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Memories of Chris Christie

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 08 2014 09:53 AM

Staff caught red-handed in petty vindictive reckless pointless assholery, then of course, denying it. [url]http://www.northjersey.com/news/christie_kelly_bridge_lane_closures_emails.html

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 08 2014 09:57 AM Re: Memories of Chris Christie Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 08 2014 10:11 AM

So, in essence, he's either a liar-- what with the adamant, righteous denials-- or he has little to no control of inner-circle senior staff, campaign staff, or agency leadership.

themetfairy Jan 08 2014 10:10 AM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

Here you go for a Mets related memory - Chris Christie in Fred's box.

Edgy MD Jan 08 2014 10:27 AM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

What a stupid scandal to sink a guy and an administration.

batmagadanleadoff Jan 08 2014 10:37 AM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

Powerful people abusing their powers to settle personal scores. I'm shocked. Shocked. Shocked. They deserve to go down just for leaving a damning written trail of evidence in the form of emails. Dumb and arrogant.

sharpie Jan 08 2014 10:42 AM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

Nixonian. Reminds me of the Enemies List and the pointless break-in when he was going to win re-election anyway.

Fman99 Jan 08 2014 10:48 AM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

What a dick.

Edgy MD Jan 08 2014 10:52 AM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

sharpie wrote: Nixonian. Reminds me of the Enemies List and the pointless break-in when he was going to win re-election anyway. It's just so incredibly small. Like Nixon, it's amazing how people can be so vindictive toward enemies in the midst of, and after, an election that they were winning in a landslide either way. I see it all the time. Small people find a great person to stand in the shadow of, and they start doing koo-koo stuff to display loyalty --- whether or not they are actively bidden to --- in order to hang onto those coattails as long as possible. It's just so incredibly small. Enrich yourself with cable TV kickbacks or something. Channel all textbook contracts to a firm owned by your mother-in-law. THAT'S the sort of scandal worth destroying yourself and incriminating your boss over.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 08 2014 11:04 AM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

So with Edgy on this. Blackmail for public billboard-top sex, or casino kickbacks in the form of Taylor Ham. Something with meat, literal or figurative.

Mets – Willets Point Jan 08 2014 11:25 AM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

Senseless, vindictive attacks on northeastern liberals? He must ramping up for a Presidential campaign.

Ceetar Jan 08 2014 11:31 AM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

please don't tell me I have to vote again, I don't wanna vote again. You know how you can tell he's completely guilty? The obvious response is "It's the freaking GWB, there's always traffic and lane closures, why would you think this one random day is special? "

Zvon Jan 08 2014 12:17 PM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

themetfairy wrote: Here you go for a Mets related memory - Chris Christie in Fred's box. That's not a box. That's a barrel of popcorn. What are the odds that any random photo of Chris has him eating? Not a fat joke. I like the guy. I'm seriously curious. Edgy MD wrote: What a stupid scandal to sink a guy and an administration. Exactly this^. But Christie will not be an easy guy to take down. He'll roll with the punches. Not a fat or shapely joke. I like the fat fuck.

Edgy MD Jan 08 2014 12:38 PM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

Oh, I don't think this knocks him from office (in the end, it's just a lane closure, and so far this hasn't been traced directly to him), but it definitely hurts his future.

Frayed Knot Jan 08 2014 02:12 PM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

Hard to tell from just this how much knowledge/input Christie had in the whole deal, although I'm sure it's at least some. Mostly I think some of these staffers just latch themselves onto a pol and convince themselves that anything that'll benefit him/her is justified either because they've become such true believers that everything to them becomes a case of good (helps our guy) vs evil (helps the other side)--this was Watergate in a nutshell--or because they know their jobs/careers hang on keeping their guy in office. Mostly I suspect it's a combination of the two. I remember a story David Maraniss told in one of his Clinton books about how when staffers (this is back in the Arkansas days) were asked an opinion question they'd invariably begin their answer: "well Bill thinks ...", as if whatever personal views they had on a subject were either erased or became irrelevant when they began working for the candidate/Governor. Their lives, opinions, and even sense of right or wrong don't exist anymore

seawolf17 Jan 08 2014 02:27 PM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

OH MY GAWD CHRIS CHRISTIE IS IN FRED WILPON'S BAWX Christie's a goon. I don't know how anyone can be surprised that this kind of thing would happen on his watch. Or, realistically, on any politician's watch because I'm pretty sure they're all idiots.

batmagadanleadoff Jan 08 2014 03:10 PM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

Personally, I doubt that something like that could happen without Christie's approval. I ain't buying no lone wolves theory on this one. Besides, there were emails sent directly to Christie.

