It’s been a quiet week in NY

For a city that is usually buzzing, this has been a pretty quiet week. Weather was relatively mild, nothing happening on the political front, business going on as usual.All right, who am I kidding? How many states can boast of a high and mighty guv’nor falling from grace in less than a week? Actually, that’s not quite true – our neighboring states of Connecticut and New Jersey set some precedents here.

So, as a New Yorker, what affected me most about the Spitzer scandal?

• How politicians can be two-faced – fighting corruption while indulging in the same
• Spending $80,000 for extra love(rs)
• Flushing a promising career down the drain

None of the above. The most disturbing aspect was his wife, Silda, being dragged along to his press conference(s) with her blank shell-shocked look.

In the past few days, I have read three points of view on this – feminists lamenting her lack of self-respect, others saying she is doing this for the sake of her family/future, and political pundits professing that this is a way of depicting the matter as private. I still cannot make up my mind on this – guess the next few weeks may shed some more light.

My last (as of now) thought on this is – if someone were unlucky to find themselves in one of the following situations, which would be the worst?

• Cheating (a la Clinton)
• Cheating… and paying for it (a la Spitzer)
• Cheating… with a man (a la McGreevey)

Hope this upcoming week is as calm.

Until next time… Sam