Twisting in the Wind (A Little History on Eliot Spitzer)

Nice find. Thanks for the ping. Here's another Spitzer outrage.

Last March 20 Spitzer was absent from the St. Patrick's Day Parade when thousands upon thousands of potential voters lined up along Fifth Avenue.

But Spitzer is a lawyer, and lawyers know on which side of the bread the political butter is to be found. So Spitzer —the announced 2006 gubernatorial candidate - was at the Plaza hotel, addressing lawyers. And not just any lawyers----trial lawyers — legendarily lucrative sources of campaign cash — gathered for a conference to swap tips on how best to boost business by suing the pants off someone. The attendees paid $1,300 apiece to attend the event organized by renowned altruist . . . now-deceased Johnnie Cochran.

Another focus of the conference: blocking tort reform. President Bush dealt lawyers a blow when he won passage of the Class Action Fairness Act, which will crimp their ability to "shop around" their cases for the most sympathetic judges. Guess they're getting nervous.

This is a more dangerous abuse of power than anything alleged against President Bush, yet the liberals don't care because of the target of the abuse.

No surprise there.

There's an article in today's New York Post about the time Spitzer threatened one of Hannity's producers. Hannity is searching for the tape.

Eliot Spitzer is a lot like Chuck Schumer - they both never met a microphone they didn't like. Chuckie hates Eliot, according to media reports. Both are grandstanding politicians that would do anything to get power. Chuckie's committee pulling Michael Steele's credit report is probably a misdemeanor compared to the things Spitzer has been doing under color of law. There's evidence that Spitzer has been funneling settlement proceeds (a.k.a. extortion payments) to non-profits that turn around and give a large percentage to Spitzer and his PACs. Standing up for the little guy, he's not. Standing up for Eliot Spitzer is more like it.

dragging out allegations about greenberg 35 years ago is so transparent, if the NY voters elect this guy they deserve everything they are going to get, just as the chavez voters got in '98.

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