Posted by
cornpone on Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:57:52 AM
This is a tempest in a teapot. imho.
If I were a New York voter I would vote to oust
him *if* he ran for reelection. And the New York voters should decide this one,
not the lawyers.
His behavior was sinful, disgraceful, and of course unbibilical.
(Adultery for starters is a sin.)
But, the wire fraud, money laudering jabberwocky is ridiculous.
This kind of "crime" is not what those laws were enacted to deter.
He was not trying to defraud anyone but his wife, who may have
otherwise questioned where the money went if he hadnt juggled *his* bank account funds.
As for the "innocent" business execs some was "abusing", I assume they had their
day in court with a jury of their peers, or maybe they simply pled guilty.
So, if they were persecuted, as some conservatives believe, it was by (hopefully)
unbiased jurors who were no doubt examined for evidence of bias by
the defense attorneys in the pre trial voir dire-but not by Spitzer.
I wonder how many of those he prosecuted were acquitted.
There's no evidence that he pulled a Mike Nifong on any of those he prosecuted.
I do agree that he's a hypocrite with a lot of gall, but still, this is overkill.