Ashie62 Jan 08 2014 05:19 PM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

I am happy that Christie is perceived as enough of a political threat, local and national, to hammer him over this act. So we have a naughty aide for one...The idea that Christie would be vindictive over a lack of an endorsement from a Hudson County elected official is ludicrous... He will have a tougher time dealing with video down the road of him screaming at people. I wonder how many of the people who hack at him for being fat are obese themselves...

d'Kong76 Jan 08 2014 05:39 PM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

I don't like our prez now, rarely do ... really don't want him either.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 08 2014 05:39 PM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

Ashie62 wrote: I am happy that Christie is perceived as enough of a political threat, local and national, to hammer him over this act. So we have a naughty aide for one...The idea that Christie would be vindictive over a lack of an endorsement from a Hudson County elected official is ludicrous... He will have a tougher time dealing with video down the road of him screaming at people. I wonder how many of the people who hack at him for being fat are obese themselves... "Spray and pray" is no way to make an argument, squire.

Chad Ochoseis Jan 08 2014 06:43 PM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

“What I've seen today for the first time is unacceptable,” the statement issued late Wednesday read. “I am outraged and deeply saddened to learn that not only was I misled by a member of my staff, but this completely inappropriate and unsanctioned conduct was made without my knowledge. Throwing your staff under the bus doesn't do you any good if the buses are all gridlocked.

Frayed Knot Jan 08 2014 07:44 PM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

Chad Ochoseis wrote: Throwing your staff under the bus doesn't do you any good if the buses are all gridlocked. Sure it is, they get run over really slowly that way.

cooby Jan 09 2014 03:19 PM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

If it makes you feel any better, this story was on page 6 of our newspaper, just 200 miles away...

Edgy MD Jan 09 2014 03:24 PM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

BBWAA of America has suspended Christie's Hall of Fame voting privileges.

MFS62 Jan 09 2014 03:45 PM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

They don't hold 2 hour press conferences to announce a war. He doth protest a bit too much. Someone spends that amount of time to say he didn't do something kinda' makes me think he did. Later

sharpie Jan 09 2014 04:08 PM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

Also, those emails were redacted by the guy who was guilty. If that was the stuff that he let out, makes you wonder what else is there. Justice Department won't accept the redactions. More fun.

Ashie62 Jan 09 2014 04:11 PM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

As a Mets fan Christie is used to embarassment and humiliation..

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 09 2014 05:20 PM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

Yeah, poor Christie. He's an embarassment to Met fans and Blue Hens.

d'Kong76 Jan 09 2014 06:50 PM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

MFS62 wrote: Someone spends that amount of time to say he didn't do something kinda makes me think he did. Even Bill didn't take that much time to deny the alleged cigar-sticking incident!

Frayed Knot Jan 09 2014 07:09 PM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

MFS62 wrote: They don't hold 2 hour press conferences to announce a war. He doth protest a bit too much. Someone spends that amount of time to say he didn't do something kinda' makes me think he did. Later To be fair, he spent a bunch of it taking questions. Doesn't mean he was truthful in all the answers, but at least he put himself out there and didn't spend the entire two hours reading pre-written, lawyerly copy.

