Today our governor resigned from office.

He's been having an affair with a man, who is sueing him in a sexual harassment suit.

His W was by his side during his annoucement.

The whole nation now knows her M has suffered from infidelity.

I don't know how badly she feels right now, but I'm going to pray for her.

What a heartache she must be feeling.

I hope she finds her way here.

Yea, I wonder if this would have occurred if his OP was a woman.

Didn't happen in Maryland when former Gov. Glendening promoted a much younger female staffer to a much higher position, got her PG, then divorced his wife and married her. The baby was born before he left office. Hardly any controversy at all.

So, I think the issue in NJ was the homosexuality and not the infidelity. Infidelity alone isn't "bad" enough.

How's it look from close by?

JMHO,
WAT

She will definitely need everyone's prayers!!!!

WAT,
From all the local posts I'm reading, and radio interviews, tv news spots...he's actually getting a lot of sympathy.

No one is angry about him being Gay. They feel he should fight it. To stay in office, and to not let the law suit chase him from his position.

Why is infidelity in Politics so easily accepted anymore ? Or should I say almost EXPECTED ?

Here is a quip from his announcement regarding his W,
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> am also here today because, shamefully, I engaged in adult consensual affair with another man, which violates my bonds of matrimony. It was wrong. It was foolish. It was inexcusable.

And for this, I ask the forgiveness and the grace of my wife.

She has been extraordinary throughout this ordeal, and I am blessed by virtue of her love and strength. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">I wonder if any of that means anything anymore.

We all know from being there...it's empty words right now.

<small>[ August 12, 2004, 06:24 PM: Message edited by: betrayedinjersey ]</small>

I saw a short clip of him making the announcement. His wife looked... I don't know, strange. Like a statue.

Seems a little unfair to her, this big announcement.

GC

Just some more info...The Mrs. has been having an affair since the day they married. They were married for political reasons only. Pray for the children, 2 girls from 2 different marriages.

I have been a New Jersey resident all my life. I feel for his wife and parents who were all by his side at the press conference.

I believe more emphasis will be on his homosexuality than his infidelity. Which is sad. We now live in a society which infidelity is more accepted.

Gov. McGreevy, or as we call him here in Jersey, "McGreedy", hasn't been the best Gov. for our state, plus he is not resigning until Nov 15th, so we can't elect a new gov until next year, but lets not go into politics.

I don't know if they are going to try to save the marriage. He did mention that he is a "Gay American." I'm sure here in New Jersey we are going here alot of rumors or speculations in the coming weeks.

Hi guys,

As an NJ resident, I had to add my own 2 cents.

There's more to this story than infidelity.

McGreevy has had a reputation - his taste in men was well known and ignored.

The problem is that he tried to put one of his boytoy's - an Israeli national with absolutely no creditentials, in charge of Homeland Security for the state of NJ.

When the FBI refused to grant this man security clearance - he appealed to the White House to override the FBI. The White House gave the FBI their full support.

Turned away from this position, McGreevy named this boytoy his Counselor to the Govenor - a vague title and vague position that also gave said boytoy a staff of three.

And it gets worse...apparently McGreevy tried to give this guy a job in charge of the Port of NY/NJ.

This resignation is more about corruption and extremely poor judgement as Govenor than anything to do with homosexuality OR infidelity.

What stinks even worse is that he has NOT resigned from office.

He simply announced he will resign November 15, therefore not allowing NJ to hold a special election this November to freely elect his replacement. Instead, his 2nd in command will take over the remaining term.

Apparently there is now a pending lawsuit by said boytoy charging sexual harrassment....

I think his wife and children need our prayers.

<small>[ August 12, 2004, 07:27 PM: Message edited by: BrambleRose ]</small>

2 kids from 2 different marriages?! Sad...

Do ya know how odd it was to scroll down and catch a glimpse of my last name on here??? LOL LOL

I understand the he was initially divorced from is wife and then got remarried to her. This is all a big confusing mess. I think the focus is on his homosexuality though and not the infidelity.

A friend of mine was married to a wonderful man for 22 years, had two children, a beautiful home and she always said that he was the love of her life. Well, he eventually, after 22 years, came out of the "closet" and left her for another man. She was devastated.

Kati

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by regards:
<strong> Just some more info...The Mrs. has been having an affair since the day they married. They were married for political reasons only. Pray for the children, 2 girls from 2 different marriages. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">

*****TO BRAMBLEROSE,

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THANKS!

It's almost like politicians are expected to be liars. Infidelity is almost expected.

Probably one of the reasons, Ronald Reagan is such an icon, someone all of the world loves -

He broke the status quo!!! He showed us that for once, we believed in the right person. What a shock to us all...when we expect the very worst from our leaders. We expect weakness from those we put in positions of power. Shame on us!


Sad, sad state of affairs when even the people who we put above us, who we trust and believe in aren't even expected to have integrity.

Gay, straight who cares - integrity is integrity, the sod!

doing the best that I can ~

I'm still here lurking on a relatively regular basis. Start a thread and I'll look for it =)

~ BrambleRose