The saddest thing about Eliot Spitzer is that he had a genuine chance to be a force for positive change. Very early in his career, he began to target corruption, and he had a knack for it. He took on the Gambino family. He busted the hell out of white-collar criminals and did everything in his power to keep corporate America in check. He was a puritan and a zealot when it came to the law. His methods were questionable, but he got results.

It's too bad that he couldn't have been more judicious (ironically) in both his pursuit of justice and his personal life. I don't even really care about the moral aspect; it's just stupid to be caught like that. Although he might have been set up by one or more of his numerous enemies, it doesn't really matter. If he had played his cards right and gone the decent and upstanding route, he could have done a lot of good and brought a lot of respect to his office.

But as Snoop Dogg so eloquently put it, "It’s too late for advice now. If he’d seen me before, it would have been real discreet and would not have exposed his game. He would still be able to be client number nine."

(On an unrelated note: Why do people have such a hard time with the words "discreet" and "discrete"? They mean such different things. Also, a "sneak peak" is not a preview. It's a ninja mountain.)

(On a related note: What is Snoop doing on The View? Singing instead of rapping? There's some kind of powerful and hilarious forces at work here. I think he does it for the audience, which is at least 90% twentysomething girls and soccer moms.)