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  • THURSDAY AUGUST 12 2004 1:54 PM

New Jersey Governor McGreevey Resigns

Submitted by SecondBest

Edited by Michael_J_Totten

New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreevey, who has caught hell in the past for various state blunders, announced today that he is resigning because of a homosexual extramarrital affair.

His wife was by his side as he revealed his sexual preference and said that his gay relationship violated his marriage vows.

The now openly gay governor said that to stay in office after revealing today’s bombshell (be it his coming out or his extra-material affair) would only incite rumors and create an atmosphere of distrust. So he will resign Nov 15th, well after the next Presidential election.

Thanks to Cash for the link.

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obd

obd

Venice, CA
June 2003

AUG 12, 2004 03:33 PM

plonk said:

royaljack said:

SteveNeurotic said:
I'm glad he's resigning. Not for the reason that he's gay, but because he's the worst governor we've had since Jim Florio.



Whitman was good?



No, she just wasn't as much of an incompetent dirtbag as Florio or McGreevey.



the one good thing whitman did was her open space initiative.

as for McGreevy, I thought he would be resigning due to all of the fund raising scandals around him. This was a complete suprise.

indigoboy

indigoboy

Chicago, IL
OLD SKOOL

AUG 12, 2004 03:33 PM

You would think this man would have enough sense to figure out who he prefers fucking BEFORE getting married.

starguitar

starguitar

Cote Saint-luc, QC
August 2004

AUG 12, 2004 03:38 PM

royaljack said:
This is quite weird on so many levels. Can New Jersey EVER get someone in office who is not corrupt.



Does being a closeted married gay man who's forgiven by his wife and then publicly admits it all make him "corrupt," politically or otherwise?



[Edited on Aug 12, 2004 3:40PM]

TwoToner

TwoToner

Philadelphia, PA
December 2003

AUG 12, 2004 03:39 PM

xer0yne said:
He totally should've not went public with that. He must've been blackmailed by some republican. I'm certain he knows that his admission will not do any good for the view that typical Americans have of gay males.




Assumption is the mother of all fuck ups. And people wonder why there's such a divide in this country. The jump the gun attitude is what breeds misinformation.

ItwasDuke

ItwasDuke

New York, NY
March 2004

AUG 12, 2004 03:44 PM

TwoToner said:
There won't be an election for Gov. as a result of his resignation. The Lt. Gov. will fill in for him til his term runs out in January.



His term ends in Jan 06' if resigned earlier there would be an election. Because of the Nov. 15 deal it won't be that way.

Flannery

Flannery

Havertown, PA
March 2004

AUG 12, 2004 03:47 PM

but he fixed the DMV! frown

UnChienAndalusia

UnChienAndalusia

Philadelphia, PA
August 2003

AUG 12, 2004 03:48 PM

scrantonian said:
but he fixed the DMV! frown



and camden!!

LiLTattS

LiLTattS

Bernardsville, NJ
July 2004

AUG 12, 2004 03:58 PM

I think there is more going on than just him being gay and his affair behind his resignation.

[Edited on Aug 12, 2004 by LiLTattS]

TwoToner

TwoToner

Philadelphia, PA
December 2003

AUG 12, 2004 04:01 PM

Smux said:

scrantonian said:
but he fixed the DMV! frown



and camden!!



LOL! Have you been to a place in Camden other than the Tweeter Center lately?! wink

royaljack

royaljack

Brooklyn, NY
OLD SKOOL

AUG 12, 2004 04:01 PM

starguitar said:
Does being a closeted married gay man who's forgiven by his wife and then publicly admits it all make him "corrupt," politically or otherwise?



Let's make sure we all understand what has happened. He did not resign because he's gay. He resigned because an ex-staffer--who was male--was going to file harassment charges against him. In light of THAT happening, he decided to come clean about the harassment charges and--of course--come clean about his sexuality.

I applaud him for coming out. He's a prick for molesting someone. Both issues are theorhetically independant, but there is no way he could have resigned with harassment charges coming from a male staffer without immediately answering the sexuality quetsions.

There's no more fucked up an example of what politics can do than what has happened to this guy.

[Edited on Aug 12, 2004 by royaljack]

Mike11

Mike11

Titusville, FL
OLD SKOOL

AUG 12, 2004 04:02 PM

euphplayer02 said:
I feel as if he didn't have to resign. I mean, it seems like everyone is either gay or bissexual nowadays. If his wife can forgive him, I think New Jersey can.


Maybe where you live...

royaljack

royaljack

Brooklyn, NY
OLD SKOOL

AUG 12, 2004 04:03 PM

Smux said:
and camden!!



Ahh Camden!

People now say "Why should I go there?" instead of saying "Where the fuck is that place!"

UnChienAndalusia

UnChienAndalusia

Philadelphia, PA
August 2003

AUG 12, 2004 04:03 PM

TwoToner said:

Smux said:

scrantonian said:
but he fixed the DMV! frown



and camden!!



LOL! Have you been to a place in Camden other than the Tweeter Center lately?! wink




umm....campbells field biggrin

beedlebaum

beedlebaum

Brooklyn, NY
March 2003

AUG 12, 2004 04:03 PM

There does appear to be a sexual harrassment scandal looming as well.
Oddly enough, the accuser appears to be Golan Cipel, the man McGreevey(with great controversy) appointed to be NJ's head of homeland security.

Cipel had no experience dealing with terrorism before he was appointed.

Full text of McGreevey's speech here:
http://nj.com/weblogs/localbreakingnews/index.ssf?/mtlogs/njo_breakingnews/archives/2004_08.html#029512

RACER_X

RACER_X

Philadelphia, PA
February 2003

AUG 12, 2004 04:04 PM

Camden --- the asshole of New Jersey.

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