State Democratic Chairman Joseph Cryan amplified his defense of Gov. Jon Corzine this afternoon after learning that his rival state party chairman likened the Corzine-Katz-Riccio twist to Watergate.
"The Republicans are trying to redefine and malign the personal generosity of the governor for helping someone who was threatened with financial problems and the foreclosure of his home," said Cryan in a statement. "This is personal, but they are desperately trying to make it political."
Cryan made the statement in response to GOP State Chairman Tom Wilson's characterization of what Wilson sees as Corzine's bumbling, Watergate-sized evasions of the truth.
"The most recent diatribe by the GOP is an over-the-top statement of political histrionics complete with conspiracy theories," Cryan added. "Only a Republican Party that has lost touch with the issues of importance to the people of New Jersey and has become fixated on the personal lives of others would compare an individual act of charity to Watergate."
"If the Republicans think an ongoing campaign of prying eyes, probing demands and personal attacks on anyone and everyone will distract the voters’ attention from an empty issues agenda, the only ones they are fooling are themselves. They should get a political life of their own and try to make it constructive."
