Do you think that McGreevy should have resigned?
More politics....
What do you think of this issue? I think the fact that he is gay, is not the scandal. The fact that he put his lover, someone completely unqualified, in a sensitive government position with a $100+ salary is. Totally corrupt. Not to mention the other scandals he has been associated with. There's an interesting op-ed piece in the Daily News (see below).
Also, I think he should resign effective immediately. It will allow the voters of NJ to elect a new governor...rather than one being chosen for them. I think his decision to delay his resignation does smack of politics as Whitman stated.
What do you think?
Here is the Daily News article...
Boo who? Let's get it straight
Don't cry for Jim McGreevey.
And spare me the sappy sentiment about a brave man outing himself, then stepping aside for the good of New Jersey.
McGreevey confessed yesterday that he has been living a lie. It hasn't stopped. The real shame is that he can't bring himself to tell the whole truth even now.
Not by a long shot.
The absence of the full story from the lying Lothario won't stop the facts from coming out, however. And from what we know already, it's not a pretty picture that's emerging.
The real news here isn't that McGreevey is gay. That has been in the wind and on the Web for a long time. Now it's official.
No, I say bet the farm that the news here is that a sitting governor put his boy toy on the state payroll, at a salary of $110,000, in a job that he wasn't qualified for. And now that governor is quitting because the sordid details are about to become public and make his position untenable.
That makes this an old-fashioned corruption story, with a modern twist.
One that refutes the conventional wisdom that male politicians can survive anything except being found in bed with a dead woman or a live man.
McGreevey, in fact, could have survived a mere admission of adulterous homosexuality, as long as his wife stands by her man. He would even be applauded and admired for his honesty in many quarters.
It's the corruption that brought him down. And it's a pattern of corruption that has been revealed in an extraordinary number of ways during the Democrat's 2-1/2 years in office.
He has presided over one of the dirtiest administrations in modern times. And that's no easy feat in New Jersey!
What exactly Golan Cipel, the man reliably said to be at the heart of the case, did for his $110,000 remains a mystery, though we may find out if Cipel, as expected, files a lawsuit today charging McGreevey with sexual harassment. One thing we do know is that Cipel was not just stashed in a no-show job.
Cipel, you see, was supposed to be helping keep New Jersey safe from terrorists.
In one of the greatest acts of chutzpah in political history, McGreevey installed Cipel as the state's liaison to the Department of Homeland Security.
Perhaps McGreevey assumed that because Cipel is Israeli, he knows a lot about fighting terrorism. In fact, the 33-year-old had worked only in public relations. Those press releases will protect us!
Even as the scam hit the fan when federal officials said they couldn't share secrets with Cipel because he didn't have security clearances, McGreevey didn't take the hint. He just called Cipel a special adviser - and kept the $110,000 gravy train running.
With federal prosecutors rolling up his aides, party officials and contributors like a bunch of cheap rugs recently, it's a wonder that McGreevey didn't quit sooner. Probers have even caught McGreevey on tape saying a prearranged code word in an alleged bribe scheme, though the governor insists it was an innocent reference.
Maybe it was, but my gut tells me that all these probes were getting too close for comfort. So he waved the white flag, like many a tainted, two-bit pol before him.
And wants us to believe it's a gay thing.
Originally published on August 13, 2004
What do you think of this issue? I think the fact that he is gay, is not the scandal. The fact that he put his lover, someone completely unqualified, in a sensitive government position with a $100+ salary is. Totally corrupt. Not to mention the other scandals he has been associated with. There's an interesting op-ed piece in the Daily News (see below).
Also, I think he should resign effective immediately. It will allow the voters of NJ to elect a new governor...rather than one being chosen for them. I think his decision to delay his resignation does smack of politics as Whitman stated.
What do you think?
Here is the Daily News article...
Boo who? Let's get it straight
Don't cry for Jim McGreevey.
And spare me the sappy sentiment about a brave man outing himself, then stepping aside for the good of New Jersey.
McGreevey confessed yesterday that he has been living a lie. It hasn't stopped. The real shame is that he can't bring himself to tell the whole truth even now.
Not by a long shot.
The absence of the full story from the lying Lothario won't stop the facts from coming out, however. And from what we know already, it's not a pretty picture that's emerging.
The real news here isn't that McGreevey is gay. That has been in the wind and on the Web for a long time. Now it's official.
No, I say bet the farm that the news here is that a sitting governor put his boy toy on the state payroll, at a salary of $110,000, in a job that he wasn't qualified for. And now that governor is quitting because the sordid details are about to become public and make his position untenable.
That makes this an old-fashioned corruption story, with a modern twist.
One that refutes the conventional wisdom that male politicians can survive anything except being found in bed with a dead woman or a live man.
McGreevey, in fact, could have survived a mere admission of adulterous homosexuality, as long as his wife stands by her man. He would even be applauded and admired for his honesty in many quarters.
It's the corruption that brought him down. And it's a pattern of corruption that has been revealed in an extraordinary number of ways during the Democrat's 2-1/2 years in office.
He has presided over one of the dirtiest administrations in modern times. And that's no easy feat in New Jersey!
What exactly Golan Cipel, the man reliably said to be at the heart of the case, did for his $110,000 remains a mystery, though we may find out if Cipel, as expected, files a lawsuit today charging McGreevey with sexual harassment. One thing we do know is that Cipel was not just stashed in a no-show job.
Cipel, you see, was supposed to be helping keep New Jersey safe from terrorists.
In one of the greatest acts of chutzpah in political history, McGreevey installed Cipel as the state's liaison to the Department of Homeland Security.
Perhaps McGreevey assumed that because Cipel is Israeli, he knows a lot about fighting terrorism. In fact, the 33-year-old had worked only in public relations. Those press releases will protect us!
Even as the scam hit the fan when federal officials said they couldn't share secrets with Cipel because he didn't have security clearances, McGreevey didn't take the hint. He just called Cipel a special adviser - and kept the $110,000 gravy train running.
With federal prosecutors rolling up his aides, party officials and contributors like a bunch of cheap rugs recently, it's a wonder that McGreevey didn't quit sooner. Probers have even caught McGreevey on tape saying a prearranged code word in an alleged bribe scheme, though the governor insists it was an innocent reference.
Maybe it was, but my gut tells me that all these probes were getting too close for comfort. So he waved the white flag, like many a tainted, two-bit pol before him.
And wants us to believe it's a gay thing.
Originally published on August 13, 2004
