It’s not like there’s no sympathy for the Gannett Trenton Bureau Chief Bob Ingle’s (no oxymoron intended) frustration. But Bob’s Saturday morning (03/31) tirade was so bombastic it even made us wonder if he’d been hit by one windmill too many.
The plain gist of the article is (1) Governor Corzine is so busy endorsing Senator Clinton for President he can’t spend time sweeping Democratic Party corruption under the rug, and (2) if there’s any rooting out of corruption we only have U.S. Attorney Chris Christie to do it for us.
First, and probably most noticeable, is the lack of any reference to N.J. AG Rabner. The only implication that can be drawn from his praise of U.S. Attorney Christie as our only champion is that the AG Rabner is also closing his eyes to corruption.
Second, He assumes the Governor is corrupt using guilt by association of name with assumably corrupt Speaker Roberts and, if additional proof is necessary, it is that the Governor will soon announce his support for the also assumably corrupt Senator Hillary Clinton’s run for President. There is never a mention of the anti-corruption legislation the Governor has proposed, its substance, or the lack of Republican’s crossing party lines to adopt it. Never a mention of individual Republican interest in watered down outcomes. It seems clear that N.J. Republican’s are not only a party without platform or portfolio, but without voice. Hence, the forthcoming election will resemble the last – half-truths and smears.
Finally, his praise of U.S. Attorney Christie contradicts his own logic. The U.S. Attorney has amazingly broken prosecutorial silence to discuss the status of an investigation and stated he sees nothing to investigate in the Corzine-Katz relationship. Does that mean U.S. Attorney Christie also corrupt?
