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Has "Bridgegate" eliminated Chris Christie's chances for president?

Has "Bridgegate" eliminated Chris Christie's chances for president?

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scatt said:
How many US ambassadors were killed?
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Non. The ambassador to Lybia is the first US ambassador to be killed in the line of duty since 1979.

But that does not matter, do you messure security issues on the amount of high profile deaths or the amount of attacks?????
 
KLATTU said:
It's never the scandal-it's the cover up. If theThe Obama administration would have simply told the truth from the get -go, the story would have disappreared in 5 minutes.

Same applies to Christie - if he IS lying about his involvement, he is through.
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It is not the same with Christie because he was not personaly involved.

And there was a cover up? As far as I know the administration was simply to incompetent to figure out who did it in the first few days after the attack (which in my opinion doesnt make the situation any better)
 
scatt said:
First since Carter?
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The American ambassador to Afghanistan was murderd in 1979 by islamist extremists.

That was the last US ambassador after the Lybian ambassador who had been killed.
 
Cardinal said:
If I was an extreme conservative and it was Obama's aide who closed the bridge I would be sure to keep the story alive and call for his impeachment endlessly right up to the day he left office (and even then I'd be sure to bring it up for the next four years, and not forget to exaggerate it each time I told it). However, I'm not, the story is largely irrelevant, so I won't.
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No, this is not a thread for you to continue your attacks on Obama.
 
I'm sorry but I find it really hard to believe Christie didn't know about this little escapade seeing the one closest to him is the one that took the fall. We have had a know nothing president for 6 years. I didn't believe him when he said he didn't know the NSA was spying on Heads of State. I didn't believe him when he said he didn't know the IRS was targeting conservative groups. I didn't believe him when he said he didn't know anything about Fast and Furious. I didn't believe him when he stated he didn't know about the DOJ seizing the phone records of AP reporters. And I sure as heck didn't believe him when he stated he wasn't aware that Healthcare.gov failed its first primary testing and I don't believe Christie when he says he didn't know. Baloney. This thing isn't going away for Christie anytime soon. They have already discovered 4 EMS calls where the ambulance drivers were delayed getting people to the hospital during this charade. One ended up dying.

EMS responses delayed by GWB lane closures in Fort Lee - NorthJersey.com
 
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Middleground said:
I think I will wait until the aide's book comes out. :2razz:
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I was thinking the same thing. The way he chastised her today, in a national news forum, will certainly have repercussions. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. I'm sure she has plenty of "behind the scenes," stories to tell. Unless, of course, he made prior arrangements to throw her under the bus, with her approval. If that's the case, I bet it cost him plenty.
 
pbrauer said:
He claims he had nothing to do with the bridge closure, it was his aide that did it.

Yes, He's toast

No, he's still in the running

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I think the only people who really think he's 'toast' are people who wouldn't want him to run or win in the first place. I'm not sure. He's my top candidate for 2016 but I'm really bad at predicting the winds of these sorts of things. If he's not personally involved it doesn't seem like something that should sink him. He has almost two years to let this air out I can't imagine that if it's just his aides that it would be enough to ruin his candidacy. So much will happen between now and then.
 
Kreton said:
Was Christie ever really a real candidate? Most conservatives I know of see his as too liberal.
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Those Conservatives said the same thing about McCain and Romney. Just saying.
 
joko104 said:
No, this is not a thread for you to continue your attacks on Obama.
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Okay, I'll be sure to not continue what I wasn't doing.
 
Sherman123 said:
Those Conservatives said the same thing about McCain and Romney. Just saying.
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The theory is, I think, that if the candidate is conservative enough, he/she will win.

So, obviously, McCain and Romney weren't.









:2razz:
 
pbrauer said:
He claims he had nothing to do with the bridge closure, it was his aide that did it.

Yes, He's toast

No, he's still in the running

I Don't Know
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I do not know. I hope he is toast. But this media attention could be a scam to exploit the public's short attention span so that when 2016 rolls around this will no longer be an issue.
 
pbrauer said:
Yes, I know that. So?
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She was thrown under the bus on national television. If this was not only her doing, then she just may try to rat Christie or others out. There's no way she acted alone. Of course, she might have been offered hush money.
 
He's close enough already...he can just switch declared party affiliation and poof....the 'scandal' will magically disappear. People will be like "what scandal, what difference does it make, its not like HE did it, can you PROVE it?"
 
The German said:
The American ambassador to Afghanistan was murderd in 1979 by islamist extremists.

That was the last US ambassador after the Lybian ambassador who had been killed.
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How many other US Diplomats? Under a Democratic Administration?


Also I doubt this will take Christie down. They have the Emails. So there is no paper trail to him. They would have to come up with something else.

Christie didn't sit back and let it go unanswered. He says he didn't know. So far the emails show that.
 
Captain America said:
I was thinking the same thing. The way he chastised her today, in a national news forum, will certainly have repercussions. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. I'm sure she has plenty of "behind the scenes," stories to tell. Unless, of course, he made prior arrangements to throw her under the bus, with her approval. If that's the case, I bet it cost him plenty.
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I couldn't agree more. But here's the twist:

What happens if criminal charges are laid upon her? Is that something that Christie can control too?
 
Middleground said:
I couldn't agree more. But here's the twist:

What happens if criminal charges are laid upon her? Is that something that Christie can control too?
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After his scalding rebuke of her today, WOULD he even TRY to control criminal charges against her?

What about whoever hacked the email accounts? Assuming they were hacked.
 
Of course not. This story will likely have very little effect come election time. American voters also have notoriously short memories, especially when a candidate also possesses charisma as Christie does.
 
Adding "-gate" to ever scandal is really getting old.
 
a351 said:
Of course not. This story will likely have very little effect come election time. American voters also have notoriously short memories, especially when a candidate also possesses charisma as Christie does.
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I can't say I agree about either voters' short memories or Christie's charisma. He can be very abrasive and brutish.
 
pbrauer said:
He claims he had nothing to do with the bridge closure, it was his aide that did it.

Yes, He's toast

No, he's still in the running

I Don't Know
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Christie is telling the truth, and no one cares.

He'll be doomed in the general election for 2016 POTUS because of his anti-union stance, not because of this.
 
Jredbaron96 said:
Adding "-gate" to ever scandal is really getting old.
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It's kinda stupid too....as if every scandal is somehow like the Watergate scandal...at least I think that's the reason for it...
 
nota bene said:
I can't say I agree about either voters' short memories or Christie's charisma. He can be very abrasive and brutish.
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Christie seems to have that every-man, tell it like it is appeal. I'd certainly label it as charisma, although many may find it off-putting. As for voters short memories, I don't think one could point to a better example than the drastic swings in polling data we've witnessed during and immediately after the recent federal shutdown. The doom and gloom predictions that were made during lasted all of a few weeks. An individual with Christie's clout should overcome this with ease, barring significant and new discoveries as to his direct involvement.
 
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