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Chris Christie, President Obama and the ‘ignorance is bliss’ dodge

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Call it “Casablanca syndrome” — politicians who are shocked! shocked! to learn of you-name-it-bad-behavior by underlings.

The latest example, of course, is New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, whose staffers have been linked to a nasty bit of political payback involving the town of Fort Lee, N.J., its Democratic mayor and a bridge into New York City that was suddenly short a couple of lanes.

But Christie is far from alone, as these recent examples both near and far show. —Paul Whitefield

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