Chris Christie watched his political career end this week

[cuky]

Chris Christie watched his political career end this week

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/chris-christie-watched-his-political-career-end-this-week/ar-AAjYiub?ocid=spartandhp

It has been a very tough few years for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. He has gone from the hottest thing in Republican politics (circa 2012) to, well, not.  From his never-really-got-started presidential campaign in 2016 to his decidedly odd surrogate work for Donald Trump, Christie has watched his relevance as a major figure within the GOP ebb away.
And through it all has been Bridgegate, the scandal caused by two of Christie's top gubernatorial aides exacting retribution on a Democratic politician by shutting down several lanes of traffic in Fort Lee, N.J.

Those two aides — Bill Baroni and Bridget Anne Kelly — were last week found guilty of all nine charges brought against them, another black mark on Christie's time in office. But the biggest takeaway from the seven-week trial was this: Everyone involved believed Christie should have been charged as well.

Baroni attorney Michael Baldassare said the trial was a “disgrace," adding: “One of the things the U.S. Attorney's Office should be ashamed of is where it decided to draw the line on who to charge and who not to charge.... They should have had belief in their own case to charge powerful people, and they did not."

“Yes, the system worked, and the rule of law has been vindicated," wrote Tom Moran, a member of the Star Ledger editorial board. “Both Kelly and Bill Baroni are now felons. But the big guy got away. Gov. Chris Christie was smart enough to hide his tracks, guided no doubt by his years as a federal prosecutor. He is the firefighter who knows the tricks well enough to get away with arson."

[INVAR]

Well if Hillary can skate for high treason and malfeasance with classified information, Christie should skate for comparative misdemeanors.

Except the law only applies to those whom are ruled.

The Rulers are exempt from justice.

[TomSea]

I doubt if this was a Clinton, this would be said. Indict Christie or he may still have a good job in the future.

[Vulcan]

He did skate. But, his political career is over. He doesn't have the personality of a trump.

In 2 days Trump's "political career" will also  be over.

It's not been a good year for northeastern liberals who don't have benefit of a complicit liberal media, the DOJ and the White House in their corner.

[Frank Cannon]

This article is laughable garbage. Christie's political career ended long before this bridge mess. He has run the state into the ground. Financially they are a basket case. Add to that the fact that people are still leaving NJ in droves because Christie Creme did nothing about the high cost of living there or tax burden and he was dead man walking for many years now.

[Gefn]

This article is laughable garbage. Christie's political career ended long before this bridge mess. He has run the state into the ground. Financially they are a basket case. Add to that the fact that people are still leaving NJ in droves because Christie Creme did nothing about the high cost of living there or tax burden and he was dead man walking for many years now.

 

And he has made sure the next governor will be a democrat.

NJ has had some really bad governors in the last ten years. McGreevy, Corzine and Christie.

Please I hope some one decent goes into Drumthwacket in 17.

[HonestJohn]

Christie lasted long enough to be Trump's useful idiot for knocking the momentum out of Rubio.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

It's his own fault. What the hell was he thinking?

[Night Hides Not]

Chris Christie watched his political career end this week

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/chris-christie-watched-his-political-career-end-this-week/ar-AAjYiub?ocid=spartandhp

It has been a very tough few years for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. He has gone from the hottest thing in Republican politics (circa 2012) to, well, not.  From his never-really-got-started presidential campaign in 2016 to his decidedly odd surrogate work for Donald Trump, Christie has watched his relevance as a major figure within the GOP ebb away.
And through it all has been Bridgegate, the scandal caused by two of Christie's top gubernatorial aides exacting retribution on a Democratic politician by shutting down several lanes of traffic in Fort Lee, N.J.

Those two aides — Bill Baroni and Bridget Anne Kelly — were last week found guilty of all nine charges brought against them, another black mark on Christie's time in office. But the biggest takeaway from the seven-week trial was this: Everyone involved believed Christie should have been charged as well.

Baroni attorney Michael Baldassare said the trial was a “disgrace," adding: “One of the things the U.S. Attorney's Office should be ashamed of is where it decided to draw the line on who to charge and who not to charge.... They should have had belief in their own case to charge powerful people, and they did not."

“Yes, the system worked, and the rule of law has been vindicated," wrote Tom Moran, a member of the Star Ledger editorial board. “Both Kelly and Bill Baroni are now felons. But the big guy got away. Gov. Chris Christie was smart enough to hide his tracks, guided no doubt by his years as a federal prosecutor. He is the firefighter who knows the tricks well enough to get away with arson."

And this is a bad thing?