Bob Somerby: David Wildstein and Chris Christie were not high school classmates

[Exciting Trip]

http://dailyhowler.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-few-of-downsides-to-scandal-culture.html

Can anyone fact check that for me?

Somerby, who debunked numerous bogus scandals attributed to Gore and the Clinton, makes the case for a "scandal culture" in the media.

[frazzled]

1. They both attended Livingston High School at the same time

Whether they were in the same "class" is unclear. (Schoolmates, though, could be an apt descriptor, even if they didn't know each other.)

I went to the same high school as former Indiana Governor and Bushie Mitch Daniels. He graduated the year before me. I didn't know him. There were more than 3,000 students at my high school for 10th, 11th, and 12th grades. I didn't even know the other 999 students in my own year.

But it's hardly something Bob Somerby has a lock on. The media has not said they knew each other. It's not really part of the scandal.

[Exciting Trip]

5. So the journalists should or should not have classmates?

?

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

2. They were a year apart at Livingston High and this wasn't a 3,000 student school

He was Christie's key guy at the Port Authority two years ago:

http://www.northjersey.com/news/ny_metro/030312_Ex-blogger_is_Governor_Christies_man_inside_the_Port_Authority.html?page=all

and they knew each other (not that this is all that important a fact) He was the statistician for the baseball team, Christie was the catcher. They ran in the same local political circles that included Christie, his brother Todd, and Livingston resident Tom Kean. This was not a particularly big town.

[livetohike]

3. Their high school baseball coach said they were on the team together. Wildstein was the statistician

I think the coach would know.

[Exciting Trip]

6. Classmates

Classmates.

Focus.

[ProSense]

9. No,

...not just "classmates."

High School Baseball Coach Says Christie, Wildstein Did In Fact Travel In The Same Circles
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024323343

"Focus" on the implications of that.

Also, welcome to DU.

[DURHAM D]

4. I went to that link and I would like those 60 seconds back.

[malaise]

7. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

DUzy

[TheMathieu]

8. No one bothers fact checking Blogspot blogs.

They are irrelevant wastelands where irrelevant people go to play pundit.

Although sometimes they scrape up the $0.99 to buy a domain name on special and further enhance their charade.

[FarCenter]

10. Wildstein was a year ahead -- about 600 students per class

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/01/09/who-is-david-wildstein/

http://forward.com/articles/190654/david-wildstein-is-jewish-man-in-the-middle-of-chr/?p=all

[pnwmom]

11. They were on the same baseball team in the high school they attended.

Christie even mentioned Wildstein in his press conference, remember? Christie said they weren't great friends -- that Christie was a hotshot (okay, "an athlete and Class President&quot and he didn't know what Wildstein was.

Of course he didn't know. Narcissists only notice people who might be useful to them personally. Wildstein was the quiet team statistician who showed up at every game.

[grasswire]

12. somerby -- that's a blast from the past.

Thanks.