“James McGreevey, the nation’s first openly gay governor”
Is this right? Didn’t he come out only after he was caught?
Good catch. That description makes him into a brave civil rights icon, not just a slimeball whose questionable activities forced him into his self-pitying “I am a gay man” speech. That was the first spin, making himself the poor victim of close minded gay bashers, instead of the criminal activity he was really involved in.
But what the hell, it worked.
Yes, and he was not elected while “openly gay”. It kind of “happened”.
““James McGreevey, the nation’s first openly gay governor””
James McGreevey, the nation’s first openly gay governor caught in a corruption probe and forced to resign to prevent prosecution.
Much better.