Tag Archives: Chris Christie

Christie’s quest looks like a forlorn one. By John Cassidy The New Yorker (7/1/15) Chris Christie can yak; we all know that. At one point during the Bridgegate scandal, which derailed his Presidential hopes, he stood at the podium for what … Continue reading →

By David Sirota Salon (5/8/15) If after last week’s Bridgegate indictments you thought Chris Christie was finally done as the focus of government investigations, think again. The Republican governor’s administration in New Jersey is facing a whole new inquiry — … Continue reading →

Respondents]used words like ‘arrogance,’ ‘rudeness’ and ‘abrasive’ to explain the turnaround.   By Janie Velencia The Huffington Post (1/13/15) Approval ratings for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) are the lowest they have been since he took office in 2010, a … Continue reading →

By Ed Mazza The Huffington Post (2/6/15)   Jon Stewart is handicapping the 2016 wannabes, and he doesn’t seem to be happy with any of them. Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush and Chris Christie were all targets on Thursday night’s “Daily … Continue reading →

By Robert Farley, D’Angelo Gore, Lori Robertson and Brooks Jackson, with Carolyn Fante Factcheck.org (1/15/15) In his State of the State address, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie exaggerated some figures and boasted about progress that doesn’t look so impressive when compared … Continue reading →

Gov. Christie has proved himself an outlier on the issue of farm animal torture. By Olivia Nuzzi The Daily Beast (11/28/14) “It’s a sad day,” a thick New Jersey accent greeted me on the phone the Friday after Thanksgiving. It … Continue reading →

By Kenneth P. Vogel Politico (3/29/14) LAS VEGAS – New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie apologized to Sheldon Adelson in a meeting Saturday for stepping on a fault line in Middle East politics during a speech he gave earlier in the … Continue reading →

It should be clear by now that the sorting out of this governor’s troubles is going to take a very long time.       By John Nichols The Nation (1/31/14) Chris Christie was never going to be the president … Continue reading →

FightHatred.com (5/28/10) A new exhibition dedicated to the history of the Nazi SS has opened at the German castle that epitomizes the myth of the “Black Order” to neo-Nazis. Although facing concern and even condemnation, curators point out that this … Continue reading →

They see in Christie versions of themselves. They know he will enthusiastically do their dirty work. They trust him to be a real bastard.   By Chris Hedges TruthDig (1/13/14)  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has been Wall Street’s anointed … Continue reading →

By Igor Volsky Think Progress (1/13/14) The Office of the Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has  opened a federal investigation into whether New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) improperly used Hurricane Sandy relief funds … Continue reading →

Mr. Christie has worked his powers of government as an arm of his political operation.         By Kate Zernike The New York Times (1/13/14) The night he was elected mayor of Jersey City in May, Steven Fulop … Continue reading →

The Onion (1/9/14) WASHINGTON—Following revelations this week that staffers under New Jersey Governor Chris Christie manipulated traffic in a small New Jersey town to punish its mayor, mortified Americans across the nation reported that they were shocked to learn the … Continue reading →