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May 05, 2008

Just What We've All Been Waiting For

The McGreevey divorce trial!

TRENTON — She claims she was duped into marriage by a closeted gay man who needed the cover of a wife to advance his political career. He says he gave her a child and the coattails she rode to the governor's mansion, thus fulfilling the marriage contract.

...McGreevey, 50, who now lives with a male partner and is studying to be an Episcopal priest, says in his book the marriage was "a contrivance on both our parts."

It was "your parts" which caused all this mess to begin with, buddy.

"Inherit The Wind" this ain't....

Posted by Mr. Bingley at May 5, 2008 07:48 AM

Comments

I haven't yet seen the original "ItW", only the remake with Kirk Douglas and Jason Robards, with Darren McGavin as the H.L. Mencken character. It was excellent. And in looking it up, I see that there was another TV version with Jack Lemmon and George C. Scott (yeah, I can see it) but with Beau Bridges in the H.L. Mencken character (WTF? I don't see that one at all).

Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at May 5, 2008 08:54 PM

Our marriage was "a contrivance on both our parts"
Is this a quote about Bill and Hillary?

Posted by: greg newson at May 5, 2008 09:23 PM

To call an arrangement like theirs a "marriage" is a mockery of the word marriage. Hard to say which one I'd like to see get raked over the coals more.

Posted by: Gunslinger at May 5, 2008 10:31 PM

I just hope that they don't show home movies during the trial.

Posted by: The_Real_JeffS at May 5, 2008 11:26 PM

Oh, did I mention that the Capitol Steps did McGreevey jokes tonight, too?

Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at May 6, 2008 01:58 AM

Ken, both Jury Duty and the Capitol Steps in the same day? You lucky spoiled bastard!

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at May 6, 2008 06:49 AM

A few years ago, there was a Broadway version of Inherit the Wind with George C. Scott and Charles Durning. I wish I had gone.

Posted by: Tainted Bill at May 6, 2008 08:37 AM