Roberts, But I’m not hearing much commentary on the essential anti-democratic nature of his actions

I have. In fact, I’ve been running a countdown to total disenfranchisement for a week or so by now. 11 days to go.

On the subject of McG’s article quoted by Roger:

Now at peace with arguably one of the most important truths of my life,

One could argue that another important truth of his is holding on to power even when overwhelmed by corruption and scandal, and by doing so denying the voters the right to vote.

it is my prayer that I will now be free to live openly and integrate my sexuality with my daily life.

As a former Roman Catholic (allow me to clarify that I am a former Roman Catholic because of a number of issues, including the RC position on gays), I find this offensive in three levels:

1. injecting the “prayer”, he aims to portray himself as a man of faith, while

2. obscuring the fact that he is a married man who, if he were to observe the tennents of his faith, is not “free to live openly and integrate my sexuality with my daily life” because by doing so he’s committing adultery. Were his sexuality to incline him towards supporting multiple mistresses, he’d still be acting against the very faith he so much touts.

3. Implicitly, his “integrating with his daily life” disregards his marital vows and disrespects the family he hides behind. He’s even said that “he would stay until Nov. 15 because he could not ask his wife and young daughter to leave the governor’s mansion — their home — on any shorter notice”.

Family values as a front for disenfranchisement. Only a NJ Democrat could cough that one up.