From Salon:
“In another correspondence, this time between Wildstein and an unknown interlocutor (the documents are partially redacted), Wildstein dismisses his correspondent’s concerns over how the lane closure and the ensuing traffic jams affected New Jersey residents. “I feel bad about the kids,” the unknown person texts Wildstein. Wildstein responds, texting, “They are the children of Buono voters.” Barbara Buono was Christie’s Democratic opponent in 2013′s gubernatorial election.”
This is a great scandal! And by the way, this vicious swaggering vengeful bridgetroll monster, you just fucking know that everyone on his staff is fucking terrified of him, they have the most reason to be afraid of him, they are within chubby arms reach. You think anyone who works for this vicious petty vindictive fuck would EVER go out on a limb and freelance something like this?
It is part of Christie’s spin to keep calling these the “Fort Lee Lanes,” as when Christie said “why does Fort Lee get three lanes to itself?” They are the local lanes for all the people who are not coming to the bridge on the interstate.The reality it that this wasn’t just a kick in the truck nutz to Fort Lee. All folks who live along the Hudson were affected. There’s the Hudson River, a few hundred yards of flat then a cliff, which Ft. Lee sits on top of. Becuz of that cliff, the tens of thousands of schlubs who live on the flat have nowhere else to go. There aren’t many back roads you can use to try and get around any tie up, let alone entrances to the bridge. This is the highest degree of nastiness.
This should be a nail in the oversized coffin of Christie’s political career.
Who am I kidding? The Republican “base” loves shit like this. The knuckle draggers are gonna love him for what they consider being bad ass, when really he’s just an ass.
On the other hand, he’s from NJ, not middle ‘Amerikkka, and DID hug that black guy while giving him a reach around in matching windbreakers just because Jesus sent some major winds through New Jersey…he did make the mistake of trying to appeal to independents and right leaning democrats without hail Jesusing enough to the base…
But then again Americans will tolerate a lot of bullshit, but they will never vote for someone who fucks up traffic on purpose.
Then again these are REPUBLICANS we are talking about. By the time primary season rolls around, they’ll be arguing over who left the most Democrats stranded on bridges…
Them again, think of the children…..the laughing at the school kids stuck on the busses part will stick in people’s craws. That chilling little detail shows what kind of vicious fucksticks Christie and his crew are and this is just the tipoff the iceberg of his corruption and hubris.
But t this sort of thing makes him seem more likely to nuke Iran….
No, I think this ends in a pincer maneuver: he loses votes on the extreme right for the Obama photo op and loses votes from the left and center for the GWB dick move. that leaves as his base people who take Jennifer Rubin seriously.