Chris Christie's $400M clerical error

Just have a recall election already, will ya?

Embattled right-wing New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has never governed as anything other than a complete fuck-up, and this story underscores this point.

The Garden State was in line to receive $400,000,000 in federal education funds through the Race to the Top program. But when Christie applied for the funds, he neglected to supply the necessary data on state education spending. This forced reviewers to take New Jersey out of the running for these funds.

Oops.

Then, Christie refused to accept responsibility for his own stupid mistake - opting instead to blame President Obama. "He's going to have to explain to the people of the state of New Jersey why he's depriving them of $400 million," Christie said of the Commander-in-Chief.

So it's Obama's fault that Chris Christie can't even read a Race to the Top application? Governors of the other 49 states had no trouble at all with it.

One blogger said Christie's mistake "may have been the most expensive clerical error in the history of mankind."

Then again, considering the Christie administration's record, I can't possibly imagine that Christie would use the $400,000,000 on anything useful. This is the idiot who appointed the despicable Bret Schundler as school commish - and New Jersey schools lately have been beset by groupthink, forced drug tests, and corruption. If I lived in New Jersey, I wouldn't be any less likely to practice homeschooling than I would in Kentucky. In light of Christie's incompetence, maybe it's for the best that other states got the $400,000,000 instead. Other governors might spend it more wisely.

Grow up, Chris. Stop blaming everybody else because you can't understand a form that every other governor can handle with no problems whatsoever.

(Source: http://blog.nj.com/njv_editorial_page/2010/08/own_up_governor_race_to_the_to.html)