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Governor Spitzer was appropriately noun-labeled for the crash and burning of a reformer in office-let us hope that Mr. Cuomo does not follow a similar melt-down in the spotlight. Savonarola was not the first to burn out rather than fade away, and Robespierre also found the Committee of Public Safety a difficult position to occupy-being head chopped himself in time. If public reformer would just choose to advocate evil and corruption, filth and sloth from the start perhaps they could avoid such difficulties-yet we are better people than that, and cheer these guys while they are out victimizing rich globalists and withhold too much booing when they become snared in the pitfalls of political and public tragedy that sometimes affect us all.

Americans love a good tragedy, as it was with Brits of the Victorian era. New York Governor Elliot Spitzer is the tragedy numero uno of the hour. Commenting upon the debacle in high office is perhaps beneath our usual writing dignity, yet even so I shall venture into making a few observations for the edification of other aspirants to high public offices.

Governor Spitzer employed the services of a professional Washington D.C. 'cum dumpster' service to get rid of his excess load. Executive stress and perhaps the suasion of slinky, silky temptation marking the rube for a few tens of thousands of dollars discovered the lawyer once he was promoted to the highest place in the state and available for minky stroking. Our editorial staff shudders at the thought of what smooth, attractive temptations at the cost of a few thousand dollars a shot might be like, fortunately our spartan poverty circumstances do not present such uncompromising challenges for us.

What the Governor failed to comprehend having attained the top job is the change that follows moving into a place that attracts unsavory elements like sharks in their natural feeding ground. Wiser leaders in higher places have employed student interns of an amateur caliber of over-burden removal services, yet even that has led to public turmoil; does the governor have a capability of debating about what the meaning of 'is' is?

Some of us may have more strength at resisting temptation and preserving in the enablement of public utopia to be brought to bear swiftly, in fact it is only because of so much reluctance of the public to just trust politicians motivated to bring change oftimes that the same old wallows are rewatered to provide amusements and concern for the public. Yet it is the

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