Monday, January 13, 2014

BloggeRhythms

It’s doubtful one could find an issue more petty than whether or not a governor was aware of highway lane closures his opposition learned were intended as punishment toward a local mayor. If that’s all that the left-leaning media can find to smear a conservative politician, things must be pretty good in the Republican world.
 
My only interest in the matter, however, stems from New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's insistence that he knew nothing about the incident until afterward, at which time he took appropriate action, firing the responsible subordinate. And that’s a very critical point.
 
Because, if the governor’s telling the truth, his opposition is doing huge harm to itself by pursuing an issue that can come back and haunt them immeasurably, as follows.
 
Yesterday, according to Fox News on-line, “New Jersey Assemblyman John Wisniewski, chairman of the legislative panel probing the closures, cast doubt on the governor's claims in an interview with Fox News. "It's hard to believe in the middle of a gubernatorial election that the governor didn't have a conversation with somebody on his senior staff about a big problem in Fort Lee," he said.” 
 
Going even further, he stated “The Assembly has the ability to do articles of impeachment," suggesting that would be an option if it turns out Christie was involved in a cover-up. However, Wisniewski added: "We're way ahead of that, though." 
 
And finally, the most significant comment: “The lawmaker acknowledged that officials have found no "direct communication" tying Christie to the scandal, but repeatedly challenged the notion that his deputy chief of staff -- whom Christie fired for her role in the closures -- did not loop him in. 
 
"It's unbelievable," he said.”
 
And that’s where shortsighted politico's don’t think through the possible ramifications of issues before making statements that appear beneficial at the time. Because whether the governor’s guilty or not, the assemblyman’s making the case that it seems unbelievable that he wasn’t “looped in” on such an important issue. 
 
Consequently, if a governor’s supposed to be aware of things as minor as traffic jams, what should a president know about four diplomats being killed in Benghazi? Or the details of the IRS targeting political opposition? And how about a health care tax implementation that still doesn’t work, leaving millions unsure about insurance coverage?
 
While the list of presidential lack of knowledge covers many other subjects, from foreign affairs to the economy to spying by the NSA, the incumbent steadfastly claims he was unaware throughout.
 
Therefore, if the New Jersey assemblyman believes a governor lying about a traffic jam is potentially subject to impeachment proceedings, what should the penalty be for a fabricating POTUS? 
 
So, by pursuing this trivial issue the assemblyman might do some minor harm to the governor, but in the process might also subject POTUS to much greater scrutiny and severely damaging backlash as well. Therefore, it’s wise to be careful what you wish for in politics, especially when making a potential fool of yourself.
 
That’s it for today folks.
 
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