Interesting...

[hkellick]

When the mayor of New York City gets caught cheating on his wife, he's not exactly ousted out of office. But when the governor of New Jersey does it, he has to resign?

I'm sorry. I'm not saying cheating on your wife with another man is GOOD. But is it WORSE than cheating on your wife with another woman? I think not.

Edit: Nevermind. I see there was more to this that that he was gay and was having an affair. Check out Washington Post for more details.

Edit^2: OK, I can't help but feel really bad for McGreevey. I mean... if this had happened to any other middle-ager, this would be disasterous enough, but add the pressures of being a governor and being in the spotlight and all. Poor guy. I hope he gets things sorted out before the sharks attack.

Comments

[kareila]

I'll take your word for it. :) The thing I saw on the news last night called it a "bombshell", implying it was unexpected. I guess they meant the resignation and not the affair itself.

To Howard: the sharks have already started attacking. The Republicans want him to resign effective immediately, not in November, so they can run in a special election.

[lite.livejournal.com]

Maybe it was a bombshell to those of us not living in jersey? Personally, I had no idea. And I have, at the least, been reading the Washington Post off and on.

Re: The Sharks. Yeah, I'm not surprised :P I have to admit the resignation starting at such and such a date did sound a little.. random. I'm curious why he picked the date he did. I'm not sure an actual special election isn't uncalled for. On the other hand, if it did happen, it'd probably be as much as the California Special Election which really WAS a bad joke :p

[dustkitten.livejournal.com]

Maybe I just have an ear to the Gay Underground.

-A-

[lite.livejournal.com]

Maybe.

My only point was that I'd never heard of it before today. By the sounds of it, it WAS a bombshell to most of the rest of us that he was gay. At least that's how I'm reading the articles in the post.