At last Chris Christie is dead to politics. At long last.

[realmirage]

For those of you who lived in Jersey as I did and saw first hand what a giant asshole this guy was, how corrupt, how mean (he would literally yell at and insult war veterans at town halls for politely asking a question he didn't like)...

He fucked up the school system right at the start by missing a deadline for hundreds of millions in federal money...

He used his job to make business pals rich, and to line his pockets

And he also ate all the chicken wings in the state, leaving many children to ask "mom, what do chicken wings taste like, and are they real?"

Fuck this guy. If you've lived in Jersey you know I've only scratched the surface. It's good that this guy won't be able to dupe the whole country the way he did the idiots in Jersey who voted him in. But they realize now, at last.

[Eric J in MN]

1. If Trump wins then Christie may be US Attorney General. NT

NT

[hollysmom]

3. and then he can stop the bridgegate investigation

[karynnj]

21. Confirmation needed and his past justifies a fillibuster

THe Democrats are likely to retake the Senate. Christie would then need over 10 Democratic votes to get 60 votes. Won't happen.

[Eric J in MN]

24. Ed Meese and John Ashcroft got confirmed as US AG. (NT)

NT

[karynnj]

25. Neither had the baggage at that point that Christie does

[lunatica]

2. As much as I agree with you I wouldn't be so sure

No one thought Trump would ever be able to come this far. We're living in crazy times where rational thinking is rare indeed.

[realmirage]

10. I'm not that worried about trump winning.

Don't worry!

[Hortensis]

37. Can't help worry, but, no, Trump's losing bad

on every front. And with him Christie. I think it has to be obvious that only people with little to lose politically attach to Trump, and/or something seriously wrong with them personally. Both Christie and Pence have mostly self destructed at home, and Newt's a disgraced sociopath who's been out of office for decades. Ben Carson's a self-aggrandizing nut who loves the camera and large self-puffery book sales.

I'll be happy. This 300-pound bully's abusiveness to his constituents in televised town halls seems to have pleased some, but I'm no authoritarian and was tremendously offended. Good riddance.

[redstatebluegirl]

4. He seems to be able to reinvent himself and survive.

You would hope the bad karma would do him in though.

[realmirage]

11. His support seems stuck around 40%

And you can't win with 40. Hillary will be back up soon enough, as she has been

[yellowcanine]

5. Wishful thinking. Christie will be rested and ready in 2020.

And Bridgegate and the Trump fiasco will be a distant memory.

Christie will spend the next four years running around the country raising money for Republican candidates. It is what he does.

[realmirage]

12. Don't think so. Still not sure someone won't turn on him

in the upcoming trial

[KelleyKramer]

34. Lol !!!

Talk about wishful thinking

[MADem]

6. If we don't defeat Trump, that's ATTORNEY GENERAL CHRISTIE to you!!!

Trump has offered him a reward, of that I am sure.

And he'll continue to be loyal to that orange ass.

[TeamPooka]

7. That's right

[realmirage]

14. I'm not that worried

[Warren DeMontague]

17. He'll have his hands full, trying to stop both legal marijuana and internet pornography.

How does the GOP propose to pay for their agenda?

[MADem]

18. You know how Trump said he'd build that wall and make the Mexicans pay for it?

He likely also intends to screw over the poor by taxing them into actual serfdom!

The rich get richer, and if they get poorer they declare bankruptcy and hide their assets offshore!

[Warren DeMontague]

19. Chris Christie wants to lecture people on healthy habits.

Man, that's rich.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

8. That Quarter Pounder with Cheese isn't going to make its way to Donald Trump on its own.

There's a use for Chris Christie in politics yet.

[realmirage]

15. Cheistie thought he was going to be Mc'Donald's VP

Couldn't resist

[Laxman]

9. He's In It Pretty Deep Now...

Samson & Fox, the Bridgegate trials coming up, this is going to be a rough couple of months for Christie. He can whistle past the graveyard all he wants. 5 of his senior officials criminally charged, two already pleading guilty. The stink of corruption is all over him. If there's anything to learn from the charging documents connected to Samson and Fox it's that intimidation, manipulation, corruption and self interest are the prime motivators of his administration. The only way he rebounds from this is if we stop bearing witness to his malfeasance. If that happens then shame on us.


I just posted this in another thread:

In the end, Chris Christie proved to be exactly what he was–a nobody. A nobody who lost a local Morris County election but who had a brother who could buy him a job he didn’t deserve and had no right to fill, the federal prosecutor’s position in New Jersey.

With his media friends, he built a false image of himself as a corruption fighter–even when he exploited his authority for his own corrupt political ends: Going after Democrats and Republicans who stood in his way, concocting entrapment schemes, leaking toxic information to hurt potential rivals.

