Saturday, March 15, 2008
'Getting stupid'
Susan Estrich, Eliot Spitzer's Harvard law professor, cuts to the chase by simply stating many smart men are stupid when it comes to sex -- and it's hard to argue with her point. David Brooks notes that some Alpha men are so intent on achieving fame and status, they never bother to learn life's more simple and subtle lessons:
It's hard to argue with his point too. ... I can't get out of my mind the image of Eliot Spitzer down to his boxer shorts, T-shirt, knee-high socks and five-o'clock-shadow, slobbering and chasing Kristen around a hotel room. Not the double-life type of guy you want running a government or prosecuting people. He had to go. ... Hopefully, that's my last post on Spitzer (for now). ...
Susan Estrich, Eliot Spitzer's Harvard law professor, cuts to the chase by simply stating many smart men are stupid when it comes to sex -- and it's hard to argue with her point. David Brooks notes that some Alpha men are so intent on achieving fame and status, they never bother to learn life's more simple and subtle lessons:
I don’t know if you’ve seen a successful politician or business tycoon get drunk and make a pass at a woman. It’s like watching a St. Bernard try to French kiss. It’s all overbearing, slobbering, desperate wanting. There’s no self-control, no dignity.
It's hard to argue with his point too. ... I can't get out of my mind the image of Eliot Spitzer down to his boxer shorts, T-shirt, knee-high socks and five-o'clock-shadow, slobbering and chasing Kristen around a hotel room. Not the double-life type of guy you want running a government or prosecuting people. He had to go. ... Hopefully, that's my last post on Spitzer (for now). ...
