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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRoger Stone: " In many ways, Christie is Rudy (Giuliani) without the charm"
http://www.nationalmemo.com/to-roger-stone-bridgegate-coverup-is-another-watergate-and-he-would-know/Very few Republican operatives knew the Nixon gang as intimately as Roger Stone, the legendary trickster whose back is adorned with an enormous Tricky Dick tattoo. And very few know New Jersey politics as well as Stone, who toiled among the party faithful in many campaigns since 1980, when he first ran the Garden State for Ronald Reagan.
So when he suggests that Bridgegate is Watergate from the imponderable stupidity of the original crime to the profound peril of the ongoing cover-up attention should be paid. Especially on the day when the U.S. Attorneys office investigating the Port Authoritys decision to close three lanes of traffic on the worlds busiest bridge issues subpoenas to the Christie campaign and the New Jersey Republican Party.
Speaking with The National Memo on Thursday afternoon, Stone said: This is about hubris, this is about an arrogance and right out of the dark side of Nixons playbook. Its what ultimately brought Nixon down. There was no reason to break into the Watergate, there was no reason to spy on your enemies. His foreign policy was popular, the economy was good, and he was getting re-elected. Just like there was no reason to close these lanes on the George Washington Bridge although just like with the break-in of Watergate, we still dont really know why they did that. He doesnt buy the theory that the Christie aides were punishing the mayor of Fort Lee for refusing to endorse the Republican governor and thinks it more likely that they were trying to harm State Senator Loretta Weinberg, a determined Christie antagonist whose district includes Fort Lee.
To Stone, the governors explanations rang false from the beginning and reminded him of the verbal traps Nixon set for himself. He simply doesnt believe that Bridget Kelly, the deputy chief of staff fired by Christie for lying to him, took the initiative to close the bridge lanes.
So when he suggests that Bridgegate is Watergate from the imponderable stupidity of the original crime to the profound peril of the ongoing cover-up attention should be paid. Especially on the day when the U.S. Attorneys office investigating the Port Authoritys decision to close three lanes of traffic on the worlds busiest bridge issues subpoenas to the Christie campaign and the New Jersey Republican Party.
Speaking with The National Memo on Thursday afternoon, Stone said: This is about hubris, this is about an arrogance and right out of the dark side of Nixons playbook. Its what ultimately brought Nixon down. There was no reason to break into the Watergate, there was no reason to spy on your enemies. His foreign policy was popular, the economy was good, and he was getting re-elected. Just like there was no reason to close these lanes on the George Washington Bridge although just like with the break-in of Watergate, we still dont really know why they did that. He doesnt buy the theory that the Christie aides were punishing the mayor of Fort Lee for refusing to endorse the Republican governor and thinks it more likely that they were trying to harm State Senator Loretta Weinberg, a determined Christie antagonist whose district includes Fort Lee.
To Stone, the governors explanations rang false from the beginning and reminded him of the verbal traps Nixon set for himself. He simply doesnt believe that Bridget Kelly, the deputy chief of staff fired by Christie for lying to him, took the initiative to close the bridge lanes.
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Roger Stone: " In many ways, Christie is Rudy (Giuliani) without the charm" (Original Post)
Fumesucker
Jan 2014
OP
I need to take an acid shower because i find myself agreeing with this slimy jerkoff. nt
Guy Whitey Corngood
Jan 2014
#3
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)1. Rudy had no charm! He brought a tank into this city to evict people.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)2. This was the unkindest cut of all nt
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)4. If you can't say anything nice about someone
Come over here and sit next to me.
-Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,501 posts)3. I need to take an acid shower because i find myself agreeing with this slimy jerkoff. nt
MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)5. LOL
Thanks!