Double Standards

Filed in National by on September 4, 2009

New Jersery Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie is in trouble again:

The latest example: In 2002 he struck a motorcyclist while driving in the wrong direction on a one way street. Christie got off without even a ticket after mentioning his job title. Did Christie’s status figure in to the cushy resolution? The local police director says: “I don’t think I want to make that kind of deduction, but I think the facts speak for themselves.”

Isn’t Christie running on ethics? Does that only apply to others?

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  1. nemski says:

    LOL . . . but it’s different UI, really, it’s different.

  2. cassandra_m says:

    Oh and there’s more to Christie’s tale — apparently he told peole NO when asked if he was sued over this incident. That appears now to be no longer operational.

  3. Yeah, I just read that a few minutes ago Cassandra. I think Christie’s in real trouble now. I think the un-reported loan would have been a bit of a wash – you could maybe explain that by laziness or sloppiness. The use of his position to get out of trouble is pretty unambiguous, isn’t it?

  4. callerRick says:

    Almost as bad as Corzine allowing his chauffeur to drive recklessly at 85 mph on a busy highway, cracking-up his state-owned SUV. The incidents are self-cancelling.

    It’s early, but I believe that Corzine is toast, along with Dodd, Reid and Specter.

  5. Geezer says:

    “Almost as bad as Corzine allowing his chauffeur to drive recklessly at 85 mph on a busy highway, cracking-up his state-owned SUV.”

    Don’t know if you’ve ever travelled New Jersey’s busy highways, but 85 is about what half the vehicles are doing. Let those who have never driven that fast toss the first stone. Or are you such a pussy you won’t break speed-limit laws?

    “The incidents are self-cancelling.”

    Right, Zeus. Just because you say so.

  6. Nice try callerRick but if you’re the guy running as the squeaky clean ethics candidate and incident like this pretty much kills your brand.