Glenn Greenwald is riffing on the Spitzer thing, and while I’m generally a huge fan of Greenwald’s, I think the likes of Spitzer really should be kicked to the curb - not because of the “immorality” of what he did, but because here is an official specifically tasked with rooting out wrongdoing and corruption, and really getting on his high horse about it, spending some 80 grand on hoookers - which is, you know, illegal.

If Democrats are credibly going to be the party of change, credibly stand against corruption - then those who don’t toe that line have to go. Because if we tolerate this - what else do we tolerate?

But in any event, I did enjoy Greenwald’s list of things he’s learned over the past 48 hours, regarding the scandal - several of which seem to apply, in spades, to Lancaster County:

Sometimes, adults make choices for their own lives that other adults perceive to be bad choices. When that happens, the adults who know better have the right to step in, pass laws to restrict the bad choices, and even make the bad choices criminal — all for the good of the adults who don’t know what’s good for them.

* People who respect the judgments which adult women make about their own lives and believe in their right to choose for themselves how they live are sexist and even misogynistic. People who believe that adult women don’t really know what’s good for them and need to have choices made for them by others are the people who respect women.

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* Governors who hire adult prostitutes must resign immediately lest the public trust be forever sullied. Presidents who break the law by spying on Americans with no warrants, who torture people in violation of multiple treaties and statutes, who start hideously destructive wars based on false pretenses, who repeatedly proclaim the power to ignore laws, and who imprison people — including Americans — with no charges of any kind, should remain in office for as long as they want. Anyone who suggests otherwise is an irresponsible, shrill, partisan radical.

I think we have letters to the editor saying basically the same thing every week.