Jim McGreevey (D-NJ) to resign?

[NHPolitico]

Why should they demand an immediate resignation?
McGreevey didn't have to resign...he didn't break any laws.

He misused funds for his unqualified lover and risked the state's homeland security. He used tax dollars to pay for his bimbo and, worse, gave his bimbo an important job-- especially in a terrorist mecca like NJ.

[DarthKosh]

Why should they demand an immediate resignation?
McGreevey didn't have to resign...he didn't break any laws.

He misused funds for his unqualified lover and risked the state's homeland security. He used tax dollars to pay for his bimbo and, worse, gave his bimbo an important job-- especially in a terrorist mecca like NJ.

And know the bimbo is sueing.

[NHPolitico]

Bret Schundler  thinks the Democrats put Cipel up to filing the lawsuit to get McGreevy out of the way.

[DarthKosh]

Bret Schundler  thinks the Democrats put Cipel up to filing the lawsuit to get McGreevy out of the way.

Wouldn't doubt it.  NJ is run buy a few and McGreevy was taken out.

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

The "word" is that he will be campaigning for Kerry in a Kerry-Edwards bus tour through the South.

[raggage]

I say he deserves our respect, if nothing else for standing up and being man enough to stand up and admit to his indiscretions in front of the whole state/country.

[qwerty]

I say he deserves our respect, if nothing else for standing up and being man enough to stand up and admit to his indiscretions in front of the whole state/country.

I respect him for that, and nothing else. The man is a criminal. I am so glad that his two and a half years of bullsh**t is finally coming to an end.

[Keystone Phil]

What he did today did take a lot of courage. But his affair, the scandals within his adminstration, the corruption and his failure as a Governor deserve no admiration. Someone suggested earlier that the voters might rush to McGreevey's defense. They might defend the way he addressed this issue today but will the majority of people in NJ defend his job as Governor? Don't count on it.

[raggage]

What he did today did take a lot of courage. But his affair, the scandals within his adminstration, the corruption and his failure as a Governor deserve no admiration. Someone suggested earlier that the voters might rush to McGreevey's defense. They might defend the way he addressed this issue today but will the majority of people in NJ defend his job as Governor? Don't count on it.

Well Keystone.... I've got to say I agree with you.

[Keystone Phil]

What he did today did take a lot of courage. But his affair, the scandals within his adminstration, the corruption and his failure as a Governor deserve no admiration. Someone suggested earlier that the voters might rush to McGreevey's defense. They might defend the way he addressed this issue today but will the majority of people in NJ defend his job as Governor? Don't count on it.

Well Keystone.... I've got to say I agree with you.

well for once you see the right side of things, raggage!

[DarthKosh]

I say he deserves our respect, if nothing else for standing up and being man enough to stand up and admit to his indiscretions in front of the whole state/country.

Only reason why he came out is becaused he is being sued by his former lover.

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

I say he deserves our respect, if nothing else for standing up and being man enough to stand up and admit to his indiscretions in front of the whole state/country.

Only reason why he came out is becaused he is being sued by his former lover.

Yep, he was busted, what else could he have done

[DarthKosh]

I say he deserves our respect, if nothing else for standing up and being man enough to stand up and admit to his indiscretions in front of the whole state/country.

Only reason why he came out is becaused he is being sued by his former lover.

Yep, he was busted, what else could he have done

I did not have sexual relations with that man......

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Yep, he was busted, what else could he have done

I did not have sexual relations with that man......

Well, if you define sex in way similar to the way social conservatives want to define marriage, well then he couldn't have had sexual relations with any man.  

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

Yep, he was busted, what else could he have done

I did not have sexual relations with that man......

Well, if you define sex in way similar to the way social conservatives want to define marriage, well then he couldn't have had sexual relations with any man.  

(rolls eyes)  I don't know how serious you are, but HOPEFULLY you're not claiming that there is a contradiction between defining marriage as between a man and a woman, while at the same time, defining homosexual activity as a sin.

[minionofmidas]

I say he deserves our respect, if nothing else for standing up and being man enough to stand up and admit to his indiscretions in front of the whole state/country.

Still not enough.
He should have said he's gay, brought suit against anybody trying to blackmail him, and threatened anybody who used the words "resign" to fisticuffs.