Lefty Specialist Jan 10 2014 07:35 AM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

And those two hours are video that's out there to trip him up if things don't square with the truth. For years, Christie's gone around with a videographer catching what they call their 'moments' where he berates someone- teachers, reporters, ordinary citizens- and then [u:2x4qobgs]they themselves post it on YouTube.[/u:2x4qobgs] It's part of his schtick. Then he says, 'I'm not a bully'. Um, really? Do I think he was directly involved, that there's an e-mail that has him saying 'shut down Fort Lee'? No, he's much too smart for that. But he's created an atmosphere where petty revenge is okay. You do what you know the boss will like. I'm willing to bet that Christie knew about this a lot earlier than 8:50 yesterday. And that he smiled when he first heard about it.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 10 2014 07:41 AM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

I can't see how it makes sense that he hadn't known about it. Otherwise, why would the Port Authority be taking orders from a lickspittle aide? In the meantime, what does Bridget Kelly have to say about being thrown under the bus? Or has she found rea$on$ to shut up?

Lefty Specialist Jan 10 2014 08:15 AM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

"Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee." "Got it." That kind of an exchange doesn't lead to action unless some planning and approval had taken place in advance. There's a lot more yet to come on this.

Edgy MD Jan 10 2014 08:26 AM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

You all seem so complaisant with the ways of evil.

Ceetar Jan 10 2014 08:37 AM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

he's been my governor for a while now, maybe I'm dulled to it.

metirish Jan 10 2014 08:39 AM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

It is rather funny how things get covered....I heard on the radio this morning that FOX News ran a story on how the "main stream media" covered this 17 times more than the IRS going after the Tea Party ....more than they covered Benghazi..... FOX are livid.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 10 2014 08:42 AM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

Saw this on my Google news feed: Christie crackdown ups scrutiny over Obama's scandal response Fox News - ?10 minutes ago? While New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is getting hammered over a close aide's involvement in snarling traffic as an apparent act of political retribution, he's nevertheless set himself apart from the Obama administration in his response to scandal.

Edgy MD Jan 10 2014 08:55 AM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

[fimg=300]https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQSGboXUQj-iuwwFaj_dA-IB0SkohZKm2rM9KRfDEKc_CbKYZQWPQ[/fimg] What is this? Holland? This is America. We're entitled to better scandal damage control responses. [fimg=300]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jKmPdqAyNak/TeM--flkgAI/AAAAAAAADPk/DM2MiWh18c8/s320/Man+on+the+Street.JPG[/fimg] I've got kids to feed. When the governor is flying down to South America to meet some squeeze of his, call me. No sex, no scandal. This is New Jersey. The home of Atlantic City and the Sopranos. We're better than this. [fimg=300]http://www.jseligman.net/images/20070517113224_man%20on%20street.jpg[/fimg] Maybe he was just snarling traffic to slow down Corzine. You ever think of THAT?!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 10 2014 10:17 AM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

Saw this on my Google news feed: Christie crackdown ups scrutiny over Obama's scandal response Fox News - ?10 minutes ago? While New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is getting hammered over a close aide's involvement in snarling traffic as an apparent act of political retribution, he's nevertheless set himself apart from the Obama administration in his response to scandal. Never let it be said that they don't know how to keep everyone in the company on message-- this morning, Good Day New York* casually touched on the same point once or twice in the ten minutes we saw it. *My wife. I'm considering hiding the remote before I go to bed.

Ceetar Jan 10 2014 10:24 AM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

Saw something that Christie going to Fort Lee to apologize, during rush hour, caused a traffic jam.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 10 2014 10:56 AM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

Ceetar wrote: Saw something that Christie going to Fort Lee to apologize, during rush hour, caused a traffic jam. Thanks a LOT, Obama.

Ashie62 Jan 10 2014 10:59 AM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

I believe Christie was setup here.... I do believe he was blindsided...

Ashie62 Jan 10 2014 11:00 AM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Yeah, poor Christie. He's an embarassment to Met fans and Blue Hens. The liberalism of this board is a joke... Totally left forum... New Yawk New Yawk...blas blah blah..

themetfairy Jan 10 2014 11:11 AM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

Ashie62 wrote: I believe Christie was setup here.... I do believe he was blindsided... I think you're being a bit naive, my friend. For someone with a reputation for running as tight a ship as Christie has had, it's hard to believe that he didn't know what was going on four desks down from his own.

