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In reply to the discussion: Christie Crime Digest Volume III [View all]Laxman
(2,419 posts)108. Where Have I Seen This Before.....
perhaps the Star Ledger editorial board is following your posts?
Christie's glaring hypocrisy on Clinton
Gov. Chris Christie can't believe the nerve of Hillary Clinton sending private emails in her role as Secretary of State, and then deleting them. Imagine if, in the wake of the Bridgegate scandal, he had done the same thing?
"Can you imagine if, after the bridge investigation began, I came out and said, 'Oh, by the way, I have done all my business as governor on a private server and I have deleted now 30,000 of those emails, but trust me, none of them had to do with the bridge," the governor scoffed on CNN. "Give me a break."
Except that we don't have to imagine. Christie did, in fact, delete a dozen text messages sent during a Bridgegate hearing, which his office has gone radio-silent on ever since.
Granted, Clinton screwed up, too. Even though she is far from the only Secretary of State to do business on private emails Colin Powell did also, and got rid of all of them there is still no legitimate reason to establish a system that allows you to control the release of public information. Maybe Clinton wanted to remind us how difficult it is to trust her.
But who, exactly, is Christie to be criticizing?
He's one of the most secretive governors New Jersey has ever had. He charged that "Mrs. Clinton doesn't answer any questions," and slammed her for "refusing to be transparent." Yet Christie has used taxpayer dollars to fight dozens of public records requests, and gone months without holding a press conference, or even allowing a single question from the press at his public events.
Then, of course, there is Bridgegate. The whole premise of Christie's attack that he would have gotten all kinds of grief if, after the feds started investigating, he had deleted emails is not the same situation that Clinton finds herself in. She is not under federal criminal investigation, then or now. Christie's administration was under investigation, and he did delete texts directly related to the wrongdoing at the core of the scandal.
They were sent to his staff member while she was attending a televised hearing in which the top Port Authority official from New York testified the lane closures were not, in fact, a traffic study blowing the whole cover-up story. What was in those destroyed messages, and why did the governor erase them?
And the most notorious email to emerge from this whole scandal "Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee" was also sent from a private account, by a Christie staffer. So we're surprised Christie decided to go there. Maybe he heard Jeb Bush blame Hillary for Iraq, and figured there was nothing left that you couldn't go after her for.
"If Mrs. Clinton starts to answer questions, interact with people, maybe her poll numbers would be different," Christie said.
Imagine if, in the wake of Bridgegate, he had taken his own advice.
Gov. Chris Christie can't believe the nerve of Hillary Clinton sending private emails in her role as Secretary of State, and then deleting them. Imagine if, in the wake of the Bridgegate scandal, he had done the same thing?
"Can you imagine if, after the bridge investigation began, I came out and said, 'Oh, by the way, I have done all my business as governor on a private server and I have deleted now 30,000 of those emails, but trust me, none of them had to do with the bridge," the governor scoffed on CNN. "Give me a break."
Except that we don't have to imagine. Christie did, in fact, delete a dozen text messages sent during a Bridgegate hearing, which his office has gone radio-silent on ever since.
Granted, Clinton screwed up, too. Even though she is far from the only Secretary of State to do business on private emails Colin Powell did also, and got rid of all of them there is still no legitimate reason to establish a system that allows you to control the release of public information. Maybe Clinton wanted to remind us how difficult it is to trust her.
But who, exactly, is Christie to be criticizing?
He's one of the most secretive governors New Jersey has ever had. He charged that "Mrs. Clinton doesn't answer any questions," and slammed her for "refusing to be transparent." Yet Christie has used taxpayer dollars to fight dozens of public records requests, and gone months without holding a press conference, or even allowing a single question from the press at his public events.
Then, of course, there is Bridgegate. The whole premise of Christie's attack that he would have gotten all kinds of grief if, after the feds started investigating, he had deleted emails is not the same situation that Clinton finds herself in. She is not under federal criminal investigation, then or now. Christie's administration was under investigation, and he did delete texts directly related to the wrongdoing at the core of the scandal.
They were sent to his staff member while she was attending a televised hearing in which the top Port Authority official from New York testified the lane closures were not, in fact, a traffic study blowing the whole cover-up story. What was in those destroyed messages, and why did the governor erase them?
And the most notorious email to emerge from this whole scandal "Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee" was also sent from a private account, by a Christie staffer. So we're surprised Christie decided to go there. Maybe he heard Jeb Bush blame Hillary for Iraq, and figured there was nothing left that you couldn't go after her for.
"If Mrs. Clinton starts to answer questions, interact with people, maybe her poll numbers would be different," Christie said.
Imagine if, in the wake of Bridgegate, he had taken his own advice.
http://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/08/christies_glaring_hypocrisy_on_clinton_editorial.html#incart_river
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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
UPDATE: (Hillary Supporter) Jon Bon Jovi Says He Gave (Hillary Opponent) Christie Permission
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