The governor follies

It might be hard to believe, but the sleaze factor surrounding our celerity governors in the region just got ratcheted up a bit.

Maybe the disgraced former boss of New Jersey, Jim McGreevey, was tired of seeing equally disgraced New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer – he of the $4,300-an-hour call girl -- displace him in the political Hall of Shame.

How else do you explain the latest bombshell surrounding McGreevey. You might remember the former New Jersey chief executive, his wife at his side, bowing out in the now infamous “I am a gay American speech.”

Ever since he and his wife have been at each others’ throats in a very bitter divorce battle.

The latest shot was fired Monday, when a former McGreevey aide and limo driver came forward with the outrageous claim that he took part in “threesomes” with the former governor and his intended before they were married and after they tied the knot.

Dina Matos McGreevey immediately labeled the former male aide’s story as a “lie.”

And the former governor, the guy who hired a former boyfriend for a key state homeland security role despite his lack of experience for the post? McGreevey fired off an e-mail in which he confirmed the sordid saga detailed by Teddy Pederson.

Dina Matos McGreevey believes Pederson is being put to the story by her former mate, simply the latest salvo in their ongoing divorce war.

McGreevey said he and his former wife “need to move with our lives” for the sake of their 6-year-old daughter. Now he’s concerned about her? Unreal.

Oh, and just in case New Yorkers are now feeling slighted, their brand spanking new top executive, Gov. David Paterson, and his wife, both admitted affairs during a rocky stretch in their union.

You can’t make this stuff up.

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