U.S. Sen. Jon Corzine's ex-wife said yesterday he "compromised his ideals" to get elected by cutting deals with political bosses, and that his pursuit of power "destroyed" their family.
Joanne Corzine said she was reluctantly breaking her silence because her ex-husband is giving an inaccurate portrayal of himself in his campaign for governor.
She's gone on the record as saying that Corzine is in cahoots with the Democratic machine in New Jersey, which is as corrupt as it gets. And she had warned Jon when he first ran for the Senate seat not to get involved with them because of their lack of values, but Corzine did so anyway.
Joanne Corzine had been married to Jon for 33 years before breaking up two years ago over Jon's affair with Carla Katz, who happens to be a union bigwig that received a huge loan that was forgiven by Corzine (a couple hundred thousand dollars). And the union happened to come out in support for Corzine. Go figure.
Now, here's my problem with all this. What exactly does this change in terms of the election dynamic. Not much. Forrester has been slamming Corzine for his buddy-buddy relation with the corrupt Democratic party machine (Norcross) pretty much from the get-go. Forrester has been using his wife in a number of commercials because it separates his family values campaign from Corzine and the prior NJ administration of Jim McGreevey.
Will this last minute revelation change anything? I don't think so, but it does inject a little more spice to the last week considering that the NYC Mayoral campaign is a done deal.
UPDATE:
Enlighten NJ also notes the Corzine family values routine, and says that New Jersey voters have been warned. Yes, they've been warned for years about rampant corruption, and have done precisely nothing to remove the corrupt officials from their jobs.
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