Hey, remember when we said that Bridgeghazi meant Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was either a vengeful asshole or entirely incompetent? According to the Port Authority official at the center of the controversy, he's a vengeful asshole. And he's still lying to reporters and residents.
"Mistakes were clearly made," New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said of Bridgeghazi/Bridgegate in his State of the State address this afternoon. Yes, benevolence and competence can be really difficult sometimes. As can the avoidance of clichés and the passive voice.
In his marathon Bridgehazi therapy session/press conference last week, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie insisted he hadn't met with David Wildstein, the official who caused traffic problems in Fort Lee, "in a long time, a long time, well before the election." Like, say, when they hung out during the traffic jam.
In his ongoing damage-control news conference, New Jersey governor Chris Christie has said he has spent two sleepless nights* searching his soul about his staff's misbehavior in the bridge-closure scandal. Christie has also said he only learned about the misbehavior yesterday morning.
