ABC News leads with Bridgegate

There is a hypocrisy but I do think this is a valid story worthy of news time. If Obama got caught like this with actual emails & text messages, I would be screaming for news coverage. Christie deserves this coverage and how long it lasts depends on if he fired the right people or not.

Then again, I don't like Christie and am happy for anything that slows his nomination momentum.

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Christie should be held accountable for this, but damn it is disgusting how the media does not even attempt to hide thier hipcracy/double standard when dealing with Obama.

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The hypocrisy is pretty glaring.....there's a very clear double standard with how the two are treated by the media.

Key difference: Christie took ownership and fired those responsible, both within a day of it coming out.

doing hillary's dirty work, covering for her with that lie-infested piece in the NYT and this

Most telling is the way and who is coming at him and trying to derail any run before it even starts.

I doubt I would ever vote for Christie but he dealt with the wrongdoers quickly and decisively so he gained some respect from me for that.

Compare and contrast Christie v. Obama. Christie fires his while Obama sends his wrongdoer on a paid vacation.

Benghazi isn't going away because 4 Americans died and there are many lies involved in that. It will be a black mark on Hillary if she runs that may hurt her chances..I honestly think Reps are waiting to blow that investigation open when campaigns start up for 2016. The other scandals are a problem, and came to light under Obama, but much of that has likely been going on under other Admins..they just hid it better. (Irs targeting and NSA spying). Fast and Furious needs to be looked into more, but our politicians have supported the drug trade behind the scenes for decades.

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Benghazi isn't going away because 4 Americans died and there are many lies involved in that.

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I have been posting for a year now that it isn't going away, often in threads that said it was dead issue. Boehner is hurting the cause greatly at this point, still allowing five separate House Committees to struggle through scheduling problems, instead of acceding to the wishes of 75% of his House members for a select House Committee to consolidate the investigations and get down to serious business. Meanwhile, Senate Republicans are left completely helpless to pursue the matter because Reid has shut the door on any further Benghazi inquiries. A Republican majority in the Senate come January 3rd of 2015 would break that gridlock and blow the thing open. Which is why it's so important to NOT nominate far-right extremist candidates in the primaries who have no chance of winning next November.

With apologies to Jagger, you can't always get what you want, but if you use your intelligence, you can often get what you need. Once you get what you need, THEN you can focus on getting what you want.

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