N.J. Governor Resigns, Admits Gay Affair

[Joker]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=1&u=/ap/20040812/ap_on_re_us/nj_governor_15

[robert_tg]

damn, what a shame...lost all that just for some ass :hmmph:
guess he just got tired with women...

[HondaMan]

Yep, interesting turn of events. Those damn Democrats sure like thinking with the wrong head. ;)

[TSX 'R' US]

So now why don't all the other polititians come forth with their affairs...
Sounds like it's not ok to have a gay affair...but it's ok to have an affair? :rolleyes:

NOTE: comment was not towards any replies, but towards the topic.

[ChinchillaX]

At least he admit he was gay and had a relationship. Its better for him to get out of the closet instead of hiding it cuz it will get to him eventually.

[pocketkiller]

I agree, I see his resignation has honorable. He said with that on his mind, he will not be able to fully function as governor...very respectable. He also mentioned that someone tried to black mail him? Another reason for stepping down.

[bob shiftright]

http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/27217.htm

SECRET SEX TAPES

THE LOVE GOV

By MURRAY WEISS, STEFAN C. FRIEDMAN and ANDY SOLTIS

August 20, 2004 --

Golan Cipel's alleged extortion demand for millions of dollars from New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey was backed up by a threat to release embarrassing tapes and photos of him, The Post has learned.

The FBI wants to question McGreevey about the sensational gay sex case as early as next week and federal subpoenas for evidence are expected to be issued soon, sources said.

No specific date for the FBI questioning has been set but a McGreevey spokesman said, "We will cooperate fully."

McGreevey, who is married and has two children, has remained silent about the scandal since his bombshell announcement last week that he was gay and had a homosexual affair — when he didn't mention extortion or the name of his lover.

But shortly after the speech, sources close to the governor claimed that Cipel had demanded $5 million in blackmail from him — or he would go public with their affair and file a sexual-harassment lawsuit.

Sources said yesterday that the key to the alleged extortion was compromising tapes and photographs of McGreevey that Cipel's side warned would be made public.

The contents of the material were not disclosed.

The FBI will investigate the possibility of extortion, as well as the conduct of McGreevey and his aides, sources said.
The FBI became involved in the case even before McGreevey's "I am a gay American" speech — when his office asked the feds to investigate Cipel for attempted extortion.

Besides being a potential source of evidence against Cipel, McGreevey may be a target of investigators himself.

Federal officials will look into whether McGreevey attempted to obtain money to pay off Cipel, Fox News reported last week.

[larchmont]

The most interesting thing to me about this whole thing is the phrase that he and his advisers chose to use: ".....a gay American."

I guess he thought that would sound better than "I am gay" or "I am a gay person."

I'm not the only one who's been amused/intrigued by that -- there have been newspaper columns on it. But I'm surprised there hasn't been even more discussion of it, because to me, it's just bizarre, more so than anything else about the story.

I'm not saying more important, just more bizarre.

Larchmont, who loves words.

[HondaMan]

BTW, I'm a Honda American or hockey loving American. Hmmm! Yeah, I agree Larch that was an interesting play on words.