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In reply to the discussion: Christie Crime Digest-Vol. I [View all]rocktivity
(44,576 posts)235. Christie and Wrestler "The Rock" Star in Online Pension Reform Video (For Seven Hours)
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NJ.com: With the feel and dramatic score of an action-film trailer, a video...was meant to tease the governors plan to reform New Jerseys troubled pension system, facing $40 billion in unfunded liabilities and growing, which Christie says he will unveil by summers end.
There were no details in the video, but there were plenty of...things blowing up and tag lines like "no pain, no gain." Also, Christies staff even spliced some shots of one of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnsons movies...
(The video) was posted (on YouTube) around lunchtime and removed by about 7:30 p.m...
The clips light-hearted approach struck some New Jersey Democrats and the leaders of public employee unions as tone deaf. After all, they said, Christie had cut $2.4 billion from the legally required pension contributions he had vowed to make in 2010, saddling the ailing pension system with more long-term debt...
John Currie, chairman of the state Democratic Party, issued a statement saying, "The states economy is in ruins, and yet the governor is mocking the pain and suffering hes causing middle-class families"...(And) Matt Katz, a reporter for WNYC, tweeted tonight that Johnson asked not to be included in the video, leading to its removal...
There were no details in the video, but there were plenty of...things blowing up and tag lines like "no pain, no gain." Also, Christies staff even spliced some shots of one of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnsons movies...
(The video) was posted (on YouTube) around lunchtime and removed by about 7:30 p.m...
The clips light-hearted approach struck some New Jersey Democrats and the leaders of public employee unions as tone deaf. After all, they said, Christie had cut $2.4 billion from the legally required pension contributions he had vowed to make in 2010, saddling the ailing pension system with more long-term debt...
John Currie, chairman of the state Democratic Party, issued a statement saying, "The states economy is in ruins, and yet the governor is mocking the pain and suffering hes causing middle-class families"...(And) Matt Katz, a reporter for WNYC, tweeted tonight that Johnson asked not to be included in the video, leading to its removal...
Republicans are infamous for swiping the music of rock bands without permission -- why not swipe movie clips, too? Anyhow, here's hoping someone "bootlegged" the original...
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