For those whom the Remember Martha message resonates with, this message is gaining steam, and it carries virtually all the same powerful emotional effects as the phrase Remember 9/11 did for the rest of America. Spitzer literally terrorized an American aristocracy when he was The Prosecutor, launching repeated guerilla attacks and surprise ambushes on the big bad boys, not just the small bad fry. Justice was blind for a while, lashing out with her sword without utterly no regard to wealth, power, or station, and that was deemed definitely NOT OK by those who survived.
Spitzer's out of a Governor's job, the DOJ did it for his wife's sake, and no cause nor crime has been announced yet, although I say give them some time, and they will come up with something after the fact. There have been promises of as much. The woman was a known prostitute. It is morally corrupt to associate with such a person, never mind whether he did (although that's a nice to have for sure). Failures of the mind are mortal failures, and are undeniable compared to evidential crimes (Prove you are not thinking of wrongful sex! Aha! You cannot prove you are not thinking about wrongful sex! Prove you are not guilty! I'm still waiting! You are still suspected of it! And now, you still are suspected! And now! And now!...ad infinitum.) DOJ are career professionals at marital justice and family values by recent accounts. I'll have to take them on their word that counterterrorism can wait, just like it waited until after 9/11 according to their guy Clarke, which changed everything according to Cheney, and if we can make it through that, we can make it through anything. For DOJ to do nothing about Spitzer's wife might send the wrong message after all. And if all of us out here got the wrong message, there would be no telling what harm we'd do to ourselves. We are now waiting for their Good Message with baited breath, as our collective safety depends on it. Save Us, O Good Dept of Justice! What Art Thou Message? And Do Send It Soonest!
Remember Martha. (Say it in the same tone as Remember 9/11.) This is the propaganda that's catching on in some circles. Believe it or not, the memory of Martha Stewart resonates with real fear, real revenge, and fevered calls to political action. By that I mean the message's effect on the listener is virtually identical to Remember 9/11, but it is only audible for those who hear it, of which there are perhaps somewhat fewer. The following is about the size of a significant chunk of the Repubican Party, give or take – there's some spillover. Don't you hear the message? Don't you feel the fear too?
If you don't feel it, then aristocratic tendencies like devouring the stock of lesser shareholders using your insider trading teeth is maybe not your station in life. Members of the Republican Party are more likely to hear the beat of these drums. It all depends on who you identify as victims, and who you admire and wish to be more like some day. For those whom the Remember Martha message resonates with, this message is gaining steam, and it carries virtually all the same powerful emotional effects as the phrase Remember 9/11 did for the rest of America. Spitzer literally terrorized an American aristocracy when he was The Prosecutor, launching repeated guerilla attacks and surprise ambushes on the big bad boys, not just the small bad fry. Justice was blind for a while, lashing out with her sword without utterly no regard to wealth, power, or station, and that was deemed definitely NOT OK by those who survived. There was some collateral damage suffered among the innocent, the aristocracy's footsoldiers were quick to add, although this tended to be based on conjecture, not facts presented to me. Whatever collateral damage was suffered among small bad fry did not come up for discussion for some reason (go figure). Such audacity and disrespect for one's station was most definitely not in obedience to the proper tradition and culture by those who determine that kind of thing. Well, some of the big game survived the prosecutions of their fellow aristicrats, and they were affected deeply by the attacks on their whole way of life, and they Remember.
Martha Stewart's (pretty short and painless) jailing was the 9/11 of the aristocracy. Now their survivors are calling for revenge. Remember Martha articles have been appearing in famous business magazines. They are gonna smoke out the Democrats, get them on the run. And lo! Look! They got some already: They just bagged a big one, Democratic Governor Spitzer. Of course their War on (low-class) Democratic Terror is not over, gotta stay the course, 100 years if necessary. A whole way of (the good) life was threatened! It's (like) genocide! It's (like) anti-Aristocracism! They hate us for our power (to eat the stock of other shareholders)! What good man would not volunteer to save a whole way of life when it is threatened? Their footsoldiers – themselves and the wannabe's -- are now beating the drums. Martha's doing better than ever -- she's not even dead. For the rational, it's absurd. But fear and revenge are irrational political motivators of the highest order. And a way of life really was at stake for a while. Remember Martha. (Say it with dread.)