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24. Christie To GOP Donors: 'We Will Get Through This'
Fri Jan 17, 2014, 08:43 AM
Jan 2014
Christie To GOP Donors: 'We Will Get Through This'

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) sought to bolster the confidence of Republican donors in his state Thursday, assuring them that his embattled administration would "get through" the scandal surrounding lane closures on the George Washington Bridge in September.

Christie made the comment at a fundraiser in Mountain Lakes, N.J. for former Republican Senate candidate Steve Lonegan, who is now running for a seat in the House. Lonegan said Christie "calmly" told the donors that "we will get through this," according to ABC News.

“It’s unfortunate, it was a mistake, it was obviously upsetting,” Lonegan recalled Christie saying, as quoted by ABC News. “He said we have 1,400 days in this administration and lots of challenges for the governing of this state and we will continue to move ahead and those successes over time will overshadow all this negativity.”

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For his part, Lonegan, Christie's one-time gubernatorial rival, dismissed the scandal itself as mere partisan politics.

“It’s just theatrics,” he told ABC News. “This governor is confident, you can tell from his demeanor. He was saddened by having to let key people go, but he didn’t know about this and it was one of these unfortunate instances, but it will be behind us and every day it’s going to fade and fade. They can have all their bogus investigations and their hearings, but it is all political theatrics.”

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/christie_reassures_donors_we_will_get_through_bridge_scandal

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Kick! n/t ProSense Jan 2014 #1
"I hardly know that guy!" Ikonoklast Jan 2014 #2
LOL! n/t ProSense Jan 2014 #3
Check out this version, Ikonoklast.. Cha Jan 2014 #5
It's a bad time to be a "good friend of the governor." herding cats Jan 2014 #13
"It's a Christie message. It means Kelly, Wildstein and Baroni sleep with the fishes." Ikonoklast Jan 2014 #15
"Even though I went to high school with him!" MADem Jan 2014 #27
Oh, for that bully that the other bully.. Cha Jan 2014 #4
Love that! n/t herding cats Jan 2014 #14
(CNN) -- Give him a position at the top of the agency; he's a good friend of the governor. sheshe2 Jan 2014 #6
Geez, image the position he would have gotten if Christie was a 'good friend'... Spazito Jan 2014 #7
He also tried to feign ignorance of ProSense Jan 2014 #8
Yep, it is almost breathtaking the hubris with which he has lied... Spazito Jan 2014 #10
Yup, this was ProSense Jan 2014 #17
If Wildstein gets immunity, it will get VERY interesting... Spazito Jan 2014 #19
Yup, and ProSense Jan 2014 #23
of course it was Liberal_in_LA Jan 2014 #9
Kick! n/t ProSense Jan 2014 #11
Donnie Brasco flashbacks, sorry... "a friend of mine or a friend of ours?" winstars Jan 2014 #12
Wisniewski will not rule out subpoenaing Christie ProSense Jan 2014 #16
This just goes to show Christie is a fool flamingdem Jan 2014 #18
Yup. n/t ProSense Jan 2014 #20
A Hiring by Christie Raises Questions Over Cooperation ProSense Jan 2014 #21
At first I read "Kirstie Alley" and wondered what she had to do Lex Jan 2014 #22
I did too! Sognefjord Jan 2014 #29
Christie To GOP Donors: 'We Will Get Through This' ProSense Jan 2014 #24
But was he a "friend" versus a "friend OF OURS"? rocktivity Jan 2014 #25
Such Portly Authoriteh... Blue Owl Jan 2014 #26
k&r... spanone Jan 2014 #28
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