Let me hike up my chiton and toddle up to the wall to give my best Cassandra proclamation on the news out of my native state that McGreevey is resigning from the governorship because he is gay....

No sorry, waves of hilarity are causing me to clutch the battlements, ruining my moment of solemnity. Let's skip the atmosphere and cut right to the reading of the entrails: McGreevey's not resigining because he's gay; he's resigning because he's a crook.

Let me be clear. McGreevey is a CROOK. And a heel and a low crawling slimy thing who would use anything to obscure his real motives for resignation.

Most news organizations are running around appaluding his "bravery" and gay organizations are rallying behind the gov. Fools! You're being used like a human shield during a bank holdup.

McGreevey resigned because he's initimately involved in a corruption scandal, so vast and blatant that even New Jersey can't ignore it, which just goes to show how vast and blatant it must be. The corruption scandal was poised to break right before the election, and there were good odds that it would have had a profoundly negative effect on the Democratic party in NJ and could even hurt Kerry's chances in NJ. McGreevey's sudden declaration of his homosexuality is his (and I suspect ultimately the Dem. party's) bid to obscure the corruption scandal by a sex scandal and also a clever move to take control of the resignation date. Instead of being forced out and a special election being called, McGreevey has annouced he will resign Nov. 15th so a special election can't be held.

How bad is the situation in NJ? It's SO BAD that even the NY Times gets it. And NPR mentioned the Kerry connection this morning.