They drummed Eliot Spitzer out of office because of hanky-panky with a very exclusive purveyor of exotic entertainments. It was deemed unseemly for the Governor of New York to be cavorting with someone in that occupation and the improbability of him paying for it on his own dime seemed to conjure up visions of purloining state funds for the satyr's dance. Bye-bye Gov!
The replacement was perfect for a state like New York that has given us David Dinkums, gun-free New York City, Mario Cuomo and son enterprises, Chuck Shumer, Hillary Clinton and more. He was black and blind and on the inside of the Democratic Party. What's not to like?
Then about six weeks ago the Democratic Party house-organ, the New York Times, began bleating about resignation, impeachment and scandal in the governor's house. Apparently he had proven to be so marginally competent that he had lost support. The campaign of accusation, implication and innuendo foundered when the governor said he wasn't going anywhere. He stood and demanded that the NYT get factual or shut up.
Well, today they got factual:
Too-Tall Aide, State Police and a Governor's Phone Call
When the right-hand man of the governor gets into clothes ripping, phone breaking and physical assault of women, you've got to notice. When she complains and the state police start making house calls to suggest she shut up, you've got to notice. When the day before her restraining order hearing she gets a call from the governor himself and suddenly withdraws her complaint, you've got to notice.
More and more I begin to appreciate how badly broken our system and our society has become.
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