Wishful Thinking?

People watching last night's NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams were informed that Federal charges had been "ruled out" against New Jersey's Republican crime family capo Gov. Chris "Krispykreme" Christie concerning the "Bridgegate" scandal.  Unfortunately for both Krispykreme and NBC News, that report turned out to be false, as the U.S. Attorney's office for New Jersey confirmed.  If Krispykreme gets a pass on the isolated "Bridgegate" part, there's still ongoing investigations into charges of political extortion and pay-to-play with government projects in exchange for endorsements.

Krispykreme has always gotten the benefit of the doubt and much more from a lazy media that wants their politicians to be "colorful," and good for soundbites.  There's also the myth that he's a "different" kind of Rethuglican, willing to work with Dems and moderate in his policies. That's nonsense.  But that flies in the face of the image that the Beltway media has cultivated for the blowhard Governor, so it may have been wishful thinking on NBC's part that Krispykreme would walk free.