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Chris Christie's Many Tales From the Dark Side
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Chris Christie's Many Tales From the Dark Side
By Jerry Policoff
General News
1/21/2014 at 20:27:29
Op Ed News
http://www.opednews.com/articles/
Chris-Christie--s-Many-T-by-Jerry-Policoff-Chris-Christie_
Government-Corruption_New-Jersey-140121-609.html
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/o5rxgs8
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Chris Christie has burst onto the national scene in recent years.
Despite having many critics and detractors he has become something of a
darling of the mainstream media, and is viewed by many as a potential
successful Republican candidate for the presidency.
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The George Washington Bridge scandal has cast a dark cloud over the
Governor, one that has the potential for ending his presidential
ambitions, and perhaps even his governorship and his political career.
It has also given us a glimpse of behavior we have not seen Chris Christie
display in public in the past. While claiming ignorance of the scandal
as it was hatched, developed, and eventually began to unravel, Christie
has taken responsibility, expressed outrage, fired staffers he claims lied
to him and betrayed him, and displayed un-characteristic humility and
remorse. He has strived mightily to assure us that this is not how
business should be conducted on his watch. Whether he has been truthful
about his pre-knowledge and/or involvement (and we still do not know why
those Fort Lee access lanes to the GW Bridge were ordered closed by
members of his staff, inflicting much inconvenience on the public and not
inconsiderable public endangerment), a close look at Chris Christie's
career reveals a pattern of entitlement, bullying, vindictiveness, and a
disturbing lack of respect for ethics and the rule of law. The Bridge
scandal is wholly consistent with Christie's past behavior, and renders
his denials less than credible. Only his defensive posture seems to have
changed, and perhaps that should be seen as a sign that he fears his past
ability to deflect criticism out of sheer bluster and arrogance may
finally be wearing thin.
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CHRISTIE ESCAPES THE U.S. ATTORNEY PURGE LIST:
At one point it appeared that Christie's new career might be cut short.
In a scandal that would embroil President Bush and his Attorney General
Alberto Gonzales it became known that 26 U.S. Attorneys deemed
insufficiently loyal to the President or in insufficient compliance with
his agenda were being systematically purged from office in 2005 and 2006.
A new list containing four additional targets of the purge was
subsequently leaked, and Chris Christie's name was on it. Meanwhile,
Democratic Senator Robert Menendez was engaged in a tight race for
re-election against Republican challenger Tom Kean. With less than two
months to go before the election word leaked on September 8th that
Menendez was being investigated by Chris Christie's office for conflicts
of interest and ethics violations. Menendez charged that it was a
politically motivated smear, and the fact that no further details emerged
and no indictments resulted lent some credibility to the claim. Menendez
was comfortably re-elected. Christie's name was also removed from the
list of U.S. Attorneys to be purged. In fairness, no evidence exists to
prove that the two events were related, but it is certainly appropriate to
speculate about it. Christie certainly made no attempt to downplay the
Menendez rumors during the campaign, and that fact alone made him
complicit in an attempt to use the power of the U.S. Attorney's office in
an effort to affect the outcome of the election. It is also an
established fact that Christie's name was on the purge list, and then it
wasn't.
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Additional Topics Covered in This Article:
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College Days
The Early Days
A U.S. Attorney With a Penchant for No-Bid Contracts
Hatch Act Violation Allegations
MOST LIKELY TO EXCEED
THOSE DAMN MOTORCYCLISTS
THE NEW JERSEY SURVEILLANCE STATE: BRING IT ON
ENTER GOVERNOR CHRISTIE
EDUCATION: WHAT'S A LITTLE PRIVATIZATION AMONG FRIENDS?
OR A PIDDLING $400 MILLION EDUCATION GRANT?
HURRICANE SANDY RELIEF ADS -
DOESN'T THE GOVERNOR HAVE A LOVELY FAMILY?
HURRICANE SANDY: PAY TO PLAY IN HOBOKEN?
One has to wonder if Governor Christie's currently weakened and defensive
situation is tempting the apparent legion of people he has bullied and
offended into striking back while he is down and the iron is hot. That
may well be the case with Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer who came forward last
weekend to tell her tale about how disaster relief funds for Hoboken, one
of the worst-stricken cities by Hurricane Sandy, were allegedly held
hostage in an effort to win her support for a redevelopment project that
would have done little for Hoboken, but was strongly supported by Governor
Christie and a handful of his close friends. This incident too is now
under investigation and is in the media spotlight.
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It would be an exaggeration to suggest that this article barely scratches
the surface of dark side of Chris Christie (though who knows how many dark
episodes have yet to see the light of day), but I did leave a great deal
out because I was, after all, writing an article, not a book. The
pattern would seem to be undeniable, the Machiavellian tendencies clear.
This writer remains perplexed how this Teflon politician has managed to
win over Democrats, the media, even a progressive or two.
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I was reminded of Richard Nixon recently, and his famous "I am not a
crook" speech delivered to the nation on November 17, 1973, less than nine
months before he resigned the presidency in disgrace on August 8, 1974.
On January 9, 2014 Chris Christie awakened a feeling of d vin me when he
told the assembled media: "I am not a bully." Is history about to repeat
itself? One can only hope.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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