>Politicker NJ ( https://www.politickernj.com/ ) part of The Observer Media Group |New York, New York seems to have only one rule when it comes to posting press releases for political candidates : You can publish anything you want but you have to be a “Liberal Democrat” to do it.
Like most of New Jersey Politics the media seems to be dominated by the Democratic Party. While Democratic Politicians garner around the clock wall to wall coverage ,Republicans barley have a voice . Much in the pattern of the national media ,in New Jersey you only hear someone is a Republican if they have done something wrong . While Democratic wrong doing often conveniently omits the “ D” or the Democrat moniker.
We knew immediately that “44 had been arrested “ on corruption charges ,and it was pointed out over and over how one was a Republican with little or no mention of the fact that 43 were Democrats .While the FBI has characterized New Jersey as the most corrupt state in the nation. It is a corrupt state dominated by Democratic politics .
The current Gubernatorial Election is typical ,after spending months on dissecting Republican Chris Christie’s driving record with no mention of Governor Corzine own high speed hy jinks. The New Jersey media has continued to give Jon Corzine a free pass to run on his “record” with no questions asked or to allow the Governor to run against former President Bush which does nothing to address the sad state of affairs in this state.
So lets take a look :
New Jersey is rated the worst business climate in the country.
New Jersey has the highest property taxes.
New Jersey Loses 79,000 of it citizens a year who leave the state.
New Jersey has one of the largest budget deficits of any state.
New Jersey corruption continues to define the states image .
New Jersey has the highest individual tax burden in the country.
New Jersey’s unemployment has reached 9.7%.
New Jersey has one of the highest sales taxes in the country.
New Jersey has almost zero private sector job growth in the last 4 years.
Well at least we have the “purest heroin” in the country according to the DEA.
Without a doubt this is the worst record of any sitting politician in the country.It seems to many of us that the New Jersey media is as complicate in this fiasco and has for too long acted as a propaganda arm Democratic Party. To be fair its been very hard to discern the difference between Republican and Democratic candidates in this state and for too many the Republicans look all to willing “to take the fall” .
My point being that Chris Christie may or may not be the answer but at least lets start asking the questions.
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