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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumNY Daily News OpEd re: Christie
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/christie-load-bull-article-1.1571541New Jersey Gov. Chris Christies one-hour-and-forty-seven-minute self-serving, self-pitying display of contrition on Thursday was a climactic act in a brazen cover-up that threatens to further unravel his political career.
Ever so thoroughly the governor scoured the thesaurus for words of apology, regret and painless self-flagellation while nervily playing the victim and mercilessly destroying the aide who played only a supporting role for the George Washington Bridge political revenge plot.
Christie needed blood to express his outrage to the public, so he drew it from deputy chief of staff Bridget Kelly for the sin, the governor said, of lying to him. Perhaps, Kelly did lie, although it seems incredible that anyone would flat-out attempt to deceive an intense, emergency inquiry.
Regardless, Christie made roadkill of Kelly and his former campaign manager while wholly exempting the close pals who were central to the lane-closure conspiracy that caused four days of gridlock and dangerously slowed emergency response in Fort Lee. Pathetic.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/christie-load-bull-article-1.1571541#ixzz2pzutTnF1
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LiberalElite
Jan 2014
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Xipe Totec
(44,507 posts)1. Governor Jersey Barrier in full deflection mode. nt
flamingdem
(40,830 posts)2. k r
Greybnk48
(10,695 posts)3. Kick! n/t
