New York State of Mind

This just in from our sources at the "You Can't Make This Shit Up News Agency."

It seems that Jeanine Pirro, the Republican nominee for New York State Attorney General is under investigation by the United States Justice Department for trying to secretly tape record her husband to try to discover if he was having an affair.

But wait, it gets even better, because the person she contacted to do the secret bugging operation was disgraced former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik. Here are some of the highlights from the New York Times story:

Ms. Pirro, a former three-term district attorney for Westchester County, said she believed the investigation was intended to derail her candidacy against the Democratic nominee, Andrew M. Cuomo, in the Nov. 7 election. She said she would remain in the race — and that she would remain with her husband, whose questionable business practices and prior conviction have damaged and nearly derailed her political career.

“There is no way — when I have the opportunity to be the first woman attorney general in the history of this state — that I am going to be pushed out of this race because somebody wants to delve into the personal lives of my husband and myself,” she said. “I’m standing up for myself and I’m standing up for women.”

OK, let me see if I understand this. First, this investigation is politically motivated to destroy her chance at becoming Attorney General. I think right about now, the last thing the Bush Administration Justice Department is interested in doing is reviving the career of a northeastern liberal like Andrew Cuomo.

Second, don't even play the gender card. You have reason to believe your husband is cheating on you. Dump the bastard. I am so tired of seemingly strong independent women being enablers for their cheating, lying husbands (I'm looking at you Senator Clinton). When will women respect themselves enough to walk away from these emotionally abusive relationships?

If Ms. Pirro was serious about standing up for herself and standing up for women, she'd walk out on the bum. That'd do more to get my vote than any of this monkey business.