By Selwyn Duke

As a native New Yorker, I’ve long associated Eliot Spitzer with prostitution — the political variety, that is.  He’s a man who would, it seems, do anything to advance himself, including using his office when attorney general to harass pro-life organizations on behalf of the abortionists who greased his palms.  In this vein, Michelle Malkin reports on his latest quid pro quo with the abortion industry.  It’s called the Reproductive Health & Privacy Protection Act, and Malkin writes that it would:

* Allow non-doctors to perform abortions, including a dentist, a social worker, or a health care practitioner.
* Let girls as young as 12 obtain abortions throughout all 9 months of pregnancy without ever having to tell their parents.
* Force health practitioners or Catholic hospitals to lose their
medical licenses if they don’t perform abortions since they would be
denying women the ‘fundamental right’ of an abortion.

It’s good you’re gone, Eliot — especially for untold numbers of soon-to-be-born babies.

Then, John Berlau of The American Spectator writes about Spitzer’s misfeasance, about the manner in which he corrupted the legal system and encouraged others to follow suit.  Here is an excerpt:

During his tenure as
New York Attorney General, Spitzer stretched state law to make national
policy, tried his targets in the media with improper leaks, and used
the machinery of his office to go after his political enemies. As TAS‘s Philip Klein wrote earlier this week, ‘Spitzer himself does not deserve an ounce of sympathy for the public humiliation he is set to endure, because he built his career on the public humiliation of others.’

And
one of the worst of his legacies is inspiring scores of mini-Spitzers
among state attorneys general. From tobacco to guns to global warming,
a wave of state AGs are twisting their states’ laws to go after
media-anointed villains in the trendy national cause of the day. As my
CEI colleague Hans Bader writes, many state AGs are guilty of ‘meddling
in the affairs of other states,…encouragement of judicial activism
and frivolous lawsuits, favoritism towards campaign contributors, [and]
ethical breaches.’

Technically speaking, Spitzer is what’s known as a class A sleazeball.  I truly hope they lock him up and throw away the key.

Read the whole Berlau piece here.