Chris Christy: A Man in Full

In this Winter of his Discontent, Governor Christopher Christy found his full-throated voice; alas, his lamentations of monumental ignorance as to the nefarious plotting of his many minions merely reduced him to the size of Sergeant Schultz of Hogan's Heroes infamy.

Certainly, the "Insultenator" was betrayed by his overly zealous staff.  So, Christy's swift throwing of his Deputy Chief of Staff, Bridget Kelly, under the Bus was entirely proper and timely; not because, however, her actions bespoke a dirty trick characterized by rank "stupidity" as Christy bemoaned so loudly, rather because her actions - whether crimes or not - were not stupid, they are despicably evil.

Because Christy has been widely praised for his supposed forthright candor in his Presser on this debacle, I choose to articulate a contrary view of his flawed leadership here.  The Governor, to my mind, displayed a gross lack of any real appreciation that Ms. Kelly deserved to be immediately fired not for the sin of lying to His Grace, rather, for intentionally putting thousands at risk to their health and safety for reasons of cringe-worthy partisan political advantage.

Accordingly, Chris, be sad all you want because your underlings were and are total morons who let down the Big Guy otherwise destined to be our nation's next King.  While you glumly hunker down to ride out the public clamber for more heads to roll, I await your acting on the promised anger you told us is coming soon. Once you publicly call upon the New Jersey Attorney General to prosecute these fired confidants, should crimes have been committed, I will be persuaded that you really are outraged and a proponent of meaningful accountability.  People lose their jobs every day of the week; they go into the marketplace and find new employment, inconvenienced for a time, even diminished in their affluence, but otherwise free to be themselves in full.  It is time Mr. Tough Guy to stop apologizing for something you say you are blameless and start deterring future government underlings by making the price of such misconduct more than they will be willing to pay - time to put up or just shut up.