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randome

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11. "It's the end of the world."

Reply to flamingdem (Original post)

Sat Jan 18, 2014, 12:19 PM

Jan 2014

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Star-Ledger: Hoboken mayor claims Christie administration held city's Sandy recovery funds 'hostage' [View all] flamingdem Jan 2014 OP

Bergen Record - Hoboken mayor accuses Christie lieutenant of tying Sandy aid to development approval herding cats Jan 2014 #1

This story is deliciously huge in NJ flamingdem Jan 2014 #3

As it should be! herding cats Jan 2014 #7

I love a good pile on! ellie Jan 2014 #16

Thanks for the summary, flamingdem. elleng Jan 2014 #2

Oh good, get rid of the Lt Gov at the same time - n/t hollysmom Jan 2014 #4

Well, he needed to pocket some of that Sandy money for a campaign advertisement. Baitball Blogger Jan 2014 #5

Why do that when the Koch Bros have pockets full of $ flamingdem Jan 2014 #6

Well, Republicans want to show they're rugged individuals. Baitball Blogger Jan 2014 #8

ha ha true flamingdem Jan 2014 #15

What a stroke of brilliance on Obama's part to give Christie so much cash. Baitball Blogger Jan 2014 #21

If this was chess flamingdem Jan 2014 #22

Actually it was Congress but I like your idea anyway. Bandit Jan 2014 #25

LOL! Baitball Blogger Jan 2014 #28

Digression: Mayor Zimmer looks like the British actor Shaun Evans: WinkyDink Jan 2014 #9

no she does not. bettyellen Jan 2014 #10

Really. I'm like "What?". Cha Jan 2014 #36

Can't wait to hear stupid crap like this everyday when Hillary- or any woman- runs bettyellen Jan 2014 #38

First thing I noticed was how naturally pretty she is... Tikki Jan 2014 #31

Who said Shaun isn't? WinkyDink Jan 2014 #34

Wa ah vr�. Tikki Jan 2014 #35

she is a delightful person, her sincerity and intelligence shines through when she speaks... bettyellen Jan 2014 #39

+ forever�. Tikki Jan 2014 #40

whenever someone puts a female politician up on a pedestal to judge their looks - bettyellen Jan 2014 #41

I did hear her speak�I loved the whole thing�and she is pretty.. Tikki Jan 2014 #42

She is a lovely human being. Have met her several times, and she has a quiet strength and poise of bettyellen Jan 2014 #43

"It's the end of the world." randome Jan 2014 #11

Need clue flamingdem Jan 2014 #14

Really? The drunk in the bar in Hitchcock's 'The Birds'. randome Jan 2014 #17

Thanks, I like to know movie trivia flamingdem Jan 2014 #18

As Christie's world -and the GOP's- come crashing down around them... randome Jan 2014 #20

I think you highlighted the wrong portion: Schema Thing Jan 2014 #12

As far as evidence? flamingdem Jan 2014 #13

She volunteered to take a polygraph. Kingofalldems Jan 2014 #19

I sure would like to know why this money was controlled by a Governor, not a Fed Demeter Jan 2014 #23

1.8 billion given to Christie to administrate flamingdem Jan 2014 #24

I think that unless it was part of a pattern, her lone testimony would be useless. bettyellen Jan 2014 #26

I don't know how it would benefit her to make this whole thing up out of whole cloth. CTyankee Jan 2014 #32

Oh, definitely not. But it would have hurt her town a great deal if she was the lone accuser�. bettyellen Jan 2014 #33

Mayor Dawn Zimmer explains herself well in Steve's Cha Jan 2014 #37

"Hostage"..not a nice word... Stuart G Jan 2014 #27

I wonder if he will even finish his term. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #29

Fingers crossed for Senate hearings flamingdem Jan 2014 #30