The last and worst was his manipulation of the sicko Solomon Dwek to put the final nail in former Gov. Jon Corzine’s political coffin. Yes, that occurred after he resigned–but we all know Christie left behind loyalists who timed the “Bid Rig” investigation to come out just before the 2009 gubernatorial election.

Corruption fighter? What a joke. Believe that one and there is a bridge over the Hudson I could sell you–complete with red traffic cones ready for a new traffic study. Now he will come home to New Jersey, a wounded beast thirsting for retribution, undoubtedly hoping a Republican will capture the White House and he can obtain yet another unmerited political job.

http://www.bobbraunsledger.com/4759-2/

[malaise]

13. We may finally get that list of co-conspirators

Samson will be his Delilah - mark my word

[realmirage]

16. What a turnaround from his glory days as an asshole bully with high numbers

[NJCher]

26. I love it that Bob Braun called him a nobody

I hope he appears around me soon. My protest sign will include the word "nobody."


Cher

[Logical]

29. I guarantee you he will not be charged. He is Teflon man. And an ass! Nt

[UTUSN]

20. How about some insight on how/why NJ elected him. n/t

[karynnj]

23. It was a fluke - Corzine was very unpopular and there was

A progressive third candidate, who was good on environmental issues. Corzine opted to run a very negative campaign. It was 2009 and Corzine was from Goldman Sacks. Christie won.

[athena]

22. Not to NJ politics, unfortunately.

He's recently halted all non-essential road construction work because of a disagreement with the state Senate over increasing New Jersey's ridiculously low gas tax.

http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/07/christies_road_project_shutdown_is_now_in_effect.html

[NJCher]

27. he wanted to increase the gas tax 23 cents a gallon

and don't call it ridiculously low. We have high property taxes, high everything here and we need at least one thing to be reasonably priced.




Cher

[no_hypocrisy]

38. Increase gas tax to 23 cents per gallon AND then blame it on the democrats.

[athena]

39. I live in New Jersey.

My husband and I have a tiny house on a small property and pay a property tax that could be the yearly income of a part-time worker. However, the gas tax is ridiculously low and needs to be higher. Such a low gas tax gives people an excuse to waste their gas by driving aggressively and sitting in their car for long periods while running their AC or heating.

[lpbk2713]

28. I thought the same thing about Marco Rubio.

I thought we had heard the last of him. But now he's way out front in the polls.

Said he wasn't going to run. Has the worst attendance record
in Congress. If he wins all of Florida should be ashamed.

Link: http://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2016/07/rubio-widens-lead-in-us-senate-race-103803

[Tal Vez]

30. I knew about the chicken wings, but

I didn't know about all that other stuff

[Onyrleft]

31. Christie should stop calling Kyle a "dirty jew"

That was a maturity joke not body shaming.

[former9thward]

32. No one is ever dead in U.S. politics. No one.

Everyone thought Nixon was dead in 1962 when he lost the governor's race in CA. Even Nixon thought he was dead. And then he was elected twice for President.

[Gabi Hayes]

33. finally, he can back to his first, and only, true love

[malaise]

36. Good effin' grief

[realmirage]

42. He won't be indicted because he ate the evidence. He will also eat the prosecutor if he has to

[JustAnotherGen]

35. 2017 can't come soon enough

https://www.murphy4nj.com/

The most irritating thing is my idiot fellow NJers voted for him a second time and Democratic voters did not show up for a flawless liberal candidate.

The Democratic leadership better not back end us again by wink and nodding a Con.

Murphy is IT - he's where it's at - regardless of what folks over the bridge want or long pole election prospects try to dictate to us. I could care less if some district in Iowa will have a Republican elected in mid terms if it means we continue as a failed and flailing state.

Sorry but I saw first hand what happened here the last election, and we know we can't count on any Democratics outside of NJ to help us. We've got to be pugnacious and be out for ourselves.

[realmirage]

40. Nj sure did sign up for that loser. He's a good bullshitter like a lot of lawyers.

And I think there's a mammalian instinct to follow people that come across as confident. He was so sure of himself I think a lot of people assumed he knew was he was talking about. That's how weasels get the power, and you don't realize you've been had until you start to see the knives coming out. Of course if people educated themselves they could avoid all this, but that's asking a lot of humanity.

I got out of jersey 2 years ago and I couldn't get the hell out of there fast enough.

[Rex]

41. Awww...all these crocodile tears!

[tallahasseedem]

43. He's still our Governor...

unfortunately.

[realmirage]

44. His days are numbered and then it's over

Finally

[tallahasseedem]

45. Thank heavens...

I want that pit stain out of here.