Chris Christie's Sleazy Regime

Chris Christie became governor of New Jersey in 2009, showing the blustery bullying style that is so appealing to the Tea Partiers. Since assuming office he has been known for waging war on public education and for threatening his opponents with baseball bats. Except during Hurricane Sandy (Oct. 2012) Christie suddenly realized that he had a use for the Federal Government after, as a source of reconstruction aid. That led to attacks by ultra-rightists and Tea Baggers that Christie was a "traitor." Christie himself hasn't changed but the Tea Party has continued descending into deeper insanities, and so Christie now looks like a "moderate."

That may not matter much longer. It has been recently revealed that three Christie staffers deliberately close lanes on the George Washington Bridge that connects Fort Lee N.J. to New York City. The culprits were Bridget Anne Kelly, a top Christie aide, and David Wildstein and David Samson, members of the Port Authority appointed by Christie.
The targets of the bridge closures were Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich and State Senator Loretta Weinberg, both Democrats and Christie opponents. Kelly, Wildstein and Samson are out and Christie denies any knowledge of the incident. But investigations are just getting under way.

The closure of the George Washington Bridge is the sort of thing we would expect in a corrupt third world country. This shows how much the GOP and the Tea Party have degraded this country.