So we kind of hacked through their defenses and stole it while the security was being distracted...but it was basically ethical

This does not make the statements made by the Governor bad or good. His comments were "off-color" and reportedly against the mores of the group - he can learn this (and seems to have) and get on with it. And to be honest I don't know how the voters would have reacted to it were it not released to incriminate the Governly solely and completely.

The tapes being gotten through less than ethical means is a bit rough. Password protected materials released publically to the media? He's out to get him rather obviously. That in itself is pretty vicious, I don't know I would trust him short of his complete handling on the subject. If he did it to him, would he do it to someone else? A constituent that wasn't "voting correctly?" I bet you couldn't name a person who hadn't said something that could be taken as off-color whether intended or not.

The intentional incrimination of someone through releasing random comments like that is weird. Next time it's to reveal criminal activities, I'm all ears. We don't need criminals in the office.

I would keep an eye for this mudslinging stuff. Really all the context of the scene aside the only concerns I take in to account is the effectiveness of the government office in increasing the prosperity of the state and the lack of criminal actions reducing it's prosperity.