Gee I wonder what ole Chris Christie has been up to? Oh, just yelling at baseball fans again.

At #Cubs #Brewers game. #ChrisChristie was getting razzed by fans, so he got in the face of one of them. 5:30 on @WISN12News pic.twitter.com/sx8euMgFy2

— Ben Hutchison (@BennyHutch) July 30, 2017

Courtesy of HuffPo: 

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie got into a spat with a baseball fan at a game in Milwaukee on Sunday, his latest public relations snafu to cap a month of snafus. 

In a video posted to Twitter, Christie is seen leaning over a fan who heckled him, angrily calling the man a “big shot” before storming away with a bowl of nachos.

A local news reporter for the station WISN12, Ben Hutchison, said he was a relative of the man Christie confronted, Brad Joseph. Joseph told the outlet he yelled the governor’s name “and told him that he sucked,” which sparked the encounter. 

“I called him a hypocrite because I thought it needed to be said. He turned around back towards me and got in my face for what seemed like a long time, but was probably only about 30 seconds or a minute. (He) was yelling at me. First he told me, ‘Why don’t you have another beer?’ which I thought was a decent come back, and I thought that was kind of funny. Then he started calling me a tough guy.”

Speaking of "tough guy" I wonder how tough Christie would be without all of that Secret Service protection? 

Besides what is the governor with the lowest approval rating in the country so mad about?

All the guy did was tell the truth.

Oh that's right, these GOP thugs are allergic to anything resembling the truth.

Two of the people behind Bridgegate are found guilty of all charges. That sound you hear is Chris Christie's sphincter closing up.

Courtesy of TPM: 

A jury on Friday found two former allies of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) guilty on all federal charges in the high-profile Bridgegate case. 

Bridget Anne Kelly, Christie's former deputy chief of staff, and Bill Baroni, a former senior official at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, faced seven counts each of conspiracy and wire fraud for their alleged roles in orchestrating lane closures on the George Washington Bridge in September 2013 meant to create mass gridlock in the town of Fort Lee. 

Prosecutors and former Port Authority official David Wildstein, the admitted mastermind of the scheme, said the days-long traffic jam was meant to punish the town’s Democratic mayor for declining to back Christie’s re-election bid. Wildstein struck a plea deal for his own involvement in the plot. 

Bergen Record reporter Paul Berger said that Baroni kept a smile on his face as the verdict was read, while Kelly broke into tears.

Now you would think that news of this kind would cause Christie to have a cardiac, but instead he issued this statement.

BREAKING: .@GovChristie's statement to #Bridgegate verdicts. pic.twitter.com/bgkYbKdmra

— Matt Arco (@MatthewArco) November 4, 2016

Which seems little like whistling past the graveyard since Bridget Anne Kelly said in no uncertain terms that Christie knew about the George Washington Bridge closing a month before it happened.

Knowing this Christie must have the biggest balls in the world to think that he is going to get away scott free. 

Though for the life of me I cannot imagine where he keeps them.

"The Boss" weighs in on Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

Courtesy of Twitter

Courtesy of Rolling Stone:

Rolling Stone: What do you make of the Trump phenomenon? 

Bruce Springsteen: Well, you know, the republic is under siege by a moron, basically. The whole thing is tragic. Without overstating it, it's a tragedy for our democracy. When you start talking about elections being rigged, you're pushing people beyond democratic governance. And it's a very, very dangerous thing to do. Once you let those genies out of the bottle, they don't go back in so easy, if they go back in at all. The ideas he's moving to the mainstream are all very dangerous ideas – white nationalism and the alt-right movement. The outrageous things that he's done – not immediately disavowing David Duke? These are things that are obviously beyond the pale for any previous political candidate. It would sink your candidacy immediately.

The interviewer noted that while Springsteen clearly dislikes Trump that he has not exactly come out strongly in favor of Hillary either. Springsteen answered that partially by suggesting that he does not think he has been approached by her campaign, but then he answered a follow up question with a little more certainty.

Rolling Stone: Is there a lack of enthusiasm for Hillary on your own part? 

Springsteen: No. I like Hillary. I think she would be a very, very good president.

You know that right now super Springsteen fan Chris Christie is thinking "Oh God, I've made such a terrible mistake."

Yes I know that the opinions of celebrities are not supposed to matter, but I also know that they most certainly do.

