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New Jersey Governor Resigns, Saying 'I Am A Gay American'
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Posted on 08/12/2004 3:05:06 PM PDT by GulliverSwift

New Jersey Governor James McGreevey resigned from office Thursday, stating, "I am a gay American."

McGreevey spoke at a press conference in Trenton, New Jersey, Thursday afternoon (August 12), following allegations of corruption made by several of his political aides. The governor, who had served two years of his term, cited a "consensual affair with another man."

With his wife standing by his side, McGreevey announced his homosexuality. "From my early days in school until the present day," he said, "I noticed something that separated me from others."

"I have grappled with my own identity," McGreevey continued, describing how he struggled to align himself with what he felt were values that would make him part of a "traditional community."

"My truth is," he said, "that I am a gay American."

The governor then acknowledged his extramarital affair: "It was wrong, it was foolish, it was unacceptable," he said. "Let me be clear," the governor continued, "I accept total and full responsibility for my actions. However, I am required to do now, to do what is right, to correct the consequences of my actions and to be truthful to my loved ones, my friends and my family, and also, to myself."

Following the announcements of his homosexuality and extramarital affair, the governor explained that he felt the appropriate course of action was resignation.

"I am very proud of the things we have accomplished during this administration," McGreevey concluded, "and I want to thank humbly the citizens of the state of New Jersey for the privilege ... to govern."

McGreevey, who was elected the 51st governor of New Jersey on November 6, 2001, will leave office on November 15. His term would have run until January 17, 2006.

Under the state constitution, his successor will be Richard Codey, the current president of the state senate.

—A

lyssa Rashbaum


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: adultery; cibel; corrupt; corruption; democrat; gay; governor; homosexual; mcgreevey; nj; rat; unacceptable
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To: FreeManWhoCan
Apparenlty...from the number of threads, and the number of posts to each thread...a lot of people care about this issue.

Butt that's just my opinion.

If you don't care about my sentiments regarding the issue...that's fine, I haven't asked you to.

I simply posted them...my own sentiments.

41 posted on 08/12/2004 3:56:22 PM PDT by Jeff Head (www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
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To: GulliverSwift
There is nothing wrong here.

You people! Really!

Bill Clinton. Hasn't he taught you anything?

It is OK to be a public official, cheat on your wife and have buddies on your payroll. At least McGreevey did not lie about it.

The only reason that he is leaving: It might hurt Kerry come November to have another liberal repeat of Clinton taking up air and press time. He's party suggested he leave.

Oh yeah, he's not gay, he's bi.
42 posted on 08/12/2004 3:58:56 PM PDT by WakeUpAndVote (Does you wife let you kiss her with that mouth?)
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To: WakeUpAndVote
Oh yeah, he's not gay, he's bi.

Since McGreevey paid off his gay lover with a job, he's really a buy-sexual.

43 posted on 08/12/2004 4:05:20 PM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: Jeff Head
I am a Gay American

McGreevey wraps his pecker in the flag.

44 posted on 08/12/2004 4:08:12 PM PDT by tbpiper (Michael Moore…..the Erich von Däniken of political documentary)
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To: Jeff Head

Jim McGreevey thinks your butt is cute too Jeff.


45 posted on 08/12/2004 4:11:06 PM PDT by kylaka (The Clintons are only worthy of contempt, and maybe a little stray spit..)
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To: sweetiepiezer
He did it for Kerry. It puts the Swiftboat story off the front page.

When was the Swiftboat story *on* the front page?

46 posted on 08/12/2004 4:11:37 PM PDT by NYCVirago
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To: kylaka
Mr. McGreevey: "I am a Gay American!"
Mrs. McGreevey: "I am a Fag Hag!

What will happen next? Tune in to Will & Grace at 9:00 to find out.

barf!

47 posted on 08/12/2004 4:13:30 PM PDT by Ipberg
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To: kylaka

Ouch! How embarrassing...believe it or not, that was a purely unitentional typo on my part.


48 posted on 08/12/2004 4:13:57 PM PDT by Jeff Head (www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
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To: GulliverSwift

My guess is that McGreevey's next career will be as the Episcopal Bishop of New Jersey. His life story closely resembles the current Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire's.


49 posted on 08/12/2004 4:15:27 PM PDT by Thorin ("I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: NYCVirago

McGreevey will be back on the stump in no time !


50 posted on 08/12/2004 4:17:57 PM PDT by huckfillary
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To: quark
It's Bush's fault...

Without a doubt, this story is unrelated to bush of any kind ...

51 posted on 08/12/2004 4:28:36 PM PDT by fnord (Being humble doesn't mean thinking less of yourself. It means thinking more of others.)
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To: GulliverSwift

LOOKS LIKE MCGREEVEY WILL BE JOHN KERRY'S
SEC. OF DEFENSE.

You know....because he can lead Kerry's "SENSITIVE" war on terror.


52 posted on 08/12/2004 4:30:37 PM PDT by ArmyBratproud
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To: Jeff Head

No offense Jeff. I was reffering to the story, not your sentinments...


53 posted on 08/12/2004 4:33:22 PM PDT by FreeManWhoCan
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To: GulliverSwift
'I Am A Gay American'

Hey, wait a minute, didn't McGreevey steal that from George Carlin?

54 posted on 08/12/2004 4:33:23 PM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: WakeUpAndVote

There is no bi imo. If you take it in the you-know-what, you're gay.


55 posted on 08/12/2004 4:34:51 PM PDT by subterfuge (Liberalism is, as liberalism does.)
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To: subterfuge
Yeah, you're right.

You have to admit though, he is taking one on the chin (so to speak) for his party.
56 posted on 08/12/2004 4:38:44 PM PDT by WakeUpAndVote (Search for, the Union Label...... Go ahead, keep looking...........)
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To: Jeff Head

My thought is that this is a great bookend to the California Supreme Court invalidating the San Francisco "gay marriages." McGreevey's destruction of his family is an excellent example of why gay marriage, and the societal endorsement of homosexuality, threatens traditional marriage.

As society has stopped stigmatizing homosexuality and adultery, we see people who were struggling to maintain traditional marriage feeling "free" to destroy their families. Far from accepting deviance, we should buckle down and reinstate society's stigmas.


57 posted on 08/12/2004 4:39:16 PM PDT by asmith92008 (If we buy into the nonsense that we always have to vote for RINOs, we'll just end up taking the horn)
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To: WakeUpAndVote
Oh yeah, he's not gay, he's bi.

Im surprised you haven't been banned you yet, WakeUpAnd Vote "Since Aug 2, 2004"

You liberals love the word "wake up," don't you? I see it from liberal lurkers all the time.

58 posted on 08/12/2004 4:39:45 PM PDT by GulliverSwift (Political math: Kerry= (Gore + Dole) x 10 ^ Carter)
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To: jojodamofo
This kind of perversion and sin should not be made light of, or tolerated, even jokingly.

Who pee'd in your Wheaties?

Tolerate - only when I'm forced to.

Made light of - all day long, every chance I get.

LVM

59 posted on 08/12/2004 4:41:10 PM PDT by LasVegasMac (We'll leave the light on next time, John. signed - Cambodia)
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To: FreeManWhoCan

Roger that. Fregards.


60 posted on 08/12/2004 4:43:07 PM PDT by Jeff Head (www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
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