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News Item: New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer has apologized amid allegations of involvement in a prostitution ring. The married father-of-three said he had acted in a way that violated his obligations to his family.

Top Ten Eliot Spitzer Excuses:

10. "I was just trying to get her a driver's license."
    
9. "I had a hunch she'd lead me to the rest of the Gambino family."
   
8. "Did you know that hookers engage in price-fixing?"
   
7. "I was following up on Dick Grasso's expense-account file."
   
6. "Don't screw with me. I'm a Superdelegate."
   
5. "Nobody would have said a word if that goober Pataki had done anything like this."
   
4. "That fink Joe Bruno is behind this, isn't he?"
   
3. "There's got to be some way to blame this on the record industry."
   
2. "It's okay, my dad paid for it."
   
1. "Do you know how boring it gets in Albany?"
   

If anyone cares, Governor Spitzer is a Democrat.

Addendum: David Letterman did a similar list later that night. We overlap, maybe, on one item.

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