Christie: Republicans Needn't Apologize Since They're Never Wrong, Just Victimized

Alan: What folded cortex would conceive "lane closings" as a good way to punish a small city mayor for the apparent crime of not supporting a mafioso bully? It's like Pope Francis thinking resurrection of The Inquisition would be a good way to evangelize. The embarrassing stupidity of Christie's small-minded staff recalls middle school bullies and "queen bee wanna bees." How are we to evaluate a guy who delights in the YouTube humiliation of public school teachers and then exhibits such suck-hole judgment as to make dimwitted moral midgets his upper echelon collaborators? The apple does not fall far from the tree. 

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Chris Christies "apology" still makes me sicker than the flu I have and I've let an entire day pass. It's another in a series of apologies where the perpetrator plays the role of victim and nobody seems to be pointing that fact out.

Christie spoke about how "humiliated" he felt, how "sad", how "disappointed",  as though HE was the victim of this scandal.   He wasn't.  The real victims were the people trying to get across the bridge to their jobs, appointments, or attend to other important matters who are the victims.  And they weren't inconvenienced for a day, but for an entire week.  

The other victims were the people of Fort Lee who found their city gridlocked as traffic couldn't move onto the bridge and backed up into their city.  First responders couldn't respond in a timely matter, kids were stuck in traffic trying to get to school, people couldn't get to work or anywhere else they were going.

Outside of the apology, Christie, like others, focused on himself as if he's the victim.  Barely a word about the thousands or tens of thousands that were victimized by what looks like petty political retribution.  

A real and sincere apology focuses on the real victims of an event by recognizing what they've suffered, not on delivering a self-serving diatribe on how they, themselves, have been affected.  

Chris Christie didn't apologize because what he was really doing was political damage control by trying to make the case that his loyal staff went completely rogue and just did this for some unknown reason.  If anyone believes that, then why didn't Christie talk to his deputy chief of staff about that "time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee" memo before issuing her a pink slip by remote?  I would have asked what possessed her to send something like that out, wouldn't you?  But, no, Christie just fired her.

Maybe he's got a crystal ball that told him why the memo got sent and the automatic "got it" response was the reply.  Or maybe his staff was just carrying out orders or a plan made previously and the best thing that can be done is just to make these folks disappear or say nothing so the web doesn't untangle.

Frankly, I'm enjoying watching Christie flail around after 4 months of denials, bullying, and sarcasm.  And seeing this slow motion train wreck is even more delicious because he's too arrogant to even deliver a decent apology that recognizes the pain and suffering that was caused to the real victims.

He's not the victim.  

Alan: Christie is a neo-mafioso who surrounds himself with bureaucratic thugs.