Thoughts on El

Last summer while editing my political thriller play (also known by the lamest title ever aka “Nothing but the Truth”) I read and rewatched “Primary Colors.” The book and movie are scary relevant to now on many fronts mostly that the way people are written about reacting to the Clintons (hope of the party etc) is exactly the way people are reacting to Obama.
I was reminded of all of this again when Eliot Spitzer, governor of New York admitted to frequenting prostitutes today. One of the most haunting moments of “Primary Colors” the movie is when Bill and Hill are going on Larry King (or something of that sort) to say that the Ginnifer Flowers accusations are BS. And Hill is smiling and holding Bill’s hand saying how she’s standing by her husband, blahblah blah. But then they shut the cameras off and she YANKS her hand out of his and storms off. It’s a heart breaking moment.
And it was replayed today on TV with Spitzer’s poor wife standing beside him.
My whole reaction to Bill and Eliot and co is “how can you be so stupid?” If you want to frequent prostitutes, be a man whore, fine whatever it’s your life, but DON’T CHOOSE to live in a world in which your personal life is collateral.