Okay, in case you've been living under a rock, or were just rescued from an island where you spent your time talking to a volleyball, there has been a bit of scandal coming out of the swamps of Jersey. It seems that a few of the Governor's insiders took it upon themselves to bitch slap a New Jersey Mayor because he'd failed to endorse Christie in the last election. These overzealous idiots were obviously blinded by the light and think that this is how they should operate, and supposedly unbeknownst to Christie, arranged to have a few critical lanes shut down getting to and on the George Washington Bridge going from New Jersey to New York. There were people stuck there for hours, people were hopelessly late for work, and sadly emergency vehicles couldn't get through. In one case, a gentleman allegedly died because the ambulance couldn't get him to the hospital in time.
Governor Christie held a press conference that was over two hours in length, approaching the length of a Bruce Springsteen show. In it he denied any knowledge of the dirty deed and has fired the morons responsible. Good. That's a start. And let's hope these pieces of excrement never work in politics again. Although FOX News has probably already hired them as ethics gurus.
But here's the deal. I believe Christie. I believe he had no knowledge of this stupid act, and in no way endorsed it, or approved of it. Sometimes people that work for you do dumb, idiotic things. When it was discovered he acted appropriately by firing the culprits. That should be sufficient. He says he's tried to build a track record of integrity, and I believe he has. But like the bridge, folks, it runs both ways.
Although there are currently 2,723,000 Federal employees (not counting the military) this is the lowest number of said employees since 1966. I would hope that if one or more of these two million plus people do something stupid, people wouldn't automatically blame the President, this one or any other, for actions of employees many levels below him that he'll never know or meet. But in today's climate President Obama would probably take more heat for some prank an IRS agent in Barstow, California pulls than Governor Christie will take for this disaster perpetrated by his second in command. Let's hope not. And let's not pile on Christie, and naturally assume he did something wrong. There is currently no evidence to support that. Let's just go with "innocent until proven guilty."
And if we do, then maybe someday, they'll follow suit.
Oh, and referencing my last post.....unemployment has just fallen to 6.7%.
