Contemplate Chris Christie Getting His Hands on the Power of the U.S. Presidency...and Tremble

Can you imagine what it would be like if a petty, vindictive, bullying tyrant like New Jersey Governor managed to seize the presidency of America, as it constantly being bruited about in the U.S. media? Here's a man whose minions closed the traffic lanes from a town in his state onto the George Washington bridge in order to punish the mayor of Fort Lee, who doesn't even belong to Christie's party, for failing to endorse Christie for reelection. (The bridge is a major thoroughfare into New York City; Fort Lee, the Jersey town in question, is on the other side of the Hudson river which separates Manhattan, the borough of NYC  connected by the bridge, from New Jersey.)

Christie has a long history of thuggish political behavior. And he is in the habit of brutally verbally abusing average citizens who dare to ask questions or make comments to him that he considers challenging. Furthermore, this nasty bullying and intimidation is something he is proud of and that his underlings consider such a selling point that they gleefully disseminate videos of this crass and vulgar behavior.

Imagine if such a man had the far more immense powers of the presidency in his meaty paws. Rightists raised a stink because some rightwing tax fraudsters tried to get IRS tax status they weren't entitled to, and the IRS dragged its feet about granting it. Imagine what Christie would do. And then there's the FBI, the CIA, the DEA, the NSA, HomelandSecurity with its No-Fly list, the various terrorist lists, etc. (The Bush regime put Senator Ted Kennedy on the No-Fly list. And after the regime "apologized" to Kennedy for the "mistake," Kennedy got the same treatment again the next time he tried to fly.)

The GOP establishment already decided to promote Christie for President in 2016. He was anointed head of the Republican Governors' Association precisely so he could network and raise funds. 

Much chatter in the bourgeois media speculates as to whether this will sink his presidential prospects. That is doubtful. From a distance of several years from now, this is going to look like a tempest in a teapot. So if the political nomenklatura have their way, it'll be Christie vs. "Hillary" (Clinton, that is).