Well that was awkward: Eliot Spitzer tears up at the end of his "Morning Joe" appearance.—
Brett LoGiurato (@BrettLoGiurato) July 09, 2013
And ho it begins! It is time for Eliot Spitzer to shroud himself in a veil of victimhood like a good little liberal!
RT @charliespiering: *Video* Seeking sympathy, Eliot Spitzer tears up on Morning Joe youtu.be/agxByTCLVdo—
Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) July 09, 2013
Eliot Spitzer chokes up on TV. How have you changed? "A lot of pain," he said, holding back tears.—
Michael Howard Saul (@MichaelHwrdSaul) July 09, 2013
@Morning_Joe Tears in his eyes, Spitzer answers question of how he has really changed. A lot of pain," he stammered. "A lot of pain."& cried—
Maxine Baptiste (@brownsugar7878) July 09, 2013
Chuck Todd, in a rare instance of honesty, calls out Spitzer and the media.
Spitzer, crying? So he's a victim now? We (the collective media) are only enabling him.—
Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) July 09, 2013
Yep. And your fellow “journalists” at MSNBC are totally enabling it. Willie Geist tweeted out news of the crocodile tears.
Eliot Spitzer chokes back tears as he tells @MorningMika he has changed through "a lot of pain." @Morning_Joe—
Willie Geist (@WillieGeist) July 09, 2013
Commentary’s Podhoretz isn’t buying it.
@chucktodd He didn't cry. He tried to cry.—
John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) July 09, 2013
@WillieGeist @Azi @morningmika @Morning_Joe He fake-choked-back tears. There were no tears there.—
John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) July 09, 2013
That does not suit! TIME editor and MSNBC contributor Mark Halperin isn’t happy that everyone isn’t just accepting Spitzer’s “feeling pain” moment.
.@jpodhoretz You know this how?—
Mark Halperin (@MarkHalperin) July 09, 2013
.@jpodhoretz And the close up was close enough that you looked into his soul and saw motivation? #cheatingonthemetaphysicsexam—
Mark Halperin (@MarkHalperin) July 09, 2013
@MarkHalperin I've been watching him for 20 years and the one thing you can say about him is that he's not a good actor—
John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) July 09, 2013
.@jpodhoretz Nothing for the "Annie Hall" reference!?!? #badplumbingandbugs—
Mark Halperin (@MarkHalperin) July 09, 2013
Driving liberals into defending Eliot Spitzer because they can't stand me is making my morning.—
John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) July 09, 2013
Enter Politico, quick to defend Spitzer and enable his victim-playing. He is the real victim, you see. Of meany pants conservatives:
Omg: "See, because when people cry, usually these things called tears run down their cheeks." politico.com/blogs/media/20…—
Alex Burns (@aburnspolitico) July 09, 2013
Unreal.
Another journalist has an inadvertent moment of clarity.
We're really focused this morning on Spitzer crying truthers? Shouldn't those of us in the media set our sights a *little* bit higher?—
Mike O'Brien (@mpoindc) July 09, 2013
Ya think? But, hey, nice jab calling people who don’t buy Spitzer’s act “Truthers.”
Citizens continue to do the job that many in the media won’t do and call Spitzer’s act out for what it is: Baloney.
For his crying scene on Morning Joe, Spitzer took classes from Ryan O'Neal. youtube.com/watch?v=Y9KyBd…—
John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) July 09, 2013
“@chucktodd: Spitzer, crying? So he's a victim now? We (the collective media) are only enabling him.” Now THAT's a conversation to be had.—
Joanna Langfield (@Joannalangfield) July 09, 2013
Sociopaths cry? RT @politico Former New York Gov. @EliotSpitzer near tears on 'Morning Joe' politi.co/1de64Zp—
Dan (sí) (@Coganuts) July 09, 2013
Poor baby! RT @WillieGeist: Eliot Spitzer chokes back tears as he tells @MorningMika he has changed through "a lot of pain." @Morning_Joe—
Bernard Gershon (@bgershon) July 09, 2013
" poor, poor pitiful me" Spritzer RT “@chucktodd: Spitzer, crying? So he's a victim now? We (the collective media) are only enabling him.”—
TD (@tdpga) July 09, 2013
@chucktodd I'm a crier, but crocodile tears 5 years later? What the what, Spitzer? #notready—
Sara Fleets (@fleetssara) July 09, 2013
One word answer for extra drama–> @mikiebarb: Tears in his eyes, Spitzer answers question—
SalenaZito (@SalenaZitoTrib) July 09, 2013
Fool me twice, shame on… MT @WillieGeist: Spitzer chokes back tears as tells @MorningMika he changed through "a lot of pain." @Morning_Joe—
David Garrett (@dmgarr) July 09, 2013
Bull@#$& RT @WillieGeist: Eliot Spitzer chokes back tears as he tells @morningmika he has changed through "a lot of pain." @Morning_Joe—
Bill Ferris (@cwferris) July 09, 2013
And a winning exit point:
There's no crying in politics RT“@politico: Former New York Gov. @EliotSpitzer near tears on 'Morning Joe' politi.co/1de64Zp”—
Sarah Howard (@sarahj1972) July 09, 2013
Heh.
Keep defending Eliot Spitzer, lapdogs. It will do wonders for your credibility!
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