Is It Karma Time For Kristie.......

[Laxman]

watching the Gluttonous Governor on Donald Trump's stage playing handmaiden to one of the few characters in American politics that is even more loathsome than himself had a certain air of pathos to it. Not the defiant "Made it Ma! Top of the world!" defiance of Jimmy Cagney's character Codey Jarrett in White Heat that you might expect from a guy who made his rep as a bully who told his constituents to "sit down and shut up" or chased them down the boardwalk while holding an ice cream cone. Instead, his demise seems to be taking the path more akin to that of Orson Welles' corrupt police captain Hank Quinlan in Touch of Evil, dying in a pool of sewage-his schemes gone awry.

Now as a man is like this or like that, according as he acts and according as he behaves, so will he be: a man of good acts will become good, a man of bad acts, bad. He becomes pure by pure deeds, bad by bad deeds. And here they say that a person consists of desires. And as is his desire, so is his will; and as is his will, so is his deed; and whatever deed he does, that he will reap. And here there is this verse: "To whatever object a man's own mind is attached, to that he goes strenuously together with his deed; and having obtained the end (the last results) of whatever deed he does here on earth, he returns again from that world (which is the temporary reward of his deed) to this world of action. So much for the man who desires."

"What goes around comes around" is something that I've come to believe that nice people say to themselves to ease the discomfort they feel every time they see bad people succeed. But watching Chris Christie stand there having to try to look admiringly at Donald Trump, while Trump insulted him about his jobs record in New Jersey. Seeing that pathetic "my God what have I done?" look on Christie's face. The guy who dreamed of being King reduced to the role of lackey. Maybe things DO have a way of evening out.

The arrogant bully who's been living the good life on the taxpayers dime. Taking lavish gifts from the likes of Sheldon Adelson, Jerry Jones and the King of Jordan. The guy who has used his public position and power to "squeeze the orange" and to crush his rivals or anyone else who might not leap to his call. The guy who yells at school teachers. The guy who called a Navy SEAL an idiot. The guy who tried to punish an entire town because their mayor didn't endorse him. Maybe there is indeed a price to be paid for all of that.

This is a person who wants to be famous and powerful. He wants to hob nob with the rich and famous. He wants to be Bruce Springsteen's BFF. But that look on his face last night just might say it all. Maybe finally he's realized that in the end he is only what former Newark Star-Ledger reporter Bob Braun wrote about him:

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.

and being a nobody is probably about the most painful ending that Chris Christie's political career can have for him. In reality, he should resign as governor, just as six New Jersey Newspapers called for yesterday. He should face indictment and prosecution from the very same U.S. Attorney's Office he used for his political advancement. But we probably won't get that satisfaction. In the last act we may just have to be satisfied to watch him slink off to an ignominious and shameful oblivion. I suppose that might be enough. I just can't revel in his suffering, I'm not a vindictive rat bastard like he is. Yet there should be justice. Is this what justice looks like? We'll see.

[GOLGO 13]

1. He's term-limited as Gov of NJ. This is his last chance to make it to the big time

and the BIG man is gonna loose BIG time. Then his humiliation will be total & complete.

[Beach Rat]

2. I would be satisifed with the Touch of Evil ending

dying in a pool of sewage, his schemes gone awry seems fitting.

[malaise]

3. He should face indictment and prosecution from the very same U.S. Attorney's Office

he used for his political advancement.

Christie is the quintessential ReTHUG scumbag - a fitting end. This is delish!!!!

[Laxman]

4. Maybe I'm Reading It Wrong....

but that sure looks like the telltale signs of humiliation on his face doesn't it? Absent the perp walk he so richly deserves, the sight of him reduced to being Trump's caddie has a certain satisfying effect.

[malaise]

5. Maybe he had an early read of the calls for his resignation

or calls for a recall from papers that endorsed him.

[Laxman]

6. And He Sinks Lower Still.....

just where do you suppose rock bottom is for Christie?

