Statist Hall of Fame
I propose that we waive the normal waiting period and induct Eliot Spitzer right away into the statist hall of fame. Few men in modern government have been able to demonstrate such a lack of respect for the rule of law and individual rights vs. their own power than Mr. Spitzer:
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer was unabashed on Wednesday
about declaring himself a "steamroller" and the most accomplished
governor in the history of the state after three weeks on the job."I
am a fucking steamroller and I'll roll over you or anybody else," the
Democratic governor told Republican Assemblyman James Tedisco in a
private conversation last week, the New York Post reported on Wednesday."I've done more in three weeks than any governor has done in the history of the state," Spitzer also said, the Post reported.
Asked at a news conference if the comments were inappropriately boastful, Spitzer replied tersely, "No. Next question."
Twenty-five years ago at Princeton, Mr. Spitzer's uniquely irritating ruling style inspired the normally silent and apathetic majority to rise up in an incredibly humorous coup, let by the Antarctic Liberation Front.
