danmand said:
Just watched his resignation speech.
The hypochracy of the US political arena is staggering. Listening to his speech,
one would think he had killed somebody.
For crissakes, he got klaid a few times. Why would New Yorkers give a hoot.
80% of New Yorkers have extramarrial affairs.
It truly was and is the hypocrisy. To have denounced others left right and sideways as being corrupt. To have zealously prosecuted call girl rings and then patronized them. To after he became Governor have in fact increased the penalties for prostitution.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/12/ny...hp&oref=slogin
One can say that "sex" got Governor Spitzer - and unfortunately certain sectors of the public will remember it that way. But it was really his "take no prisoner's" personality.
Real Clear Politics - Tom Bevan
"Spitzer was a hard charging, holier than thou prosecutor who was in many respects a world class jerk. He made tons of enemies in his short tenure in office, and he preferred bullying and bluster to nuance and negotiation. The story of Spitzer's (apparent) demise is a mixture of hypocrisy, hubris, schadenfreude and, of course, personal shame and family tragedy."
Time - Nathan Thornburgh
"If these accusations do spell the end of Spitzer as an individual in political life, his ideas - of reform and clean governance in Albany - had already stalled because of a different cardinal sin: not Luxuria (Lust), as in Monday's scandal, but Superbia (Pride). Spitzer's Superbia had rankled old and new in Albany, certainly the Republican majority in the statehouse, but also many Democrats who were astounded at his prickly partisanship and how it cut off all lines of communication between the executive mansion and the state assembly."
Politico - Ben Smith
"He [Spitzer] rubbed politicians the wrong way, in particular, with his insistence that every fight be a matter of personal principle - a bruising style that takes on bitter irony given his current predicament. "
The New York Times Michael Powell and Michael McIntyre
"So often the governor seemed to accumulate enemies for sport, to threaten rivals with destruction when an artful compromise and a disingenuous slap on the back might do just as well."
When push came to shove and it was time to go to the well - Governor Spitzer through his own actions had poisoned the well and there was no water for him to have.
Do I dislike the fact that U.S. laws are not like Canadian law on the issue of outcall I most certainly do wish they were the same. I’ve in fact struggled with this the past few days sympathy for a fellow ‘hobbyist’, the whole violation of marriage vows issue, my wish that the law was different, but overwhelmingly it has been the almost incredible level of hypocrisy.
