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8/12/2004
Another One Bites the Dust
Joining Bill Clinton in the ranks of shameful political infidelity, New Jersey Governor James E. McGreevey today announced he cheated on his wife with another man. Boy if I had a nickel for every time this happened in government but never made it to press, I'd be Oprah right about now. The nature of politics has produced a literal lot of individuals very skilled at concealing scandalous things. However, this time, McGreevy was caught. The New York Daily News reports,In a stunning declaration, Gov. James E. McGreevey announced his resignation Thursday and acknowledged that he had an extramarital affair with another man.
"My truth is that I am a gay American," he said.
"Shamefully, I engaged in adult consensual affairs with another man, which violates my bonds of matrimony," the married father of two said. "It was wrong, it was foolish, it was inexcusable." Somewhere in Democratland, the tables will be turned and McGreevey's going to made to look like a victim. "Wrong, Foolish, and inexcusable" is right. The NY Daily News may have hit the nail on the head, although probably inadvertently when they reported, "The Democrat said his resignation would be effective Nov. 15. McGreevey said he would step down because his secret -- both his sexuality and his affair -- leaves the governor's office vulnerable." You're darn right it does. Wide open. America is still repairing the damage that was done via the Clinton scandal. Leaders of other people don't get the privilege of living their lives they way they want. When will we get hip to this concept?
A few quick observations and I'm done: Use of the phrase "My truth". Red flag for moral relativism as it indicates that truth varies from person to person. Also, I happen to find it interesting that he announced himself as a "gay American" (by the way, that was strategic). I'll leave that one alone for now.
[ Click to Read Complete Resignation Speech ]
posted by ambra at 8/12/2004 03:32:57 PM | link to this entry |
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