Some In MSM Cover For Switzer, Saying It's "Human Nature"

Yahoo News has linked this evening to an absolutely absurd story about the downfall of former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer from the Philadelphia Inquirer, "A Costly Date for Spitzer, But Not So Surprising, Scientists say."

The gist of the story-it's not Eliot's fault he cheated on his wife and has a $4,000 hooker habit, it's just human nature.

"Why would someone as rich and powerful as Eliot Spitzer put his family, his job and his promising future on the line for an alleged $4,000 date with a prostitute? Is this pathological or inherent in human nature?

Scientists says it's more likely to be the latter. They attribute this kind of behavior to natural promiscuity combined with opportunity - along with a risk-taking personality common to men like Bill Clinton and John F Kennedy. It's what makes them seek office and what makes us want to vote for them.

Psychologist Christopher Ryan, author of "Sex in Prehistory," says the desire for sex with more than one person has always been there - for leaders and followers alike. "The desire is not a function of status or power - it's a question of availability."

What's relatively new to the human race, he said, is the ability to exercise power and the connection between power and sex.

That's because, for most of human existence, there was only so far a man could coerce others when food was essentially free and hard to hoard. And until relatively recently, sex with multiple partners was the norm. "It would have been very unusual 100,000 years ago for a person to have one sexual partner for 30 years," said Ryan in an interview from Barcelona."

This article is another example of the typical hand wringing and excuse-making by the MSM and liberal elites when a politician of their background preys like a tomcat on interns, state & federal employees, or prostitutes. I heard it so many times when I've listened to the radio the last couple of days from several callers. "What's the big deal? What he does in his private life is his own business."

Not when it's breaking the law.

Unless I'm wrong, I don't think the caveman era was "relatively recently." This author and the reporter seem to not grasp the fact that, for centuries, it was the norm that couples lived in monogamous relationships and didn't behave like animals in the wild. Part of that has to do with the development of a code or morals over the existence of mankind to create order, instead of anarchy. The Ten Commandments, for example, states that one should not commit adultery. Our wedding vows for centuries use the phrase "forsaking all others." They don't include the phrases "as long as it's convenient" or "until human nature takes over."

There's a lot more involved also than just a desire for sex. In several of the cases mentioned in the above article, (JFK, Clinton and probably Spitzer) its not just "human nature" that they cheated on their spouses. I believe sex addiction is an explanation. Not just because of the "risk," but also as a drug to cover up insecurities, etc which they refused to have treated by a professional. A common phrase used by people in recovery programs is that an addict is an "egomaniac with an inferiority complex." So, they reach out for alcohol, drugs, food, money, sex anything to make them feel better. Except it ends up becoming a bottomless pit. Lives are destroyed, families and reputations are ruined because the addict selfishly puts his needs above everyone else and acts in insane ways to get them met. Paying $4,000 for a prostitute (and almost $100,000 over a number of years) is pure insanity, never mind that it's illegal and also risky from a health standpoint. That's as crazy as the rock star or athlete who made a fortune over his lifetime and either shot, snorted or drank it all away.

I'm not trying to make excuses what Spitzer did either. What I'm saying is there comes a time when he should have been an adult and taken some personal responsibility for his life and sought help if he had a sex addiction problem or maybe gone to counseling if he had a marriage problem. But that's difficult to do when the media and pop culture are too busy rationalizing such behavior, as well as promoting our oversexed society. We saw it when the MSM downplayed B.J. Clinton's sexcapades as "it's his personal business, or covered up JFK's affairs with several women, including the mistress of a mobster.

And all that excuse making for Eliot Spitzer by the MSM only enables that kind of behavior to continue in others.