Christie's 46k loan to a friend? And Corzine's 470k loan to a major union negotiator.

According to the New York Times, Chris Christie made a loan and failed to declare it on his campaign forms. From the Times:

A contrite Christopher J. Christie, the Republican former prosecutor running for governor on a platform of corruption busting and ethical reform, apologized Tuesday for failing to report a $46,000 loan to a top aide on his tax returns and financial-disclosure forms.

Christopher J. Christie, the Republican candidate for governor, on Tuesday.
“When I make mistakes, I’m going to admit them,” he said, adding that he had already amended some of those filings and would finish the rest by Friday. “It was certainly nothing that I was trying to conceal or hide.”

Ok. I suppose that he is guilty of some administrative violation and maybe poor judgement in helping a friend. But let's balance that against Jon Corzine's 470,000 loan to Carla Katz his alleged girlfriend and a major union representative from the states top union. Remember this?

Senator Jon S. Corzine provided a $470,000 mortgage to the president of a union that represents thousands of New Jersey state employees in late 2002, then forgave the debt two years later.

Senator Jon S. Corzine with Carla Katz at a ball in the Pierre Hotel in 2002 .
The union president, Carla Katz, was Mr. Corzine's girlfriend at the time. The senator said on Wednesday that an investment company he owns gave her the mortgage, then canceled it in December 2004, several months after they had stopped dating.

So he made a loan and forgave it for ten times what Christie has allegedly done. And this loan and other communication is at the heart of ethics charges against Corzine. And Christie is still collecting on the loan to a friend. Seems like Corzine has picked chosen an outrageously stupid bone to pick.

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