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LiberalElite

(14,691 posts) Sun Jan 24, 2016, 11:33 AM Jan 2016

Christie 'Never Changed' His Mind About Returning to NJ for Snowstorm

Source: ABC (Local NYC affiliate)

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has shot down accusations that he changed his mind about leaving the presidential campaign trail and returning to his home state as it was pounded by a massive snowstorm.

"Never changed my mind," Christie told ABC station WABC-TV in New York on Saturday, adding that he wanted to "make sure we know exactly what we're dealing with before we make a decision about canceling events and moving back to New Jersey."

Christie drove back to New Jersey on Friday because he was unable to get a flight among the thousands of cancellations, he said. His wife, Mary Pat Christie, stayed in New Hampshire to fill in for him at campaign events.

Read more: http://abc7ny.com/news/christie-never-changed-his-mind-about-returning-to-nj-for-snowstorm/1171114/

Amazing.

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Christie 'Never Changed' His Mind About Returning to NJ for Snowstorm (Original Post) LiberalElite Jan 2016 OP

Wouldn't that involve him having a mind to change? hobbit709 Jan 2016 #1

Heh. then of course he couldn't LiberalElite Jan 2016 #2

He did not change his mind! He changed his lie! Get it straight! Human101948 Jan 2016 #3

Exactly! PatSeg Jan 2016 #8

He probably was urged by his campaign staff to return.. SummerSnow Jan 2016 #4

What how GENUINELY CONCERNED Christie was... sarcastic & condescending in a crisis tomm2thumbs Jan 2016 #16

At some point Christie realized he'd get more press out of snowstorm updates Vinca Jan 2016 #5

The local Philly TV meterologists ripped him a new one BumRushDaShow Jan 2016 #9

In New Jersey, I think they also call this "doing your job!" hexola Jan 2016 #12

"Make sure we know exactly what we're dealing with " wordpix Jan 2016 #6

"Christie drove back to New Jersey" BumRushDaShow Jan 2016 #7

Horseshit. (nt) Paladin Jan 2016 #10

Bailed on an oppourtunity to look presdential, and in-charge - doing your job!!! hexola Jan 2016 #11

I think Gov Christie will look blindsided and unprepared in wake of the coastal flooding hexola Jan 2016 #13

Who knows how that happened - the weather media were only forecasting using LiberalElite Jan 2016 #15

Sickening CommonSenseDemocrat Jan 2016 #14

Be fair The Jungle 1 Jan 2016 #17

He did a "traffic study" and then drove back when he saw the results. yellowcanine Jan 2016 #18

Chris Christie Compares Handling Blizzard to Dealing With ISIS Eugene Jan 2016 #19

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

1. Wouldn't that involve him having a mind to change?

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Sun Jan 24, 2016, 11:47 AM

Jan 2016

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)

2. Heh. then of course he couldn't

Reply to hobbit709 (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 24, 2016, 11:48 AM

Jan 2016

change what he doesn't have.

Human101948

(3,457 posts)

3. He did not change his mind! He changed his lie! Get it straight!

Reply to hobbit709 (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 24, 2016, 12:12 PM

Jan 2016

Sit down and shut up!

PatSeg

(47,468 posts)

8. Exactly!

Reply to Human101948 (Reply #3)

Sun Jan 24, 2016, 12:37 PM

Jan 2016

And besides that, "It's none of your business!!!"

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)

4. He probably was urged by his campaign staff to return..

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Sun Jan 24, 2016, 12:24 PM

Jan 2016

cause it wouldn't look good if he was on the campaign trail and people in NJ suffered during the storm. Cause he did say in a news interview that he didnt have to return cause his staff knew what they were doing.smh

tomm2thumbs

(13,297 posts)

16. What how GENUINELY CONCERNED Christie was... sarcastic & condescending in a crisis

Reply to SummerSnow (Reply #4)

Sun Jan 24, 2016, 05:01 PM

Jan 2016

Last edited Sun Jan 24, 2016, 08:11 PM - Edit history (1)

apparently being on the phone '7 or 8 times over the past 2 days' equates to leadership

Nice

Vinca

(50,273 posts)

5. At some point Christie realized he'd get more press out of snowstorm updates

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Sun Jan 24, 2016, 12:24 PM

Jan 2016

that anything he might get on the campaign trail. This was politics at its worst.

BumRushDaShow

(129,050 posts)

9. The local Philly TV meterologists ripped him a new one

Reply to Vinca (Reply #5)

Sun Jan 24, 2016, 12:52 PM

Jan 2016

for down-playing the 2 subsequent high tides, so he got quite the "press" and lots of social media love.

