# Did Christie (or his staff) intentionally cause the Fort Lee traffic jam? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 9, 2014, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-christie-or-his-staff-intentionally-cause-the-fort-lee-traffic-jam/678351 "2014-01-09T13:34:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 403
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-christie-or-his-staff-intentionally-cause-the-fort-lee-traffic-jam/678351/403 "2014-01-21T17:57:58Z")
> [@Karrius](#): > > [Republican strategy to excuse misdeeds is to attack liberals and act like they’ve done nothing wrong.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/01/21/how-chris-christie-is-trying-to-turn-bridge-gate-into-a-partisan-scrum-and-how-its-working/) Keep that in mind especially when they try that on this board. The only thing the anti-Christie side has to prove is the Christie was ACTUALLY involved in the Ft Lee tollbooth lane reductions. Since they can’t seem to be able to do that, they appear to be grasping at any and every straw they see. Your linked article appears to be a defense of the lame efforts mounted by the entertainers on MSNBC. Written by an MSNBC employee. What’s the MSNBC motto? “Just 'cause we can’t prove it, doesn’t mean it’s not what we say it is.” _Republicans – from major donors to the conservative base – are deeply skeptical of MSNBC, believing it represents an offshoot of the Democratic party. (Full disclosure: I am under contract with MSNBC and occasionally guest-host for Chuck Todd and Andrea Mitchell._ MSNBC should register as a DNC public relations firm. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-christie-or-his-staff-intentionally-cause-the-fort-lee-traffic-jam/678351)._