What made him the expert?

Baroni authorized a statement for reporters when pressed, after ordering no talking to the media for weeks, explaining that the closings were part of a" traffic study." A study that failed to notify government agencies or police, fire, etc.

These Baroni produced documents show that there actually was a claimed traffic study that was done, or at least a preliminary one. Two versions turned up in the documents -- one was six pages and the other 16. Both were dated Sept. 12, the day before the lanes reopened.

Baroni manufactured the traffic study outcomes, all part of the elaborate coverup, all the while insulating Christie from the eventual and inevitable fallout to come.

according to the emails.

By shortly after noon on Monday, a status report of the lane closures stated the authority was fielding angry inquiries from the Fort Lee Police Department, who said the “test” was causing major congestion and was preventing emergency vehicles from smoothly traveling through the borough. The borough’s administrator later called to report that emergency vehicles had difficulty responding to two incidents, a missing child who was later found and a cardiac arrest, because of the gridlock.

Really, a traffic study sure to cause massive congestion and they did not inform the police department, ambulance service, fire department, FEMA, etc., etc.?

Arrests are in order, pronto.

Poll, at 1:41 ET

Grade Gov. Chris Christie's press conference performance...


A. Great. Absolutely great. Panache. Eloquence. I BELIEVE this guy. Restored my trust in government.
10%
B. He was good. He apologized, and it was from the heart. Now let's move on.
26%
C. Unconvincing performance. That high pitched voice - where did that come from?
14%
D. Awful. So he threw a bunch of staffers under the bus. What about him owning up?
30%
F. Short of announcing his resignation, everything he says is worthless.
20%

Louis Filliger 56 minutes ago (Marketwatch/Capitol Hill)

As someone who considers himself a Tea Party conservative, I never much cared for Christie anyway and these events don't surprise me. He's too fat, for starters. How can someone trim a debt when they can't trim their own waistline? The great hope for conservatives is Paul Ryan, and his time will come, when the country gets sick of its entitlement mindset.
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Yes, a real post.

Source: Market Watch, Capitol Report

Grilled by reporters for almost two hours on Thursday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie answered questions ranging from whether he’s a bully to how much he knew about forced traffic jams.

He started today’s event with an apology, saying that he was “embarrassed and humiliated.” He then moved to this morning’s firing of Bridget Kelly, an aide who had sent the infamous “time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee” email.

This word cloud shows the relative frequency with which Christie used words during the press conference — the bigger the word, the more frequently it was used. The cloud shows that the governor frequently said “think,” “know” and “people.” Used less were words such as “mistakes,” “responsibility” and “apologize.” Of note: the cloud excludes Christie’s frequent use of the phrase “you know” and other common English words.

Read more: http://blogs.marketwatch.com/capitolreport/2014/01/09/apologize-mistakes-not-often-uttered-during-christies-marathon-press-conference-word-cloud-shows/

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Words matter, and "Me, me, me" are words that matter the least when apologizing.

who will also rat fuck entire communities, cities and nations for political revenge and not tell the President?

daveweigel (@daveweigel) January 9, 2014

Yeselson (@yeselson) January 9, 2014

THAT is what Christie is pinning his hopes on, that there was some kind of traffic study that shut down lanes to study......that shutting down lanes causes congestion?

"For my aides loved ME so much they did this evil crime on my behalf, and did not tell ME to protect me from their great love of......ME".

It never works. Me, Me, Me.