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Chris Christie's New Jersey Is Least Solvent State

Yes, I understand that

Whether he ordered it, or knew about it (or not) this scandal goes right to his image as a take charge leader who doesn't mince words. It reveals him to be just another typical politician engaged in political corruption and when he caught, he engages in the same sort of political talk (ie "I take responsibility but I didn't know anything") that every other crooked pol uses to evade responsibility.

In addition, because the bridge closing was such an obvious example of political overreach and abuse of power, the media is now free to dig up every instance in which he has thrown his (political) weight around and use it to reinforce the image of him as corrupt politician.

Now, every deal he has made, every contract his state has awarded, and every endorsement he has received, will be looked into for signs of political favoritism and quid pro quo.

Exactly...

Sorry, you were quicker to reply than I anticipated, thus I made the second post not realizing that you had already responded to the first post. Brrrrrrrrrrrr...now I've had too much caffeine... :lol:
 
Post of the Day.

How else can we explain why a group of highly placed state officials worked so hard to accomplish a feat (ie creating a traffic jam) that ordinary NJ drivers do on a daily basis with no effort at all?
 
How else can we explain why a group of highly placed state officials worked so hard to accomplish a feat (ie creating a traffic jam) that ordinary NJ drivers do on a daily basis with no effort at all?

Every politician on the planet is guilty of being hubris.

Before Bridgegate,

the governor explained the best part of being boss was driving to New York with no gridlock. If last September, you happened to have been stuck in traffic on the Fort Lee side of the George Washington Bridge, fear not: Chris Christie can relate.

Or at least he used to be able to. At least that is what he told a second-grader at a townhall last February.

The tyke asked the gov his favorite part about being governor. His answer?

“When you are governor, they close the Lincoln Tunnel for you. And you get to drive right through. No traffic! It is the best! I love going to New York now. I used to hate it because I would sit in traffic. Now, no traffic. I love it!” ~~~ Daily Beast

The above is the kind of press that comes back to bite Christie in the ass...even though it has nothing to do with his policies, etc.

Now obviously, Christie has a reputation for being over the top in a number of ways. That's intimidating to a lot of people...and his flavor of hubris if often used to label him as a bully.
 
Why are you turning this into yet another anti Obama thread? Don't we have 2,789,675 of them already? You could have given a intelligent answer like what reinoe posted.

But since we want to make this about Obama, both republican and democrat can at least agree that his election was historical.

Now can we please leave Obama out of this conversation for once?

We need to get back on topic and discuss Obama. This guys response is hilarious.
 
I don't get it. What is so special about Christie in the first place? There are other republican governors with better track record than his yet the media gets a hard when his name is mentioned.

Because he's a Republican governor in a true-blue state. Which doesn't happen often.
 
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