He can't walk this back -

Thursday, Christie told WMUR in New Hampshire he’d be back in New Jersey if he needed to, “but I’m not driving a plow truck, OK? We have all of our people ready to go. They know what to do. We’ve been through Hurricane Sandy, this cabinet, so 6, 8, 10, 12 inches of snow on a weekend will not be something that I think will be more than we can handle.”

http://nj1015.com/christie-says-no-concern-for-nj-flooding-sunday-and-backlash-ensues/

hexola

(4,835 posts)

12. In New Jersey, I think they also call this "doing your job!"

Reply to Vinca (Reply #5)

Sun Jan 24, 2016, 01:42 PM

Jan 2016

Why would he think it was someone elses job to keep the citizens updated...?

Gov. Wolf did just fine in PA - and was on TV quite a few times.

Also - I think he will end up looking blindsided and unprepared for the flooding - which ended up being a much bigger player than the media hype may have let on.

wordpix

(18,652 posts)

6. "Make sure we know exactly what we're dealing with "

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Sun Jan 24, 2016, 12:24 PM

Jan 2016

Guess what, krispie creme? When you're pres, you have to make even bigger decisions than that. Witness president Obama getting bin Laden. There was no "exactly" involved. If you're waiting for the "exact"moment to act, you're a fail.

BumRushDaShow

(129,050 posts)

7. "Christie drove back to New Jersey"

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Sun Jan 24, 2016, 12:28 PM

Jan 2016

We used to have relatives in NH and would go up there (driving) every summer from Philly. That ain't no hop, skip, and a jump trip. It's like 7 hours. And I'm sure he wasn't doing the driving.

There were many media reports about his poo-pooing this storm and having the Lt. Gov. take over. But apparently memories of his Florida vacation during a previous winter storm, came back to haunt.

Any type of nor'easter (no matter what season) usually causes damage and flooding in NJ, particularly along the coast, and this storm had the added detriment of a full moon (with the higher tides that normally come with the full/new moons).

Paladin

(28,262 posts)

10. Horseshit. (nt)

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Sun Jan 24, 2016, 01:05 PM

Jan 2016

hexola

(4,835 posts)

11. Bailed on an oppourtunity to look presdential, and in-charge - doing your job!!!

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Sun Jan 24, 2016, 01:36 PM

Jan 2016

What a colossal misjudgement form a campaign point of view...

A LEGIT, un-contrived opportunity to appear "presidential, and in-charge"

And he tells the People/State he serves he's to busy trying to bamboozle other people into believing he has those exact qualities...

What a huge miss...

It really should be seen as ethics violation.

hexola

(4,835 posts)

13. I think Gov Christie will look blindsided and unprepared in wake of the coastal flooding

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Sun Jan 24, 2016, 01:44 PM

Jan 2016

Where was this guy?

I think the Christie people didn't get the message about the coastal flooding threat...

Staying on the trail was a breach of ethics...

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)

15. Who knows how that happened - the weather media were only forecasting using

Reply to hexola (Reply #13)

Sun Jan 24, 2016, 02:06 PM

Jan 2016

the "tags" Nor'easter and Full Moon and High Tide and Jersey Shore.

CommonSenseDemocrat

(377 posts)

14. Sickening

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Sun Jan 24, 2016, 02:04 PM

Jan 2016

The Jungle 1

(4,552 posts)

17. Be fair

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Sun Jan 24, 2016, 08:38 PM

Jan 2016

New Jersey has a lot of bridges and he had to make sure they all stayed open.

He is an epic slug. Get out the salt.

yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)

18. He did a "traffic study" and then drove back when he saw the results.

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Sun Jan 24, 2016, 10:32 PM

Jan 2016

Eugene

(61,899 posts)

19. Chris Christie Compares Handling Blizzard to Dealing With ISIS

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Mon Jan 25, 2016, 10:14 AM

Jan 2016

Source: ABC News

Chris Christie Compares Handling Blizzard to Dealing With ISIS

By ABC NEWS Jan 24, 2016, 2:45 PM ET

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie compared handling the blizzard that left record snow in cities along the eastern seaboard to dealing with ISIS, saying during a campaign stop in New Hampshire that his leadership during the storm demonstrated his readiness to be president and "make people be safe and secure."

Christie held a town hall in Portsmouth after rejoining his wife on the campaign trail. He had returned to New Jersey on Friday as the snowstorm approached and left Sunday after holding a briefing on the clean-up.

"Whether it's an impending storm or whether it's the scourge of radical Islamic jihadist terrorism, you have to make people be safe and secure," Christie said. "I’m proud that we didn't lose one life in New Jersey yesterday because the people of New Jersey, as crazy as it seems, they listen to me."

While Christie touted New Jersey’s handling of the storm as a "model response," parts of the Jersey Shore faced severe flooding as a result of the storm.

Asked by reporters after his Sunday town hall what he says to those who say he left New Jersey too soon, Christie said, "I haven't heard anybody who said that."

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/chris-christie-compares-handling-blizzard-dealing-isis/story?id=36488405

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