Crime Fighters:
Eliot Ness, leader of the 'Untouchables';
and another one-time crime fighting Eliot -
Eliot Spitzer …
Le Devior,
Canada
Ness Plus Ultra
"You cannot make this
up. … The first name of Governor Spitzer
of New York is Eliot. The same as that other Eliot - Eliot Ness - the patron
saint of the incorruptible who hunt down criminals, both white collar and blue
... This image - fashioned with his own bare hands on a canvas of moral
rectitude - evaporated instantly at the end of an act of contrition … the
spectacle was appalling."
By Serge Truffaut
Translated By Kate Davis
March 12, 2008
Canada
- Le Devior - Original Article (French)
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FIELD
DAY FOR THE NEW YORK TABLOIDS ...
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You cannot make this up. The first
name of Governor Spitzer of New York is Eliot. The same as that other Eliot -
Eliot Ness 
- the patron saint of the incorruptible who
hunt down criminals, both white collar and blue. It is in making life harder
for fashionable crooks in neck-ties on the floor of the stock exchange that he
built a reputation for himself as a “new incorruptible,” or even a “tireless
crusader,” to borrow nicknames that the media gave him during scandals at
WorldCom, Tyco, Enron and others we have forgotten. He proclaimed himself the
"Sheriff of Wall Street.”
This image - fashioned with
his own bare hands on a canvas of moral rectitude - evaporated instantly at the
end of an act of contrition by the former New York Attorney General WATCH 
. This sheriff acknowledged paying a heavy price for
his history of peccadilloes. He spent more than $4,000 to enjoy the favors of
strumpets in chic hotels of the capital city. QED [It has been demonstrated - quod
erat demonstrandum]: This prostitution network procured the services of the
so-called call girls especially for high-flying politicians.
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Aside from any moral
judgment, this affair is particularly distressing since it seriously cripples
the work of the current attorney general and his staff - notably the
investigations initiated while Spitzer was still the boss of the patrons of
justice. One this is certain; when the news hit the presses, traders on Wall
Street… Applauded!
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WHAT WOULD ELIOT
NESS SAY? ...
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Because
this man, when he was hunting down crooked millionaires, had opted at all times
and in his own words - for a strategy of “aggressiveness.” He was at times so hard and his methods so brutal
that even his backers now say they consider Spitzer reckless or irresponsible. This
inclination, or rather his certainty that he was always right - led him to
demolish without proof, anyone who appeared on his prosecutor's radar screen. An example? He started a rumor that Richard Grasso was
having an affair with his secretary - Grasso being the chairman of the New York
Stock Exchange. In short, Spitzer brandished a bit of poison - even if only an
allegation - to reduce the reputation of another man to a briny bouillon.
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As is always the case with
the runaway hearts of politicians, the public was entitled to a ritual of
repentance - to borrow a headline from the Washington Post . And as usual,
everything was stage-managed by those experts of sophism, the publicists. Not
surprisingly, the wife was once again obliged to be present and key words were
slipped into the mouth of her husband. Words that must
necessarily be employed out of calculation rather than sincerity. And all just so that this exercise would be taken into account when
the time for punishment arrives. As it has been in previous years - the
spectacle was appalling.
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VERSION
[Posted by WORLDMEETS.US March
16, 9:40pm]
