Thanks. But what can you do. We're stuck with him until somebody else gets elected.
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I would love to have Arnold as my governor. That would be a unique adventure!
By the way, I would have to go with the Boss every time. I love Bon Jovi, but I think the Boss would probably make a great governor.
By the way, I would have to go with the Boss every time. I love Bon Jovi, but I think the Boss would probably make a great governor.
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SF ally quits in gay affair scandal
Governor had been embroiled in Ulster trip expenses row
By Sean O'Driscoll in New York and David Gordon
[email protected]
13 August 2004
A US politician is resigning over a gay extra-marital affair - two years after a scandal involving personal expenses on an Ulster trade mission.
Sinn Fein ally James McGreevey is standing down as New Jersey Governor after disclosing that he had been in a relationship with another man.
McGreevey has family links to Banbridge, Co Down, and was in trouble in 2002 over spending $$70,000 of US taxpayers' money on an official visit here.
The expenditure included $3,178 on a family reunion for his relatives in a Banbridge restaurant.
He also hired a Mercedes Benz for himself and his wife to tour on both sides of the border, and stayed in a $$720 per night suite at the Berkeley Court Hotel.
Announcing his resignation last night, father-of-two McGreevey said: "My truth is that I am a gay American.
"Shamefully, I engaged in adult consensual affairs with another man, which violates my bonds of matrimony. It was wrong, it was foolish, it was inexcusable."
The Democrat said he was leaving because his secret - both his sexuality and his affair - had left the Governor's office vulnerable.
The 2002 expenses controversy led to him agreeing to refund the Banbridge restaurant spending.
He said he had been mistaken to charge US taxpayers for the Ulster visit which included meetings with the then Belfast Lord Mayor [and convicted IRA terrorist] Alex Maskey and representatives from Queen's University.
McGreevey also faced criticism in 2002 for holding a New Jersey state reception for Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams.
The New York Post accused him of helping to collect "blood money" for a fundraising tour by Mr Adams.
SF ally quits in gay affair scandal
Governor had been embroiled in Ulster trip expenses row
By Sean O'Driscoll in New York and David Gordon
[email protected]
13 August 2004
A US politician is resigning over a gay extra-marital affair - two years after a scandal involving personal expenses on an Ulster trade mission.
Sinn Fein ally James McGreevey is standing down as New Jersey Governor after disclosing that he had been in a relationship with another man.
McGreevey has family links to Banbridge, Co Down, and was in trouble in 2002 over spending $$70,000 of US taxpayers' money on an official visit here.
The expenditure included $3,178 on a family reunion for his relatives in a Banbridge restaurant.
He also hired a Mercedes Benz for himself and his wife to tour on both sides of the border, and stayed in a $$720 per night suite at the Berkeley Court Hotel.
Announcing his resignation last night, father-of-two McGreevey said: "My truth is that I am a gay American.
"Shamefully, I engaged in adult consensual affairs with another man, which violates my bonds of matrimony. It was wrong, it was foolish, it was inexcusable."
The Democrat said he was leaving because his secret - both his sexuality and his affair - had left the Governor's office vulnerable.
The 2002 expenses controversy led to him agreeing to refund the Banbridge restaurant spending.
He said he had been mistaken to charge US taxpayers for the Ulster visit which included meetings with the then Belfast Lord Mayor [and convicted IRA terrorist] Alex Maskey and representatives from Queen's University.
McGreevey also faced criticism in 2002 for holding a New Jersey state reception for Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams.
The New York Post accused him of helping to collect "blood money" for a fundraising tour by Mr Adams.
im sorry, when it comes to new jersey, its the WATER!
What?
you know what i mean!
Hahaha quite fabby situation we have here in Jersey, right?
Who else is a New Jerseyan besides me??
Who else is a New Jerseyan besides me??
This guy right here hails from the Garden State.
i do to!!!
We need to start a New Jersey Queen fan club.
Totally! I'm from Manalapan in Monmouth County. Where's everyone else?
<<Takes pride in the fact that her town is two towns away from Jon Bon Jovi's town and one town away from Bruce Springsteen's.
<<Takes pride in the fact that her town is two towns away from Jon Bon Jovi's town and one town away from Bruce Springsteen's.
Newton of Sussex County.
jackson- ocean county
former burlington county here....
will be at the shore in 7days time...cant wait its been too long
will be at the shore in 7days time...cant wait its been too long