Republicans fear worst as Jim Gibbons divorce battle gets dirty

[flowomo]

from http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article4107635.ece

June 11, 2008

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He is in charge of a state where the brothels are legal and where the weddings are conducted by fat men in white spandex jumpsuits.

And yet Jim Gibbons, a former Vietnam fighter pilot-turned-Republican Governor of Nevada, has still managed to shock his hard-bitten constituents.

The problem is the implosion of his marriage to Dawn Gibbons, a former manager of the Heart of Reno wedding chapel.... (A)fter two decades of loyal service - she stood by her husband even after he was accused of drunkenly groping a woman in a car park - Mrs Gibbons is proving to be a formidable adversary in the divorce courts.

Indeed, she has helped to create a nationwide scandal that has provoked condescending sniggers from as far away as New York, with the Governor's marital problems growing into a news event of such unstoppable momentum that Republicans now fear the state could end up being handed to the Democratic presidential candidate, Barack Obama, in November.
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[Whoa_Nelly]

1. It's not nice to laugh at a nasty divorce battle

But, being a 20-year Nevadan, (Carson City, Sparks, Reno) I just can't help myself :evilgrin:

(Go get'im, Dawn!)

[KitchenWitch]

2. It can be a delicious feeling!

:evilgrin:

[stevedeshazer]

3. I agree

Except that Jim Fucking Gibbons is a scumbag who deserves everything he gets in Nevada's right-wing press.

[malaise]

9. My only response

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwc5YSAc-7g

:rofl:

[Merlot]

4. "two decades of loyal service" ??????

Were they married or was she employed?

[gullwing300]

5. Waiting for the first complaint about the word following "condescending"

:popcorn:

[Carnea]

6. Yeah that phrase is a spellcheck disaster waiting to happen. nt

[NashVegas]

7. This Is the Guy Who Groped a Woman In a Parking Garage

And who the surveillance tape disappeared for.

Karma's such a pain.

[Bucky]

8. Yes, if anything hurts the GOP, it'll be this Gibbons character. All GOP losses can be blamed on him

Gibbons is the new Clinton.