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Could you explain the reference please?

• cheald 13y ago
  http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/09/politics/chris-christie-bridge-primer/ http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/09/politics/chris-christie-bridge...
• dbarlett 13y ago
  "Bridgegate" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Lee_lane_closure_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Lee_lane_closure_scandal
  • stackcollision 13y ago
    I really hate how every scandal now has "-gate" appended to it.
    • gohrt 13y ago
      Mitchel&Webb: Watergategate http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB9JgxhXW5w http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB9JgxhXW5w
• kevrone 13y ago
  http://lmgtfy.com/?q=christie+bridge+closure http://lmgtfy.com/?q=christie+bridge+closure
• dangoldin 13y ago
  There was a scandal in NJ where Chris Christie's underlings were caught closing a bridge when they didn't get political support from a mayor. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/01/chris-christie-bridge-traffic-jam-emails http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/01/chris-christie-b...
• Karunamon 13y ago
  Gov. Christie is currently being investigated for closing lanes down on a highway bridge during rush hour as a form of retribution. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Lee_lane_closure_scandal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Lee_lane_closure_scandal
• saket123 13y ago
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Lee_lane_closure_scandal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Lee_lane_closure_scandal
• acomjean 13y ago
  I used to work in NJ. Chris Christie's administration closed 3 lanes of the George Washington Bridge for a bogus "traffic study", making tons of Traffic. It was political payback against the city of Fort Lee who has a mayor who wouldn't endorse Christie when he was running for governor. Christie says he didn't know about it but some in his administration have left or been asked to leave over it.
• mullingitover 13y ago
  Gov. Christie's office ordered the most heavily trafficked bridge in the country (if not the world) closed for political revenge. He is desperately trying to throw his staff under the bus to avoid accountability for this. It's a very delicate subject for him right now, and Musk bringing it up is cruel and yet at the same time (imho) totally fair play.
  • Jgrubb 13y ago
    Completely fair play. To me, Musk is just pointing out that Christie is a corrupt bully (who would absolutely play this exact same card if the situations were reversed).
  • gtaylor 13y ago
    I love it, personally. Elected officials should be dragged over coals publicly for crap like the bridge closure AND this sneaky legislative practice he used to get the anti-Tesla laws in.
  • abvdasker 13y ago
    To be fair, 2/3 toll lanes were closed, not the whole bridge.
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• nlh 13y ago
  What everyone else said re: Bridgegate (thanks!) + the original line, which is a reference to the conman George C. Parker, who would sell things like the Brooklyn Bridge to unsuspecting tourists, which, according to Wikipedia, gave rise to the line "If you believe that, I've got a bridge I can sell you." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_C._Parker http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_C._Parker