US News: Apologize and explain yourself Jon!

In an interesting article in the US News and World Reports, blogger Peter Roff sounded a refrain often heard here at NJTaxRevolution regarding Jon Corzine:

In a new attack ad the Corzine campaign began airing this week, Christie is shown in slow-motion, emerging from a sport utility vehicle as the announcer talks about how the former U.S. attorney once "threw his weight around" to avoid some traffic tickets.

Whether or not there is any truth to the underlying charge—and Corzine has his own problems where traffic law infractions, speeding, not wearing a seat belt and, for that matter, personal ethics are concerned—the ad clearly pokes at Christie's waistline as though that somehow disqualifies him to be New Jersey's next governor.

In Jon Corzine's New Jersey, the property taxes are the highest in the nation. The state is nearly bankrupt. Close to 50 elected officials of both parties we recently arrested as the result of a corruption probe. And Corzine himself has yet to explain how the actions he took while a Wall Street high flier as co-CEO of Goldman Sachs failed to contribute to the recent financial crisis.

Rather than address all or any of those things, or present a reasonable case to the voters as to why he deserves another four years in office, Corzine is asking them to choose between the fat guy and the thin(ner) guy.

Indeed. Read the entire post here.

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