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In reply to the discussion: Christie Tries to Work the Room and Fails [View all]Cha
(318,575 posts)44. Couldn't find a vid, Raine but see this.. christie blames Obama, FEMA, Feds for Sandy Aid Problems..
At a Town Hall Meeting, Christie Blames Obama, FEMA, Feds for Sandy Aid Problems
"In a bit, well get to how Christie unleashed a barrage of anti-government, anti-Washington and pro-privatization rhetoric in response to questions about Sandy assistance. But for most of the attendees at the town hall, it was a chance to listen and ask questions of a very personal nature, hoping against hope that the governor and his aides would promise to help. Before the event got underway, your Christie Watch reporters talked to quite a few audience members, and all had tales of woe, of heartbreak and discouragement, even desperation. Joe Wernock, an out-of-work construction and demolition man from Keansburg, lost nearly everything and recovered only $20,000 from insurance. I want to find out whats going on, he said. The insurance company said that they cant insure me now unless I lift the house, and I cant afford to lift the house. Theyre fighting with everybody, the people across the street, the guy down the street. Ron and Jessica Sickler, of Fort Monmouth, said that their house is gutted. We pay the mortgage in Fort Monmouth and we pay rent in Tinton Falls, said Jessica. I think the funds could have been handled better.
More..
http://www.thenation.com/blog/178483/town-hall-meeting-christie-blames-obama-fema-feds-sandy-aid-problems
Good article.
"In a bit, well get to how Christie unleashed a barrage of anti-government, anti-Washington and pro-privatization rhetoric in response to questions about Sandy assistance. But for most of the attendees at the town hall, it was a chance to listen and ask questions of a very personal nature, hoping against hope that the governor and his aides would promise to help. Before the event got underway, your Christie Watch reporters talked to quite a few audience members, and all had tales of woe, of heartbreak and discouragement, even desperation. Joe Wernock, an out-of-work construction and demolition man from Keansburg, lost nearly everything and recovered only $20,000 from insurance. I want to find out whats going on, he said. The insurance company said that they cant insure me now unless I lift the house, and I cant afford to lift the house. Theyre fighting with everybody, the people across the street, the guy down the street. Ron and Jessica Sickler, of Fort Monmouth, said that their house is gutted. We pay the mortgage in Fort Monmouth and we pay rent in Tinton Falls, said Jessica. I think the funds could have been handled better.
More..
http://www.thenation.com/blog/178483/town-hall-meeting-christie-blames-obama-fema-feds-sandy-aid-problems
Good article.
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I always wondered why she was smiling like a cheshire cat when her husband was screaming at her?
SummerSnow
Feb 2014
#40
She bugs me, too, with her scary, phony Stepford smile. (Maybe I'd be smiling like that, too, if I
Stardust
Feb 2014
#86
No, I was just making a general observation about similarities in christie's tactics v. some DUers.
El_Johns
Feb 2014
#36
I appreciate that you continued the discussion to uncover the misinterpretation. Many don't, thanks.
El_Johns
Feb 2014
#38
Any pounding you might endure by a bully, unprotected by onlookers, is NOTHING compared to
IrishAyes
Feb 2014
#50
Having a vivid imagination, that suggestion to picture the emperor with no clothes made an instant
1monster
Feb 2014
#24
"But all kinds of cats are leaping from their bags." <---- I love that! Indeed, it's so true. nt
Stardust
Feb 2014
#85
Hey, they're birds of a feather. When Rudy tried to move his girlfriend into the mansion with his
IrishAyes
Feb 2014
#51