With someone as big of an ethical hypocrite as Chris Christie is, it is difficult to talk in simple terms about all of the ways his actions are precisely the opposite of what he says and how far too many have portrayed him to be.
And what it really boils down to is that he is just another sleazy lawyer - no offense to the many very good attorneys I know (including my wife). But the fact is, there is a stereotype for certain lawyers because the type of lawyer that Christie is exists. Says one thing, does another, for example. Or:
Buys his position with hundreds of thousands in donations;
Abuses that office to give friends millions of dollars in no bid deals;
Abuses that office by targeting political enemies time and time again;
Gives jobs to friends' family members; and
Talks about cleaning up corruption and ethics reform - all while doing the very things he talks about changing.
Those are just for starters.
And with that, I figured that the best way to show it is to give a very simple visual explanation of how Christie and his fellow lawyer buddies look out for each other - and not for the people of New Jersey. New Jerseyans really need to ask themselves if they trust this sleazy lawyer to run their state in a manner that looks out for them:
