I have personally linked to Ed Morrissey at HotAir at least 50 times in the past year on pretty much every topic imaginable. I respect him, I enjoy his work immensely and I credit him with being a front line soldier in America’s new cold civil war. He deserves our thanks on a daily basis.

But when he says stupid shit like this, somebody has to call him on it:

Puh-leeze.  It’s obviously a joke.  Heck, it’s even structured as one.  It may not be particularly funny, and it may be entirely tasteless.  But no one can read that and honestly argue that it amounts to a threat, or even a serious wish for Christie to meet an untimely death.

Uh, excuse me? Who the hell are you to tell anyone that this isn’t a “serious wish”. It most certainly is. Just because Ed Morrissey thinks it’s not a serious wish, doesn’t make it so dear readers. 

I can assure you that this is absolutely a serious wish. 

It’s not a “threat”, mind you, but the only reasonable interpretation of this sentiment is that yes, every single NJEA official in the State of New Jersey wishes Chris Christie was dead. There’s literally no two ways about it.

Ed lives in Minnesota. I don’t know how they do things there and I wouldn’t pretend to know how to interpret a similar situation if it happened in Minneapolis, but there isn’t even a shred of doubt in my mind that this “prayer” is absolutely a weak comical pronouncement of exactly how the union feels about Chris Christie. They would be much, much happier if he were no longer alive.

So do me a favor Ed, shut up. This is a battle for the very survival of New Jersey and the teachers union is fighting it with biological weapons. When they write emails to each other and their members wishing death on Governor Christie, they mean it. It’s not a “joke”. It’s not a “threat” either, but it is nonetheless deadly serious. 

Thanks.

Russ

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