But was she a Spitzer or a swallower?

[insert obligatory groans here]

I know, I know. But seriously. Someone had to ask. And since someone had to ask, someone had to make a ridiculous Spitzer t-shirt.

If you don't know what I'm talking about, go to CNN and check out the latest on NY Governor Elliot Spitzer and his high-priced stress relief.

This is the kind of controversy that just asks for merch. The formula is so simple:

Political figure + scandal = funny T-shirt.

Dick Cheney shooting his friend in the face was a big hit with the CafePress crowd; this story is even better given that hookers are a lot sexier than Dick Cheney or his hunting buddies (even when he's wearing a jaunty orange cap), and that New Yorkers are an outspoken bunch to begin with.

The "Falling from grace" story is always a big headline with the American public; we just loooooove to see people fall on their faces, don't we? It's perhaps not an admission we like to make, but it's true. Watching people fall down in real life is funny, as long as they're not seriously injured; watching people fall down metaphorically is downright fascinating for the American populace.

And where there's fascination *and outrage, there's a shirt in the making.

(Well, if you're me you'll default to the thong...)