Does Eliot Spitzer need a drinking buddy?

If so, he might want to look up Troy Buswell of the conservative Western Australian Liberal Party, who tearfully admitted Tuesday that in 2005 he sniffed a female staffer's seat.

But unlike Spitzer, Buswell is not stepping down.

Only 24 hours earlier, Buswell had denied the "unsubstantiated, anonymous rumor" that he went to the woman's chair and inhaled to get a laugh from colleagues.

When he changed his tune a day later, he broke down in tears when he talked about his family:

"I've spoken to my wife and my boys and it's a difficult process," he said. "It's hard dealing with these matters and having to face up to your responsibilities . . . It's harder to do it privately."

But Buswell has some practice apologizing. He previously had to admit that he snapped the bra of a staffer from the rival Libor Party -- another ill advised little joke while drinking at a party.

Here's a little peak at how, only a few months earlier, Buswell promised to clean up Western Australia.

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• Sticky Situation: 'Duct Tape Bandit' pleads guilty to armed robbery (Dumb Crime Du Jour);
• Stop the Presses: Woman trapped under dead husband freed by newspaper carrier (morbid pleasures).

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