Well, I am sure you have noticed, or could not help but to notice the latest head line of the fall of New York governor Eliot Spitzer. Personally, the only trouble I have with this news is how to anchor my criticism. On one hand, I could add Spitzer into the long line of politicians who involved themselves with sex scandals, and on the other hand I could criticize how the media flocks onto anything that gets good rations.

Eliot Spitzer, son of a wealthy real estate developer have always had a sense of entitlement from childhood. It seems as if the usual boundaries of authority did not apply to him. Thought it is not surprising that politicians get themselves into sex scandals, Spitzer is special is that he was championed as a crusader of morals. He, as a persecutor, investigated heavily into Wall Street frauds, those made many enemies. This is also part of his down fall. While many politicians remained on post after scandals, he resigned, because he had no “friends.” It’s as if everyone is happy not that he is gone.

It amazes me what people are willing to risk for thrills. After all, Spitzer is well aware of the consequences of his doings, especially he is the one who set them in place. He passes legislations to increase the sentence for those who involve themselves with prostitution. I suppose this is exactly what gives him the motivation, the fact that he felt he could get away with it. Now he joins the line of politicians such as Larry Craig, Barney Frank, and more of less Bill Clinton as whose public image is tainted by scandals. However the difference is that he did not survive the fall.