"Opinion: Christie bridge: Get over it," Carson Wright, 5th Period

Ruben Navarette, Jr. details in this article regarding the Chris Christie traffic debacle his frustration with the media's fixation on one ordeal. Navarette agrees with newsman Tom Brokaw that the media should "move on" from the story about New Jersey Gov. Christie's (R) aides being responsible for a traffic jam on the George Washington Bridge. Allegedly, Christie's aides arranged for the damaging jamming after the Democratic mayor of Fort Lee, NJ, refused to back his campaign.
Navarette contends that the media is addicted to this story of "bridgegate" and is hoping to derail Christie's prospects at a presidential candidacy. This would imply that the media has a liberal bias. Of the media's fixation, he says: "What do you suppose is more annoying? Being stuck in traffic for hours on a bridge--or watching the media get stuck for days on a story about a juvenile stunt that might, or might not, bloom into a full-blown scandal?" He also states that left-wing elements of the media are trying to use this fiasco to clear the way for a likely presidential nominee for the Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton.
Navarette also responds to the criticisms of Christie being a "bully," implying that the idea that being "a bully is a negative trait in an elected official" is incorrect, citing the two Roosevelts, Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan as being positive bullies. Navarette claims that such is "part of politics."

There is a difference between being an authoritative leader and a bully, but apparently such a difference is incomprehensible to this grown man.
An authoritative leader puts their foot down. A bully stomps theirs. A leader sees to the success of his or her constituents. A bully sees to the success of his or herself.
As to whether or not Christie's aides took part in this event--which was, in its entirety, much more than "annoying"--the evidence is overwhelming in its simplicity. Christie's deputy chief of staff, Bridget Ann Kelly, emailed to Christie employee David Wildstein, "Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee." Wildstein replied, "Got it."
These lane shutdowns kept people stuck for hours on the George Washington Bridge. Among these people were children on school-buses and those working emergency vehicles. This is not an event to be tossed aside.
And as for Mr. Navarette's assertion that the event was more annoying than the subsequent media attention: your television set has an off button, sir.
I'm willing to take Christie at his word that he wasn't directly involved with the debacle, as I've no reason not to. But an event as serious as this--one that resulted in the delay of emergency vehicles--is not something so easily forgotten, no matter how "annoyed" one may be.

Article: http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/16/opinion/navarrette-christie-and-media/index.html?hpt=us_mid