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So the new scandal should be why Christie gave an incompetent, inexperienced guy a 6 figure job at the Port Authority.
1:28 PM - 1 Feb 2014
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"Long time New Jersey political reporter(Brian Murphy), whos working with Steve Kornacki and used to work for Wildstein, at TPM:"
It is hard for me to believe that the governor of an American state could author such a piece of risible juvenilia, except it is even harder for me to believe a paid communications professional could have been behind this. The argument Christie (or possibly one very very close longtime advisor) is making here is that David Wildstein is a bad guy
kpete http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=post&forum=1002&pid=4430379
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Brian Murphy February 2, 2014, 8:28 AM EST65050
"Over Chinese food at the fabulous Lao Sze Chuan in Milford, Ct. I had the pleasure of reading Chris Christies 700-word-long attack on David Wildstein and the New York Times. This came moments after I opened a fortune cookie that advised me to Enjoy yourself while you can. (!)"
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/well-that-escalated-quickly
Thank kpete!
Cha
(297,349 posts)sheshe2
(83,801 posts)only home from work a short time and had to have some dinner. Plus moving in slow motion!
Tired~
I know.. you actually read the article by Brian Murphy.
It's a busy day.. lots of things happening And there's Super Bowl parties goin' on.
sheshe2
(83,801 posts)On the legal front, the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey is probing allegations by the mayor of Hoboken that a member of Christies cabinet and the lieutenant governor linked federal Hurricane Sandy relief funds to the the mayors support for a redevelopment project in Hoboken that would exclusively benefit one of Christies closest allies whom he appointed to chair the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. This morning on his MSNBC show Steve Kornacki discussed reporting he and I (and producer Jack Bohrer) did showing that those federal Hurricane Sandy funds have not been monitored by the Christie Administration as required by a law that Christie himself signed last March. Furthermore, relief funds have been extremely hard to account for because Christie vetoed a bill that would have created a single website to track Sandy funding and contract information. Based on the reactions of two congressmen who watched the report with me, officials in Washington will be loath to trust Christie with the next round of federal funds and we should not be surprised if an investigation is on the horizon.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/well-that-escalated-quickly
Hurricane Sandy's devastating wrath, will come back to bite Christies ass. Wow another Repuke watching it's cities die. He put on one hell of a show to getting funding for the cities devastated by Sandy. Then what does he do? He let's the people suffer and plays a political game that will benefit himself and his very rich benefactors!
The man disgusts me.
Thanks Cha, great thread!
Cha
(297,349 posts)Who happens to be "working with Steve Kornacki" on this. Thank Goodness we have all these intrepid reporters digging for the bottom of all these corruption allegations aimed at the Christie Admin; because Christie had too many NJ reporters eating out of his hand so to speak.
More from the link..
"And here we get to the heart of the matter. David Wildstein was put in the Port Authority by Chris Christie, in a job Christie invented, to be the governors eyes and ears his enforcer. Wildstein was put at the Port so Christie could more effectively use the Port as an extension of his political operation (as Steve and I are documenting, more and more, with each passing week).
So spare us the shock that Wildstein is a political animal. Christie knew who Wildstein was before he appointed him to this job. There is no sense in distancing yourself from one of your own appointees who was given a job specifically because his skills matched what you were looking to accomplish with that appointment."
Thanks, sheshe.. just when we thought Christie had reached the bottom of the drecks of political corruption in New Jersey.. it comes out that he's not only stiffing Mayor Dawn Zimmer out of Hoboken Sandy Money because she wouldn't forge ahead with the Rockefeller project but building slush funds to further enhance his 2016 prospects.
He dumped all over New Jersey and treated it like a cesspool to advance himself to the White House. And, he's president of the Republicon Gov Ass. Unbloody real how emblematic that is of today's republicon governors.
New Jersey she
napkinz!!!!!!!!
napkinz
(17,199 posts)catbyte
(34,409 posts)Wildstein was such a sneak & such a loser, why create that big paying job for him? Christie is burnt toast. He's turning into the Sarah Palin of the East with all the cheap shots he's spewing.
Cha
(297,349 posts)My theory? Christie's been lying so long and getting away with it that it's way too soon for him to ask himself.. " am I goin' on about? "
ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)Cha
(297,349 posts)the 2 hour presser.
ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)Cha
(297,349 posts)Cha
(297,349 posts)and his GWBridge problem.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)Cha
(297,349 posts)I call that Karma, napkinz.. thank you so much. I was incensed about the stupid slam at President Obama from the head sociopath in New Jersey and your graphic is a brilliant Cosmic Boomerang!
malaise
(269,081 posts)Cha
(297,349 posts)like all republicons.. his own worst enemy EVER!
"So the new scandal should be why Christie gave an incompetent, inexperienced guy a 6 figure job at the Port Authority."
...that.
Cha
(297,349 posts)Christie is Protesting Too Much?
"Because as a a 16-year-old kid he filed a lawsuit over a school board election and was publicly accused by his high school social studies teacher of deceptive behavior. Because he was, according to Christie, a tumultuous person (not the correct usage of that word, Governor, but whatever). Because he was a political animal who had a controversial tenure as the mayor of Livingston. Because he made moves that were not productive.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)malaise
(269,081 posts)Fabulous phrase.