Ashie62 Jan 10 2014 11:24 AM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

Christie raised ALOT of money for Rove through his Chris's wifes hedge fund. He has many frenemies for sure... This is not that not unusual..Obama has been hacked up pretty bad... Did he know what thw IRS was up to?... I doubt it. Chris runs a fair ship IMHO....I have seen work as my freeholder and I liked what I saw. I will give him the benefit of the doubt every time..

themetfairy Jan 10 2014 11:33 AM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

Even with benefit of the doubt, you need to suspend a lot of disbelief to believe him under these circumstances.

Lefty Specialist Jan 10 2014 01:28 PM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

I believe Christie was setup here.... I do believe he was blindsided... Gee, having two of his appointees leave the Port Authority under fire might have given him a little reason to say, hey, what's up here? The man is a former US Attorney, noted for prosecuting politicians. So it seems odd that suddenly he's blindsided. Like I said, I doubt he did it directly. But there was obviously an atmosphere that allowed this to happen, and there were enforcers that went around New Jersey dispensing favors and punishment as needed. The Times ran a long article on this weeks ago. Christie is renowned for running a very tight ship, and the enforcement's been good. But look for more 'punishment and favors' stories to come out soon. And if there's just one CC: Chris Christie e-mail in there, he's toast.

Lefty Specialist Jan 11 2014 10:40 AM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

Richard Feder of Fort Lee, NJ weighs in. Yes, THAT Richard Feder. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/11/nyreg ... .html?_r=0 A Mr. Feder, Once of Fort Lee, Chimes In By MATT FLEGENHEIMERJAN. 10, 2014 A Mr. Richard Feder, famously from Fort Lee, N.J., has a question about the rather infamous closings of lanes to the George Washington Bridge. “What were they thinking?” he asked on Friday. “What the hell were they thinking?” More than 30 years ago, Mr. Feder, 64, was perhaps Fort Lee’s best-known resident, celebrated by a recurring character played by Gilda Radner on “Saturday Night Live.” The character, Roseanne Roseannadanna, would begin her segment on “Weekend Update” by saying, “A Mr. Richard Feder from Fort Lee, N.J., writes in and says ...” Mr. Feder did not write any letters. A co-creator of the segment, Alan Zweibel, was Mr. Feder’s brother-in-law, and Mr. Feder, the show’s faceless sad sack, bore little resemblance to Mr. Feder, the husband who served then as vice president of a textile printing plant. This week, as Gov. Chris Christie confronted a growing scandal about his administration’s role in shutting down the lanes, Mr. Feder’s public role, long dormant, arrived at a trying moment. “I’m getting emails to my website,” Mr. Zweibel said. “What would Richard Feder say about this?” It turns out that Mr. Feder, who is still in textiles, is in a distinct position to comment: He was stuck in that very traffic jam. Mr. Feder, who now lives in Hamburg, N.J., recalled that on either Sept. 10 or 11, which would have been Day 2 or 3 of the four-day traffic mess, he was driving to meet a client on Long Island. “I heard on the radio, but I didn’t believe it,” he said of the congestion. “I figured, how bad can it be?” But when he got to the mouth of the bridge, no one was moving. “People were out of their cars. People were screaming and yelling,” he said. He called the client, reported that “unbeknownst to me, there’s a hole in the George Washington Bridge,” and went home. Around 1981, not long after Ms. Radner, who died in 1989, left “S.N.L.,” Mr. Feder moved out of Fort Lee, crossing the border to live in West Nyack, N.Y. In an Associated Press article in 1980, Mr. Feder described New Jersey in fairly unflattering terms: “Factories, giant smokestacks, smog, the turnpike,” he said. “It’s the pits.” Nonetheless, he moved back to New Jersey in 2008 — making one of Ms. Roseannadanna’s earlier routines seem rather prescient. Ms. Radner’s character had introduced a letter from Mr. Feder that detailed his attempt to quit smoking. “Now I’m depressed,” he supposedly wrote, “I gained weight, my face broke out, I’m nauseous, I’m constipated, my feet swelled, my gums are bleeding, my sinuses are clogged, I got heartburn, I’m cranky and I have gas. What should I do?” “Mr. Feder, you sound like a real attractive guy,” Ms. Roseannadanna said. “You belong in New Jersey.” During his life in Fort Lee, Mr. Feder was a minor celebrity in the borough, approached often and asked occasionally to sign autographs. “I went down to get diapers and milk like every other father, and I spent 40 minutes talking to people,” he said. “My wife thought I was having an affair.” As for the bridge lane scandal, Mr. Feder was not entirely convinced of the governor’s assurances that he did not know about the lane closings, though he said he liked Mr. Christie. Nonetheless, while the textile business has kept him busy, Mr. Feder joked that a mayoral run in Fort Lee might be next, followed, perhaps, by a bid for governor. His slogan: “It can’t be any worse than these guys.” His platform: no tolls on the George Washington Bridge. But his former kingmaker, Mr. Zweibel, of Short Hills, N.J., is unlikely to be swayed, at least on that count. “I take the Lincoln Tunnel,” he said.