Deplorable Donald Trump supporter mocks the fact that he is considered one of his "deplorables." Which allows the media to prove why he belongs in that group.

I am so proud to be one of the Deplorables #Trump2016 pic.twitter.com/IFD1hfC60w

— Roger Stone (@RogerJStoneJr) September 10, 2016

Courtesy of Mediaite:  

Now, just to review, Stone has, in the past, used phrases like “fat negro” and “stupid negro,” has used lots of other nasty language, once set up an anti-Clinton political group with the acronym CUNT, accused Khizr Khan of being a Muslim Brotherhood agent (before sorta walking it back), and questioned whether Clinton aide Huma Abedin is a terrorist agent. 

If only there was a word to describe that kind of behavior. Something that starts with a D?

Others who made the cut are Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Eric Trump,  Mike Pence, Pepe the Frog, Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump Jr., Alex Jones, and Breitbart troll Milo Yiannopoulos.

(Not really sure how Sean Hannity and Sarah Palin failed to make the cut.)

Hopefully more of Trump's "basket of deplorables" will offer up reasons to describe why they also deserve their seat in the basket.

More bad news for Chris Christie.

NEW court filing with texts between Christie aides, sent December 2013:
"Are you listening? He just flat out lied." pic.twitter.com/iqIXqD21Y2

— Matt Katz (@mattkatz00) August 10, 2016

Courtesy of Raw Story:  

WNYC reporter Matt Katz points out that newly filed court documents show that Christie aide Christina Genovese Renna was sending text messages to Christie attorney Mark Sheridan during a 2013 press conference on the “Bridgegate” controversy. 

In a particularly damning set of exchanges, Renna tells Sheridan that their boss completely lied to the media while answering a question about whether his campaign manager Bill Stepien had any knowledge of the George Washington Bridge lane closures that Christie aides coordinated to punish the Democratic mayor of Fort Lee for not endorsing their boss during his 2013 reelection bid. 

“Are you listening? He just flat out lied about senior staff and Stepien not being involved,” she said, referring to Christie’s campaign manager Bill Stepien.

Renna then goes on to openly worry about what happens if the e-mails get subpoenaed.

Yeah, that would be terrible wouldn't it?

I have to admit that I almost forgot all about Bridge-gate after watching Christie degrading himself in order to ingratiate himself with Donald Trump.

Oh God, what have I done?

Let's face it, after the last five or six months that Christie has had he might actually be looking forward to some quiet time in prison. 

Top Trump aide says that Chris Christie was "livid" at not being chosen as Don the Con's VP.

I'm just going to stand back here until he notices me.

Courtesy of the Weekly Standard:  

While minding my own business at the Starbucks inside the Westin hotel this morning, I saw a man engage Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort in conversation about the VP selection process. The man, whom I couldn't identify, suggested that Pence was a smart pick and Gingrich would've been a disaster. 

"Christie was livid, right?" the man said at one point. "Yeah," Manafort replied. 

Christie has made no secret that he was disappointed he wasn't chosen to be Donald Trump's running mate. "[I] don't like coming in second. Ever," Christie said Thursday. But the conversation overheard by THE WEEKLY STANDARD Sunday suggests Christie's feelings were far more intense than mere disappointment.

I don't get it.

Christie was loyal.

He was an aggressive surrogate.

Nobody can argue that he really fills out a baseball uniform.

So why did he not get the job?

After all how much shit do you have to eat for Donald Trump to put you on the ticket?

Well from the look of discomfort on the face of Mike Pence it must be quite a bit.

Newt Gingrich is suspended from Fox News. Does that mean he will be Donald Trump's running mate?

Courtesy of HuffPo:

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is no longer a contributor to Fox News, the network announced Tuesday. 

“Fox News Channel has mutually agreed to suspend its contributor agreement with Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich effective immediately,” said a statement from Jay Wallace, the network’s executive vice president of news. “Due to the intense media speculation about Gingrich’s potential selection as Donald Trump’s vice presidential candidate, we felt it best to halt his contributor role on the network to avoid all conflicts of interest that may arise.”

Rachel Maddow pointed out on her show last night that when a Republican loses his job on Fox News that it typically indicates that they are about to launch a campaign for political office.

So does this prove that Gingrich is the guy for Trump?

I have no idea.

Nothing about Donald Trump makes any kind of sense, therefore I make no predictions.

