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The Belushi Syndrome
So you're telling me that Eliot Spitzer thought he wouldn't get caught? Sure, and I'm Paris Hilton.

Let's analyze this Eliot Spitzer situation without emotion, because there are lessons to be learned here. First of all, Spitzer is obviously a smart guy, having graduated from Princeton and Harvard Law School, so his conduct is perplexing for its stupidity.

Spitzer made his reputation as a tough prosecutor; he understood money transfer traces, wiretaps, informants, and the rest of the law enforcement landscape. He also knew how to build cases against powerful people who were doing shady things.

So Governor Spitzer was no huckster preacher, trying to make bucks off God while privately playing games with devil. And he was no Wilbur Mills, the former Arkansas congressman who got drunk out of his mind with a stripper in the back seat of his limo.

No, Spitzer is a completely different animal.

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• Are certain states too strict on sex offenders? John Stossel of ABC's 20/20 thinks so. He'll enter the No Spin Zone to explain...
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• We'll have the return of "He Said/She Said," where our experts will debate whether or not American Idol is treating contestants with racy personal histories fairly...
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