So just how bad is this George Washington Bridge traffic incident?

The Weekly Standard ^ | January 15, 2014 | Jonathan V. Last

[yoe]

1. So just how bad is this George Washington Bridge traffic incident?

It's bad. Pretty bad. Super bad, even. Chief executives just don't use the power of government to exact revenge on ordinary citizens for what they take to be political insubordination.

To put this in context, imagine what it would be like for a presidential administration to(close down national parks) in order to intentionally inflict pain on people trying to visit them. Or if some other administration (had the IRS target individuals and groups from the opposing side. Thankfully, things like that never, ever happen.)

2) Wait a minute, I see what you’re doing there…

As The One likes to say, let’s be clear: I’m not doing Christie any favors by saying tu quoque and pointing to even worse scandals from Barack Hussein Obama. But I would like to echo an (astute observation from John Podhoretz) over the weekend:

According to Scott Whitlock of the Media Research Center, "In less than 24 hours, the three networks have devoted 17 times more coverage to a traffic scandal involving Chris Christie than they’ve allowed in the last six months to Barack Obama’s Internal Revenue Service controversy."

[353FMG]

He went a bridge too far.

[Black Agnes]

Back in the summer of ‘00 Al Gore had a fund raiser at the Stone Pony. A normal 2 or 3 hour commute down to the shore took EIGHT hours that night. No apologies. No outrage. They all voted for him.

[jocon307]

“It’s worse than a crime. It’s a blunder.”

Exactly. This is the best comment I’ve seen out of all the tons of stuff I’ve read on this (I live in NJ, so I’ve been interested).

Very, very good.

[JTR1888]

This same kind of jam occurs every time Obama travels. The Secret Service blocks roads, shuts down freeways, delays air travel. And it’s not reported at all, much less obsessed on like this story.

[Jeremiah Jr]

And it's pretty damn funny!