However what we do know is that the other two names that have been bandied about recently are Mike Pence..

Zzzz, okay does anybody else have trouble staying awake while looking a a picture of Mike Pence?

and Chris Christie.

So we can logically assume that Trump is going to appoint another white dude to join him on the ticket.

And since he recently said that he wants an attack dog for a VP, that would seem to put Chris Christie and his mangina in the front of the pack.

New poll shows that if Donald Trump REALLY wants to lose the presidential election, he simply needs to add Sarah Palin.

Courtesy of USA Today: 

Presidential nominees weigh a variety of factors when selecting their running mates, not the least of which is the ability to boost the ticket's chances of winning in November. So among the plausible vice presidential choices this year, who would help Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump the most? 

In a Monmouth University Poll out Thursday, six potential running mate choices from each party were gauged to see how much they would help — or hurt — their party's prospects. While a lack of name recognition is a significant factor for many, a couple of notable findings emerged. 

Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee, would seem to be a drag on Trump's chances should he pick her to once again be on the Republican ticket. 

Among the 803 registered voters polled, 42% said they would be less likely to vote for the real estate mogul with Palin as his running mate, compared to only 13% who said they'd be more likely to.

I checked the poll myself and found the following about possible VP choices:

Newt Gingrich-

More likely to vote for Trump: 24%
Less likely: 26%

Chris Christie-

More likely: 20%
Less likely: 28%

Marco Rubio-

More likely: 27%
Less likely: 20%

Joni Ernst-

More likely: 7%
Less likely: 15%

As you can see only Marco Rubio actually helps Trump more than he hurts Trump.

But if he really wants to lose this thing, and there are a number of people saying that he does not actually want to be the President, then adding Sarah Palin to the ticket will certainly help Trump to do just that.

What's even more convenient is that he can simply turn around and blame his loss on her.

And true or not pretty much everybody in the country would be happy to agree with him. 

Hey look who finally broke her vow of silence.

Courtesy of the Wasilla Wendigo's Facebook page.

Wait is today Memorial Day?

No, that's not until Monday.

So without a Facebook ghostwriter this idiot cannot even read a calendar?

Well maybe she is just distraught because tomorrow is the long awaited beginning of Track's trial for assault.

Yep even knocking her up does not erase the fact that you beat her ass in a drunken rage.

You know it must really rub salt in the wound to read about Chris Christie and Newt Gingrich making time with your boyfriend while you are stuck up here waiting for yet more embarrassing details about your fucked up family to be reported by the media.

I'd feel sorry for her but, you know, I don't.

Chris Christie's wife cannot control her disdain as Donald Trump claims that the only thing Hillary Clinton has going for her is that she's a woman.

Mary Pat Christie as Trump talks "woman's card." https://t.co/Q8KMysFCx4

— Nick Corasaniti (@NYTnickc) April 27, 2016

I have never been a fan of Mary Pat Christie but her reaction was perfect and undoubtedly spoke for millions of women across the country.

Here is the entire quote:  

“Frankly, if Hillary Clinton were a man, I don’t think she’d get five percent of the vote. The only thing she’s got going is the woman’s card. And the beautiful thing is women don’t like her, OK?” 

That is so deeply misogynistic that you can almost hear women across the country gasping in frustration and rolling their wrists and stretching their fingers so that they can even vote harder for Hillary Clinton in November.

In fact, just to drive that point home, this is what one of Trump's female advisers said about women voting in 2016:

Tana Goertz, senior adviser to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, argued Wednesday that the average woman who isn't keeping up with politics or "really using her own brain" will vote for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. 

“The average woman who isn’t really involved in politics or isn’t really using her own brain to go, 'let me see you know what does, what has this woman done for our country' — they’re just going in and saying 'I guess I should vote for her because she’s a woman,'" Goertz said in a panel discussion on CNN.

Oh yeah, I'm limbering up my wrists and fingers as well. I can hardly wait to shut this POS down in November.

Bill Maher does the impossible for liberals, choosing between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.

Courtesy of HuffPo:

Maher criticized Republicans for whittling down their 17 initial candidates to two people who were essentially like the former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and the late Sen. Joe McCarthy (R-Wis.), notorious for his “witch-hunt“ for suspected Communists in the 1950s. “Hillary Clinton is not a sure thing,” the comedian added. “You need a fall back besides suicide and Canada.” 

