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kpete

(71,996 posts)
Tue Mar 11, 2014, 07:05 PM Mar 2014

Not Good For His Resume: Chris Christie gave pieces of 9/11 wreckage to his cronies as gifts

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Chris Christie gave pieces of 9/11 wreckage to his cronies as gifts
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This doesn't look good on your resumé

Scandal-plagued New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) reportedly gave away pieces of metal salvaged from the wreckage of the World Trade Center as gifts to his political allies. According to the New York Times, the twisted chunks of metal were presented to a group of mayors who endorsed Christie ahead of his bid for re-election in 2013.

An investigation into Christie’s handling of the state’s Port Authority has revealed that the one-time 2016 hopeful was using the transportation nerve center as a “de facto political operation,” handing out political favors to supporters and pursuing vendettas long before the still-unexplained closing of George Washington Bridge in 2013.


http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/11/revealed-chris-christie-gave-pieces-of-911-wreckage-to-his-cronies-as-gifts/
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/11/1283940/-Chris-Christie-gave-pieces-of-9-11-wreckage-to-his-cronies-as-gifts
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Not Good For His Resume: Chris Christie gave pieces of 9/11 wreckage to his cronies as gifts (Original Post) kpete Mar 2014 OP
That is repulsive. nt alsame Mar 2014 #1
I Hope That This Fact Gets A Lot Of MSM And Public Attention Because... global1 Mar 2014 #2
Yes, I wonder how those in NJ who lost loved ones in 9/11 feel about their governor Cha Mar 2014 #10
How macabre Alameda Mar 2014 #3
Disgusting. Oh, yeah.. endorse me and I'll give ya this Cha Mar 2014 #4
Dead link... SomethingFishy Mar 2014 #5
This one works: CurtEastPoint Mar 2014 #6
Thanks!! SomethingFishy Mar 2014 #8
Calm down, he wiped the blood off them first, Jeez NightWatcher Mar 2014 #7
Am I a bad person if I wonder if he wiped the asbestos off? FSogol Mar 2014 #11
He Didn't Just Turn Into A Scumbag.... Laxman Mar 2014 #9
Who the fuck wanted that?! Sweet Freedom Mar 2014 #12
Every Town Around Me... Laxman Mar 2014 #13
When presented as a government perk Sweet Freedom Mar 2014 #14
How revolting. undeterred Mar 2014 #15
heck, Coulter told the survivors to STFU and Kerik boinked his mistress in a Ground Zero MisterP Mar 2014 #16

global1

(25,252 posts)
2. I Hope That This Fact Gets A Lot Of MSM And Public Attention Because...
Tue Mar 11, 2014, 07:28 PM
Mar 2014

this is the most despicable thing I've heard in a long time. Making souvenirs out of the most terrible attack and tragedy in our country. Did he think this was cute? What was he thinking?

His political allies that received these twisted chunks of metal ought to be strung up by their thumbs as well.

Cha

(297,285 posts)
10. Yes, I wonder how those in NJ who lost loved ones in 9/11 feel about their governor
Tue Mar 11, 2014, 08:13 PM
Mar 2014

giving away tokens of the wreckage to those who endorsed him for gov? The wreckage that happened on bush's watch?

Cha

(297,285 posts)
4. Disgusting. Oh, yeah.. endorse me and I'll give ya this
Tue Mar 11, 2014, 07:39 PM
Mar 2014

piece of scrape metal from the 9/11 massacre. asshole.

Christie asked President Obama at the cpac crapfest.. "what are we paying you for?".. I ask Christie NJ is paying him for?

I like how the article says.. "An investigation into Christie’s handling of the state’s Port Authority has revealed that the one-time 2016 hopeful was using the transportation nerve center as a “de facto political operation,” handing out political favors to supporters and pursuing vendettas long before the still-unexplained closing of George Washington Bridge in 2013."

Laxman

(2,419 posts)
9. He Didn't Just Turn Into A Scumbag....
Tue Mar 11, 2014, 08:12 PM
Mar 2014

he's been working hard on it for a long time! He shows amazing consistency with his character and behavior.

Laxman

(2,419 posts)
13. Every Town Around Me...
Tue Mar 11, 2014, 09:31 PM
Mar 2014

has a piece of the WTC. They all had residents who died on 9/11 and they all have memorials with a piece of steel as the centerpiece.

Sweet Freedom

(3,995 posts)
14. When presented as a government perk
Tue Mar 11, 2014, 09:38 PM
Mar 2014

it's tasteless.

(Sorry, I didn't mean it to come across as insensitive.)

MisterP

(23,730 posts)
16. heck, Coulter told the survivors to STFU and Kerik boinked his mistress in a Ground Zero
Wed Mar 12, 2014, 01:03 AM
Mar 2014

apartment reserved for firefighters

Bush sent thousands to their deaths for a lie, Reagan raised taxes, amnestied undocumented migrants, brought crack to our cities, was a slave to his wife's astrologer, never went to church (he said the Libyans would get him, but the WH has a chapel), restricted guns, allied with Iraq, Iran, the USSR, Pol Pot, and gave us the Taliban

but "patert" is just an assigned label decoupled from any action

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