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In reply to the discussion: Christie Crime Digest Volume III [View all]Laxman
(2,419 posts)48. See, Somebody Else Is Sorry Too....
everybody's sorry they suspected you of doing bad things. You're a great guy Mr. Governor. Olivia Nuzzi at the Daily Beast is so, so sorry. She's terribly sorry. In the words of Pee Wee Herman, I think she's NOT SORRY AT ALL!
Dear Chris Christie: Sorry We Did Our Job
On CNBC Thursday morning, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie made a simple request: that the media apologize for its unjust treatment of him during Bridgegate.
I do believe theres an absolute bias and rush to judgement, he said. You all know this. You saw the coverage of me 15 months ago. I was guilty, I had done it. Now were 15 months later. Where are the apologies pouring in? Not one thing I said the day after the bridge situation has been proven wrong. Fifteen months later everything that I said the day after that story brokeeverything I saidhas proven out to be true after three different investigations.
Further, Christie added, Bridgegate received more scrutiny than more important scandals that had nothing to do with him.
I think if you objectively looked at it you would say it was [overblown], he said. Has there been coverage of the email situation with [Hillary Clinton]? Absolutely. But the intensity of the coverageand the relentlessness of the coverageis different. And thats where the bias is revealed.
Christie has, as is his nature, graciously handed all of us an opportunity, and I intend to make the most of it.
I would like to apologize.
I would like to apologize to Christie, first, on behalf of everyone who noticed that access lanes to the George Washington Bridge had been inexplicably shut down and wondered why it happened, and how it could have happened without the states top lawmaker beingat the very leastaware of it.
And I would like to apologize to Christie on behalf of the children who were late to their first day of school because of the profound traffic jams those lane closures caused, and on behalf of the emergency workers whoinstead of sitting in the trafficwere forced to respond to calls on foot.
Im sorry that Christies initial response to this bizarre occurrence in the northern part of his state was indifference, and his response to reporters asking questions total contempt.
On CNBC Thursday morning, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie made a simple request: that the media apologize for its unjust treatment of him during Bridgegate.
I do believe theres an absolute bias and rush to judgement, he said. You all know this. You saw the coverage of me 15 months ago. I was guilty, I had done it. Now were 15 months later. Where are the apologies pouring in? Not one thing I said the day after the bridge situation has been proven wrong. Fifteen months later everything that I said the day after that story brokeeverything I saidhas proven out to be true after three different investigations.
Further, Christie added, Bridgegate received more scrutiny than more important scandals that had nothing to do with him.
I think if you objectively looked at it you would say it was [overblown], he said. Has there been coverage of the email situation with [Hillary Clinton]? Absolutely. But the intensity of the coverageand the relentlessness of the coverageis different. And thats where the bias is revealed.
Christie has, as is his nature, graciously handed all of us an opportunity, and I intend to make the most of it.
I would like to apologize.
I would like to apologize to Christie, first, on behalf of everyone who noticed that access lanes to the George Washington Bridge had been inexplicably shut down and wondered why it happened, and how it could have happened without the states top lawmaker beingat the very leastaware of it.
And I would like to apologize to Christie on behalf of the children who were late to their first day of school because of the profound traffic jams those lane closures caused, and on behalf of the emergency workers whoinstead of sitting in the trafficwere forced to respond to calls on foot.
Im sorry that Christies initial response to this bizarre occurrence in the northern part of his state was indifference, and his response to reporters asking questions total contempt.
Read the rest here: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/05/21/dear-chris-christie-sorry-i-did-my-job.html
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I know what you mean.. There's been so much illegality in the christie admin and from christie
Cha
May 2015
#9
my first thought when I saw skinny Wildstein was "the people behind Christie radiation poisoned him"
Backwoodsrider
May 2015
#33
Also known as "Christie's Forty-Seven-Percent-Moment" (Good-natured jabs, my donkey)
rocktivity
May 2015
#50
Is Christie's publicly-financed self-exonerating Mastro report about to come back to haunt him?
rocktivity
Jun 2015
#56
You rock Laxman!!! While the non-memories of "Fitzmas" still hurt, I think this is different...
winstars
Jun 2015
#61
I have said all along, he will never get convicted of any crime. He seems to let others....
Logical
Jun 2015
#73
Christie's latest power failure: Another storm, another self-serving response
rocktivity
Jun 2015
#80
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rocktivity
Jun 2015
#85
Christie Confirms Bruce Is Still His Fave NJ Musician, Gets Ovation From Bruce's Fans
rocktivity
Aug 2015
#98
He's Being Funded By A Tabloid? That Explains Why He's Started Talking Like One
rocktivity
Aug 2015
#99
Didn't Christie just fantasize about beating a woman and then serving her with a subpoena?
rocktivity
Feb 2016
#138