>Eerily similar to the Eliot Spitzer case, actually. Although Spitzer doesn't have to worry about being stoned to death...

But I am worried. Not about being stoned (I never took drugs ;), but about the extent to which the double standards will go.

Spitzer was denigrated (and painted in all sorts of other colors) not really because of the money he spent on prostitution - hundreds of politicians do that regularly, and nobody cares. It's because he was fighting corporate crime as an attorney, and probably wasn't bending backwards to accommodate corporations as a governor. This was the revenge and the message, truly mafia-style. He was lucky in that he had to forfeit only his career, not his health or life.

So why am I worried? (just noticed I forgot to address that. Ok, here goes, 1600 Penns... oops, no envelope)

I'm worried that a maneuver like this worked flawlessly. One fighter for the cause of people vs corporate greed and omnipotence went down for doing what pretty much any other politician has done. Who'll be the next to dare touch them again?