He Can't Be Serious

I don't normally talk about politics on this site, or decisions on whether a politician should run for election, but in this case I just have to. According to the NY Post, Eliot Spitzer is thinking of running for the Attorney General of New York again. If you remember, Spitzer was Attorney General before he became Governor and Client #9. To me, him running for the top law enforcement job in New York is akin to when Marion Barry ran for office in Washington DC after spending time in jail for crack possession while Mayor. Of course Barry won his election, so maybe I'm wrong.

How would anyone take Spitzer seriously? How can you prosecute people for crimes when you yourself committed crimes? Does he think the people of New York will forget this? Does he think they love him so much they will just forgive him and say he should be the guy who enforces their laws? Is his ego so large that he doesn't realize how idiotic he looks and how he embarrassed the state? His opponents wouldn't even have to come up with sneaky commercials. Everyone else would do the dirty job for them. Every press conference would start with the question, "Why exactly do you leave your socks on while having sex?" Oh, another one could be, "In this economy, do you support the use of government vouchers so people don't have to pay full price for escorts?"

Spitzer just needs to move on with his life and stay out of any involvement with politics or anything to do with law enforcement.