‘Sock It To Spitzer’: NY Post Endorses Opponent With Brutal Cover
The New York Post endorsed Scott Stringer for New York City comptroller Saturday in dramatic fashion, splashing a pants-less image of former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer across the paper’s cover, with “Sock it to Spitzer” in big, bold letters. Of course, those who closely followed Spitzer’s prostitution scandal will remember that he enjoyed wearing his black socks in bed.
The endorsement contrasts “conventional Manhattan liberal” Stringer with “completely unhinged Manhattan liberal” Spitzer. “For a man who styles himself the ‘Sheriff of Wall Street,'” the editorial reads, “his real expertise is operating outside the law… Spitzer’s goals in office have always been less about serving the people’s interest and more about feeding his insatiable ego, his giant ambitions and his basest appetites.”
The Post is equally as harsh comparing Spitzer to the other scandal-ridden candidate running in the city. “Anthony Weiner’s weird psychosexual thrill from public humiliation seems honest in comparison to Spitzer, whose version of ‘contrition’ gives off a distinctly Charlie Sheen vibe.”
Saving their comments on Stringer for the end of the endorsement, the conservative-leaning paper acknowledges that they would not ordinarily “be thumping for a candidate whose other endorsements range from the teachers union and the Working Families Party to Gloria Steinem.” They conclude the article with the following:
But Stringer is a sober, honest man who understands how the city works and how important the job of comptroller is. He is not hellbent on crusading against Wall Street, settling personal political vendettas or ripping up the rule book — instead, he aims to do what the office requires, and do it well.
These are not ordinary times, and this is no ordinary election. The Post endorses Scott Stringer because in a race between an Upper West Side liberal and a hotheaded, hooker-chasing, office-abusing, self-promoting, lawbreaking, ego-obsessed “steamroller” who still has trouble admitting he ever did anything wrong, it should be no contest.
[featured image via Newsday, cover photo via The Huffington Post]
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