Frayed Knot Jan 11 2014 10:47 AM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

I read that earlier this morning. Up until then, I had totally forgotten that all those "letters" to R.R. were always from the same guy. And even if I had, it certainly never occurred to me that the name used was that of a real person. Thems the breaks for being related to a comedy writer I guess.

Rockin' Doc Jan 11 2014 04:45 PM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son.

metsguyinmichigan Jan 12 2014 07:11 PM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

I thought his let-them-ask-until-they-drop presser worked well. This is a silly scandal but it's not going to sink his potential candidacy, though the other side of the aisle will paint this as the worst thing ever.

Edgy MD Jan 12 2014 07:49 PM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

It may not sink it, but it sure undermines it. Odds just went up for the governor of Michigan.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 12 2014 08:16 PM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

metsguyinmichigan wrote: I thought his let-them-ask-until-they-drop presser worked well. I think apologies come off better when they're straightforward (like the first fifteen minutes, where he avoided the non-apology apology stuff and was pleasingly direct) and lesser when they're made about self-torture, self-abnegation, and, well, self-things.

metsguyinmichigan Jan 12 2014 08:54 PM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

Edgy MD wrote: It may sink it, but it sure undermines it. Odds just went up for the governor of Michigan. Noooooo. Very happy doing this job! I thought the low-point of the press conference was the media demanding an apology to the media. I've been out of journalism for just six months, and I'm horrified -- horrified -- by what I've seen and experienced. There are times when I just want to scream "DAMMIT, PEOPLE! I'VE DEFENDED THIS PROFESSION FOR YEARS! STOP PROVING ME WRONG." Jumps off soap box.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 12 2014 09:15 PM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

I dunno how this is a "silly" scandal or how Christie's supposed ignorance excuses him. What these people did was practically sociopathic, and they knew right away what a clusterfuck they'd created only to keep doing it for days so as to concoct a bullshit reason for it happening in the first place. This is like Melky Cabrera's website, only with thousands of victims. Christie makes a joke of it up until the point there's a smoking gun pointing at his face, his key appointees and aides are exposed as corrupt fools and now people are impressed with how he handles the whole thing?

batmagadanleadoff Jan 12 2014 09:21 PM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I dunno how this is a "silly" scandal or how Christie's supposed ignorance excuses him. What these people did was practically sociopathic, and they knew right away what a clusterfuck they'd created only to keep doing it for days so as to concoct a bullshit reason for it happening in the first place. This is like Melky Cabrera's website, only with thousands of victims. Christie makes a joke of it up until the point there's a smoking gun pointing at his face, his key appointees and aides are exposed as corrupt fools and now people are impressed with how he handles the whole thing? This. And that. Christie may have insulated himself from the incident. There may not be any incriminating emails linking Christie to the damn thing. But he had to be in on it. There's no way his aides would do that without his blessing. And then we're also supposed to believe that the Governor didn't even know what was happening for the entire half-week duration of the mess? Too much insulation.

metsguyinmichigan Jan 13 2014 06:06 AM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

batmagadanleadoff wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: . There's no way his aides would do that without his blessing. And then we're also supposed to believe that the Governor didn't even know what was happening for the entire half-week duration of the mess? Too much insulation. Not long ago, I might have agreed with you. But not any more.

