Chris Christie commits political suicide

[Harry Hope]

http://blog.nj.com/njv_paul_mulshine/2010/12/does_christie_think_hes_still.html

Chris Christie commits political suicide

Friday, December 31, 2010

By Paul Mulshine/The Star Ledger


Gov. Chris Christie in Freehold Friday: His body was in Monmouth County but his mind must still be in Disney World.

Chris Christie's not kidding when he says he'd like to spend more time with his family.

Obviously being governor is taking too much of his time.

That would be the only possible explanation for the bizarre remarks he made in Freehold Friday.

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Yup. Didn't take long for his arrogance to bring him down.

Harry

[DCKit]

1. K&R, but I'll wait until the autopsy. There's a lot more damage to do. nt

[Richardo]

2. You didn't just bury the lede, you left it out altogether.

Why excerpt the opening tease from the article and not give any indication of what the remarks were?

[gateley]

4. Yeah, I'll wait until somebody includes it in their OP. My internet connection

is iffy and it's always hit-or-miss if clicking a link will fuck me up.

[Ruby the Liberal]

8. He slammed local mayors for expending resources on UNPLOWED

state roads while "ignoring" local roads. While he was in Florida and his Lt Gov in Mexico.

Mayors took care of the busiest roads in their districts and this prick blamed them for the state's failure to get everyone dug out - and then had the cojones to request Federal help.

[gateley]

12. Thanks! nt

[CatWoman]

9. Richardo!!!

:hi:

:loveya:

[Richardo]

18. D.J., you dirty guy!

:D

happy new year, CW! :loveya: :hi:

[Cutatious]

3. He is a scumbag

And that is putting it mildly.

[Hannah Bell]

5. let's hope. from your lips to god's ears.

[tabbycat31]

6. Please

And I was in Freehold this afternoon and the roads are still really bad there.

[OHdem10]

7. Watch Fox and Scarborough to see if a "Rehabilitation Plan"

might go into effect on GOP side.

[tilsammans]

15. You're right; he won't go down without an effort to rehab him...

...by the usual suspects in the MSM.

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. Heckofajob, Christie.

[Larkspur]

11. I sent it to Ed Schultz

and ask Big Eddy to have this guy on his radio and MSNBC shows. I also asked Ed to have Gov. Brian Schweitzer of Montana on his show to counter arrogant Republicans like Christie. Schweitzer knows how to needle Republicans like Christie with humor.

[hay rick]

13. Mulshine is the Ledger's house conservative.

But he's never had a kind word for Christie, whom he considers a closet liberal.

The Christie/blizzard story has focused on the Disney vacation and the fact that the Lt. Governor, Kim Gaudagno (the first occupant of a newly created office) was also on vacation (in Mexico) at the time. More to the point, the blizzard follows hard on the heels of Christie's cut in aid to municipalities. Much of the chaos was the result of subsequent layoffs and reduced public works and snow removal budgets.

Article on the cuts here: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-20/christie-cuts-to-local-aid-make-new-jersey-towns-lead-u-s-bond-downgrades.html

Other stories related to the budget cuts are massive police layoffs and library closings. So far.

[pacalo]

23. That smaller-government thingy didn't work out for him...um...I mean, for the mayors.

[RobinA]

14. This Big Mouthed

media darling will crash and burn, mark my words.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

16. I hope so, but I doubt it will be quite this early in his term

[Zax2me]

17. Please, spare me.

Political suicide hardly.
All this did was make him more of a hero to those idiots who support him.

[Enthusiast]

19. K&R!

One can only hope. And one can only hope Kasich will join him.

[DainBramaged]

20. Mulshine is a Con-Job Wingnut, don't take what he writes as emmis

[pacalo]

21. Uh oh. Another incompetent who refuses accountability.

When it became obvious the storm was getting worse, he told the media (!), his wife told him not to even think of canceling the family trip.

That's how he handles his state's crisis: wife's/kid's pleasure over state responsibility.

And he blamed mayors for putting state roads before their local roads in clearing the roads!

:popcorn:

[warrior1]

22. see goverment doesn't work

you need a private firm to keep the roads clear.

:sarcasm:

[pacalo]

24. Yes indeed. Make that "smaller government" doesn't work. Some idiots have to see it

to understand it.

[Doctor_J]

27. Make that "Republican government doesn't work"

never has, never will

[Kber]

25. We can only hope.

[Doctor_J]

26. As long as hate radio and calble "news" are broadcasting, no repuke

is going down.