Letters to the Editor
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Hypocracy is the Only Political Crime
A politician won't be shunned for lying through his teeth; he's safe when he kills thousands of people on bad information; he can't be faulted for granting huge favors to friends (if it's without compensation); he can violate the U.S. Constitution with impunity. But, he can't actually do what he says ought to be illegal.
The reason? Big, powerful government is all about trust, faith, loyalty, and the virtue of those to whom we grant total, arbitrary, and supreme power. The burden of any form of oligarchy is that the practitioners have to be consistent. They can't do what they say others ought to punished for doing.
The Spitzer case has nothing to do with prostitution. The investigation was started because Spitzer tried to hide his payments, which - as we know - is "probable cause" for believing someone to be a terrorist, from federal snoops. And, we know Spitzer was a terrorist: spreading fear among all of those who dared to pay for sexual favors ... or conduct any kind of financial transaction that aren't explicitly approved in advance by law.
The media is only guilty of titilation, but that's their job: selling crass sexual amusements for a price. No hypocrasy there. The crime is not being horny, it's failing to report the price of horniness to the IRS.