Chopper City Refugee Camp Story of the Day: Don Imus Edition

A few days ago Udolpho pointed out the Imus Cluster Fuck is an example of "[those] donnybrooks of racial outrage [that] give people the opportunity to display their moral and class superiority through flagellation of race criminals and advancement of a racial spoils system." In case anyone doubted that...

CAMDEN, New Jersey (AP) -- New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine won't be able to walk normally for months because of a car accident that left him hospitalized with serious injuries, a doctor said.

The doctor said it will be at least several days before Corzine can resume his duties as governor.

Corzine, 60, was in critical condition Friday after undergoing two hours of surgery Thursday night to repair his broken leg and other injuries sustained in the crash on the Garden State Parkway in Galloway Township.

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Corzine was riding in the front passenger's seat of a sport utility vehicle -- driven by a state trooper -- and was en route from Atlantic City to the governor's mansion in Princeton to moderate a meeting between the Rutgers women's basketball team and radio personality Don Imus.

Why, exactly, did this meeting require the presence of the Governor of New Jersey? Could it be that he was simply looking for an opportunity to preen? [Added: It's still not clear if Corzine was wearing his seat belt, but one has to assume that he wasn't. The vehicle he was riding in wasn't that damaged in the initial footage from the scene and the other two people in the vehicle with Corzine were either uninjured or only slightly injured. Corzine himself has two fractures to a femur, one of which pierced his skin, broken ribs, a broken sternum, broken ribs, fractures to vertebrae and other assorted injuries. Wonder if HE'LL be ticketed for riding without a seat belt?] Governor Corzine, for stupidity in the service moral preening, you are the central player in today's CCRC Story of the Day. Enjoy that rehab, dumbass.

Update: The story here pretty much confirms that Corzine wasn't wearing a seatbelt.

Bobby Juska of Forked River, who was on the scene of the accident, said Corzine's legs were hanging out of the window after the accident. He said, "The governor was screaming 'My leg! My leg!'"

The governor does not usually wear a seat belt, a law enforcement official told the Associated Press, but it is unknown whether he was wearing one at the time of the crash.

New Jersey does in fact have a seat belt law. So Corzine is in fact a dumbass.