I must admit that I liked Chris Christie, right up until he did two things that were totally unacceptable. One was when he scheduled the special election for Senator in New Jersey to run about a month before the general election. That really smelled. He obviously did that because he knew Cory Booker was going to run for the Senate and Christie didn’t want a strong Democratic running for any office during his re-election vote. Then when he disgraced himself by slobbering all over Barack Obama after Hurricane Sandy. He made Obama look Presidential and competent and this just may have ended any chance Romney had of winning that election. I understand that Chris Christie wanted the publicity and he wanted the money. At what price honor?
Now it is clear that his staff deliberately shut down the George Washington Bridge to create havoc for the Major of Fort Lee, who happens to be a Democrat, because he did not endorse Chris Christie.
I strongly believe that we must hold Republicans to the same standard as Democrats. This behavior is totally unacceptable. At best, Christie botched this big time. The first time he learned of the traffic lanes shut downs he should have made sure it was not his people. Instead he laughed it off. That we cannot tolerate. No spin. No excuses. This was intolerable.
But, I can’t help but notice the hypocrisy of the main stream media. Obama laughed it off when the IRS targeted the Tea Party. The main stream media yawned. Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and Susan Snow all lied about Benghazi. No one in the main stream media noticed. Eric Holder lied to congress about Fast & Furious. The main stream media didn’t care. Kathleen Sebelius lied to congress about the ObamaCare Roll out. No one in the main stream media seems to think this matters. Barack Obama lied to the American people about whether or not they could keep their current plan. The main stream media just ignored it as unimportant. Apparently to the liberal left this crap only matters when it is a Republican.
They are wrong. It always matters. It mattered with regard to Benghazi. It mattered with regard to the IRS targeting conservative. It mattered with regard to Fast & Furious. It mattered with regard to the ACA and yes it matters when the Chief of Staff of the Governor of New Jersey creates a massive traffic jam out of political spite. Now is the time for Republicans to stand up and say yes it matters. That, after all, is the difference between Republicans and Democrats. We believe this crap matters.
But after you get done with Chris Christie, how about glancing at Pennsylvania Avenue. Yes, creating a traffic jam is really bad. But allowing a US Ambassador to get killed because you won’t admit your foreign policy has failed is worse. Letting the IRS target the Tea Party and other conservatives is worse. Deliberately letting guns walk to Mexico so the drug cartels can use them to kill DEA Agents is worse. Lying to people about their health care is worse.
Yes, please investigate Chris Christie. Do not leave any stone unturned. The people of New Jersey deserve to know the truth. Chris Christie deserves to be held accountable, assuming that he is guilty of anything. But just don’t stop there. That is all we ask. DON’T STOP THERE! Is that too much to ask?
One final note. Unless Chris Christie comes up with a lot better explanation than we have heard so far, he is through as a Presidential candidate in the Republican Party. But, if he was a Democrat, it probably wouldn’t matter. At worse, this is amateur hour. It is dumb. It is stupid. It is irresponsible. It hurt a lot of people. But it pales in comparison to Hillary Clinton opposing a opposing a sitting President with regard to the surge in Iraq, when she knew it was necessary for our national security, for purely political purposes. That is far more important than a traffice jam. But the liberal left won’t care because Hillary is a liberal and she is a Democrat. If you are a liberal Democrat, nothing else matters.
TDM