Jim McGettigan 
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Thu Aug 30, 2007 at 10:50:31 PM EDT
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On Tuesday, I wrote a diary that addressed the alleged use of a racist term by Atlantic County Sheriff and County Exec candidate Jim McGettigan. It sounded like a perfect catch of a man whose small-minded view of the world had finally caught up with him. Why would any politician use racial epithets in a constituent meeting in this day and age?
In fact, it sounded a bit too perfect. I asked at the time: "Anyone else smell a set-up?" As it turns out, that was exactly the right question to ask.
The Press of Atlantic City has reviewed a video of the incident and McGettigan's side of the story, as it turns out, was the correct one.
But, as I said, you cannot entrap someone unless they are willing to be entrapped. McGettigan did, actually, repeat the slur twice in his answer. It appears that he was trying to get away from it, but the more he struggled the more it tied his hands. See for yourself after the jump:
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Tue Aug 28, 2007 at 06:12:54 PM EDT
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( - promoted by Xpatriated Texan)
It has been said that Ronald Reagan's "Eleventh Commandment" was "Thou shall not speak badly of fellow Republicans." Well, forgive me if I think that is simply yet another thing Reagan was wrong about. Rabid partisanship serves no one. The rampant corruption seen in the Republican Party in DC is, to a large extent, caused - or at least encouraged - by too many people cleaving to Reagan's Commandment.
I bring it up because there are some disturbing reports of Atlantic County Sheriff Jim McGettigan using racial epithets during a public meeting with a constituent group. To be fair to the Sheriff, he claims he did not use the term but was responding to a member of the audience who did.
Anyone else smell a set-up?
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