See Spitzer Run. Run, Spitzer, Run!

Eliot Spitzer was on The Colbert Report last night. He seemed a bit hyper, probably nerved a bit by the fact that Stephen Colbert manages to make smart people look dumb without even trying and without the wink-wink factor that lets them in on it like Jon Stewart has (I wouldn't want to play poker with Stephen Colbert, let's just say). He did pretty well, though, and I wikipedia'd his accomplishments that I couldn't remember when I was explaining to Lisa-roommie who he was.

The best thing I learned from the show? Spitzer has a 61% approval rating as Attorney General of the State of New York. Those of you from other states, can you even name your state's Attorney General? This is the Democrat running for Governor in 2006. Is it too early to begin putting up signs for him?

Oh, don't get me wrong, this guy's a nut-cracker, hard-baller, and a lot of his success comes from the extraordinary leverage granted him as NYS AG (subpeona powers are said to be phenomenal in that position), but I think he's the right man for the job of Governor in a state where we come off as pretentious to the rest of America. Think about it. Spitzer's made a name for himself mostly by tackling white-collar crime. That sends a firm message that he's not an effete intellectual who thinks anyone smart enough to manipulate the amorphous forces that determine stock prices, pop culture stardom, etc deserves to get away with it. There's the real idea that he's punishing the crooks with money who make themselves richer off the ignorant or less informed investors.

So, yeah, I think this is the guy to make Democrats seem a little more tough. After Governor of New York, who knows where he'll end up?

Vote Spitzer 2006!

ETA: I came across this article while rallying for Spitzer. He's gotten another payola settlement before the FCC has even gotten past their "inquiry" stage of investigation. Reason #??? to love Spitzer: this settlement pays for the costs of bringing it (according to the article, Warner Music will cover the costs of the investigation into its misdoings as part of the settlement, which means it costs us tax payers nothing!) and the millions of dollars that have been punitively liberated will go to nonprofit music education and appreciation organizations. In an age where music programs are under seige, this is glad news indeed.

Come on, you wanna vote Spitzer, too, admit it.

Proof that I am both a cheap date and easy to please:

The Wendy's up by the hospital where I work has Hi-C fruit punch. I had a biggie-sized fruit punch for lunch and I feel allllll happy inside.

I used to get this fruit punch from JJs Place when we'd go down after dining hall hours in school. Way back when, we got something just like it (can't rightly remember if it was the exact same thing or just the same color) when we had vacation bible school in summer. I remember lots of times having that punch-stain lipstick and, when I was older and taught vacation bible school (alongside my mother and my friend Rachel, who's Jewish), I loved to see little kids with juice smiles, too.

Ahh, fruit punch. Maybe if it weren't so hideously sugar-y and worse for my teeth than soda, I could use it to wean myself off diet pepsi. Oh well.