Our former Gov. Tom Ridge has dropped a bomb today, or at least his publisher with the assistance of MSNBC dropped a bomb.
Powerful forces in the Bush (43) administration tried to pressure him into raising the terrorist color level just before the 2004 election thus ensuring the election of President Bush. Who among us did not suspect the raising and lowering of terror alerts were politically motivated? And, if you die hard Bush supporters really looked into your hearts you too would admit this. Will you do that for me? Please?
If Sec. Ridge was so outraged by this why did he not resign at that time? His supporters say he resigned right after the election, some thirty days after the supposed pressure was given. Yet the honorable Mr. Ridge did not mention this at his resignation press conference? He said he was resigning because he needed to earn more money to put his children through college. Let's investigate that statement.
As a congressman Ridge earned over $100k, as governor he earned over $100k, as cabinet secretary he earned over $100k. You can't afford to send your children to college after over 20 years of earning that much per year? There are parents who work 2 jobs each and their college age child works and they take out loans to afford college. Tom Ridge could not afford to send his children to college after earning more than $100k a year for 20+ years? What an insult to the hard working people who paid his salary for all those years. Today on Hardball they kept referring to him as honorable and noble. If that were true he would have told the truth when he resigned but he chose to be a loyal Republican first, someone who chases after a quick dollar second and a patriotic, truth telling American only when he needs to sell books.
Oh, and can someone tell me what great achievement he accomplished as our Governor? I lived through it and I forgot that we had a Governor in between Robert Casey Sr and Ed Rendell.
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