Outrageous Christie puff piece from NPR...

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has wanted to be president of something from an early age. In high school, he was president of his class in ninth, 10th, 11th and 12th grades.

At the University of Delaware, he was president of his dorm and ultimately president of the student body. It was there that the political style of the ambitious and sometimes unorthodox Republican presidential candidate first began to take shape.


http://www.npr.org/2015/12/27/460600609/where-chris-christie-found-his-political-calling

Total ass kissing puff piece. Not one word about how his corrupt practices were evident even then...


1. The College Dick: Christie's Reign Begins

Political patronage is a Christie habit that stretches back yearsas does his talent for consolidating power. Both of those characteristics were on display in 1983 when he was elected student president at the University of Delaware. Building a political party that included his future wife, Mary Pat Foster, Christie dominated the elections. The following year, Christie's brother, Todd, was placed in charge of the election committee, and Mary Pat ran unopposed for president to succeed Christie, who was preparing to go to law school but continued to pull the levers on a beta version of his political machine. His classmates could spot a budding backroom dealer. And even then, Christie loved to gloat.

Richard Abbott, University of Delaware student, writing on April 27, 1984, in the school newspaper:

"When [one] witnesses the appointment of the president's friends or even his brother to committee chairmanships, one begins to wonder.... Something is lacking in our student government. It is known as representative democracy.... It is unfortunate that this same system will most likely continue next year, propped up by Chris Christie's anointed successors. As Mr. Christie stated, 'We're not having an election this year, we're having a coronation.' "

http://www.gq.com/story/the-chris-christie-story