The McGreevey Democrats

Wall Street Journal ^ | August 16, 2004 | Editorial

[OESY]

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Obviously, being gay today isn't something that a politician need apologize for or be ashamed of. What's shameful is the way Mr. McGreevey is manipulating the political calendar. If there's a need to leave office at all, there's a need to leave immediately.

Delaying the Governor's resignation until November 15 is nothing short of a Democratic trifecta: The party avoids a special election to replace Mr. McGreevey in the fall; it guarantees that another Democrat -- Senate President Richard Codey -- serves out Mr. McGreevey's term; and it uses its incumbent status to grease the wheels for U.S. Senator Jon Corzine's expected gubernatorial bid next year.

If Republicans behaved this way, John Rowland would still be Governor of Connecticut. But Democrats in the Garden State believe the rules don't apply to them. They're not about to let some silly election law jeopardize the party's political power grip.

Two years ago, when ethically challenged former Senator Bob Torricelli was trailing in the polls during his re-election bid, the Democrats replaced him on the ticket even though the statutory date for doing so had passed. Last year the party pulled the same post-deadline maneuver to keep Joseph Suliga's state Senate seat in Democratic hands after Mr. Suliga withdrew from the race in the wake of a well-publicized brush with authorities at an Atlantic City casino.

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We'll stop here for space reasons, but you get the picture. Just as they pulled the switch to escape from the discovery of Mr. Torricelli's fund-raising schemes, now Democrats are using the cover of political correctness to disguise an old-fashioned patronage, and probable fund-raising, scam.

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[Kornev]

Northeast liberal dems (kerry included) are the scum of the Earth..

Yet they'll probably sweep in November. Makes me sick.

[Alberta's Child]

The "McGreevey Democrats" in New Jersey are really no different than the Democratic Party on a national level since the national party was taken over by what is now affectionately known as "Blue Dress Democrats."