Sunday, March 16, 2008
No bark from Vicky?
I try to make note of non-barking dogs, if only for my own amusement. In the case of Spitzer, a whole lot of dogs who had cowered and showed their belly to him over the years are now barking loudly at him. It's safe to bark now that he's caged up in the dogcatcher's truck.
But the one dog who had been warning us about Spitzer and his ilk (warning is the basic purpose of a bark, after all!) is Victoria Toensing. About six months ago she took part in a discussion on C-Span in which she stated flatly that Criminal Nifong of Duke is not the "tiny handful of bad apples" but the NORMAL and TYPICAL prosecutor, and she detailed the blackmail tactics used by Spitzer and others.
If anyone has the absolute right to yap loudly and proudly at the supine Spitzer, it would be Toensing. Yet I haven't seen or heard her. Wonder why? Specifically I wonder if she has been blacklisted by both sides for her stubborn adherence to plain truth?
[Sidenote: I somehow had the impression that Toensing was about to release a book on the Duke case, but neither Amazon nor Google offer any hint of an upcoming book.]
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Okay, one last thing on Spitzer. We're hearing all sorts of stupid and blatantly absurd explanations and justifications for why Spitzer's wife stands with him, or why she shouldn't stand with him, but we haven't heard the obvious and ordinary truth. Here's the truth in one sentence:
Alpha females cling to a position of power even more tenaciously than alpha males.
End of story. ¶ 11:55 AM
But the one dog who had been warning us about Spitzer and his ilk (warning is the basic purpose of a bark, after all!) is Victoria Toensing. About six months ago she took part in a discussion on C-Span in which she stated flatly that Criminal Nifong of Duke is not the "tiny handful of bad apples" but the NORMAL and TYPICAL prosecutor, and she detailed the blackmail tactics used by Spitzer and others.
If anyone has the absolute right to yap loudly and proudly at the supine Spitzer, it would be Toensing. Yet I haven't seen or heard her. Wonder why? Specifically I wonder if she has been blacklisted by both sides for her stubborn adherence to plain truth?
[Sidenote: I somehow had the impression that Toensing was about to release a book on the Duke case, but neither Amazon nor Google offer any hint of an upcoming book.]
= = = = =
Okay, one last thing on Spitzer. We're hearing all sorts of stupid and blatantly absurd explanations and justifications for why Spitzer's wife stands with him, or why she shouldn't stand with him, but we haven't heard the obvious and ordinary truth. Here's the truth in one sentence:
Alpha females cling to a position of power even more tenaciously than alpha males.
End of story. ¶ 11:55 AM