Edgy MD Jan 13 2014 06:28 AM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

metsguyinmichigan wrote: . There's no way his aides would do that without his blessing. And then we're also supposed to believe that the Governor didn't even know what was happening for the entire half-week duration of the mess? Too much insulation. Not long ago, I might have agreed with you. But not any more. Two possible scary implications: (1) Metsguy knows gubernatorial aids playing vile and vindictive games behind their boss's back. (2) Metsguy IS a gubernatorial aid playing vile and vindictive games behind his boss's back. Say it ain't so, Metsguy!

metsguyinmichigan Jan 13 2014 06:48 AM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

It ain't so. I'm learning there are a lot of moving parts and they don't always communicate well together.

MFS62 Jan 13 2014 07:30 AM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

If they want to impeach him and replace him with someone more diplomatic, would Dennis Rodman take the gig? (S/M = 94) Later

Ashie62 Jan 13 2014 09:46 AM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

It would appear the funding of those Stronger than the Storm funds is under federal investigation. So...I was wrong.. Portman/Rubio

seawolf17 Jan 13 2014 09:51 AM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

Ashie62 wrote: It would appear the funding of those Stronger than the Storm funds is under federal investigation. So...I was wrong.. Portman/Rubio Natalie Portman would be an AWFUL president. She couldn't even manage the Galactic Senate without the Sith taking over.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 13 2014 11:32 AM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

seawolf17 wrote: Ashie62 wrote: It would appear the funding of those Stronger than the Storm funds is under federal investigation. So...I was wrong.. Portman/Rubio Natalie Portman would be an AWFUL president. She couldn't even manage the Galactic Senate without the Sith taking over. Paulina Rubio, on the other hand, I could get behind.

batmagadanleadoff Jan 13 2014 02:33 PM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

MFS62 Jan 14 2014 08:07 AM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

Maybe Rob Ford would want a crack at the job. Later

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 31 2014 02:02 PM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

Who'd have guessed? He knew. Christie Knew About Lane Closings, Ex-Port Authority Official Says The former Port Authority official who personally oversaw the lane closings on the George Washington Bridge in the scandal now swirling around Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey said on Friday that the governor knew about the lane closings when they were happening, and that he had the evidence to prove it. In a letter released by his lawyer, the official, David Wildstein, a high school friend of Mr. Christie’s who was appointed with the governor’s blessing at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which controls the bridge, described the order to close the lanes as “the Christie administration’s order” and said “evidence exists as well tying Mr. Christie to having knowledge of the lane closures, during the period when the lanes were closed, contrary to what the governor stated publicly in a two-hour press conference” three weeks ago. “Mr. Wildstein contests the accuracy of various statements that the governor made about him and he can prove the inaccuracy of some,” the letter added. The letter marked the first signal that Mr. Christie may have been aware of the closings, something he repeatedly denied during thenews conference. In early January, documents revealed that a deputy chief of staff to Mr. Christie, Bridget Anne Kelly, had sent an email to Mr. Wildstein saying, “Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee,” the town at the New Jersey end of the bridge, where Mr. Christie’s aides had pursued but failed to receive an endorsement from the mayor. Mr. Christie has steadfastly denied that he knew before this month that anyone in his administration was responsible for the lane closings, and his administration has tried to portray it as the actions of a rogue staff member. The governor fired Ms. Kelly. Mr. Wildstein, the director of interstate capital projects at the Port Authority, resigned.

Lefty Specialist Jan 31 2014 02:22 PM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

Ruh-ro.

d'Kong76 Jan 31 2014 02:41 PM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

This was such a good album ... [youtube:2jhwo087]TBHrQVdNKZU[/youtube:2jhwo087]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 31 2014 04:10 PM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

Hey, but his fundraising from right-thinking supporters nationwide should go up, like, 1000% this weekend, right?

Ashie62 Jan 31 2014 05:09 PM Re: Memories of Chris Christie

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Hey, but his fundraising from right-thinking supporters nationwide should go up, like, 1000% this weekend, right? You would think lol Wildstein's lawyer threatens proof but offers none as of yet.... Pretty weak for a world news opener..