Governor apologizes to Connecticut

[nixonwasbetterthanW]

... but he still doesn't get it.

<http://www.wfsb.com/Global/story.asp?S=1591455>

... One of the first lessons we teach our children as parents is to never tell a lie. In all of this, nothing weighs heavier on my heart than my failure to speak truthfully about these issues. I should know better and I do know better. But I want you all to know that I have never – not once – provided any favors or taken any actions in exchange for gifts I have been given.


I think he's incapable of understanding how he's boxed himself in. Why on earth would his staff, making significantly less money than he does, "give" him improvements to his house? He still can't answer that.

[Tuttle]

1. Rowland is a putz

n/t

Tut-tut

[mobuto]

2. Maybe it will wash with voters, maybe not

but I don't think Rowland's contrition will mean a whole lot to a Federal Grand Jury. This guy's deader than a flounder in the desert, but it sure is fun watching him twist in the wind.

[bluestateguy]

3. The good news from this

is that his political future is done for, even if he limps through his term. He is still young, but won't be going to the Senate anytime soon. Nor can he be a credible candidate for President or Vice President in 2008.

[mobuto]

5. Political career?

Political career? Rowland's political career has been over for at least a year. I think the number one issue on his plate right now is whether he gets top bunk or bottom bunk. The Feds have him, and unless he hops on a flight to Mexico (which he well may do) he'll get indicted, tried and convicted of multiple counts of accepting bribes.

[Tuttle]

6. I always thought he was headed for the Bush team

maybe as a DEP secretary or something.

Nothing says Republican like corruption, cronyism and hypocrisy!

Tut-tut

[nixonwasbetterthanW]

4. what did he tell his aides when they offered to pay?

"Gee, thanks, guys, for the multi-thousand-dollar improvements! ... Oh, yeah, and in return, the First Lady has baked up a couple dozen cookies for you; I didn't give you or your pals any favor in return, and this conversation never happened, right?"

"Uh, right, boss. Look, if this ever gets out, you'll need to deny giving favors, so how 'bout we just get the DPW to do the favors and you don't say nothin', OK?"

"Like I said, we never talked."

[nixonwasbetterthanW]

7. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry ...

... I'm sorry I got caught. Well, yeah, I got caught lying -- it's not like I got caught doing something unethical, like kicking back any work to state contractors. It was really just a harmless lie, that is, till you found out.

"You see, I was embarrassed that I was so popular among my subordinates that they wanted to give me 5 or 10 thousand dollars in improvements for a cottage I use as a vacation home. It wasn't as if they were looking for any upside to all of this. They just loved me so much as a boss that they were willing to go the extra mile for me. It was so thoughtful of them, yet I couldn't really share that with the people of Connecticut. After all, it would have been unseemly to call attention to the fact that I was such a wonderful person to work for.

"And other than lying to you all about it for five years -- which I'm really, truly, in-the-depths-of-my-heart sorrowful about, and was feeling regret over even when I started lying -- the gifts didn't mean anything. The fact that my aides could hold sway over multimillion-dollar contracts and that I might look more favorably on their decisions about such contracts if they in effect boosted my personal income never, ever, not once crossed my mind. And while state contractors themselves may also have helped out at the cottage, I categorically denounce any insinuation that they might have been trying to corrupt me! They were just doing what friends do for governors who can't finance their vacation homes! A heater here, a patio there, a driveway yonder ... who really gets hurt?

"It's very simple. They helped me. I knew they were doing it out of the goodness of their hearts and weren't expecting ANYTHING in return. I'm sure they would have given the same treatment to anyone else in Connecticut if they had only known who was in need.

"Now, about that condo deal in D.C. ... well, once again, it was a matter of a friend who, heck, just thought I was the cat's pajamas, so he paid double the market value when I sold ... blah, blah, blah

[DrBB]

8. Practicing "remorse" for his sentencing hearing

I hear that's a good way to lower your sentence. Hopefully he'll have it down pat by the time he's facing the judge.

[zls44]

9. He thinks were idiots I guess

He lays out a perfect case for resignation/impeachment, and asks for another chance.

A-hole. And I've met him in person, he's got a pompous attitude.

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