DO YOU NOTICE A TREND?

This hot, humid Sunday, Governor Christie, his family and friends, spent their time at Island Beach State Park which has been shuttered to everyone else. The 10-mile barrier island has been closed to visitors because of budget impasse. Not only did the girthful governor award himself the privilege of staying there but he crammed himself into a costly state helicopter for the trip there and back. Considering that the weight-reduction operation he says he had obviously had little effect, he apparently feels he needs the added space of the 2,694-acre estate. When criticized for using a vacation spot denied to all others by police control, Christie said, "That's because the governor has a residence at Island Beach. Other's don't." You will note this dismissive, arrogant remark is not unlike Trump's when recently criticized about his lying by the Time's Washington Bureau Chief. Responding with that same superior tone he said, "I'm president and you're not." It amazes me that so many Republican voters don't seem to be bothered by people in power like Christie and Trump who not only look down on them from their ivory towers, but just as often piss on them from over the parapet.