Perishable Democracy via Michael Jones Options for this story Chris Christies Bridgegate is a real and palpable example of his and his administrations corruption, bullying tactics, and disregard for the people he serves as well as the law. Bridgegate wasnt a mistake. It wasnt an accident. It wasnt a failure. It was a planned execution of punishment as political retribution. When a one-liner email sets into motion a disastrous sequence of events that closes lanes on an interstate bridge, its not sudden. Its well-planned, well thought out beforehand, and executed to the tee. And it isnt an isolated incident. It was part of a pattern of abuse of power, corruption, and political bullying of and retribution against cities whose elected representatives refused to get on the Christie bandwagon. And its not done. Each day, each week, each investigation is going to bring us new evidence of Christies corruption. The door has only been cracked open so far. Subpoenas are going out for Christie aids, and Christie himself is lawyering up. Chis Christie can claim continued ignorance of his close aids performing acts of political revenge to benefit him, and he can continue to keep the focus on how much he - rather than the people of New Jersey - was hurt by their actions coming to light. But that defies belief for a reason: no one believes that Chris Christie is an innocent lamb. The substantive difference between Bridgegate and Benghazi and IRS come down to this: Bridgegate is a real political corruption scandal, the others are not.
Posted on: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 19:04:18 +0000
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