Speaking of marriage protection… Monday is going to be lots of fun ;-)
Another GOP “Marriage Protector”
Documents show issues with wives, child support
Ah, the Republicans. Those fierce defenders of marriage protection. One of their candidates for Congress loves marriage so much, he’s on his third — and for awhile, he actually had two wives at once. If George Bush is so worried about protecting marriage, he should talk about Jim Galley on Monday when he gives his big anti-gay speech. Because Galley, like so many other GOPers, makes a mockery of marriage.
Having solved all of the other pressing problems facing our great nation, Our Glorious and Benevolent Leader is about to endorse a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. Like Republicans are such stellar models for the sanctity of marriage. Take Jim Galley, a San Diego Republican running for Congress as a “pro-traditional family” candidate. Of course, you’d think that if you’re going to run for office as a “family values” candidate who espouses traditional values when it comes to family issues, you’d have all your duck in a row…right? Well, in Galley’s case…not so much. Ah, thy middle name is hypocrisy, no??
Jeebus, what a flaming dickweed….
The San Diego Union-Tribune discovered the personal history in making public-records checks on Galley, who is making his fourth run for elective office in four years. These checks are part of the newspaper’s election reporting process.
Galley married his second wife, Beth, in 1982 when, unbeknownst to her, he was still married to his first wife, Terry. Beth and Galley divorced in 1990 after she sought a restraining order alleging abuse.
The child support was owed to his first wife.
Galley said the contemporaneous marriages were a mistake because he thought his first divorce had been completed. He said the child support default was only for a few months and that the abuse allegation was made only to get him out of the house.
Oh, but wait. It gets better. Not only is Galley running as a “family values” candidate, he is also touting his military service, which would be a fair bragging point…if in fact Galley’s service was anything to brag about.
During interviews, Galley has touted his military service as an advantage over other candidates in the congressional race, saying he was drafted by the Navy during the Vietnam War. His Web site states, “I was drafted it (sic) to the Navy, serviced my time, and then later joined the Army.
Galley’s military records, obtained by the Union-Tribune through a Freedom of Information Act request, show he started his Navy service April 29, 1974, and was discharged less than six weeks later, while in “recruit training.
Navy spokesman Lt. William Marks said the Navy stopped the draft July 1, 1973, nine months before Galley started his Navy service.
When asked about the discrepancy, Galley insisted that he was drafted, saying he was notified partway through training camp that the Navy had a “reduction in force and no longer needed him.
Navy officials said privacy laws prevent them from saying whether Galley was drafted or volunteered. They also said they couldn’t comment on the reason for his discharge. Marks would only say that Galley’s explanations are “plausible.
After serving in the Navy, Galley’s Web site states, he went to work for General Motors, and then “because of massive layoffs in the ’70s I enlisted into the Army. His records show he did not enter the Army until February 1981. He left the Army in December 1984.
His explanation for this discrepancy: “I got the dates wrong.
Right….”Vote Republican. We may be hopeless, flaming hypocrites, but at least we believe our lies and hypocrisy.”
And this is the sort of candidate the GOP wants to push their “family values” agenda forward? Here’s a guy who loves marriage so much that he’s on #3. He’s been acused of spousal abuse, and he’s defaulted on child support payments. Now THERE’S the sort of good, God-fearing Republican we want in Congress supporting the hate-filled agenda of Our Glorious and Beneolent Leader, eh?