He detailed the differences between Trump and Cruz, describing the former as “like Ebola, he’ll violently kill you right away” and the latter as “more like the Zika virus, we won’t see the damage until future generations.” 

My favorite part was of course was identifying Trump supporters Sarah Palin, Chris Christie, and Ben Carson as "Catty, Fatty, and Batty.".

Ben Carson claims that he did not want to endorse Donald Trump but he offered him a job once elected, which is illegal.

Courtesy of Think Progress:  

Dr. Ben Carson, who endorsed Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy on Friday, appears less than enthusiastic about that decision. And the real reason the unsuccessful GOP presidential hopeful endorsed his former rival could be a violation of federal law. 

Carson then said that Trump had promised him a role in his administration, “certainly in an advisory capacity.” Asked by NewsMax’s Steve Malzberg whether this meant a cabinet position, Carson declined to “reveal any details about it right now, because all of this is still very liquid.”

Carson also reveals in the interview that he would have rather endorsed  John Kasich or Marco Rubio, but he did not see either of them winning the nomination.

So apparently Donald Trump's advisers failed to explain this US Legal Code to their candidate:

Whoever, being a candidate, directly or indirectly promises or pledges the appointment, or the use of his influence or support for the appointment of any person to any public or private position or employment, for the purpose of procuring support in his candidacy shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.

I imagine that Trump would simply laugh off a fine, but jail time, THAT could really put a crimp in Trump's plans for his next reality show "The Apprentice to the Man who was a Presidential Candidate and has a Yuge Penis."

And of course this also essentially proves that Trump is making deals with people to get their endorsements.

I imagine he offered Chris Christie the Attorney General position, Joe Arpaio Secretary of Homeland Security, and Sarah Palin Secretary of Going into Fake Labor.

Sarah Palin welcomes Ben Carson aboard the Trump train car to destruction.

Courtesy of the Trump Tramp's Facebook page: 

Dr. Ben Carson! Welcome on board the Trump Train. Thank you, from all Americans excited about the yuge growth of the conservative movement! 

Now, GOP Leaders, wake up and realize Donald Trump's energized, positive campaign is bringing in new voters, smashing records along the way...and it's only just begun. The Trump movement, heading far away from the failed status quo, is accomplishing what you've not done - it's finally growing our party with engaged patriots who stand solidly on commonsense conservative planks in our platform. This. Is. Awesome. This makes America great again.

 I have to imagine that Palin is actually feeling pretty good about herself right about now.

After all she discarded the shattered remnants of her dignity and assumed the position for Trump way back in January, and since then she has been joined by likes of Sheriff Arpaio, Jan Brewer, Jeff Sessions, Chris Christie, and now Ben Carson.

It is always great to be among the first to try a newfangled ride and then see others jumping on board much later. Besides how could she not jump on board since Trump has managed to attract many of the same lunatics that once came to her own rallies back in 2008?

Of course as we all know being at the front of the train has its risks as well.

I personally think that when this train inevitably crashes and burns, that there will be a number of folks whose careers simply will not survive the impact.

And that includes Ben Carson, Chris Christie, and Sarah Palin who will see their conservative credibility in tatters and their future marketability damaged beyond repair.

P.S. Speaking of train wrecks today's Donald Trump rally was cancelled after it was infiltrated by protesters. I watched this on TV and after the cancellation things got ugly with quite a number of people getting into shouting and shoving matches.

Eventually the police had to be called to clear the arena. 

I am wondering if this marks the end of any future Trump rallies. At least in their current form.

Donald Trump takes another hostage.

Courtesy of NBC News:  

Ben Carson, the former pediatric neurosurgeon who dropped out of the Republican presidential race last week, endorsed Donald Trump on Friday, praising his "guts" and "energy." 

"There are two different Donald Trumps," Carson said at the billionaire's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. "There's the one you see on the stage and there's the one who is very cerebral, sits there and considers things very carefully. You can have a very good conversation with him. That's the Donald Trump that you're going to start seeing more and more of."

Well if there ARE two Donald Trumps they are both arrogant assholes.

I felt like I was watching one of those videos where the terrorists make their captive denounce America as the "great Satan" before they cut his head off on live TV.

I have no idea how Trump gets these former outspoken critics of his to trade what's left of their dignity for a few minutes on the stage with him, but at this point he seems to have it down to a science.

