Spitzer Hatred and the Importance of McCain's Running Mate

I browsed some of the responses to my last post about Eliot Spitzer.

Thank you to those that expressed understanding of my main point. However, I was sorry to see two things here. One was the vitriol expressed toward Spitzer's work as New York Attorney General, particularly his investigations and prosecutions in the financial services field. I direct your attention to a recent profile of Louis Auchincloss in the New Yorker magazine. Auchincloss hated FDR, as did his Silk Stockings friends. Later in life, Auchincloss grew to appreciate Roosevelt's regard for the integrity of financial markets in this country and reevaluated FDR's creation of the SEC.

So much hatred spewing forth about Spitzer's convictions. There is tremendous corruption on Wall Street. Is America becoming a land where "I stole it fair and square" is becoming the ethical order of the day?

The second thing that no one commented on was my David Paterson admonition. McCain's choice of running mate will be the most crucial since 1960, when millions presumed Kennedy alone was not enough and needed to be bolstered by a Veep with greater experience. The result was an historically close election.

For altogether different reasons, watch McCain's choice. Few men (or maybe, craftily, a woman?) will enter the West Wing with a greater chance of becoming president than this VP. McCain is not what one would consider a healthy man. Inheriting the Bush mess certainly holds no cure.

Comments

[NC4Obama]

I agree his choices for VP are very important and i think his options aren't very large either, i cant think of a ton of people who could be his VP that will work well unlike Obama who has a huge list of people he could pick as VP.

[rini]

I just have to add that we really have to worry about a McCain presidency. Remember a few months ago when it seemed as if the GOP was chaos and the Dems were headed towards a domination in 2008?

Sadly, the GOP still has a good shot. I can't believe it, but it's true. They have financial resources and allies in high places. There are people, like my own father, who still see McCain as the rebel with integrity. Also, we can't forget Florida in 2000 and Ohio in 2004. The GOP will play dirtier than the dems. They have proven this recently.

One word.......Diebold.

[NC4Obama]

Yes he still has his maverick narrative working for him since many people dont follow politics closely, but this will change once its 1vs1. Then people will start seeing him as Bush part 3 and see how he has given up his integrity over the last 8 years.