THE FRAUDULENT PRESS – AT 9:14 A.M. ET:  I don't defend any impropriety that Chris Christie and his staff may have committed in regard to Bridgegate.  But the hypocrisy of the press in covering the issue is nothing short of breathtaking.  You'd think the man had started a world war.  Cal Thomas, at the Washington Examiner, says it best: 

A multiple choice question: Select the scandal(s) that affects the most people and has long-term implications for the country in a time of war, a country with a struggling economy that last month produced the weakest job growth in decades. (According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, nearly 92 million Americans are no longer in the labor force.)

A) The closing of traffic lanes in Fort Lee, N.J., allegedly in retaliation for the refusal of a Democratic mayor to endorse New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie for a second term.

B) The role of the president and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton when the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, was attacked on Sept. 11, 2012, killing Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans, and the lies and possible cover-up about al Qaeda's involvement.

C) The IRS' refusal to grant nonprofit status to numerous conservative groups during the 2012 election campaign for allegedly political reasons.

D) President Obama's repeated statements assuring Americans that if they like their insurance plans and doctors, they may keep them under the new health care law.

If you are honest you would have to select B, C and D, but who among the media are honest enough to do that?

Christie held a 107-minute news conference Thursday, during which he repeatedly denied knowing anything about the lane closures on the George Washington Bridge. He fired Bridget Anne Kelly, his deputy chief of staff, and blocked the appointment of another close associate to a state GOP chairmanship.

Left-leaning Democrats and the establishment media see an opening to keep Christie from winning the Republican presidential nomination in 2016 and are salivating because they think the Fort Lee controversy might harm his chances against Clinton.

One wishes the media would grill Obama over far more important matters with the same zeal they have applied to Christie.

COMMENT:  But the media will not.  And it is time our side realizes that the media will not treat us fairly in 2014 and 2016, as it did not treat us fairly in recent elections.  John McCain is said to have been stunned by the behavior of the media toward him in 2008.  He'd thought those were his pals. 

Liberals see elections as war.  Previous friendships mean nothing.  It is the cause that counts.  The cause now is the election of Hillary Clinton.

January 14, 2014