Former president of the NJ Senate John Lynch was sentenced today after pleading guilty on corruption charges today for kickbacks he received while serving in the senate and evading taxes on those bribes.  The judge was completely shocked why Lynch would do what he did: 

Before he handed down the sentence, Judge Chesler said he had to agree with the prosecutor, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeff Chiesa: "This was not a single aberrant act. . . . It wasn't a single slip. It was planned."

He just couldn't figure out why Lynch would stoop to such behavior.

"It is beyond me," the judge kept saying.

John Lynch had everything after all, power, money, everything. He was one of the most prominent political figures in New Jersey for more than 25 years. He had enough juice to get McGreevey elected governor, for crying out loud. Despite that, he did a lot of good over the years, as even his critics will admit.

It's a cultural thing Judge and it is endemic to this state.

Lynch is the highest ranking of the more than 100 politicians and contractors that Chris Christie has taken down on corruption charges.  It is interesting to note that the NJ State Attorney General has a staff 836 attorneys and in recent years has focused on such ground shaking issues such as late fees from Blockbuster (Peter Harvey), Christie was a staff of 137 lawyers has had a remarkable impact on the wide spread corruption that is so entrenched in this state's political system.

I've been a fan of Christie's for some time and feel he should either run for governor or should be appointed NJ AG.  Just think what he could accomplish with six times the staff.  Just this week though, news of his participation on the state bullet commission leaves me questioning his position on the Second Amendment.