Andrew Chaplowitz weighs in on Chris Christie and Bridgegate and Sandy

Late night comedians having a field day. "He'll cross that bridge when he comes to it".

Just a few observations here. First, despite having the same high school alma mater, I'm not a big Christie fan. I had issues with his becoming U.S. Attorney for New Jersey. His background was in civil litigation, and he had no clinical criminal prosecution experience whatsoever. Turns out his brother gave a wad of money to the Republican party when Bush 43 was in office. Coincidentally, shortly after, Bush 43 appointed him. Without that, we wouldn't be discussing bridgegate.


And, in my opinion, Corzine lost the election more than Christie won it. Remember the debate when Christie got in Corzine's face and asked him, "am I fat?" Corzine had the opportunity of a lifetime, to to to Christie what Lloyd Bentsen did to Dan Quayle in the 1988 vice-presidential debate. He should have answered, "no Chris. Youre not fat. Your weight is perfect. You are, however, about eight inches too short."

Hey John, fasten your seatbelt next time. And good luck with the Goldman investigation.


Still, I believe Christie when he said he didn't know.

That being said, I take issue with the New Jersey Star Ledger. After I read someone's comments, I don't have to guess whether the person has a (D) or (R) after his name.

One of the Deomocratic newspapers led off with former New York City mayor and prosecutor, Adolph Rudolph Giuliani, stating that, if evidence exists that Christie knew, his career would be over. What the headline did not state, was that Giuliani takes Christie at his word and is on his side.

So, do I think he knew?

No. If he did, it would have been proven by now with a paper trail. So, the Democrats have only speculation, conjecture and hearsay to argue their position.

Here's what I think: Flash forward twenty years later to Christie and his henchman.

Henchmen: Hey Chris, remember about twenty years ago, when you had a 22 point lead against that chick, Buono, and that $%&* mayor from Fort Lee, wouldn't back you?

Christie: What about it?

Henchmen: You won't believe this, but we intentionally closed the bridge to cause a back-up. Kids couldn't get to school, and a woman in dire need of medical attention, was stuck in an ambulance, short of the hospital.

Christie: Are you sh*ttin me? How come I wasn't in the loop?

Henchmen: We wanted to keep you out of it. But now you know how unconditionally committed we were to you. Plus, we did it for self-serving reasons. We wanted to stay in office and keep our powerful and cushy jobs.

Were laws broken? Don't know. But please note: When Christie was U.S. Attorney, he successfully prosecuted by widely construing a vauge law known as theft of services.