Chris Christie and BridgeGate

[Reub]

None of this falls directly at Christie's feet. So why the big fuss over this? Because it's time for the liberal press to start chopping down any legitimate threats to the Democratic Party. They've done it so many times before that I'm surprised that so many people haven't figured it out yet.

The Clintons work in mysterious ways.

[Kshartle]

While disgusting, in my opinion this is all irrelevant to the election because there was never any chance that Christie could win the R nomination. He is as popular with likely R primary voters as Hillary is, and for the same reasons.

He might have gotten a lot of dems to come out and vote in the primaries where they are allowed to.

There are plenty of socialists in the repuke ranks that try to call themselves moderates. It goes Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Florida.

I can see Christie maybe getting Florida. The repukes have shown an un-ending march towards nominating socialist gangsters.

He will need to lose about 75 pounds and have another hurricane.

It'll be Ryan I think. 

[Reub]

"Christie Shows Master Damage Control Touch"

http://www.newsmax.com/US/media-damage- ... /id/546256

"New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie put on a "tour-de-force" in damage control as he tackled bridge-gate at a tense press conference Thursday, Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin says.

"If what he's saying is true, if there are no more shoes to drop … [then we] have rather a remarkable, even a tour de force, in damage control and public apology..."

I don't think that he is done by a long shot. He will have a difficult time in the primaries but I think that he can pull it off because voters want a human quality, which he has. Women tend to like him too. Paul Ryan and Rand Paul both come off as cold, empty suits, which doesn't translate well to the electorate. I still can't believe how shallow and hollow Ryan appeared in his debate with Biden.

And besides, Christie, unlike some others, understands that isolationism and a lack of vigilance on the domestic and foreign terrorist threat is dangerous. His attributes make him a legitimate threat to Hillary and therefore worthy of being hatcheted by the liberal press.

[Libertarian666]

"Christie Shows Master Damage Control Touch"

http://www.newsmax.com/US/media-damage- ... /id/546256

"New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie put on a "tour-de-force" in damage control as he tackled bridge-gate at a tense press conference Thursday, Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin says.

"If what he's saying is true, if there are no more shoes to drop … [then we] have rather a remarkable, even a tour de force, in damage control and public apology..."

I don't think that he is done by a long shot. He will have a difficult time in the primaries but I think that he can pull it off because voters want a human quality, which he has. Women tend to like him too. Paul Ryan and Rand Paul both come off as cold, empty suits, which doesn't translate well to the electorate. I still can't believe how shallow and hollow Ryan appeared in his debate with Biden.

And besides, Christie, unlike some others, understands that isolationism and a lack of vigilance on the domestic and foreign terrorist threat is dangerous. His attributes make him a legitimate threat to Hillary and therefore worthy of being hatcheted by the liberal press.

So in other words he's a neocon, just like Hillary.
I'm not surprised, but that gives me even more reason to be happy that he is very unlikely to get the R nomination.

[Reub]

I never heard that one before....Hillary the neocon!

[Benko]

I don't really like Christie, but it is amusing if he's guilty seeing the reaction to his doing things like the current white house occupant e.g. the IRS is still "coincidentally" auditing conservatives who voice opinions opposed to the current regime. 

[Libertarian666]

I never heard that one before....Hillary the neocon!

Let me Google that for you: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=hillary+neocon

[RuralEngineer]

I hate Christie but I doubt he was involved in this.  He wants to be President and I think he's too smart to get involved in this kind of petty shit that does nothing to advance his agenda.

His aide however, is scum and is a prime candidate to cut in line for the wood chipper treatment.

[Ad Orientem]

Unless some evidence turns up tying this to Christie it will be forgotten in a month and no one will care by 2016. He seems to have handled the whole thing pretty well and I think has immunized himself from any culpability. If by some chance evidence does turn up showing he was involved, he's toast. But I think it extremely unlikely.

Political differences notwithstanding, this really doesn't seem like his style. That, and frankly I just don't believe he is dumber than a house plant, which his staff members clearly were/are. My gut says this is little more than a political speed bump.

[Lonestar]

Allegedly someone in Christie's staff purposefully made life difficult for a small town in N.J.  They did it to punish the town because it's mayor would not do what they wanted him to do.  That makes good sense doesn't it!

What is significant here is not whether it was Christie or some of his minions that created this issue, it's the fact that elected officials and/or their staff would ignore the needs of the people.  It happens every day at all levels of government.  Is not that is why we elect folks, to govern and represent the people?  Not to make our lives difficult, even miserable?

