What did the Governor know and when did he know it?

Lake Champlain Weekly ^ | 01 August 2007 | Quentin Langley

[qlangley]

If Karl Rove, the President’s campaign and communications advisor had been exposed as misusing government resources to blacken the name of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, I think we could guarantee blanket negative coverage of this by the mainstream media. In fact we have had the bizarre spectacle of more than two years standing in which ridiculous non-entities like Joseph Wilson have been given huge coverage in their campaign against Rove. Wilson wanted to see Rove “removed from the White House in chains” over a leak involving Wilson’s wife, Valerie Plame.

Wilson’s evidence against Rove was little more than criminality was the sort of thing that Wilson thought he might do. An investigation lasting over a year and costing millions concluded that the leak was not criminal and Rove was not responsible anyway. None of this prevented the media from pretending that Wilson’s campaign was something significant. Another person not responsible for the leak was sentenced to prison for apparently lying during the investigation. More blanket coverage. And, of course, because the person worked in Dick Cheney’s office, it was fine to hint that Dick Cheney was behind the campaign.

So it seems a little odd that the Governor of New York is getting such gentle treatment from the media over a real scandal . . .

[Scotswife]

It’s ridiculous to think Spitzer didn’t know anything.
He is a control think.
Of course he knew.

It was a very short honeymoon for Elliot.

Let’s see how brief his reign is.

But really - in NY State, does it matter who sits in the office?

Reminds me of that line from The Who...”meet the new boss, same as the old boss.”

[Scotswife]

“The New York Post has really been heroic in this saga.”

The New York Post endoresed Spitzer for the election.

[SkyPilot]

True - letters to the editor remind them of that.

Still, they exposed the Spitzer scandal. It if wasn't for them, the story going after Bruno in the Albany Time Dispatch would have parroted itself again and again until Sen Bruno was ruined by Spitzer's Gestapo (and that is an apropos description in this case) tactics.