to have had prior knowledge of the bridge closing. He had to believe that one of his team would rat him out.

The M.O. for all Repugs is - just lie.

Well the lies are finally catching up with the Repugs.

If you are prepared to have an out of control politician throw a water bottle at you and not leave the job, don't blame the asshole for believing you'll remain loyal.

When Stepien ran out of the state, the cat was out of the bag - I knew they all knew

http://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/09/whos_telling_the_truth_in_bridgegate_wildstein_or.html
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The former Port Authority official who has pleaded guilty in the lane closure scandal, said Gov. Chris Christie knew about the traffic at the George Washington Bridge while it was happening. And, according to Wildstein's testimony, when the governor was informed about the gridlock in Fort Lee — just before a ceremony to honor victims of 9/11, no less — he laughed.

The governor refuted the allegations Tuesday, maintaining he knew didn't know about the scheme or the bridge lane closures.

WNYC's Matt Katz and Andrea Bernstein join us with the latest on the trial. This week, we dig deep into Wildstein's testimony. Speaking with host David Furst, Matt says it's all starting to make sense why "Wildstein would have been able to get away with it and why there would have been such an attempt at a cover-up."

Plus, we look at another ex-Christie confidante who has emerged as a key figure in the Bridgegate saga, the governor's former campaign manager — and current national field director for the Trump presidential campaign — Bill Stepien.

did him in. Certain mayors wouldn't play ball with endorsements, so a heavily used bridge is jammed to public traffic.

"Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee."

Time for some court proceedings on the mean-spirited Governor of New Jersey.

And Governor Christy, I know you'll savor the irony that certain orange suits worn by certain people in certain prisons are the same color as both Trump's hair and the cones used to clog bridge traffic.

If he could have pulled off significant support in a blue state, he thought he would be the presidential candidate. To be kind, he's just another nasty, vindictive, corrupt ReTHUGcretin.

his duties as a state's governor and was scheming for a national campaign.

Didn't work out so well after the lane closings on that bridge. He went from a strong contender for the Pukes' nom to an ass-over-teacups fall down the stairwell.

I hope Democrats in New Jersey have some good folks lined up to run for governor next cycle there.

clown.

NJ Democrats need to be reminded of this all the time. The NJ Democratic Party supported this turd.

I remember that well

All of those jerks that bowed down to Christie and threw Buono under the bus - can't fight Murphy - who is running towards his time working for Obama and makes no excuses for his career in Finance.

We in the Democratic Party have had a very weak selection process for our candidates in this state, and it is reflected in the fact that we have not really had an outstanding Governor in this state since Jim Florio was defeated by that awful woman Christie Whitman using a "no tax" pledge that bankrupted us.

(On reflection, I've overlooked Richard Codey - but his Governorship was too short to have reached its full potential, and he was forced out by that distracted money man John Corzine)

Now of course, it appears that our next gubernatorial candidate will be Phil Murphy - apparently by acclimation although he has been in no way vetted - and our best Democrats in this state, Codey and former Congressman Rush Holt - have received no attention whatsoever.

New Jersey is one of the most wonderful places on earth to live; and somehow the state has managed to survive although each Governor we've elected - Codey wasn't elected governor - in recent years has managed to at least as bad as, and in many cases (including Kripsy Christie) far worse than his or her predecessor.

I'm sure that will have the East Coast hand-wringer crowd very "concerned"

At this point, stoner issues have basically no meaning.

It's hardly a worthwhile issue on which to select a Governor. Important issues are dealing with our cities, Camden, Trenton, and Newark in that order; extending decent and safe schools for the students there, expanding our environmental protections, reversing the outflow of our intellectual base, the high technology companies that supported our economy for so many decades, preventing our farms from becoming ever more strip malls and housing tracts.

I don't see what having more people freely smoking joints have to do with any of that.

I am, if you must know, an "East Coast Hand Wringer," at least in the minds, I'm sure of poorly focused people who worry about trivialities in an increasingly dire time.

Our intellectual base is not going to stoner land, if you must know.

It's going to Massachusetts, but that doesn't have anything to do with the glory of getting high.

I've met thousands of high level scientists in my career; I can't recall any of them carried on about marijuana laws per se, although I have known scientists who have worked on the medicinal and biochemistry of cannabinoids.

