He probably called the swirlies "Christie Creams."

The "Chris Christie is a bully who abuses power and is big fat stinking liar" scandal looks like it's just starting.  The winds have picked up and all his other arrogant abuses comes to light the shitstorm is going to make Sandy look like deflating balloon.

Right now he's playing the "I would never do something like that" and "I only inspire the greatest spirit of fairness and honesty in my staff" parts over and over again.

Here's how I know his attitude is exactly that which would inspire corruption and abuse of power, even if only for power's sake. Personally, I think the lane closures were less to do with political payback and more to do with money and deals surrounding the multi-million dollar real estate development, but that's my perspective from having worked on multi-family real estate deals, and my tendency to follow the money when it comes to questionable dealings.

It's amazing what people say when they're not focused on incidentals. During his marathon two-hour press conference, in which he said very little over and over again, most of it now shown to be not truthful, this little bit came out during his denials. And I think it was very telling.

He claims he barely knew David Wildstein (although he got him a six-figure job with no application, resume, or job description), hasn't seem him in years (oh look, the Wall Street Journal has a photo of you two laughing together at the September 11 memorial events during the lane closure incident), and besides, he would never hang out with that guy Wildstein because he, Christie, is one of the cool kids and he, Wildstein, is not. He's a lackey at best.

It is what Christie said as an aside to distance himself from the man at the center of the malfeasance (described as his "high-school friend") that I find particularly telling:

"We didn't travel in the same circles in high school. You know, I was the class president and athlete. I don't know what David was doing during that period of time."

I can't believe no one else noticed that. Maybe it was just those of us who knew the class president and athletes who were total and complete dicks in high school. To me the sentiment he expressed there is not a denial of a tendency to abuse power with a casual arrogance, but rather and admission of a deeply held character to do so.

Translation, even 30 years later: "I was the most popular guy in high school. I don't know what that dweeb was doing…why would I?"