Bleumangue

Spitzer: Self-Destruction

I appreciate what you wrote because you address the issues that create the people whom we might choose to lead us. Being 62, I've lived through enough to see the spectrum of human leadership behaviors on display and long enough to be wary of "charismatic" types. It would be nice to separate the man from actions that have no real bearing on job performance, but unfortunately in this case you can't just uphold the LAW for some people. Spitzer got tangled in his own web by lies of omission and convenience. He would not have gotten elected had he revealed his core beliefs. That's the really sick underbelly of all leadership positions. To place yourself in a position to do the next right thing you really get nudged into doing a lot of wrong things first. I guess the trick is to know WHEN to STOP. He should have watched "Cool Hand Luke". "A man's gotta know his limitations."