It’s none of our business, but if he is gay, why is he married? It doesn’t sound like he’s finished sorted everything out.

I feel bad for this guy.

Posted by: Bostonian at August 12, 2004 05:35 PM

Read up on him, then tell us how bad you feel for him. Typical liberal. Lie, cheat, do whatever to get your way. Fu-k your friends, family, or whoever necessary. You can’t control even ONE aspect of your miserable life, but you think you are qualified to run a whole state, or country.

I have NO sympathy for this typical liberal [edited for violation of TCP comment policies]

Posted by: No Party at August 12, 2004 05:41 PM

Who replaces him?

Posted by: jones at August 12, 2004 05:46 PM

6. In the event of a vacancy in the office of Governor resulting from the death, resignation or removal of a Governor in office, or the death of a Governor-elect, or from any other cause, the functions, powers, duties and emoluments of the office shall devolve upon the President of the Senate, for the time being, and in the event of his death, resignation or removal, then upon the Speaker of the General Assembly, for the time being; and in the event of his death, resignation or removal, then upon such officers and in such order of succession as may be provided by law; until a new Governor shall be elected and qualify.

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9. In the event of a vacancy in the office of Governor, a Governor shall be elected to fill the unexpired term at the general election next succeeding the vacancy, unless the vacancy shall occur within sixty days immediately preceeding a general election, in which case he shall be elected at the second succeeding general election; but no election to fill an unexpired term shall be held in any year in which a Governor is to be elected for a full term. A Governor elected for an unexpired term shall assume his office immediately upon his election.

Posted by: Lakhim at August 12, 2004 06:01 PM

Richard J. Codey, I believe. Pardon the double post.

Posted by: Lakhim at August 12, 2004 06:03 PM

From what I’ve read on other blogs, his excuse for resigning is crap. He is portraying it as a personal matter. Apparently, he hired his secret homosexual lover to head New Jersey’s anti-terrorism task force, which would make it very much NOT a personal matter.

Posted by: Tim at August 12, 2004 07:08 PM

He isn’t the first, nor will he be the last (straigth or gay) to make the mistake of having an extramarital affair and putting his lover on some payroll. I’m sure there is many a conservative who has done the same kind of thing. I’m not saying he should be excused for his behavior, but that it isn’t a excluisively a liberal/conservative or gay/straight thing.

Posted by: derby at August 12, 2004 07:49 PM

Have a source for that Tim? A good one?

Posted by: Lakhim at August 12, 2004 08:30 PM

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5686618/

Its mentioned on other newsies as well and on the less “upscale” ones its his lover is listed as a unqualified hiree security adviser for the new jersey area for liason to the office of homeland security. A position that the person was very unqualified for, and apparently the two had an affair before the hiree was discovered to be unqualified and fired. The ex-gov is apprently being sued by his ex lover now. If all this is true….

Then McGreevey should be hanged, not for being gay or even lying about it. He should be made an example of for knowingly putting the people who elected him in danger all so he could get a quick and easy lay. Turning your back on terrorism for a piece of tail should be a executable offense.

Posted by: Ronin at August 12, 2004 08:56 PM

As it stands now, I see McGreevey as scum for trying to use the gay-rights argument as a cover for his corruption. Considering the amount of struggle a lot of honest folks have had to go through over the years to get tolerance to the point it is today, not to mention the struggles gay politicians have gone through just to get elected, McGreevey’s statements make a mockery of what they went through. Indeed, it ties “gay” and “corrupt” together in this case when it was totally unnecessary to do so, except to give McGreevey an excuse to resign which didn’t involve admitting having betrayed the public trust. He’s undoubtably hoping to portray this as a witchhunt, which if successful might enable him to salvage some kind of political future.

Posted by: tagryn at August 12, 2004 09:28 PM

He is a Demoncrat. What else can you expect?

Posted by: leaddog2 at August 12, 2004 11:42 PM

He’s not just gay. He’s “a gay American”. Slick. The guy has already got the title for his best-selling memoir.

Posted by: jeauxjeaux at August 13, 2004 01:19 AM

An “Israeli poet”? Homeland security? Free association: first thought - Mossad.

Posted by: jeauxjeaux at August 13, 2004 01:35 AM