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What is it with the freakin' scandals in Washington? When are we going to get to the point that marital infidelity of politicians doesn't lead on the main news sources?
The story , of course, is Eliot Spitzer's apparent involvement in a prostitution "ring". Really, it's a bit misleading to call it a "ring", isn't it? Basically, at least from early reports, the guy gets caught with his pants down and looks--quite rightly--like a fuckin' sleazeball.
But, objectively, who gives a shit other than his immediate family and a bunch of closeted homosexuals who call themselves "Christians"?
The bottom line is that Spitzer has fought the good fight in the public sphere. In the private, much like Bill Clinton, he's doing stupid shit. But don't kid yourself: the hay being made out of concern for his personal peccadilloes is not based in concern for his private life, but rather is a lever to undercut his public persona and policy. The Whiff of Rove is in the air.
And here's the MONEY QUOTE:
"I think there's no question if he is involved -- and I'm not saying he is, because we don't know all the facts -- I would say he'd have to resign," said James Tedisco, the Republican minority leader in the state Assembly.
Tedisco said that Spitzer's push to reform government "loses all validity if he was involved in something illegal like that."
The Republican Governors Association called on Spitzer, a Democrat, to resign to "allow the people of New York to pursue honest leadership."
message: THINK WITH YOUR DICK, LOOK LIKE ONE.
Hmmm just a little while ago when Republican were getting caught in sex
scandals, like CA's serial molester of a governor, David Vitter, Larry
Craig, etc. mainstream news media and pundits were saying that these sexual
pecadilos didn't matter much to the public anymore.
Bill, thanks for your comment. It is, of course, so very true. It is just
a little bit funny how Vitter not only didn't resign (perhaps, say, out of
some personal conviction or sheet embarassment at being caught with his ...
ahem...diapers down), but that no one in his party was demanding his
immediate resignation. And of course, Larry Craig, etc., etc., etc.