Murdoch's NY Post To Gov. Christie: Politicize Hurricane Sandy. Or Else

According to Murdoch, "true bipartisanship" means lying for the sake of your party, even if you think it would be bad for the people you represent.

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2012/11/04/murdochs-ny-post-to-gov-christie-politicize-hur/191124

ERIC BOEHLERT Nov. 4, 2012

In a remarkable lead editorial in Rupert Murdoch's New York Post today, the newspaper demands that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie inject presidential politics into the cleanup effort under way in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. The Post insists he do so immediately or run the risk of being a labeled a traitor within the Republican Party.

Murdoch's Post, at this very late state of the election run, demands Christie politicize the hurricane relief effort by basically campaigning for Mitt Romney in the context of the killer storm. (Christie hosted President Obama on Wednesday to survey the state's historic damage.) And if Christie does not, the Post warns, "the Republican Party will never forgive him."

From the Post's "Politicking matters" editorial (emphasis added):

But Christie does need to go one step further and reassure his party -- and not just his party -- that he hasn't turned coat.

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Yes, Christie has forcefully avoided politicking post-Sandy -- as he noted when asked about his praise for Obama.

And he was right to do so.

But true bipartisanship includes the need to make clear his belief that the incumbent's vigorous response to the disaster would have been more than matched by Mitt Romney had he been president.