Quoting:
....Despite recent numerous pronouncements by both public and private figures alike that Mr. McGreevey’s sexual preference came as a shock, to the contrary it was widely known in political and business circles that the ex-governor had a penchant for male sex partners. There were any number of swirling allegations regarding his sexual exploits, not the least of which that the ex-governor broke his leg at a New Jersey beach during a homosexual act gone awry.....
[copy and paste al Jazeera links: http://www.aljazeerah.info/Opinion%20editorials/2004%20opinions/August/15%20o/Israeli%20espionage%20When%20a%20Honey%20Trap%20Goes%20Bad%20A%20Governor%20Resigns%20By%20John%20Anast.htm]
Connecting the dots confirms the story:
New Jersey is still reeling from the Israeli espionage ring which was housed in Urban Movers that collapsed soon after it was discovered on 11 September, and more recently by the detention of two (2) Israelis, working for a New Jersey moving company, caught with classified submarine fuel near a US base in Tennessee where the fuel is manufactured.
ED: Earlier diary is bumped down the page, but it is interesting to confront comments with the confirmed story. Sorry about the exchange on European history, which occurred well after the Diary had dropped from current status.
This is what we said earlier:
The relentless activity on this diary post makes me think that the McGreevy ploy is on track to become a TV tag to every reported Kerry appearance:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/8/13/84859/6836#257 = 265 posts and building.
What to do? It's clearly a manipulation. His Lady Boy plaintiff has a Mossad asset profile, there's been witness tampering, McGreevy himself is a big fat dud as a husband, a lover, a politician, you name it, he's flubbed it: he's naturally seedy and shameless enough to qualify as Butch's true opponent and the impression will be conveyed that Butch is campaigning against McGreevy.
Who wins? Who loses? Furthermore, for my money the endless thread of declarative posts the affair generates is pretty much a waste of energy and assets. Who cares about who on the blog is gay or closeted or thinks it's fair or doesn't? This is a trash issue which is going to trash the 2004 elections. Be warned!!
Every time the McGreevy issue tags Kerry around, anyone who cares about civil rights and fairness, gay or straight, should complain to the networks and offer hot tags they insist Editors everywhere to add to dressed-up Butch segments. Each of you has a specialty issue, now's the time to let fly: The Theft of The White House, Najaf, Fallujah, Allawi, Chalabi, Abu Grhaib, August hiring freeze, GNP numbers, oil prices, Paki ISI, Saudis, F911. Do something smart with the McGreevy issue, and if you care stay right on top of it, daily. Get your media mailing lists ready, don't miss a broadcast and zingum good.
ED: so now you have the whole story and it isn't a Gay Identity story at all. It's a National Security issue - and it will be easy as can be to link this with the Bush Adminsistrations' sorry record, to make sure Bush runs on his record in Corporate Media presentations of candidates' activities and keep asking questions about why on earth the Mossad is allowed to run Black operations in the US.