Posted on 08/13/2004 2:24:28 AM PDT by kattracks
You might have missed it. Amid the blockbuster news out of Trenton, N.J., Thursday that the state's Democratic governor was stepping down because he was about to be sued for harassment by a former homosexual lover was the reaction from the largest homosexual rights organization in America.
"Coming out is a deeply personal journey, and Governor McGreevey today showed enormous courage," said Steven Fisher, spokesman for the Human Rights Campaign.
Courage?
That's not the word that came to my mind, and I wouldn't be surprised to learn that even Fisher had to bite his lip while issuing that response, for if the Human Rights Campaign had an ounce of credibility before Thursday, it went right down the drain with Fisher's use of the word "courage."
And if you think I'm about to go off on why homosexuality is a sin, forget it. That's a topic for another time. McGreevey's sexual tryst could just as easily have been Clintonesque -- involving a female political intern. It would have been just as wrong and yes, as cowardly as his affair with a former male aide.
There's no courage in wrecking your family and ditching the political office to which you were elected under a fraudulent premise. It would have taken some courage for McGreevey to resist the extra-marital affair, no matter if it involved a male, female or extra-terrestrial.
And for the nation's largest homosexual rights group to label McGreevey's decision to come out of the closet "courageous" is the exclamation point on the homosexual lobby's morally bankrupt agenda.
Listening to McGreevey's news conference, I was amazed at how long it took for him to mention the governor's job he was relinquishing. We had to listen to the narcissistic psycho-babble about "some feelings, a certain sense" that he had felt all the way back to his days in the schoolyard.
Who cares about his "certain sense?"
The millions of voters who believed he was the right person for the job in 2001 would have been blue in the face while holding their collective breath, waiting for McGreevey to finally announce that his reckless behavior had made it impossible for him to continue as New Jersey's chief executive.
Like too many of today's public figures, in and out of politics, who have discovered that the media will enable their squishy, "anything goes" view of right and wrong, their "certain sense" is the excuse employed when they decide to stop lying.
McGreevey knew he could stride to the podium, confess his sexuality and his reprehensible behavior, and that few in the media would condemn him. I mean if Clinton survived the Lewinsky scandal, how bad could it be for McGreevey?
But the Human Rights Campaign managed to trump the media and even McGreevey with its reference to courage. Thursday truly provided a new low point on the moral road to hell.
(David Thibault is managing editor of CNSNews.com)
Aw, I was hoping Dan Blather was involved....
This man has the lowest character possible, I really feel sorry for his wife and children,they must still be in shock to find out the their father and husband is not "gay" but abnormal.
McGreevy also knows that by coming out of the closet in the way that he did, it blunts the criticism of his corruption. He'll be able to tar anyone who goes after him as being a homophobe. Politically, it was a crude, but effective move.
Regards, Ivan
For a moment there I thought I had read CNNNews.com. Now that would be a real story.
I was really irked to hear him call himself a "Gay American". What the heck is that? More bullcrap to legitimize homosexuality.
The Governor of New Jersey sought to demonstrate his courage by climbing the Golan Heights.
To the HRC, corruption=courage.
I was surprised McGreevey didn't have a little U.S. flag to wave while he declared himself a "Gay American." I guess he's trying to get sympathy from gays and patriots at the same time.
I happened to stumble upon the opening of Deb Norville's pathetic msNBC program last night, and she had a panel of psychobabblers on, including Gephardt's lesbian daughter. Norville and Gephardt's daughter were both praising McGreevey for the "grace" and "courage" they thought he showed in his speech. I think Norville even used the words elegant and eloquent back-to-back. BARF!
In the minds of liberals, it's perfectly normal and acceptable to be corrupt just as long as your corruption can somehow be connected to flaws in your "personal life." It'll be interesting to see if the similarly sleazy Bill Clinton and Gary Condit rush to McGreevey's defense.
McGreevey has to hold on for 1 more month. He will not last till the 15th. He will leave office right after labor day weekend.
This will remove the 60 day window for a new election this November. In turn, no election, no Republican candidate, no citizens coming to the polls in large numbers to vote for Bush.
Question now should be, has the Kerry team and DNC spoken to McGreevey prior?
Grace and courage? The scumbag had his wife standing there while he admitted all this and they dare to say he has grace and courage? He dared to put that poor woman through all that and he has grace and courage? To top it all off, he invoked God and faith in saying it was O.K.
Well, this could actually improve Bush's chances even if there's not a governor's race on the ballot.
If New Jersey voters finally find religion and want to send a loud and clear message to the corrupt Democratic Party, they may do so by voting for Bush if there's no way to express their anger in a governor's race. McGreevey's decision to stay could backfire.
At the same time, if there is a governor's race AND the presidential race on the ballot, I can see Jersey voters splitting their votes by choosing a Republican for governor but Kerry for president.
Either way, we're about to see what New Jersey voters are made of.
But this all will take away from the Sandy Berger and Kerry scandals. And he is not going to quit until way in November. Hope he won't change his mind.
McGreevey must be reading from that infamous playbook co-published by Bill Clinton, Gary Condit, Kobe Bryant and the "Rev." Jackson.
Courage? After 9/11 he played fast and loose with the safety and security of the people of New Jersey by hiring his boy friend as his homeland security expert. The guy was not a U. S. citizen and could not get a security clearance to deal with federal authorities. McGreevey put his own personal, sexual interests ahead of his sworn duty to protect and defend the people of New Jersey. He should be impeached.
And it is just like the HRC to buy into and support this, the most cynical and political move of the century. I guess they don't realize how it makes them look like the "ends justifies the means" patsies that they are.
Chrissy Matthews on now playing up that cynicism as a positive thing.
Yeah, but he did the same for Bill Clinton. As Al Gore would say, a leopard doesn't change it's stripes.
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