Chris Christie lent money to a friend, and she's paying it back!

The Star-Ledger will stoop to anything to smear Chris Christie as he maintains a seemingly insurmountable lead over incumbent Governor Jon Corzine. They cannot fathom a scenario where Mr. Christie is elected governor, and if they have to sling mud to buoy Corzine's chances then that's what they'll do.

Muckraking reporter Josh Margolin, hot off the trail of Christie's friendship with Karl Rove uncovered another jaw-dropper today when he breathlessly reported that Christie had lent a friend some money. And, in what has to be an sure-fire indictment of Christie's ethics — the friend is paying him back! Yup, that's what passes for "news" in the New Jersey governor's race.

Jon Corzine is questioning someone else's financial relationships? Has he no shame? Corzine gave his former girlfriend hundreds of thousands of dollars while she was head of the state's largest public employee union, and while he was negotiating with her for a new union contract. It just so happens that contract does no favors for the beleagured taxpayers of New Jersey. Corzine gave his former brother-in-law a cushy state job, and when eyebrows were raised, Corzine paid him off with another six figure settlement.

None of the money Corzine passed out was ever paid back. But hey, it's his money, he can do whatever he wants with it. The Star-Ledger saw no evil in any of Corzine's dealings with Carla Katz or her family. When the NJ GOP sought copies of the emails between Corzine and his former lover the Ledger ho-hummed their efforts. In effect they said "there's nothing to see there".

So why then can't Chris Christie lend a friend some money, money that the friend is now paying back with interest? It is in the form of a dutifully recorded mortgage, a public record, as opposed to Corzine's under-the-table dealings with Katz.

But now Corzine and his lackeys at the Ledger see impropriety?

Look in the mirror Governor Corzine; you'll see impropriety, up close and personal.

Posted at 18:31 by Chris Wysocki   [/election]   Comments | Perm Link |
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