Getting Sarah Palin's endorsement is not big deal because she is the equivalent of a political two bit streetwalker, So she can be had for...well for two bits.

Chris Christie has campaign debt and legal problems on the horizon so of course he was for sale.

But Ben Carson just left the campaign trail with millions of unused money in his coffers and reputation for integrity. I have no idea what Trump could offer him that convinced him to come aboard the Trump Train to disaster, but he did.

I think if we have learned anything this campaign season it is that virtually none of these GOP candidates have an ounce of integrity.

Not that most of us did not already know that of course.

SNL's cold open featuring impressions of Donald Trump., Chris Christie, Hillary Clinton, Ted Cruz, and Mitt Romney.

Damn that is excellent work by SNL.

I especially liked Bobby Moynihan's Chris "Fat piece of crap" Christie standing in the back responding with "Yes sir, thank you sir, may I have another."

I have to confess that I missed this on Saturday night as I was recovering from a pulled muscle in my back, which kept me awake all night on Friday, so I essentially passed out around 8:30 PM on Saturday like a little boy after a day at the fair.

I figured since I missed it perhaps some of you did as well, which would be a shame because it is damn funny. 

Couple of cartoons to start your Saturday.

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Super Tuesday's biggest loser.

Some people think that the big loser yesterday was Ben Carson who failed to win or come in second even once.

Or Bernie Sanders, whose path to victory seems virtually impossible right now.

But I think the biggest loser was this poor sap who had to stand behind Donald Trump for over thirty minutes while he droned on and on about how awesome he was and what a great victory he was enjoying.

At times iy literally looked as if Christie was contemplating suicide.

And at other times he looked as if he could not figure out WTF Trump was even talking about.

I watched the entire speech last night with my daughter, and I kept jumping back and forth between irritation at Trump's arrogance, dismay that he was still leading among the Republican candidates, and laughing out loud at Christie's predicament.

But hey at least Trump allowed Christie to stay on stage with him this time.

Though judging from Christie's face I don't think he saw that as a perk.

That awkward moment when Donald Trump tells you he is done with you and to get your chubby ass off of his stage.

Courtesy of Addicting Info: 

Thankfully, Chris Christie proved he was beyond shame when he endorsed Donald Trump for president, but this moment had to sting a little bit. 

In a humiliating moment for the one-time Republican presidential candidate, a hot mic captured the way Donald Trump treats his new lap dog — and it isn’t pretty. 

At a rally, Christie seemed to think he would share the stage with Trump during Trump’s portion of the event, but apparently the idea of sharing a spotlight with a former rival wasn’t something Trump was about to let happen. Shaking Christie’s hand, Trump leans in and whispers, “Get on the plane and go home. It’s over there. Go home.” Christie at first continues waving, then simply says “Okay” and walks towards the exit.

You know I don't even like Chris Christie, but that actually made me feel a little bad for him.

Well gee now we have some idea as to what Trump said to Sarah Palin before sending her scurrying back to Alaska.

Apparently Donald Trump has some contempt for those who demean themselves to curry his favor, and cannot even hide that contempt long enough for them to get off the stage.

Actual Daily News cover.

Good timing.

Carly Fiorina ends her campaign, sources say Chris Christie soon to follow.

Courtesy of  NPR:

Carly Fiorina is exiting the Republican presidential race after a seventh-place showing in last night's New Hampshire primary. 

"While I suspend my candidacy today, I will continue to travel this country and fight for those Americans who refuse to settle for the way things are and a status quo that no longer works for them," said Fiorina in a statement. 

Well so much for Fiorina "taking on " Hillary Clinton.

Though I have to admit, I would probably have enjoyed seeing that.

And it looks as if Carly might not be the only one getting ready to call it quits. 

Courtesy of Politico: 

Chris Christie is expected to formally suspend his campaign later on Wednesday, according to a source close to the campaign, after finishing a disappointing sixth in the New Hampshire primary. 

The New Jersey governor was expected to spend part of the day reaching out to donors and top supporters to discuss his decision, the source said. 

I would not put it past Christie to stay in the race a little longer just to prove the pundits wrong.

But even if Christie stays in the race out of sheer stubbornness, the writing is already on the wall.

In fact it always has been.

I mean were we ever seriously considering the idea of electing this guy?