Now that Eliot Spitzer has resigned as New York governor and David Paterson has taken his place I am sure that everybody and their brother in the state of New York — with the possible exception of my friend Imaeyen who actually lives in New Jersey but works in N.Y. — are interested in becoming the next full-term exec of New York state.
Far be it from me to say what is in someone’s mind but when I heard all the clamoring for Sptizer’s ouster because of his alleged involvement in a prostitution ring I couldn’t help but wonder how much of the outrage is purely moral and how much is strictly political?
Politicians say one thing and do the other all the time, Spitzer apparently being a fine example. So come on — at least some of youse guys — spare me your indignation if you are just trying to make a fine political point. I mean, hypocrisy has become so commonplace among many in our political world that some do not take affront at being so labeled.
But the last that I heard being a hypocrite wasn’t necessarily a good attribute in an otherwise stand-up human being.