For me, it all comes down to this: "Over the course of my public life I have insisted, I believe correctly, that people, regardless of their position or power, take responsibility for their conduct. I can and will ask no less of myself," Spitzer said.
Too bad he considered "guilt" as "getting caught", but at least he stepped up to the plate like a man. That is in direct contrast to the Unhonorable Larry Craig, Rush Limbaugh and others who have different standards suddenly when _they_ are under the spotlight. As a man who built his reputation on righteousness against wrongdoers, he will, of course, be held to a higher standard. As an elected official, interactions with illegal activities, and tricky money schemes, will throw up red flags, of course, and bring the official under law enforcement scrutiny. And as an elected official, when he came under the scrutiny of law enforcement, it was at a higher level, of course, where discretion on charges is much less open to prosecutor interpretation. If they have the facts of a criminal violation, they need to charge all of the violations that are part of their case. Especially where the facts of the lesser charges prove the greater charges. Whether those charges will be part of the final charge list, and part of what he bargains down to, is another matter. I think this has all been handled correctly, to date, according to the law. If you don't like the law, get it changed, but don't blame the investigators or the prosecutors for doing there job. Prosecutors just like Spitzer. On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hatton, you need to get your facts straight. It wasn't Spitzer who created > the shell company, it was the owners of the Emperor's Club. > > And how often has anyone been prosecuted for charges involving > transporting call girls over state line? My goodness our civilization is > going fall because of the moral failing. > > It seems to me that this whole case has more than a slight taste of > revenge by those in power. Spitzer may have been stupid, but his faults did > not merit the reaction, of lets say a Jack Abramoff etc. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:256554 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
