August 16, 2004
I'M THE VICTIM HERE:
McGreevey Scandal: Homosexuality as the Last Refuge of Scoundrels (Nicholas Stix, August 15, 2004, Men's News Daily)
New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey has managed to snatch martyrdom from the jaws of damnation. He would have the public believe that he didn’t resign his governorship on August 12 because of the scandals that sprouted from his Administration like crabgrass, but because he was the victim of a homophobic society.In McGreevey’s resignation speech, he said that ''My truth is that I am a gay American. Shamefully, I engaged in adult consensual affairs with another man, which violates my bonds of matrimony. It was wrong, it was foolish, it was inexcusable.''
Left out were the following details, sketched by Associated Press reporter John P. McAlpin, in the first report I saw on McGreevey’s sudden resignation:
“But he has been dogged by several scandals involving fund-raising.
“Among those caught up in recent scandals were his first chief of staff and former counsel; a top Democratic fund-raiser and former high school classmate; and real estate developer Charles Kushner, McGreevey's biggest campaign contributor, who was charged with trying to thwart a federal campaign-finance investigation by luring a grand jury witness - his own brother-in-law - into a compromising position with a prostitute and sending video and photos to the man's wife.”
In McAlpin’s news flash, he didn’t have time or space to get into the matter of McGreevey having hired his boyfriend, Israeli “poet” Golan Cipel, first to the most sensitive post imaginable, state homeland security adviser (at $110,000 per year), and then when Cipel could not get a security clearance, owing to his being a foreign national, hired him at the same salary as “special counsel.” (Cipel had no qualifications for either job.) Heck, in departing, McGreevey didn’t even mention the male lover who was supposedly the reason for his departure, or his own shameful behavior in embezzling taxpayer funds to pay him.
The truth is, the McGreevey administration had long been on life support.
At least he was appointed to a sensitive post. Posted by Orrin Judd at August 16, 2004 10:04 AM
Related note - KerrySpot at NRO notes that prominent Dems, particularly Corzine, are pressuring McGreevey to resign now so that there is a special election. Corzine is in charge of the Senate Dem reelection efforts so if he focuses on running for governor instead it can't be a good thing for the Dem senate prospects.
Posted by: AWW at August 16, 2004 10:37 AMNPR reported this morning that McGreevey's approval rating actually rose by 4 points since last week. Garden Staters do love their deviants (of all types).
Posted by: Random Lawyer at August 16, 2004 11:36 AMBeing a Democrat in New Jersey means never having to follow the rules OR say you're sorry.
More proof you can't trust Liberals with matters of security, or morality, or finance, or leadership...
Posted by: MarkD at August 16, 2004 7:11 PM>At least he was appointed to a sensitive post.
Things like that happen when your boss finds you dynamite in the sack.
Posted by: Ken at August 17, 2004 4:25 PM