[whiteperil] Sean: Hook!

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Posted by Sean:
Hook!
http://whiteperil.com/posts/1205900671.shtml


   Yeah, I saw the [1]latest McGreevey story, via [2]Rondi, among others.
   Since I thought the guy was a parasitic jerk the moment the sentence
   "I am a gay American" fell from his mealy political mouth, I can't say
   my estimation of him has changed. And luckily, since I'm not tortured
   by constant exposure to American cable yak shows, I've been spared
   seeing Dina Matos McGreevey ham it up for the camera about how hurt
   and betrayed she was. (This is not to say the hurt and feelings of
   betrayal aren't sincere, only that a seasoned politician's wife in the
   middle of negotiating a bitter divorce is naturally going to make sure
   her presentation of them is blocked, lighted, and cropped to present
   them in the fashion most flattering to her. The probability of her
   delivering an unstudied outpouring of emotion is vanishingly low.)
   As if the happy couple weren't setting new lows for vulgar
   exhibitionism on their own, the former household staff has apparently
   now decided to join in. The information itself is pretty
   shrug-worthy--you can see people having threesomes on CSI: Miami at
   this point...though at least then, one of the participants usually
   ends up dead and thus incapable of yapping about it to the press years
   afterward.
   Anyway, it's the reasoning behind this guy's public statements that
   gets on my nerves:

     Mr Pedersen said he had only decided to come forward with his
     claims after seeing Mrs Matos McGreevey criticising Mr Spitzer's
     behaviour on television.
     "It's frustrating to hear her call Gov Spitzer a hypocrite when
     she's out there being as dishonest as anyone could be about her own
     life," he told the New York Post.
     "She's framed herself as a victim - yet she was a willing
     participant. She had complete control over what happened in her
     relationship."

   Is it now acceptable to air personal secrets, supposedly held in trust
   with other parties, just because one happens to feel "frustrated" with
   one of them? (Don't answer that.) Ick. Not that one should be shedding
   any tears for James McGreevey, of course:

     However, Mr McGreevey, 50, insisted his former driver's claims were
     true. He said in a statement that he and his wife needed to move
     forward in their relationship for the sake of their six-year-old
     daughter.

   Ah, yes. Nothing more salutary for the six-year-old daughter than to
   have Daddy appearing before the press to confirm that he and Mommy
   used to get naked with Driver on Friday nights.

References

   1. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/18/wscandal118.xml
   2. http://wonkitties.blogspot.com/2008/03/tack-tack-tacky.html