Why is it always the fault of a republican? Maybe he is being blackmailed by someone whom is just an asshole.

Tom Kean was the last governor we had here that I felt somewhat comfortable with, but I didn't really think much of him either. McGreevey is a douchebag, whether he's gay or not. But since homosexuality is not grounds for impeachment, he shouldn't be so quick to step down. I somehow doubt this is coming as a shock to his wife. How long were thay married? Did he ever fuck her? Did he seem to enjoy it?

So the question I have to ask is, why did he open his fucking mouth? Why now? Gay pride? If anything, I think it's more likely that he was paid by the republicans to make democrats look bad, not blackmailed by them to make gays look bad. Why a man's personal business is of anyone else's concern is beyond me. Why he's confessing it now and allowing it to be an issue, I don't understand. "Incite rumours and create an atmosphere of distrust"? Isn't that already the situation he's in anyway?

Well said Racer...Why they ever wanted to put a tram between my great city and that shithole is beyond me.

And F Campbell's Field, and F Ricky Henderson or whoever's career is dying there as we speak.

It's nobody's fault but McGreevey's...if he is sexually harassing anyone he's an asshole. It would seem his resignation has more to do with that than anything else.

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Word, Holmes. The murder capital, or at least it used to be.

Yeah, my reaction was just gut. I didn't know all the details yet.

I still think somebody paid 'the liberal media' to make the gay part of it a front page story.

McGreevey was on his second wife. Not too sure when the "current" Mrs. McGreevey wed the Govenor, though they do have at least one child. Their web site on nj.gov said they had a baby in 2001. Not sure if the second child was from the first marriage or not.

And here we go again placing blame on the Republicans. He's about to be involved in a sexual harassment suit involving one of his former staffers. By you implicating Republicans in things, you perpetuate the atmosphere of distrust you speak of.

Just to point out NJ has no Lt. Governor. The President of the state senate takes over for the governor until the next election.

The current president of the state senate is Richard J. Codey and he is a democrat from west orange.

also kind of "ironical" is the fact that he openly opposed gay marriage

Well I'm just going to assume this guy's innocence until he's proven guilty. I think that's how it works when someone is accused of a crime in the US, right?

As for him coming out, maybe he should have done it earlier for better reasons, but that's his business. Whether he really sexually harassed anyone remains to be seen but that he was accused of it clearly forced him to go public.

But to think that this is not happening because he is GAY and a DEMOCRAT seems a little naive to me, especially given the history of what happens to democrats who dare to have any kind of secret sexual life. *ahem*

If he's innocent why resign? That would seem to imply guilt...

I agree with you there. Sexually harassing anyone (gay or straight) is not right. I was just wondering why that other shit ^^^ always seems to brought up in any type of thread.

Here's what I think has happened. And this will explain it best. It's all damage control.

How do you crash an airplane in a way that saves people in the process? You know you're going to crash, and you can't change that. But you at least have some control over what's going to happen when you hit the ground.

Now, if McGreevey came out fighting and said he had harassment charges against him and he was pre-emptively lashing out against them, how would that make him look? Vindictive and petty. Add that to the awkwardness of the implied homosexuality of the charges, he would kill his career and life.

So what do you do? You make lemonade out of lemons. You play up the family and regret angle. You profess the love for your family. And how you're making the more noble decision to make sure this is not all more traumatic as it should be. So right now, everyone is saying "You hear that McGreevey is gay!" and others then say "Yes, but he loves his family."

Now there's a good foundation to build on. As the harassment charges come to life, McGreevey is now the victim. A confussed man in office who loves his family and who fell victim to sexual harassment charges.

As shocking as this all is, McGreevey knows this is the best way out. And in the end the person who supposedly will file charges against him will look like a petty nobody.

Give him 4 years to recover and I bet you McGreevey will be back in the political game in decent form.

Yeah, I don't get it...I think it was cheeky maybe?