[patrick1]

I love how some people in the media are trying to spin it how this guy is courageous and a martyr to gay rights.  His being gay has 0% to do with this.  This guy put the citizens of New Jersey at grave risk by appointing one of his boyfriends as terrorism czar.  A task he was not nearly qualified for.  Furthermore, he was caught on tape in another scandal by the FBI saying a pre-planned code word for kickback scheme-  Machiavelli.  McGreevey stated that it was a coincidence.  Don't know about you- I've read the Prince and it doesn't happen to come up that often.  This guy is a crook and should resign immediately.

[minionofmidas]

I love how some people in the media are trying to spin it how this guy is courageous and a martyr to gay rights.  His being gay has 0% to do with this.  This guy put the citizens of New Jersey at grave risk by appointing one of his boyfriends as terrorism czar.  A task he was not nearly qualified for.  Furthermore, he was caught on tape in another scandal by the FBI saying a pre-planned code word for kickback scheme-  Machiavelli.  McGreevey stated that it was a coincidence.  Don't know about you- I've read the Prince and it doesn't happen to come up that often.  This guy is a crook and should resign immediately.

Well, in all honesty I don't know about that stuff...
I should add that he should have come out of the closet way earlier.

[DarthKosh]

I love how some people in the media are trying to spin it how this guy is courageous and a martyr to gay rights.  His being gay has 0% to do with this.  This guy put the citizens of New Jersey at grave risk by appointing one of his boyfriends as terrorism czar.  A task he was not nearly qualified for.  Furthermore, he was caught on tape in another scandal by the FBI saying a pre-planned code word for kickback scheme-  Machiavelli.  McGreevey stated that it was a coincidence.  Don't know about you- I've read the Prince and it doesn't happen to come up that often.  This guy is a crook and should resign immediately.

Well, in all honesty I don't know about that stuff...
I should add that he should have come out of the closet way earlier.

Him being gay is not news.  Everyone knew it and couldn't care less about it.

[minionofmidas]

I love how some people in the media are trying to spin it how this guy is courageous and a martyr to gay rights.  His being gay has 0% to do with this.  This guy put the citizens of New Jersey at grave risk by appointing one of his boyfriends as terrorism czar.  A task he was not nearly qualified for.  Furthermore, he was caught on tape in another scandal by the FBI saying a pre-planned code word for kickback scheme-  Machiavelli.  McGreevey stated that it was a coincidence.  Don't know about you- I've read the Prince and it doesn't happen to come up that often.  This guy is a crook and should resign immediately.

Well, in all honesty I don't know about that stuff...
I should add that he should have come out of the closet way earlier.

Him being gay is not news.  Everyone knew it and couldn't care less about it.

Yeah, anyways.

[NHPolitico]

The media has let him get away with making this a referendum on being gay, rather than on his failure to carry out his duties responsibly.

[AZDem]

I heard this line from Dallas a loooong time ago:
"The first rule in politics is never be caught in bed with a live man or a dead woman." JR talking to Cliff Barnes when it was found out that Cliff had a girlfried that died from an abortion before Roe v. Wade.

[DarthKosh]

I heard this line from Dallas a loooong time ago:
"The first rule in politics is never be caught in bed with a live man or a dead woman." JR talking to Cliff Barnes when it was found out that Cliff had a girlfried that died from an abortion before Roe v. Wade.

It's a live boy or a dead girl.

[angus]

The media has let him get away with making this a referendum on being gay, rather than on his failure to carry out his duties responsibly.

so it seems.  lot's of chatter about how it's a shame that a 47 year old man can't admit he's a "gay american" and keep his job.  But this needn't be about McGreevy's identity.  Sure, the fact that it's a homosexual marital affair makes it juicy, but he hired an aide who was marginally qualified, at best, and now faces a lawsuit.  This would be big news even if the other Man had been the other Woman, don't you think?

[Beefalow and the Consumer]

Why should they demand an immediate resignation?
McGreevey didn't have to resign...he didn't break any laws.

He misused funds for his unqualified lover and risked the state's homeland security. He used tax dollars to pay for his bimbo and, worse, gave his bimbo an important job-- especially in a terrorist mecca like NJ.

I can't help but draw parallels to King James I and the Duke of Buckingham, but I'm strange like that.