Fort Lee scandal: Chris Christie says this will never happen again, you guys.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2014/01/08/chris_christie_says_this_will_never_happen_again_you_guys.html

The governor of New Jersey closes out the day, after multiple press conferences by his inquisitors, with a statement that boils down to "everybody lied to me and I had nothing to do with the Fort Lee road closures."

What I've seen today for the first time is unacceptable. I am outraged and deeply saddened to learn that not only was I misled by a member of my staff, but this completely inappropriate and unsanctioned conduct was made without my knowledge. One thing is clear: this type of behavior is unacceptable and I will not tolerate it because the people of New Jersey deserve better. This behavior is not representative of me or my Administration in any way, and people will be held responsible for their actions.

 Hopefully, readers of this post will have already read and memorized John Dickerson's take on the story. Here's the key bit:

Christie now faces problems that echo ones this president has faced, most recently in the rollout of the Affordable Care Act: Does he apologize, and how fully? Does he take responsibility for the actions of his aides? Does he admit mistakes? 

Does he fire someone? Does he increase his famous bluster or does he step back from it? Christie is very good at giving advice on these matters. Now he can show rather than tell.

i feel like most others his buster persona would not allow him to have his minions just go out on their own with out orders and do something as serious as that resulting in a death. 

i know if was unforeseen but none the less when you set out to do dirt and you are in a position of responsibility you check off every contingency before leaping, 

obviously that didn't happen nor was the severity taken seriously one guy asked "is it wrong that i'm smiling", not the kind of remorseful or considerate after the fact response.

So he already fired someone, he apologized for something he said he wasn't aware of, and he promised not to "tolerate it." We can contrast this with what his opponents accused him of. State Assemblyman John Wisniewski, who's been running point on the state's investigation, said "either he doesn’t know what’s going on in his front office or they’re lying to him."

Christie is a bully why would his minions feel they could lie to him with impunity, think about it.

Outgoing state Sen. Barbara Buono, who lost to Christie last year and who's mentioned in the damning emails (Christie aides blew off concerns about the closures, because they were affecting "the children of Buono voters"), said, "I knew when this first surfaced that he was, you know, he was at the end of that."

either way it was failure to do his job the buck stops there even if it started there.  if so what can he promise those who may have been following orders from him, if it were some gov't position it would immediately be recognized as cronyism and point to him being the initiator, only thing left is money don't think he can guaranty amnesty in the event of jail time without again looking complicit?