[Savage Beast]

When I first heard of McGreevey's press conference, my reaction was that it was very sad. I knew nothing about McGreevey--didn't even know who he was. But my opinion was that if there were no more to the story than that a homosexual governor had had a homosexual affair and admitted it, it should not be necessary for him to resign.

Similarly, if, when the Lawinsky affair was exposed, if Bill Clinton had admitted it to the public and pointed out that both parties were over 21 years old, the political damage to him would have been negligible.

It was the lying, purjury, attempts to fix a court case, intimidation of witnesses, and other evidence of corruption that outraged President Clinton's critics.

His defenders intentionally misunderstood the cause of this outrage and for purposes of propaganda attributed it to other, less than honorable causes, e.g. prudery.

Thus, to a considerable degree, they deflected the criticism of his behavior from its true cause to an absurd invention that they created to serve their purposes.

[Republic]

It is horrific that McGreevey considered the threat of terrorism so unworthy, that he considered protecting his people so 'ho-hum', and that he so wanted his lover close by and also wanted him to have a good paying job, THAT HE WAS WILLING TO PUT HIS LOVER AND HIS PRIVATE NEEDS ABOVE THE SAFETY OF EVERYONE IN HIS STATE!!!!!!

I find it breathtakingly, shockingly traitorous (we are at war) and cannot believe that the people of New Jersy-dems, repubs, independents are not CRYING FOR THIS CREEP TO GET THE HECK OUT OF OFFICE---NOW!