Eliot Spitzer at the New York Ptrss Conference  

     From time to time USA oes through a self inflicted moral crisis. Pundits from across the political spectrum and talking heads from a whole spectrum of politically correct positions will appear on talk radios and TV channels to denounce the "villian" of the moment. Who is the latest victim of the game. None other that Hillary Clinton supporter, Eliot Spitzer, the Harvard educated Governor of New York. When doe a private indiscretion become worthy of becoming a political scandal. In fact, public figures while they must be made accountable for corruption and abuse of power, need not be prosecuted for private piccadaloes involving "consenting adults" and Elliot's indiscretion with Kristin falls squarely in this category. Client # 9 may be a Governor and a powerful political figure, but he is entitled to his private life, unsavoury though it may be.

   American presidents and politicians, and indeed politicians all across the world have had their share of private indiscretions turning into public humiliation. I think that Eliot Spitzer, from all accounts a good governor and a moralistic Attorney General of the Big Apple,had an affair with a woman called Kristin. In this he is no different from that great Bill Clinton whose affair with Monica Lewinsky led finally to his impeachment. If Barrack Obama can be questioned for his lionks with Ralph Roscoe, why cannot Hillary Clinton be made to pay the political price for Spitzer.

   All over the world people are following with abiding interest the story that is unfolding in New York.The call for the resignation of the Governor has been made and it is very likely that them Lt Governor will take over very soon, the third Black Governor since Reconstruction.

   The strong undercurrent of Protestant ethic is what leads to this upsurge of feigned morality from time to time. It is better to regard politicians as mere mortals and not expect of them a higher standard of morality.