"Playing In Traffic" - Chris Christie on The New Yorker cover

[Are_grits_groceries]

http://www.newyorker.com

Ha!

[Baitball Blogger]

1. No excuses.

This photo reminds me of the person that seemed to give Christie a pass by saying that it was just a frat boy stunt.

It made me wonder when were were going to stop assigning different levels of culpability to public decisions that harm members of the public. Because I, for one, am tired of people passing off crooked behavior as "Oh, it's just ignorance..." or, "We listened to the old guy."

[Demit]

2. No, the illustration is a scathing take on the immature behavior of a grown man.

The little boy-man is ignoring that he's interfering with people's lives while he's playing his juvenile games.

[Baitball Blogger]

3. I agree with your take.

If I learned something in life, however, is that if you wait long enough, someone will eventually come around and see something completely different. I was being proactive.

[malaise]

7. +1,000 n/t

[MineralMan]

5. I'm one of those who called it a frat boy stunt.

That wasn't giving Christie a pass at all. Frat boys often do things that are positively destructive, and have ruined lives with their stunts. If you think that's giving him a pass, you're very wrong.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. You have to change that mindset.

Don't you realize they only care about the opinions of their inner core. And as long as this core group gives them a pass, they don't care what anyone else thinks.

They live in a different world, with different standards. They're not thugs, you see, they're just frat boys. They don't commit fraud, they're just ignorant of the law. That's all, move on now, nothing to see.

Yes, Christie will not get a pass. That's because this is too big to find shelter within his inner core.

[Blue Owl]

4. Definitely More Man-Child Than Wise Guy

n/t