"[New Jersey Governor Chris Christie] poses as a man willing to make hard choices for the future, but what he actually did was sacrifice the future for the sake of personal political advantage. He catered to national Republican prejudices that are completely at odds with New Jersey’s needs; he cared more about avoiding embarrassment over a misguided campaign pledge than about serving an urgent public need." -- today's blast by New York Times columnist and Nobel prize winner Paul Krugman at loudmouth bully Gov. Chris "Kris Krispycreme" Christie for diverting needed funds from a rail tunnel connecting New Jersey and New York City, and then lying about it according to a GAO report, so that the funds could be used to keep gasoline taxes from being raised.
Read the column; it tells you all you need to know about the Rethuglican / One Percenter Party's latest savior.