Why is former Governor McGreevey writing a book ?

[kentuck]

And will this have any impact on any political races in NJ?
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/23/nyregion/23mcgreevey.html

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TRENTON, May 22 — Former Gov. James E. McGreevey was so determined to climb up New Jersey's political ladder that he hid the fact that he was gay by masquerading as a womanizer, according to an excerpt from his memoir, scheduled to be published in September.

Mr. McGreevey's political drive and ambition made it easy for him to recognize and accept that he would have to lie the rest of his life, according to the excerpt. Yet the secret of his homosexuality compelled him to engage in anonymous gay sex at bookstores and highway rest stops, though the excerpt does not say when or where those encounters took place.

Mr. McGreevey, a Democrat who was elected governor in 2001, disclosed his sexual orientation in August 2004 when he announced that he was resigning from office because of an extramarital affair with a man he did not identify. Aides to Mr. McGreevey said the man was the governor's former homeland security adviser.

The excerpt from Mr. McGreevey's memoir, titled "The Confession," was released in Washington over the weekend at BookExpo America, the publishing industry's annual convention, and was first reported on Sunday by The Star-Ledger of Newark.

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[xchrom]

1. he hasn't suffered enough humiliation.

[theboss]

2. You know, I'd basically forgotten this story

Which was a rather nice feeling.

Glad to see he is back....and just in time to be the subject of ten thousand jokes involving Vito from The Sopranos.

[robcon]

3. He's publishing it to make money. Like most authors.

That seems very clear. Why did you have to ask?

[TallahasseeGrannie]

4. Just a guess here

to make some money?

[Wickerman]

5. Money?

I'd guess he is out of work or at least not making what he always expected he would make leaving the Govs office, so, do a quick tell all book and take the paycheck. His name is already mud, this way he can tell the story.

Be interesting to see what is in the book and if names get named, i.e.; your election impact theory.

[The2ndWheel]

6. Well, at this point

aren't you a pathetic nobody if you haven't written a book?

[JPZenger]

7. Meet the NJ Governor.. at the Vince Lombardi Rest Stop

I guess New Jersey had a special tourism promotion. You could meet the Governor ... at the back stall of the Vince Lombardi Rest Stop.

[pnwmom]

8. Sounds like something a Freep would say.

[Tulum_Moon]

9. He is writing it to show how

society treats Gays. He was forced into false marriages and anonymous sex to hide his homosexuality.
IMO I think he is somehow trying to help others who are forced to stay in the closet.

[pnwmom]

10. That's what I think, too.

Yes, he's being paid. All authors are paid. But he's finally being truthful about himself so it isn't the time to mock him.

And welcome, Tulum Moon!

[patcox2]

11. It'd be the first time he did anything for anyone else.

He was just plain mean, that man. Maybe bitter because of the closet he feels society forced him into, I don't know. I feel some sympathy for him, but on the other hand, can you feel sympathy for someone who coldly and calculatedly uses other people like that, marries and has a child as part of his plan to get elected governor? Thats a child walking around now, not because he wanted to have a family and a marriage, but because he wanted to be governor, ya know? How would you feel to know thats why you were born?

Its no secret that there are many many gays in politics, more than in the population at large, something like in showbiz. Its the big secret of politics. The hypocracy is astounding. If they'd all just come out, like Barnie Frank, the public would have to accept it.