Turn on Rachel right fugging now - MSNBC confirms that

[Laxman]

7. And Consider This...

from the Chris Christie Crime Digest, an event I remember well:

The 1994 defamation suite where he blatantly lied about his opponents in the Morris County Freeholders race. Check out this description of that episode:

People have very low opinions of political advertising, and justifiably so. But blatantly false political ads are actually pretty rare. For one, political rhetoric is so flexible, and factual standards so ambiguous, that there is no reason to make obviously false statements in an ad. You can impugn an opponent's character thousands of ways before it's ever necessary to resort to a clearly, demonstrably, factually false claim. Saying your opponents are under investigation by a local prosecutor when they are not is obviously dishonest. But saying it on television is also a little nutty. Was that potentially self-damaging lie really his only chance of winning?

You can watch the 1994 Christie ad here. There is something else unusual about it. Christie is seated on a sofa next to his wife and baby as he defames his two opponents. (They subsequently sued Christie, who issued an apology two years later.) Who does that? Who holds his baby and then turns to the camera to lie flagrantly?

Who said past results are not indicative of future performance? This was close to an all-time low. Seriously, what kind of man holds his baby then turns to the camera and lies? I think we know the answer.