Corrente Boldly shrill ... http://www.correntewire.com/node/10400/atom/feed 2008-03-12T08:55:35-04:00 Spitzer should not resign until Diaper Davey Vitter resigns http://www.correntewire.com/spitzer_should_not_resign_until_diaper_davey_vitter_resigns 2008-03-12T08:47:57-04:00 2008-03-12T08:55:35-04:00 lambert Why should he? It's all a non-issue for Republicans, so why should Democrats be held to a different standard? So the so-called Justice Department can carve another notch on the bedpost for taking down another Democratic governor, like they did Spiegelman? Forget about it. And Jeralyn raises the key issue for all the moralists and high horse experts out there:

[Spitzer laywer Michelle] Hirshman -- a former assistant U.S. attorney in Manhattan -- also argued that if federal prosecutors brought charges against Mr. Spitzer, they would be required to similarly charge the nine other unnamed clients> in a federal complaint unsealed last Thursday, to avoid what's known in legal circles as "selective prosecution." None of the other nine unnamed clients have been charged in the case.

Bingo. Shouldn't everybody be calling for all 9 to be prosecuted, not just Spitzer? And Ted Haggard too, for good measure? Why aren't they, I wonder?

At most, here's what Spitzer should do:

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