Fitzgerald as a worthy public servant

i was smitten yesterday by the, yes, i'll say it, LEADERSHIP displayed by fitzgerald in in his press conference... i don't think we could have asked for a better display of what a public official, public SERVANT, could and should be... he was strong, he was cool, he was professional, he was in charge, he was obviously shoe-leather honest... but in conveying all of those things, he resorted to no trickery, no code or catch phrases, no stage props, no boasting, no pandering... i ache on a daily basis for authentic, worthy leaders to come forth and, yesterday, i saw one... arthur silber seems to feel the same...

[W]hat a wonderful, revivifying breath of bracing fresh air. Straightforward, always clear, always in command of the facts and the arguments, as brief and to the point as possible, and with a complete absence of personal grandstanding. All the plaudits we have been hearing about Fitzgerald were borne out in this crucial moment in the glare of national attention: here is a man focused on the facts and the law, and on the specific mandate he was given. Nothing else matters to him, and he seeks no personal gain or glory from performing his job -- except for the gain or glory which are justly his, by virtue of the fact that he does perform his job, and does so with exceptional mastery. Would that more public servants -- and politicians in particular -- followed Fitzgerald's model.

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