Christie's approval ratings in N.J. dip after Trump endorsement

Gov. Chris Christie's low approval ratings back home in New Jersey sank further after the former 2016 hopeful endorsed Republican front-runner Donald Trump, according to a new poll.

Sixty-one percent of New Jersey voters disapprove of the job Christie's doing as governor, with only 30 percent indicating they approve of his job performance, according to a Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind Poll released on Wednesday.

The latest dip in the polls is linked to him endorsing his former rival instead of focusing his attention on the Garden State, said Krista Jenkins, professor of political science and director of FDU's PublicMind.

The survey found Christie's approval rating dropped six percentage points in the days after he backed Trump.

"Christie's return to his roots after suspending his White House run was an opportunity to re-establish some good will with voters. But joining forces with Donald Trump was hardly a vehicle for getting voters to reconsider their sour mood toward the governor," Jenkins said.

Prior to endorsing Trump, Christie held a 33 percent approval rating. In the days after his surprise announcement last week, his approval rating dropped to 27 percent.

read the rest here: http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/03/christies_trump_endorsement_doesnt_sit_well_with_n.html#incart_2box_nj-homepage-featured

[malaise]

10. By the time Bill Baroni and Bridget Kelly are finished with him

his rating will be below 20%.

Classic case of Jamaica speak 'look what I come to'!!!!!!

[SoCalDem]

7. I am imagining him in a leopard print dress

[bemildred]

8. Thank you for that. nt

[malaise]

9. DUzy

[Laxman]

11. That's Just So Wrong....

and at the same time so right! Mr. Christie, we've established what kind of person you are, now we're just negotiating price.

[Laxman]

12. Oh My......

I have nothing to add to this-except maybe that I've been trying to yell this for the last several years:

Chris Christie, resign for N.J.'s sake

Gov. Chris Christie has made it abundantly clear that governing New Jersey is a distant second priority for him, far behind the demands of his personal ambition.

He has answered every crisis with neglect during his disastrous second term.

Atlantic City is about to go bankrupt, and yet he sat on a reform package for six months without explanation. The transit system is in disrepair, with our link to New York City vulnerable to a crippling breakdown, and he watches passively as the transit fund drifts towards bankruptcy. New Jersey's fiscal crisis is the nation's second worst, and he has charted no viable path towards a political deal.

All this is infuriating when you consider that Christie possesses the political talent to steer the state towards safer ground. He made that clear in his first term, when he scored substantial wins on a centrist agenda.

But if his first term showed that he has the talent, his second term has shown that he lacks the character.

His craven endorsement of Donald Trump is only the final blow, the moment when he lost any last shred of credibility. His fulsome praise of Trump, after his stinging condemnations only a few weeks ago, is impossible to believe.

Christie's distraught expression as he stood with Trump during the press conference on Super Tuesday showed that even he can barely stomach this act of hypocrisy and opportunism. He looked like he had been taken hostage, or hit in the head.

If you wonder how he could muscle himself through such a phony moment, remember that he had practice.

Over the last year he has flipped his position on guns, immigration, and a full menu of other core issues. He has lied over and over, about Bridgegate, the budget, his imaginary friendship with the King of Jordan, and so on. It has become a habit, one that drains his credibility like grains of sand slipping through an hourglass.

Where does this leave the state?

We face two more years under a governor that is wandering in the wilderness, looking for some escape hatch from New Jersey so that he can join the bigger game. His disinterest in this state's most pressing problems is breathtaking. Political and business leaders say they can't get his attention. He was gone 72 percent of the days in 2015, and even more often during the start of this year. In any other job, he would have been fired long ago.

How much time will he spend in coming months campaigning for Trump? Will he continue to bill New Jersey taxpayers for his security detail, in effect forcing us all to make an indirect contribution to a bigot when we pay our taxes?

We asked those questions, and of course he will not answer.

Enough. It is time for the man to resign.

Read it here: http://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/03/christie_resign_for_njs_sake_editorial.html#incart_river_home

[malaise]

14. To watch a bully being bullied

is always fun

[Beach Rat]

13. I guess it was the day he realized it's a dog's life for him.