Eliot Spitzer knew the Republicans were out to get him. He knew he had a target on his back. Anyone who even remotely knows of the attorney firing scandal knows the Bush administration has thoroughly and utterly politicized the Department of Justice, and that DOJ officials would do anything to get any prominent Democrat they could. Given these facts, one is left with one simple question: what the hell was Eliot Spitzer thinking?
So the Fed moved yesterday to bolster financial markets by agreeing to swap mortgage-backed securities for Treasury Notes to the tune of $200 billion, a move most experts agree will only stave of a full-fledged recession for a few months. Maybe I'm just cynical, but doesn't this just seem like an expensive election-year ploy to protect Republicans?
Some Democratic party officials have begun clamoring to have the disputed Michigan and Florida delegations seated at the party convention after all. What kind of message would this send? That playing by the rules is optional? Seating these delegations would effectively neuter the Democratic Party's ability to set a fair and sane primary season next time around. If Florida and Michigan get seated, I expect California to move its next presidential primary up to, say, December. That's December 2009.
Memo to advertisers: quit trying to ruin Easter for my little boy. The past week has seen my wife and I scrambling for the remote whenever an ad comes on extolling Target or Walmart as the best place to get goodies for my son's Easter Basket. Listen, jerks, at my house that's the Easter Bunny's job. What's next, an ad at Christmastime telling me to get my Santa presents at Toys 'r' Us? They only get to enjoy the magic of Easter and Christmas for a few years as it is -- don't blow it for them with your crass commercialism.
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