The American Spectator

p>Hula hoops usually got used by the young for a few days until they tired of them. They then lay in a corner of the house until their next attention. I suspect that is where Obamamania is headed. br> — Howard Lohmuller br> Seabrook, Texas /p> p> I don’t think that Eliot Spitzer is necessarily sexually obsessed. He appears to be infected with a compulsion to take big risks — the same one that also infects Bill Clinton. This risk taking manifests itself in Spitzer and Clinton in the pursuit of tawdry sexual encounters. It must grow out of some need to destroy oneself. How sick. br> — Evelyn Leinbach br> Colorado /p> p> I think many are reading this Eliot Spitzer affair, no pun intended, wrong. You need to see this through the eyes of a Democrat. Through those eyes Eliot “Ness” Spitzer has acquired his last merit badge in becoming a future Democrat candidate for President of the United States. The last Democrat President had similar badges but this may even rise above that. To a Democrat or someone that “thinks” with their emotions, to be a great leader you must be a great Shakespearian flawed anti-hero to be worthy of the pinnacle of power that all such Democrats worship. Like a good Shakespeare anti-hero their greatest strength is their fatal weakness and ultimate down fall. Clinton got away with criminal activity that send ordinary people to jail and summed up his failures simply by saying, “I tried for 8 years and failed.” He is an Icon in Democratism today because of his failures that are blamed on others. Failure is what Democrats do well and ultimately achieve. In my estimation Eliot “Ness” Spitzer is on his way to an even higher place in the religion of Democratism and eventual Presidential run. Bill Clinton didn’t go to jail, why would Eliot “Ness” Spitzer? Listen to his concession speech. That’s part of his closing argument to the jury pre packaged. He “tried and failed” so to speak. This Nation rewards failure everyday for people like this. Democrats will deny this but look at those held up as shining examples of Democratism over the last century. Misery loves company and Spitzer will be in fine company with the leadership of America’s Failures are Us party. br> — Thom Bateman br> Newport News, Virginia /p>