Eliot Spitzer is not a good guy. He was, after all, a prosecutor. But that doesn’t mean he was targeted for legitimate reasons by the Bush administration. First, from a states-rights standpoint, it is disturbing to see the central government bring down the governor of a state for unconstitutional victimless crimes. Yesterday on cable tv, we were assured time and time again that the FBI and US attorneys do not do political prosecutions. In fact, that is their major job. Spitzer was not “caught up” in an investigation of a prostitution ring. The ring was caught up in a political investigation of Spitzer. Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy, but still the state-media two-minute hate has its worrisome aspects. Exactly why was he targeted for destruction? Not for his sins, we can be sure.

The Best of Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.