The continuing saga of Jeanine Pirro’s tragic marriage and comic campaign is beginning to get filled in with the brownish-yellow colors of corruption.  Don’t miss the above-linked article, which links to a YouTube of Jeanine’s press conference.  RochesterTurning’s Exile on Ericcson St. does a nice job rounding up the news:

rochesterturning.com: turning the tide upstate

Republican Attorney General candidate Jeanine Pirro could write a book on the subject. Remember the 32 second pause in the speech she gave launching her failed bid to run for Senator? This seems to be even worse: Jeanine F. Pirro, the Republican candidate for New York attorney general, said this afternoon that last year she asked an old friend, former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard B. Kerik, to bug her family boat to determine if her husband was having an affair at a time when she was preparing to run for top political office.

“Hey!” you say, “I think I’ve hear of that Kerik feller somewhere!”  You’re right, you have: he’s the man once nominated for Secretary of Homeland Security in 2004 by George Bush, later withdrawing his nomination allegedly because of a problem with an illegal alien nanny.  Suddenly, that whole nanny excuse starts to look a tad crap-like, n’est-ce pas?

Steve Minarik (who is doubtless considering a less stressful position elsewhere, perhaps a career as a crab fisherman) weighed in with the “it’s a partisan attack!” mantra.  OK, perhaps that is so, but Pirro herself points out (by way of discrediting) that the alleged wiretapping happened a year ago.  She says, “well over a year ago,” but if she’s any kind of attorney, she has to know that a year’s worth of investigation is a drop in the bucket compared to some.  This happened right about in the correct pace for an investigation of this nature, I would think.

EOES recommends that perhaps Pirro drop out of the race and Kerik take her place as the ballsie move.  I agree that would be a show of force, but I’m thinking she needs to maybe get Kathrine Harris to drop out of her race and enter the fray as a running mate: the Deputy Attorney General.  First staff member to raise 1000$ gets to finish Candy’s water!

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