Questions about Christie's mouthpiece arise after he shows up in released GWB emails
Source: Bergen Record
Hes been the governors mouthpiece and confidant for more than a decade.
In his role as Christies top spokesman in the governors office and the U.S. Attorneys Office before that Michael Drewniak, a former newspaper reporter, has been described as his bosss alter ego, one of his closest advisers and his most ardent defender.
Like the governor, Drewniak has long been known among political insiders to set a brash tone for the office: rarely mincing words, often insulting or simply dismissing anyone who fails to adopt the administrations message.
Until he emerged last week in documents linked to the developing controversy over lane closures at the George Washington Bridge, that attitude has remained a behind-the-scenes subnarrative, mostly drowned out by Christies explosive ascent to the national stage.
Read more: http://www.northjersey.com/news/Questions_about_Christies_mouthpiece_arise_after_he_shows_up_in_released_GWB_emails.html
Hmmm, more email details coming out. And, many of those redactions, the way they appeared on the pages, looked like email addresses. I wonder who else's names are behind many of those black stripes. I guess we'll now begin to find out!
As they say, "stay tuned".
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)not use the GWB acronym? My fucking eye is twitching.
(I know, it's a headline)
calimary
(81,459 posts)Takes me back to the last decade we had to endure, and makes me wince.
besides walker
there's WTF
What the fuck vs What the Frack. I prefer the latter. much more educational
hamsterjill
(15,224 posts)Makes me wanna reach for the alka seltzer! Maybe we can just call it "the bridge" or something!
George II
(67,782 posts)leftynyc
(26,060 posts)Looooong before you ever heard of Bush.
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)It just.. argh.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)I still automatically think of the bridge when I see those initials. I guess cuz I was in my 40s before I heard of GW Bush.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)... of "The Wolf" from "Pulp Fiction".
Rachel's coverage the other night perfectly framed the reaction Christie's thugs had when they lost control of the spin.
lostincalifornia
(3,639 posts)because he is a "smart" person, and knew that he could not lie about this because too many eyes were on him
Another insight failure by the media I believe
Beacool
(30,251 posts)He was already doing it in college. Sooner or later, he will implode. I don't know whether there's a smoking gun about the GWB controversy, but he may still face death by a thousand cuts. It seems that the bullying behavior is endemic within his administration.
calimary
(81,459 posts)"The fish rots from the head."
Beacool
(30,251 posts)The thing is that in NJ he still is very popular. Beats me why........
calimary
(81,459 posts)But then again, I don't understand the adulation of the bully to begin with. I don't understand the appeal of the in-yer-face. I just don't. I find it TREMENDOUSLY off-putting. I don't like that way of doing business and I don't like people who treat others that way and I don't like that schtick and I don't think it makes those with that behavior seem macho or bold or strong or gutsy or any of those positive attributes. It reads to me as just plain asshole-ish and just plain damn mean. Bullies usually wind up reaping what they sow, but shit, it sure takes a long time for that karma to come around! Sometimes it seems like forever, or nearly never. But if you look at the trail of punched-in faces and black eyes and knife wounds in the back, well - let's just say I'm glad I don't have a shadow like that trailing behind me! If you get enough of one, just considering the law of averages, some of it is inevitably gonna bite you back.