It's got to a point that everyone in politics has one goal.  To be re-elected.  Maybe even a side goal of making money when in office, or certainly making more money after they are in office.  It's on both sides of the isle, and is reflected in the ever lower opinion of government, especially D.C.

We are doomed....................................

[Reub]

They would not be able to get away with this stuff without a willing press. The press has largely been in the back pocket of the Democrats for a long, long time, Fox News excepted.

[ns3]

There is an accompanying story about an elderly woman who lost her life because the emergency vehicles couldn't get through the traffic jam across the bridge in time. Last I read, the family isn't blaming Christie personally because she was 91 years old and they got to the hospital in time any way so it wasn't a big deal, and besides she voted for Christie.

Fair enough, but didn't those bureaucrats who shut down the lanes on the bridge realize that this could lead to a life and death situation for emergency vehicles? If these are the kind of people Christie is going to surround himself with then doesn't that tell us a lot about him?

[Ad Orientem]

Allegedly someone in Christie's staff purposefully made life difficult for a small town in N.J.  They did it to punish the town because it's mayor would not do what they wanted him to do.  That makes good sense doesn't it!

What is significant here is not whether it was Christie or some of his minions that created this issue, it's the fact that elected officials and/or their staff would ignore the needs of the people.  It happens every day at all levels of government.  Is not that is why we elect folks, to govern and represent the people?  Not to make our lives difficult, even miserable?

It's got to a point that everyone in politics has one goal.  To be re-elected.  Maybe even a side goal of making money when in office, or certainly making more money after they are in office.  It's on both sides of the isle, and is reflected in the ever lower opinion of government, especially D.C.

We are doomed....................................

Liberals want a big government.
Conservatives want a smaller government.
Reactionaries just want a functional government, irrespective of whether every idiot gets a vote.

"Which is better – to be ruled by one tyrant three thousand miles away or by three thousand tyrants one mile away?"

-Rev. Mather Byles (1706-1788)

[dragoncar]

They would not be able to get away with this stuff without a willing press. The press has largely been in the back pocket of the Democrats for a long, long time, Fox News excepted.

Not to mention their ties to the Illuminati!

[Pointedstick]

They would not be able to get away with this stuff without a willing press. The press has largely been in the back pocket of the Democrats for a long, long time, Fox News excepted.

Not to mention their ties to the Illuminati!

You can't really blame the Illuminati… the chemtrails made them do it.

[MediumTex]

Here's the deal about politicians and their "aides": It's the politician who hires them and the politician hires them because of who they are.

Christie hired these morons precisely because they had showed a willingness to do this sort of thing in other situations.  These were just hatchet men (and women) doing their thing.  If you read their emails, it sounds pretty "business as usual," which to them it probably was.  But Christie is still the one who hired them, and he's still the one who is responsible for the things that they do.  He's the boss, right?  He knew what he was getting when he hired them.

If Christie wants to be President, he's going to have to become a better judge of the intelligence and discretion of his hatchet men.  If Nixon had one principal failing, it was his weakness in this area, and it led him to ruin.

[Mountaineer]

Liberals want a big government.
Conservatives want a smaller government.
Reactionaries just want a functional government, irrespective of whether every idiot gets a vote.

"Which is better – to be ruled by one tyrant three thousand miles away or by three thousand tyrants one mile away?"

-Rev. Mather Byles (1706-1788)

I love it!  Great perspective and great quote.

Could we include, The media wants a sensational story, irrespective of whether or not it is somewhat representative of the facts. 

[Benko]

And the best one liner + pointed political comment goes to:

LENO: 'Now That Christie Is Denying Everything He Sounds Even More Presidential'...

winner !!

[dragoncar]

Not to mention their ties to the Illuminati!

You can't really blame the Illuminati… the chemtrails made them do it.

Chemtrails?  Hah.  You do realize that the Bilderberg Group controls those, don't you?

Follow the money, people!  It's all the Fed's fault!

[Ad Orientem]

[dragoncar]

So one of the people at those two podiums is lying.

[Mountaineer]

I'm hearing more noise about this from the right than from the left.  My theory is that this outing is retribution for cozying up to Obama right before the election.

I shudder to think what candidates will emerge for the next election.

Just when we think it could not be any worse than the "old" president, the "new" president brings some great surprise and we then long for the good old days.  Looking at life through the rear window instead of the windshield frequently seems more pleasant, and a whole lot less scary. 

[AdamA]

And the best one liner + pointed political comment goes to:

LENO: 'Now That Christie Is Denying Everything He Sounds Even More Presidential'...

Any publicity is good publicity, right?