Christie scandal means Hillary Rodham Clinton should never be president: James Varney

Nola.com ^ | James Varney

[Sharkfish]

Now that the dust is beginning to settle, the biggest takeaway from what's swirled around New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is this: Hillary Rodham Clinton can never be president.

Or, more pointedly, no intelligent, reasonable person who thinks what happened in New Jersey disqualifies Christie for the White House can vote for Clinton for the same office.

Anyone declaring Christie out of bounds today who later claims careful or informed deliberation while pulling the Hillary lever in 2016 is a bald-faced liar. They are but naked, shameless, rabid partisans.

[Hatteras]

Knowutamean, Vern?

[petercooper]

bttt

[UCANSEE2]

OH, BTW, AT THE SAME TIME Smartpowertics, O and HILL, staged military raids in Libya, they gained access to the National Bank of Libya. (No, no paper money there---just solid gold bars. Solid Gold. Not the Chinese tungsten filled bars that flooded the gold market).

I have been pointing this out on FR for a long time. No one seems to have noticed, but for you.

[what's up]

Don't forget that Christie is leader of the GOP Governors' Assn.

To attack him is to attack the GOP Govs across the nation, many of whom are doing a good job.

[generally]

I agree that many GOP governors are doing a good job. I’m not sure I agree that an attack on Christie is an attack on the rest of them.

I think one problem we have in politics and elsewhere is that too many things are seen as “all or nothing” and that criticism of a part is seen as criticism of the whole. I’ve been very supportive of a number of candidates who I believe have flaws and with whom I disagree about several point.

I will freely criticize a position I disagree with and that doesn’t mean that I wouldn’t support a candidate. By the same token, I will freely criticize Christie, but that doesn’t mean I don’t support other Republican governors.

I never was a fan of Christie even before the bridge scandal or before the 0vomit hug during the 2012 election/Sandy aftermath. I found it unsettling that even when I agreed with his position on an issue, he came across as a narcissistic bully. We already have that in the WH and we don’t need another one who is just a fraction of an inch to the right.

I haven’t followed the latest hoopla since it first broke, but my bet is that Christie was aware if not involved. If he’s clever, there will be no evidence connecting him to the lane closing. If he’s arrogant or careless, there might be.

I’m tired of politicians who skirt the law and get away with whatever they can because there is a loophole or “no legal controlling authority” or whatever else they use for an excuse. Wrong is wrong. I’m even more sick and tired of politicians who use their power to carry out petty and vindictive attacks on their personal enemies.

[Old Yeller]

She shouldn’t even be walking free right now. She should be in federal penitentiary serving life.

[SunkenCiv]

> Anyone declaring Christie out of bounds today who later claims careful or informed deliberation while pulling the Hillary lever in 2016 is a bald-faced liar. They are but naked, shameless, rabid partisans.

Thanks Sharkfish.

[Valin]

I have a simple question:
Why are we on the Right paying any attention to this story?
Chris Christie may (or may not) have slowed down traffic on a bridge....Big Fat Hairy Deal.
This obsession by so many on the right is really starting to aggravate me.

[SunkenCiv]

I wholeheartedly agree, and not least because it’s just leftist agitprop in the first place.