitzer was elected governor in the November 2006 election. , New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of State's attorney Noun 1. state's attorney - a prosecuting attorney for a state
state attorney
prosecuting attorney, prosecuting officer, prosecutor, public prosecutor - a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state general, is running
for governor, but maybe he should also consider running for head of one
of the five families. John Whitehead John Whitehead may refer to: - John Whitehead (singer) (1949–2004), an American singer and one-half of the duo McFadden & Whitehead
- John Whitehead (explorer) (1860–1899), a British explorer
, a model Wall Street elder
statesman, accused Spitzer of threatening him over the phone (Whitehead
had publicly stuck up for Maurice Greenberg, an executive Spitzer was
investigating): "Mr. Whitehead, it's now a war between us and
you've fired the first shot. I will be coming after you. You will
pay the price. This is only the beginning, and you will pay dearly for
what you have done." All that was missing was the horse head.
Spitzer at first denied the story, then admitted that he and Whitehead
were "seeing things a bit differently." Other instances of
Spitzer's tough talk surfaced: He has called yet another executive
a "vampire," and Mayor Giuliani a "dictator." Keep
it up, and he'll be called "blowhard" and
"bully," then "loser."
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