‘Three things cannot be hidden: the Sun, the Moon and the truth’
Posted on February 3, 2014 by David Grand Buddha sure had that right. For hardly a day goes by that the true story about someone or something doesn’t surface in the media or by word of mouth.
And that tends to be more prevalent at all levels of government, when it’s revealed that an office holder has been caught up in a web of deceit. And then tries to weasel their way out of it, or by shifting the blame for their misdeeds to others.
Much to his chagrin, the Guv of New Jersey, finds himself embroiled in such a difficult situation, besieged as he is daily (if not hourly) by a torrent of accusations questioning what role he may have played in the ill-fated decision to close lanes of George Washington Bridge-ostensibly for the purpose of conducting a traffic study by the Port Authority-that resulted in traffic jams of monumental proportion.
And his repeated denials of any involvement in it whatsoever-claiming that he only knew about it afterwards, not beforehand-has been taken by the print media and political pundits with more like a mountain of salt than a mere grain.
But in a dramatic turn of events, a former close ally of Christie, David Wildstein, who he’d appointed to an executive position at the Port Authority, suddenly became his “Brutus,” by indicating through his lawyer that he knew about the lane closures “as they were happening.” An allegation that the governor’s office adamantly denies.
Then, as politicians are prone to do whenever barbs and arrows are slung their way, his staff has mounted an aggressive smear campaign against his accuser, going so far as to unearth his high school records, which, in so many words, described him as a “troublesome student, giving to unruly behavior in the classrooms.” (If mine were ever checked, I wouldn’t be here today writing blogs.)
It, of course, remains to be seen whether he can produce the documentation, he says he has, to back up his charges when he testifies before the various legislative committees and in his response to possible inquiries by federal prosecutors.
So, what it comes down to, is will he be proven to be as credible as, say, John Dean, the White House lawyer during Nixon’s presidency was is his testimony before the 1973 Senate Watergate Committee that set the stage for Nixon’s downfall?
Or will his claim of Christie being, in effect, a boldface liar be discredited, and his underlying motive for challenging Christie’s truthfulness be, as the spokesperson in Christie’s camp alleges, to turn the spotlight away from himself and to seek immunity from prosecution for carrying out the cryptic message he’d received from Christie’s administrative aide, Bridget Kelly, to proceed “creating the traffic problems?”
Although it’d been only a one in a million chance of nipping her scheme in the bud, it could have happened, if perchance someone else on his staff was aware of what she was up to and raised a quizzical eyebrow over the strangely-worded message she sent to her co-conspirator.
As to how many other heads besides Kelly’s will roll before the final curtain descends on this fiasco is unknown at this juncture. And unlikely as it may be, it could end up being Christie’s by his being impeachment.
Personally, I consider it inconceivable, that known as he is as a hands-on guy, who runs a tight ship and who prides himself on being mindful at all times of any real or potential problems he’s faced with, could have been unaware of the plot being hatched by an administrative aide on her own, supposedly in retaliation for a certain Democratic mayor not endorsing his reelection. It just doesn’t pass the smell test. .
But one thing for sure, is that the fallout from that debacle, regardless of whether it either confirms or disproves his veracity as regards his involvement in the matter, will be to derail his presidential aspirations beyond repair, as well as doing irreparable damage to his heretofore cordial and effective working relationship with the Democratic controlled legislature.
Alas, so it goes in the grimy, cut-throat world of politics.
Quote of the day: “It’s better to tell a good lie than a well-known fact.” Chinese proverb
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