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08/16/2004: "Gay Jim"

The most popular topic of conversation the past few days has been the governor's resignation. I voted for him, I guess, and have hardly given him a thought since, but the revelations and allegations of the past week do make him an intriguing figure, though by no means an admirable one. He is young enough that he grew up in a time when opportunity was not necessarily denied to people who were openly gay or bisexual, yet he chose, out of ambition, to live a life of continual secrecy and lying. Now I think if you are comfortable with deceit in one area of your life, you will find it easier to practice it throughout your life -- one of the corrosive effects of sin. And it appears that he has been practicing the more ordinary political sins of favoritism and patronage, without giving it much thought. Now, through sheer audacity, he has managed to take the calamity of his potential exposure and used it to turn himself into a nationally prominent figure. I can hardly imagine what kind of omelet he'll end up making out of these broken eggs.