Governer's Gay, news at 11
Remeber as I type this that I'm no Republican. I used to claim that I was an independant and still do belive that I would vote for whoever would do the best job but after the last four years, I'm leaning so far left that it isn't even funny.
McGreevey has pissed me off for a couple of reasons. I don't care that he's gay, and I'm glad that he's comfortable enough to come out and say it. I feel bad for his wife, but in all honestly, that doesn't bother me that much (and that's one of the main things that pisses off die-hard Republicans is that most of the country didn't CARE that Clinton cheated on his wife either.) But I do care when a guy in power uses that power and potentially puts me in danger or costs me money.
According to this article he put the guy he was having an affair with in some sort of position of power. A terrorism advisor or something, a postion the guy was supposedly not qualified to run. He also had some other shady dealings as mentioned at the bottom of the article.
But what really pisses me off is the political implications of WHEN he is resigning. Instead of resigning before Nov. 15 which would allow a special election to take place so that I can help choose who our governer is going to be, he has decided to wait until after that is no longer a possibility. So now my governer is going to be someone I didn't vote for and had no say for or against (again, didn't this just happen when Christie left, oh, well, I wasn't as into politics at the time.)
If he feels he has to resign, either because he's gay (which doesn't make any sense, but whatever) or because of the back-room dealings that he feels might become more public, that's his decision. But to wait JUST LONG ENOUGH to resign so that the people of the State of New Jersey have no say about thier governer is just wrong, in my not so informed opinion.
posted by Chris Smith @ 9:23 AM
2 Comments:
The reason he needed to resign is such. He cheated on his wife, and he let his family down. IMHO, affairs can not be tolerated in public office, whether it be presidential, gubernatorial, or alderman. The nature of marriage is a bond to the person you should be able to trust more than anyone else in the world. If you break this trust, then what do we, as an electorate have for a reason to trust you in public office, if you can't even keep the vows of marriage. That was my biggest problem with Clinton. Why should any world leader trust what he said in foreign policy, when he came on television and lied to his own people. I am also bothered there is not a new election due to some party alliances. The nature of public office is to SERVE the public, not your party. Let the people decide. Call me idealist, but that's what government is.
I guess my point about the cheating part was that I don't really care what someone does with thier personal life. My marriage is good (hey, it's been a month) and I would never cheat on Lace, we both know that. If someone wants to cheat on thier wife-g/f-husband-b/f-S.O. it really isn't my problem. It bothers me that Clinton lied but NOT that he had an affair.
Why should any world leader trust what he said in foreign policy, when he came on television and lied to his own people.Strong Agreement. Same can be said for the current administration.
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