Nevada governor: Text messages not 'love notes' (Republican, of course)

[Judi Lynn]

Source: CNN/Associated Press

updated 17 minutes ago
Nevada governor: Text messages not 'love notes'

CARSON CITY, Nevada (AP) -- The governor, who is seeking a divorce, apologized Wednesday for using a state-owned cell phone to send more than 860 text messages to a woman he says is a longtime friend.

Gov. Jim Gibbons sent the messages over several weeks last year to the estranged wife of a Reno doctor.

Gibbons' wife, Dawn, has accused him of seeking to end their marriage because of his "infatuation and involvement" with the wife of a Reno doctor. That woman, however, has not been named by Dawn Gibbons or her lawyer.

On Wednesday, the governor said the text messages were not "love notes."

He said the messages ranged from discussions of state matters to "what's happening with her to her kids, what the latest issue is with her dog." He also said most of the messages were sent after his usual office hours.


Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/12/nevada.governor.ap/index.html

[Judi Lynn]

1. Videos on Jim Gibbons

Corruption investigation of Gibbons on sleazy charges from the time he was a Congressman.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjux5im6RRs

Jim Gibbons Accused of Assault
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mki5TlvxcVY

[DRoseDARs]

2. If the messages were on our state dime, he damn well better produce the text of them...

I'm just glad his batshit crazy soon-to-be-ex-wife didn't get his House seat when he left for the Governor's mansion in '06. I don't think I could've tolerated two Gibbons governing us.

[Electric Flag]

3. Ah yes, Republican "of course".

Just like Spitzer, Kilpatrick, and Marc Dann, right? :eyes:

Those guys have kinda ruined our ability to credibly act morally superior for a while, in case you didn't know.

[Doctor_J]

6. Not exactly

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3348843&mesg_id=3349082

Enjoy your stay, Flag

[Electric Flag]

11. Why thank you, I most certainly will enjoy "my stay".

Was there something else you wanted to say to me, sweetie..? :eyes:

[awoke_in_2003]

9. What is really surprising about this

is the fact that it was a (male) republican politician involved with a FEMALE.

[Electric Flag]

10. Disregarding that your comment might be construed as homophobic,

then yes, that IS a bit surprising. :rofl:

[awoke_in_2003]

12. It may sound that way

but it is not meant that way. I just find it ironic that the party that preaches about the "abomination" of homosexuality, and how gay marriage will somehow destroy america, tend to get caught trying to get that which they rail against. Both my sisters are gay, and I have had bi thoughts myself- I am very far from a homophobe.

[Electric Flag]

13. Yes, I didn't think you were, and you're right.

The hypocrisy is glaringly obvious.

[madrchsod]

4. a picture of this loving couple

and now their true love lays shattered in a thousand pieces.......it`s so sad,so sad.

[tanyev]

5. Why was he discussing state matters with his mistress?

[Debi]

7. She was the only one who would 'really listen' to him

Oh, and he's trying to kick his wife out of the Governor's mansion so they're not really chatting much x(

[Doctor_J]

8. Because discussing her dog was taking too long

if you catch my drift.