NY Daily News Opinion: So Long, Tough Guy - Christie Exposed

[LiberalElite]

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/long-tough-guy-christie-exposed-article-1.1575899

There is so much posturing, fraudulent assertion of factoids and mass amnesia that many in public life believe apologies doused in self-pity and whining to the point of tears will do the job of earning forgiveness.

When Melissa Harris-Perry tried to skate across the frozen pond of militant ethnic humor, the likes of Sean Hannity and Ann Coulter were outraged.

Hannity wondered, with pomposity sharpened to a razor edge, if Harris-Perry’s tearful apology was heartfelt or a cynical attempt to keep her MSNBC job after her network fired Martin Bashir and Alec Baldwin for saying things defined as contemptible. Coulter went even further, calling Harris-Perry no more than MSNBC’s “token” black woman, one among many ethnic tokens.

One of Fox News’ big flock of lightweight blondes, Coulter at least has nerve, along with a plethora of factoids. But I doubt even she could have helped New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who bellyflopped at his press conference last week as he tried to clear the air about why his administration had purposefully snarled traffic on the George Washington Bridge to punish its political enemies.


Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/long-tough-guy-christie-exposed-article-1.1575899#ixzz2qNDQkE4X

[Cha]

1. Wow, ouch.

"Still, the wide would-be wise guy might never have been exposed this way if not for one of our most impressive cable news reporters, Rachel Maddow, who harpooned him weeks ago, when the scandal was brand new and the blood still fresh. She caught the scent of something rotten — perhaps a bag of bad meat — in the Garden State and followed the smell home."

Thanks LE

[JustAnotherGen]

2. +1

[Beacool]

4. Christie got harpooned alright.

[SunSeeker]

6. LOL. Perfect! nt

[Beacool]

7. Thar she blows.........

Or is it "he" in this case?

[polichick]

5. "a bag of bad meat" - lol

[livetohike]

3. K&R