Have you been following the anxiety attacks of some Republicans who want to spin the bridge crises away from Gov. Christie's shadow? Benghazi and Obama have fallen from the lips of the president's enemies. So have reprises of the IRS story. Anything to distract from the Fort Lee quake.
Some samples:
Haley Barbour, the former GOP national chairman, blamed Christie's woes on the "liberal media elite who continue to treat this like Lincoln's assassination." (Shocking that right-wing Republicans from Mississippi even mention Lincoln these days.)
Reince Priebus, the current GOP chairman who is always good for a laugh, described Christie as a "smart person" and unlikely to know anything about his staff's involvement. Not a "single link to Chris Christie has been found," Reince protested.
But the runaway winner of the Grumpy Abe Linguistic Lunacy Award (GALL) goes to Fox News panelist Brit Hume, who framed Christie's troubles as the consequence of a gender bias that denigrates macho men:
"I would have to say that in this sort of feminized atmosphere in which we exist today, guys who are masculine and muscular like that in their private conduct, kind of old fashion tough guys run some risk...This guy is very much an old fashioned masculine, muscular guy and there are political risks associated with that. Maybe it shouldn't be, but that's how it is."
Maybe?
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