This was quite a contrast to what I saw and heard in the mainstream press. For example, just before Christie was to deliver his \u201cState of the State\u201d address, CNN pundit Gloria Borger was asked what he (Christie) needed to do in his speech. She immediately said that he needed to regain the trust of the legislators as well as the people of New Jersey. What a pat and meaningless answer. What words can someone who has been an on-going liar say to convince an audience that he\u2019s now telling the truth? Really there are none. If someone wants to regain trust, he or she must act in a trustworthy fashion \u2013 over an extended period of time. After former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer resigned from the governorship, he spent several years below the radar, and in time gained new respect.\u00a0Now, he is a leader of the progressive movement. In contrast, former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner resigned in disgrace, continued to engage in the type of behavior that forced his recognition, and then ran for mayor of the city of New York while all his transgression were still fresh in voters\u2019 minds. He came in last in the field with single-digit support.<\/p>\n

At this point, Christie has almost all of the Nixonian characteristics of someone who is going to fall, and fall hard. Back in the time of Watergate, CBS News was one of the main gatherers and reporters of all that Nixon had done and continued to do. Today, CBS is but a dot on the landscape,\u00a0with short and often misleading mentions of \u201cBridge-gate.\u201d In contrast, MSNBC, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post and many local outlets in New Jersey are hot on the case. We\u2019re most fortunate to have them doing so. While MSNBC has cut into my reading time,\u00a0it does provide enough commercial time so that it\u2019s not all lost. They\u2019re doing a great job \u2013 stay cool, stay calm, and watch your ratings increase as you do so.<\/p>\n

* I recognize that there are some outstanding legislators in Missouri; unfortunately they\u2019re not in positions of power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In April, 2013, Renee Shur wrote a wonderful piece in the Occasional Planet entitled, \u201cDear MSNBC: Grow up, already.\u201d She truly nailed it with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[661,47,77,16,202],"tags":[1692,1922,156],"yoast_head":"\n