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yellowcanine

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14. one town has three lanes dedicated to it, that kind of gets me sauced," Christie said

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Dec 23, 2013, 10:56 PM

Dec 2013

What a stupid thing to say. As if all of the traffic entering the toll gate originated in Ft. Lee. One assumes that traffic engineers looked at traffic flows and decided how many lanes to dedicate coming from that direction. What gets Christie sauced is that his political appointees retaliated against a political opponent and got caught, thereby putting Christie's ass in the wringer and making him say stupid things.

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Politifact Gives Gov. Christie 'Pants On Fire' Rating For Claim About Traffic Scandal [View all] DonViejo Dec 2013 OP

Yeah, but at the end of the year Iliyah Dec 2013 #1

He lies pretty blatantly, knowing he is a liar...hoping the folks in the rest of the country CTyankee Dec 2013 #2

Thought it was a "traffic study". Now it is too many lanes for Ft. Lee? Fat man spinning alert! yellowcanine Dec 2013 #3

That was my first thought too NastyRiffraff Dec 2013 #4

The "traffic study" story died from exhaustion when several traffic engineers said that closing down yellowcanine Dec 2013 #13

Hope the people of N.J. remember this. Really, it's too late for them, though. freshwest Dec 2013 #5

We heard that, I think, on Maddow sakabatou Dec 2013 #8

And will continue to be through 2016. Yes, I've a lot of Maddow. Also came across a horrible freshwest Dec 2013 #10

Stopped clock, twice a day Kelvin Mace Dec 2013 #6

Thats a pretty big pair of britches he is burning too... Historic NY Dec 2013 #7

U.S. relativism rustbeltvoice Dec 2013 #9

Ultimately, it's defects in his character . . . MrModerate Dec 2013 #11

Traffic Studies Are Conducted All Of The Time DallasNE Dec 2013 #12

one town has three lanes dedicated to it, that kind of gets me sauced," Christie said yellowcanine Dec 2013 #14

We all know why Christie did this. Dawson Leery Dec 2013 #15