Posted on 01/09/2014 11:37:38 AM PST by SeekAndFind
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was unequivocal in his condemnation of the actions taken by some of his staffers last fall to exact political retribution by closing George Washington Bridge traffic lanes and causing major backups, but he continued to deny any prior knowledge of the plot in a press conference Thursday.
Christie began by apologizing to the people of Fort Lee and New Jersey, and said he would be traveling to Fort Lee later Thursday to repeat his sentiment directly to the most affected community.
"I am embarrassed and humiliated by the conduct of some of the people on my team," Christie said.
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Christie said he fired [Deputy Chief of Staff] Kelly Thursday morning for lying to him and has asked Bill Stepien, his former campaign manager, to withdraw from taking over as New Jersey Republican Party chairman. Christie also said he advised against the Republican Governors Association – of which Christie serves as chairman – using Stepien as a political consultant.
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Before immunity is granted, the ones granting immunity always want to hear what will be said before granting immunity. So if he is given immunity, it could very well be a testimony that will indict Christie. I say give him immunity. Let us hear what he has to say.
I might add that immunity requires the truth be told. If he is found to be lying at a later date, then the immunity that was granted is revoked, and he can then be prosecuted, even after he testifies and incriminates himself.
......over the centuries, U.S. & British Navy Ship Commanders have been fired many times The situation with Christie here is analogous.
In some, if not most, of those Navy situations, it often seemed wholly unfair to the Captain or Commander of the vessel to be FIRED as he often was down in his bunk after non stop days on duty taking a well deserved nap. But, the principle of “your the Captain, your responsible”, most of the time prevailed and the Captain/Commander was fired or resigned.
In my opinion, Christie firing others is embarrassing and humiliating and he should resign for that. Then, he can go back to lawyering where accountability is a very vague notion for dreamers.
"I am not a bully."
Who is really stupid and deceitful? In ain’t his staffer.
Yeah, right. Christie may not have known of the specifics, but obviously, the people under him thought this was okay and he would have approved except for legal reasons he had to be kept out of the loop. They wouldn’t have done it if they hadn’t felt he would have approved.
I never liked the man because I always found something creepy about him. This was even before he sucked up to Obama or all the other strange things he’s done, and I never knew why the GOP-E liked him so much. But I think it’s going to be really hard for them to defend him now.
As the WSJ pointed out, if we don’t like Obama using the IRS to attack political opponents, why should we like a governor using a highway authority to attack opponents? This is truly a strange case. I hope it puts the nail in Christie’s large coffin.
Christie has known about this for months because it’s been in the press for months (I read the NY press because I’m from NYC). But he only fired someone today when hard evidence came out. He denied it all before then.
He’s a lying weasel. His underlings wouldn’t have done this unless they thought he’d approve, which shows you exactly what kind of person he is. We don’t need another Obama, even if he has an R after his name.
(Obama)....hmmm....fire a stupid and deceitful staffer.....dang, why didn’t I think of that??
This goes to show how dumb the next generation is. If you are going to engage in dog fight politics why would you write about it for the whole world to see? As the rascal king JMC use to say, never speak when you can nod, never nod when you can wink. Dumb, dumb, dumb. And if you hired this person then you are just as dumb.
His staffer is just plain stupid.
Even if Christie WAS vindictive by closing the lanes, how is it the media is frothing over this, but had nothing to say about Obama vindictively closing national parks and monuments to get back at HIS enemies?
I am in total agreement livius. For Christie’s staff to think this was OK speaks volumes.....
RE: I never knew why the GOP-E liked him so much.
There was a time early in his first term when he fought the unions to bring some sense of fiscal sanity into the NJ budget.
He proved himself a fighter then who went from NJ Townhall to Townhall answering the objections of teachers, students and labor union leaders eloquently.
His townhalls became viral when they were posted at YouTube.
Then, many thought he was like Wisconsin’s Scott Walker.
Then, near the fourth year of his term, something happened to him that DISAPPOINTED everyone.
For one, he refused to oppose Obamacare. Then, he buddied around with Obama after Hurricane Sandy struck. THAT WAS DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE Presidential elections when Romney needed his help.
He also inexplicably SIGNED THE BILL to outlaw therapy for Homosexuals (these were gays VOLUNTARILY asking for therapy, not being forced to it ). With this, he alienated many conservative Christians.
The last straw was his recent signing of a bill to give ILLEGAL ALIENS in-state tuition.
Then this scandal....
Even if Christie said, "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?", communicating this stuff in e-mails wasn't a brilliant move. Don't they teach about "Watergate" in school any more? I rate her a "minus 10" on smarts, I don't know if Christie is any more deceitful, or vicious, than the average New Jersey governor.
Oh come on. This thing has been burning for a long time and how convenient that ONLY after documents became public that he was offended by what happened? There was NO urge to see if there was any truth to it before? He had no access to emails? The entire apparatus of his team lied to his face?
Because one plays on the home team.
No mention of all the children who died because they didn't receive their chemotherapy because Obama shut down the NIH, either.
Of course, you know the answer to your question.
Stick a pitchfork in that rotund RINO...he’s done!
Or............she was paid to take him down.
They were staffer's personal e-mails and text messages, not NJ state e-mails. (When my wife worked for the state of NJ, she refused to use her personal e-mails and cell phone, she only used the state e-mails for state business. Probably one reason why she's happily retired now, and not a political appointee in charge of her agency.)
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