Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey Kim Guadagno is now all over the news calling Mayor Dawn Zimmer a liar. Zimmer was interviewed for hours yesterday by the Feds. Se told her story and presented her documents. If Zimmer was lying she would be open to criminal prosecution and serious jail time in a federal penitentiary. Mayor Zimmer issued a very brief press release as a rebuttal to Guadagnos video press conference in which she re asserted her account.....but unfortunately, thats not good enough. We need to understand that the Christie administration is, at this point, a kind of political wounded animal.....one with great weight, sharp teeth and even sharper claws. They have no choice but to go on the attack....they cant seriously factually rationally dispute the substance of the allegations surrounding Bridgegate....and this latest allegation, so all they have left is to attack the investigations and the investigators as being what Giuliani called a partisan witch hunt. My sense is that Zimmer is telling the truth. Unfortunately, in a kind of perverse way, this latest allegation gives the Christie machine a pretext upon which to try to muddy the waters with all manner of distraction and ongoing deception. I urge Mayor Dawn Zimmer to hold her own press conference...perhaps accompanied by an attorney with prosecutorial experience and media skills. She needs to make the case...strongly...in the court of public opinion, that she is telling the truth. Mayor Zimmer needs to effectively, exhaustively and honestly answer all of the questions put to her...including the hostile accusatory questions that will come from the Fox News types. Mayor Zimmer needs to take as much time as it takes to explain the complicate details of the situation she is in...and to present all the relevant supporting documents which put the events in a truthful context in which it becomes very clear just just why she is telling the truth. It has been said that the devil is in the details...but so is God! The key is to get all of the details out into the sunshine in an objective and honest manner. If Mayor Zimmer chooses to lay low...at this point, the Christie PR apparatus will chew her up and destroy her by character assassination. Bullies are only defeated when they are stood up to....this is about much more than the bridge lane closures or the Hoboken intimidation....its about what kind of state and nation we wish to live in. Please Mayor Zimmer.....youve already taken one courageous step....please find the strength to follow through and to be willing to fight for truth and justice over the long haul. This will take months and/or years to resolve. Stay strong!!!
Posted on: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 18:36:42 +0000
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