How ironic that a guy who rode to re-election on his response to Superstorm Sandy should now be guilty of a Katrina. Because, yes — thanks to the orchestrated closing of the George Washington Bridge, someone has died.
The sad tale of the elderly Fort Lee woman who was denied a fast response to her medical emergency is, of course, only part of this picture. We haven't yet heard about the little kids who peed in their pants when their school buses got caught in three-hour traffic jams. We haven't yet heard about the people who missed out on job opportunities because they couldn't get to their interviews. We haven't yet heard about the wages lost by employees who were late to work for a week.
We haven't yet heard about all these things — but we will. Because this story has more legs than a centipede. In the meantime, here are a few political thoughts that we've had on this truly amazing day.
Dear Rancid Pieface, now who is surrounded by scandal?
We bet the guys who wrote Double Down are fit to be tied — their silly book needs a major update. And — Robert Gates? Who's that?
How many Republicans have been knocked off the Presidential pedestal just in the last year? 1) Rubio, thanks to his sip of water and teabag anger over immigration; 2) Paul, overshadowed by the Cruz wave, embarrassed by plagiarism, and smothered by blasts on foreign policy from the neocons and The Wall Street Journal; 3) Cruz, from blowback over the disastrous government shutdown; and now, 4) Christie, proven to be a crude, callous, Nixonian bully.
Transvaginal Bob McDonnell must be happy that Christie has blown his "apology" speech off the nation's front pages. Bob probably hopes that it will push his criminal indictment below the fold, too. Nothing like a good scandal in New Jersey to take your mind off Virginia!
In that same vein, a certain closeted Republican from Illinois must be glad for the news reprieve as well. (But we cats are still Schocked, Schocked.)
Christie had one option on handling this correctly today, and he didn't do it. Instead of vanishing, he needed to call a press conference, and rain doom upon the venal fools who work for him. "Bridget Kelly: dead! David Wildstein: dead! David Samson: dead! Bill Baroni: dead! Anyone else involved in this: dead! And I promise the people of New Jersey I will get to the bottom of this!" It would have all been a lie, but better than running and hiding. Just more proof that all bullies are cowards.
Do they have recall elections in New Jersey? We cats PURR.
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