I lived for many years, a good part of two decades, in California. So I've heard of it; and I'm glad, frankly to be gone from it. The K-12 schools sucked because of the worship of a mindless flake called Howard Jarvis, the energy policies were stupid, and they kept electing people like Ronald Reagan, Pete Wilson, George Dukemejian, and let's not forget Governor Hydrogen Hummer himself, Arnold.

It's therefore not surprising to me at all that there are people there who regard access to dope as the premier issue in the State.

I don't think that high tech companies in California are there because of the great K-12 schools. My general impression is that a good deal of fashion is involved and some high paid executives like the weather. (The University system is still excellent, although I would expect that to decline as well. I've advised my son to ignore all the emails he gets from Berkeley, UCSD, UCSB and UCLA.)

Um, a hundred million bucks out of the pockets of stoners is not going to fix California schools, and making it easier to get high won't either. It's a trivial amount of money, particularly in California, where according to the budget document I just called up, the budget is 118 billion dollars. That's three orders of magnitude more than the projected revenue from the dope bill.

Over the years, I've seldom been inspired by people trying to do math while high.

From where I sit, the premier issue in California, might be something other than pot, for example, um, water, but I guess if you're high enough, you wouldn't care much about that.

Like I said, I'm glad to be the hell out of there. I certainly wouldn't want New Jersey to be more like California, anything but...

Try adding another zero, at least.

http://extract.suntimes.com/news/10/153/11109/california-marijuana-legalization-taxes-1-billion-predicted/

Of course, you are dealing with the most populous state in the union, as well as the 8th largest economy on the planet. But; im sure it's all due to "fashion" that all those 38 million people (numbers again... bummer, duuuude) wouldnt rather live in New Jersey.


Certainly.



Yyyyyyyyyeah. I've been to both, and I know which one i like better.

His polling is brutal.

He'll probably join BS artist Rudy Giuliani on the media pundit circuit so unfortunately, we probably haven't heard the last of him unless he wind up in jail after his people fingered him in court

after this politically vindictive act against citizens of New Jersey.

was the last straw for people, but I think not. Although it was clearly a cumulative result, vpeople finally came around to understanding what a vile person Christie is. It's not Trump, it's not Bridgegate, it's not the gas tax shell game that he played, its the entirety of his administration. Top to bottom. It's run like an organized crime syndicate. They have their hands in everything that government touches and used it for Christie's advancement. It just took people a while to understand it. Some people can spot a pattern quickly and others need to see more before they understand it. The pattern is there. Then there's an element of disbelief. Sometimes when something is so messed up people will say "no, that can't really be happening, nobody would do anything like THAT ". Guess what folks, that somebody is Christie and his merry band of government pirates.

That would be the perfect end.

marching off into the evening in an orange jump suit would make a wonderful inspirational pic - a special New Jersey sunset!

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

to run in the NJ gubernatorial election coming up in 2017 (Krispy can't run again). Sad that I have to say "semi" because the state has had a century of political disasters tied to corruption - from the lowest levels all the way up to the top, and it crosses both parties.

Here in Philly, we are the media market for South Jersey, and I really haven't heard much reported (with the coverage of the Presidential election) regarding who in either party is interested in or is planning to run for governor there next year.

the former Ambassador to Germany will be the next governor. https://www.murphy4nj.com/

Spent the past 20 minutes on his website and other sites and given his background, me might be about as good a "compromise" candidate that Democrats can get, given the need for the indie vote.

NJ has a good chunk of bedroom communities for the NYC & Philly business crowds. His potential good points would be (based on similar with Wolf here in PA for the indie vote) -

1.) Business background
2.) Former Ambassador under Obama
3.) Has money (sadly nowadays, you can't run for governor without a personal fortune in some states)
4.) Was heavily involved with Dean and the 50-state strategy & Dean recently endorsed him
5.) Worked for the DNC as a finance director
6.) Irish Catholic - obviously a large demographic (but am not finding his stance on abortion)
7.) Supports MJ legalization

Some downsides would be -

1.) Long time Goldman Sachs employment - the pariah of the Democratic left
2.) Had issues with his ambassadorship in Germany
3.) Not a native Jerseyite

The hope here is that he didn't do something while @ Goldman Sachs that could take him out like what happened with Corzine.

including the teachers and some Democratic bigwigs.

I think fRump is actually crapier.

and both are going down. I hope they end up as cell-mates

is that no one likes a guy with shit all over his nose.

NEVER vote for a Republican.