I agree that with the advent of EZ PASS that the Port Authority could have easily provided computer simulation, so why the necessity of closing those lanes down? We can po po this, but traffic normally is a nightmare to those boarder towns living near NYC (I know cause I lived and worked there for a long time) so the last thing anyone needs is the government interfering.
So what WAS the real reason for a maufactured traffic snar? Was it retribution? I personally don't believe that was a ligitimate excuse. There was more going on here than meets the eye.
This Should Sink Chris Christie
Discussion in 'News & Current Events' started by Bro. Curtis, Jan 8, 2014.
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Earth Wind and Fire Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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church mouse guy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
I think that Christie is innocent in this one because of his response and his long press conference.
It is in today's news that Democrat Nancy Pelosi charged that Christie could shut down lanes during the Super bowl just to create a traffic jam. It is amazing that she would give a common criminal a pass until he was convicted but she makes baseless charges against a person for whom there is no evidence that he was involved in any wrongdoing.
I have to wonder if Christie is smart enough to realize that Obama and the Democrats are not his friends after all that he did for Obama during Hurricane Sandy.
The real charge against Christie is that he is a boring speaker (like Pelosi) as evidenced by his keynote speech at the last GOP convention. The keynote speaker, as you know, is supposed to stir the party up for the election and getting them ready to go out and get out the vote and win. Christie put everyone to sleep. -
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Here are some things we learned about Chris Christie during his 108-minute apologia:
“I’m a very loyal guy.”
“I am not a focus-group-tested, blow-dried candidate.”
“I’ve worked for the last 12 years in public life developing a reputation for honesty.”
“I’ve engendered the sense and feeling among the people closest to me that we’re a family.”
“I’m a person who cares deeply about doing my job well.”
“I’m incredibly loyal to my people.”
“I was the class president and athlete.”
And this was all in the process of saying what he had done wrong in the George Washington Bridge fiasco that threatens to upend his presidential hopes. Christie apologized profusely — but not for anything he did. “I’m telling you, I had nothing to do with this,” he pleaded. Instead, he blamed bad people who lied to him, taking advantage of his trusting and honorable nature.
Even in disgrace, the New Jersey governor — and the nominal front-runner for the 2016 GOP nomination — managed to turn his nationally televised news conference into a forum on the virtues of his favorite subject: himself.
Use of the word “I”: 692 times.
I’m: 119.
I’ve: 67.
Me: 83.
My/myself: 134.
When Christie delivered the keynote address at the 2012 nomination, the criticism was that he spoke more of himself than of Mitt Romney, the nominee. Now we see that, in adversity as well, Christie regards himself as the hero.
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church mouse guy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
The Feds at a lower level signed off on the commercials although it is possible that Obama didn't know anything about it.
On the charge that he is egotistical, that is not very shocking in a politician. Pelosi spent time in showing her expensive '49s bracelet and telling the press that the hasd "bling" in case we did not know that she is filthy rich. -
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Oh man what a bunch of conspiracy theorists.
Don't you guys ever get tired of trying to make your chosen crooks into saints? They're all crooked as corkscrews. -
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Earth Wind and Fire Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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InTheLight Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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church mouse guy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
2. Does anyone really believe that Christie is a fiscal conservative?
3. Is Christie really electable in view of the open attack on the Tea Party that is ripping down the big tent of the GOP? Wouldn't he fare about the same as McCain and Romney?
4. Is Christie so naïve that he is now unaware of how Obama used him for a photo-op during Hurricane Sandy? Does Christie really think that the federal investigation into the commercial and the attack by Pelosi that he might slow Super Bowl traffic are harbingers of bi-partisanship instead of ruthless Chicago-style politics? -
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church mouse guy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
As for Illinois, I think that they say three governors go to prison, correct?
Here in Indiana, we became a right to work state recently and it has resulted in a few new jobs being created.
I don't mind if the Dems get Christie but I think that they should try to do it honestly, don't you?
Christie is now the example of how bi-partisanship doesn't work when dealing with the Obama/Pelosi Democrats. Tell me, EWF, what do you think about Pelosi's allegations that Super Bowl traffic might face lane restrictions? -
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There is right and there is wrong I'm about sick of playing the leftie vs rightie game while they all work together to destroy this country and our freedom. -
church mouse guy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
Now the Feds are investigating the New Jersey GOP and Christie's re-election campaign:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...-gov-christie-campaign-gop/?intcmp=latestnews
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