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11. His Getting Re-elected Guv Had Little To Do With Running NJ-It Was All About 2016 & The Presidency..

Reply to Tom Rinaldo (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 12:31 AM

Jan 2014

He wanted to show the Repugs that he got broad support. Not only votes from primarily Repugs - but he wanted and needed Dem & Ind support. That is what was driving his - I like how you put it - extortion.

So this whole scandal and his unraveling came because of his ambition to be president. Ego and power were his motivators.

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Something no one has yet said about Christie's "hardball" handling of political "enemies". [View all] Tom Rinaldo Jan 2014 OP

And those cones Christie jokingly claimed to have put out? Misappropriation of state equipment, or okaawhatever Jan 2014 #1

Did he REALLY work the cones, or was he trying to be facetious? rocktivity Jan 2014 #4

He was joking when he said it, but someone took the cones and put them out there to block traffic. okaawhatever Jan 2014 #7

Hillary has gotten press recently for supposedly once having an "enemies list" Tom Rinaldo Jan 2014 #2

Ted Kennedy and Claire McCaskill were on it as well (Hillary's list) Samantha Jan 2014 #8

Yes, but my point is that it is one thing to be "let down" by someone you honestly think Tom Rinaldo Jan 2014 #10

I have zero problems with anything you wrote in your thread - I posted to kick it Samantha Jan 2014 #12

Thanks Sam. n/t Tom Rinaldo Jan 2014 #13

Clearly Christie has been mentored by the Mob. DURHAM D Jan 2014 #3

You mean like; "Nice city you got here, it would be a shame if something happened to it."? n/t Tom Rinaldo Jan 2014 #5

Sounds like a statement made to the Mayor of Ft. Lee? DURHAM D Jan 2014 #6

I nicknamed him "Governor Soprano" years ago. rocktivity Jan 2014 #9

His Getting Re-elected Guv Had Little To Do With Running NJ-It Was All About 2016 & The Presidency.. global1 Jan 2014 #11

This Oilwellian Jan 2014 #14

He was "asking" Democratic mayors to literally betray the people who busted ass to elect them Tom Rinaldo Jan 2014 #15

Check Out This Post Of Mine Asking If There Is A List Of Dem (Mayors & Legislators) That Endorsed... global1 Jan 2014 #16