Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber Announces Resignation

[djv8ga]

Bob McDonnell is getting a roommate.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/nation...e2b_story.html

[bobabode]

...and Oregon gets the distinction of having the first LGBT governor to boot.

[bobabode]

One big difference between Kitzhaber and McDonnell is that 'Sodomy' Bob McDonnell was being touted as presidential timber.

[djv8ga]

Originally Posted by bobabode

One big difference between Kitzhaber and McDonnell is that 'Sodomy' Bob McDonnell was being touted as presidential timber.

True, but what R. isn't?

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by djv8ga

True, but what R. isn't?

Yup, they've outgrown the Klown Kar, maybe Palin's bus is available since she threw herself under it in Iowa.

[Tom Joad]

http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...gon-s-guv.html

In honor of Valentine’s Day, Oregon’s governor lets his scandal-prone fiancé ruin his political career.

On the surface, Cylvia Hayes looked like the perfect First Lady of Oregon: neat, brown hair; wide, toothy grin; conservative clothing and a warm demeanor. She came from made-for-campaign-literature beginnings and had a cause to which she devoted her life.

But Hayes also had secrets: a past life as the green-card wife of an Ethiopian teenager, plans to use a 60-acre farm in rural Washington to grow marijuana, and a suspicious amount of influence in the gubernatorial administration of her boyfriend, all of which raised questions about a conflict of interest with her own work as a policy consultant.

On Thursday, outrage over Hayes’ multiple scandals reached its conclusion. Her fiancé, Gov. John Kitzhaber, resigned, putting an end to his more than three-decades-long career in Oregon politics, 20 years of which were spent in the governor’s office.

“I am in love,” Kitzhaber said when asked about Hayes’ alleged wrongdoings at a press conference on Jan. 30. “I have no regrets over my personal relationship with Cylvia Hayes. She is a wonderful lady.”

A wonderful lady, but perhaps also a con artist.

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[mpholland]

He's as much of a piece of shit as she is. I lived in Oregon for many of his gubernatorial years. IMO the only reason he got re-elected was incumbency, name recognition, and lack of a viable democrat alternative. No way a republican is going to be governor of Oregon any time soon.