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...Crusader Crashes All the psychoanalyzing about what drove Eliot Spitzer to risk his career by conducting illegal extramarital entanglements seems pointless [March 24]. I doubt such urges in elected officials are different from those of ordinary people who jeopardize their families and careers with such behavior. My heart goes out to Spitzer's family members, who have to endure publicly what others suffer privately. Nadia El-Badry, DOBBS FERRY...
...considering Spitzer's resignation, I can't help recalling Bill Clinton's impeachment. While the underlying circumstances of the events are different, they do share some common elements: marital infidelity and alleged criminal acts (perjury for Clinton and violation of the Mann Act for Spitzer). Isn't it curious that, at the end of the day, Clinton stayed in office because of his popularity, and Spitzer got thrown under the bus for his lack of it? It's small wonder the public has so little regard for elected officials. Scott Thompson, DALLAS...
...skewer Spitzer for hiring prostitutes and hurting his family terribly. But who else was hurt? No one. Meanwhile, two high-level political executives - responsible for the deaths and terrible injuries of thousands of U.S. service personnel and tens if not hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, trillions of dollars of debt, total disruption of the Middle East and destruction of our nation's good name - sit safely in their offices, unthreatened with even impeachment and ready to escape into retirement without a scratch when their term ends. Payment for sex is apparently far worse than the losses of blood, treasure...
...psychoanalyzing about what drove Eliot Spitzer to risk his career by getting into illegal extramarital entanglements seems pointless [March 24]. I doubt such urges in elected officials are different from those of ordinary people who jeopardize their families and careers with similar behavior. My heart goes out to Spitzer's family members, who have to endure publicly what others suffer privately. Nadia El-Badry, DOBBS FERRY...
...help recalling Bill Clinton's impeachment. While the underlying circumstances of the events are different, they do share some common elements: marital infidelity and alleged criminal acts (perjury for Clinton and violation of the Mann Act for Spitzer). Isn't it curious that at the end of the day, Clinton stayed in office because of his popularity and Spitzer got thrown under the bus for his lack of it? It's little wonder the public has so little regard for elected officials. Scott Thompson, DALLAS...