Libtalkers, Bloggers Further Push Spitzer Conspiracy Theory

IT'S A CON-SPIT-ACY

Rhodes, Bloggers, Push Bush Link To Eliot's Downfall







Determined to make lemonade out of their partisan lemons, a fast- growing group of libtalkers, bloggers, feminists, San Francisco media types and other assorted kooks are pushing a theory that fallen New York Governor Eliot Spitzer was somehow "set up" by the Bush Administration.

It proves once again that liberals are not about to allow Spitzer's self- destruction hurt their party's chances in November.

Though certainly not alone with her assessment of the true motives behind Spitzer's troubles, libtalker Randi Rhodes delivered a typically over- the- top analysis of the situation at the beginning of Wednesday's show:

RHODES: The more you look at this the more you understand this man was set up. Now now, wait, I know I just said that. He was easier to set up then Lincoln logs. He was easier to set up then a Christmas train set, which is difficult.

This was easy. This was no I I mean he admitted that he did this thing. But the idea that the guy who ran the escort service that caused Eliot Spitzer to get caught that this man was an enrolled IRS agent running an escort service and it was the IRS who became suspicious because of money transfer is so on its face a set up, it’s unbelievable. However, you know he did do it, there’s no question. He did it.

This follows a series of "progressive" blog posts that made the Bush "connection", whether the president's name was used or not. Firedoglake provided early examples, while Harper's took the rhetoric much, much further:

However, there is a second tier of questions that needs to be examined with respect to the Spitzer case. They go to prosecutorial motivation and direction. Note that this prosecution was managed with staffers from the Public Integrity Section at the Department of Justice. This section is now at the center of a major scandal concerning politically directed prosecutions.

During the Bush Administration, his Justice Department has opened 5.6 cases against Democrats for every one involving a Republican. Beyond this, a number of the cases seem to have been tied closely to election cycles. Indeed, a study of the cases out of Alabama shows clearly that even cases opened against Republicans are in fact only part of a broader pattern of going after Democrats.

On Wednesday's show, Rush Limbaugh noticed this example from the San Francisco Chronicle, featuring feminist Naomi Wolf:

"Everybody is missing the larger point in this story," said Naomi Wolf, author of "The Beauty Myth" and last year's "The End of America."

Wolf said the investigation of Spitzer - done with the help of federally ordered wiretaps - shows how easy it is for the government to take down its political enemies through expanded domestic surveillance. Wolf, in thoughts echoed throughout the liberal blogosphere, believes the Republican-led Bush administration and Justice Department were no fans of Spitzer, who could be an aggressive politician and prosecutor.

"This is the scandal," Wolf said. As for how spouses behave during these crises, "it's none of our business. Absolutely none of us can know how we'd react in that situation or judge others."

When the left resorts to pathetic conspiracy- mongering, you know they're worried sick about how the downfall of a high- profile partisan might hurt their movement. You can bet your Zapruders they aren't going to give up on this idea anytime soon.


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