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...year was 2001, the president was George W. Bush, and Democrats Jim McGreevey and Mark Warner later went on to be elected governors of New Jersey and Virginia, respectively, after years of Republican rule. The parallels between McGreevey’s and Warner’s elections and those of Republican governors-elect Chris Christie of New Jersey and Bob McDonnell of Virginia are striking, and yet their respective characterizations in the media have been vastly different...
...perhaps nothing could save him from his impulses. Spitzer's sins aren't unprecedented, and if you examine the concupiscence revealed in previous scandals - for instance, those of President Clinton, former Florida Congressman Mark Foley (who exchanged lewd messages with teenagers) and former New Jersey governor James McGreevey (who resigned in 2004 after admitting to an affair) - it's possible to find similar biographical elements: stern father figures, highly promising early careers, an expansive sense of power and purpose. Says Masters: "It's the hubris and willingness to tackle anything that made [Spitzer] so successful, and it's the hubris...
...MCGREEVEY, the former New Jersey Governor, was the most contrite of Oprah's celebrity apologizers. Two years after saying "I am a gay American," he talked tactfully about his trysts, even though he wasn't promoting a book. Oh wait...
Mark Foley wants you to know that he is a gay man." That's what Foley's lawyer said last week, in an echo of former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey's line "I am a gay American." But the most relevant fact about Foley was not that he is gay--it's that he spent a lifetime hiding it. True, in recent years the Congressman was seen in the company of a male dermatologist in his district. Even so, in 2003 Foley revealed the deep shame he felt about his homosexuality when he called the rumor mill about...
...years. With his party gaining momentum following the election, Boisclair has his sights set on the Premiership of Quebec. Securing such a position would make the 39-year-old Montreal native the first openly gay official elected to head a state or provincial government in North America (Gov. Jim McGreevey, D-N.J., was outed while in office). The flashy and urbane Boisclair emerged onto Montreal’s political scene in 1989 at the age of 23, becoming the youngest person ever elected to the Quebec National Assembly. He rose to hold various cabinet-level positions during the 1990s...