March 11, 2008
If February was bad month for liberals (like soccer moms in Illinois learning the hard way why gun-free zones are a dangerous folly), March isn’t turning out to be much better. And the second week isn’t even over.
A few lovefests came to an end this week: New York Gov. Elliot Spitzer’s affair with gross prostitutes, for one, and the New York Times’ anti-affairs agenda for another.
In a strange turn of events that is far from surprising, the Times seems less willing to inflate this story than McCain’s alleged sex scandal.
I mean, it’s one thing if we’re slandering a semi-conservative who’s running for president, but a nice governor who just wants to give illegal immigrants driver’s licenses?
The Times wrote a multiple-page article whining about the flaws of McCain’s career (a career they’ve fawned over as one of a maverick for quite some time), but the crème de la crème of the article was an alleged sex scandal McCain had with a lobbyist.
Yes, it didn’t occur when he was on the phone with important people or when the lobbyist’s husband was committing suicide. And sure, he didn’t leave any bruises and never said, "Kiss it."
Still, it was pretty exciting.
Then, the Times gets a real story, about a party member having real sex with a real woman, and he admits it on television. The Times can barely manage two pages in the online version. Mind you, this is the paper that publishes stories the crazy New Republican won’t run, so it’s not like journalistic integrity is a key issue.
Spitzer, in one of his final (hopefully) acts as governor, provided us with one of the most patriotic acts of his life: a justification for wire tapping.
Here we are, worried about innocent grandmothers having their rights violated while the real enemy gets off. As it turns out, actual criminals are being hurt.
It turns out that he was identified through a wiretapping scheme, and that ruined his career. With any luck.
So, now the ball’s in Spitzer’s court. Will he be honorable when caught lying, like Mark Foley and resign? Or will he be like liberals Bill Clinton and Barney Frank and stay in the position even after being chastised?
It’s time for Spitzer to take the honorable route and resign for the sake of the state, the Democratic party, the New York Congress and his poor, unfortunate family.
