Yes. The fact that I think the outrage is overdone does not mean that he has not been shown to be a hypocrite, and a bit ridiculous. Nonetheless, yes, you have to give him credit for not not making excuses, one, and two, he was prosecuting *financial* malfeasance, which had victims, and was caught in a crime that appears to have been victimless.
Now, there is certainly call to question his judgement; he must have known he was making powerful enemies, and he should not have done anything this stupid. So I am not crying for him -- just saying. I smell spin. On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 12:49 PM, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:256556 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
