Corrupt Politicians

Spitzer, Spitzer, Spitzer.
You know what, it's not the sex, although I have little respect for that desperate quality in men who need to pay for sex or the company of strange women. It's not the lying, either. We all lie. White lies, lies of omission, lies of ignorance, lies to protect, and well, lies to cheat! Spitzer didn't lie to me, really. But he did make me think that he would never do such a thing. It's the bar. If you're gonna set the bar at some arbitrary point of reference of your own choosing, you better meet that bar, buddy. That's your own standard. Nobody told you to make it high or low, but once you hold other people to it, you gotta live by it too! So, call it hypocrisy or simply not living up to my or his own expectations.
I don't like it when politicians fail their own tests. It's frustrating. They are the role models of society. You want them to do well. As opposed to celebrities like Paris Hilton or Britney Spears. I like to see them get into trouble with the law. If they don't, I would also be disappointed. They wouldn't be living up to their own standards of stupidity and unethical behavior...
Now, I know the Clintons have been implicated in many a scandal. I mean you have Bill's libido for one thing, but that's just icing on a cake of oopsies:

• Whitewater
• Cattle Futures Trading
• Filegate
• Travelgate

As a Hillary supporter, I have to admit that these little scandoodles raise a red flag, and this Spitzer shenanigan is just bringing this issue to the forefront for me. I like to think of myself as a relatively just person, though I am not a saint and would usually not go out of my way when presented with a lite moral dilemma (like finding money on the street). Especially if by ignoring the ethics I get some material benefit from it... I would be just as big a hypocrite if I didn't admit that. So, what about the Clintons? Is their moral compass more screwed up than mine? Roughly the same? Am I the right judge?
I reconcile my moral distaste with the notion that the Clintons live life on the less than savory edge of a Reuben - say the sour edge (from all that sauerkraut) - with the fact that they seem to always get away with it. Well, at least the ones that really matter. Consensual adultery is legal. Lying under oath isn't, but then again, got away with it. There is something to be said about being smart and sneaky enough to make sure nothing you do wrong can bite you in the ass later. And so far it seems to me they use that power for good instead of evil, which is what matters most in my personal moral calculus.
So, I think I would have pardoned Spitzer had he not made himself out to be such a straight shooter. It's like when they catch these fire and brimstone, gay-bashing evangelical crazies in bed with two men and a goat. It's the bar, stupid...