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Spitzer and the army of born-again Leninists

March 15, 2008 - 8:23 am - by Roger Kimball
Discovery Blog
2008-03-15 17:45:05

How Many “Spitzers” are there in Public Life?

Everyone says that (former) Governor Eliot Spitzer’s flaw was his hypocrisy. I disagree. His most salient flaw was his self-righteous, Javert-like prosecutorial zeal, the ferocious delight he took in putting others in the wrong. And, beyond Victor Hugo…