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23
Much as we’ve discussed on this blog, you’ll see reflected in this New York Times article.
Life just isn’t as simple as, “He’s a bastard” or “she’s so cold” or “everybody does it.”
He might be a basterd, she might be cold and everybody doesn’t do it.
I really hope these people and this family can salvage what’s worth salvaging and otherwise moving on.
It is hard to say what role, if any, Mr. Spitzer’s escalating disappointment in Albany played in his extraordinarily risky, self-destructive behavior, and it remains unclear when his once seemingly idyllic life went so awry. But the interviews with his aides and others who encountered him over the last several months made it clear that he had come to feel deeply ambivalent about his job as governor, the latest, grandest political prize in what many calculated would be a rise that could take him to the White House.
In fact, several aides said that 14 months into his term, he felt profoundly exasperated with the experience of trying to bend a powerful and divided State Legislature to his will.
He just could not accept the way things worked, or did not work, in Albany, the aides said. He was offended to the point of distraction by the fact that his chief rival, Joseph L. Bruno, the Senate majority leader, was seen by many to have outmaneuvered and outwitted him. Mr. Bruno had taken to calling him “a spoiled rich-kid brat.”
The rest of the article is equally redundant of the kinds of things mentioned in this blog about the reasons for Spitzer’s behavior. Anyone reading this and seeing themself in it would do better to talk to someone about that, than put the paper down or browse to another blog. It will not get any better.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 3:13 pm March 23rd, 2008 in Government, Mental health, Politics, Scandal, Social Issues
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As a Republican, I was no fan of Spitzer. But I take no satisfaction in his scandal or that of any poitican. This isnt what we want out of leaders of our political parties. I just feel bad for all involved.
“I really hope these people and this family can salvage what’s worth salvaging and otherwise moving on.”
Hopefully the media and the bloggers can move on too.
In bloggers defense, I am sure right wing ones would if the Democrats would move away from the scandals on the Republican side. I wont hold my breath.