Is it safe to put a fork in Chris Christie? — Page 5

Rachel Maddow's interesting takedown

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Updated On: 1/10/14 at 11:20 AM

Christie “knew this was bullsh!t” and “obviously there’s been a coverup,” N.J. ex-gov tells Salon.
Christie's Reign of Terror

From the article Carlos posted:

So you have interference with interstate commerce. There’s a lot of crimes committed here. And the arrogance of those emails goes beyond the pale. The governor should just be totally destroyed over that kind of arrogance, directed to the citizens of the state where he is the leading figure — the governor. It’s just sad — sad and pathetic — that people thought, obviously, that this is what the governor would want.

Do you believe that the governor directly instructed that these lanes be shut down?

No. But at the very least, the least that could have happened is he created this climate about – that he has: We destroy our enemies. Alleged enemies. In other words, anybody that … [hasn’t] agreed with us 100 percent is an enemy, and has to be stamped out.

This climate of fear, this reign of terror has to — he has to take responsibility for it.

I mean, you read the story about the head of the firemen’s union, who criticized the governor very mildly on a radio show. And former Sen. Baroni, who was involved in this incident, called him up and says, “Hey, the governor wants me to call you. He heard you on the radio last night. And his message is, ‘Go **** yourself for what you said.’” Now, that’s saying to Baroni that this kind of conduct is the way that we conduct ourselves against somebody who doesn’t agree with us. So Baroni took it to another step …

This has been an ongoing part of the administration: the way they attack anybody who doesn’t agree with them, on policy or anything else.

These two passages highlight what I've been saying. If he didn't know this was happening he is still guilty of creating that sort of environment.

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Updated On: 1/10/14 at 12:58 PM

54% of New jerseyans believe Christie was lying when he said he didn't know.

56% believe he should resign if it's proven.

This according to a Rasmussen poll, which usually skews to the conservative side.
56% in NJ Think Christie Should Resign If He Knew About Fort Lee Retaliation

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^ HIGH-LARIOUS!

PRICELESS!

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^ One fart and the bridge comes a-tumbin' down and a mass extermination of Jersey residents.

Can someone please photoshop that sketch of Christie onto Miley's wrecking ball?

P.S. Hi, Wynbish! You have been missed!

Love the caption!

^^^ HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Oh...that's almost as rich as the pork belly ramen soup I had for lunch. Oh...good times.

Updated On: 1/10/14 at 04:24 PM

On the morning of the fourth day of closures that snarled traffic leading to the George Washington bridge last September — the result of what New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said was political retribution by his staff — the executive director of the port authority that controls the bridge sent a scathing, early-morning email to top staff and board members.

In an email stamped 7:44 a.m., Patrick Foye slammed the closures and said he was calling for the lanes to be opened as soon as possible. Foye called the decision to close access roads in Fort Lee, N.J., “hasty and ill-advised” and said it “violated Federal Law and the laws of both States.”

“I will get to the bottom of this abusive decision which violates everything this agency stands for; I intend to learn how PA [port authority] process was wrongfully subverted and the public interest damaged to say nothing of the credibility of this agency,” Foye wrote.

“This hasty and ill-advised decision has resulted in delays to emergency vehicles. I pray that no life has been lost or trip of a hospital- or hospice-bound patient delayed,” Foye wrote.

At the very least he's lying about when he found out about all this. David Wildstein seems very anxious to take immunity. I wonder what he has to say.

I'm having a really hard time believing he had absolutely no idea that this was going on.