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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu May 15, 2014, 01:42 PM May 2014

Chris Christie update: Former top aide says guv’s lying about Bridgegate


Also: Christie says the scandal won't matter in 2016 and explains why he doesn't want to run against Jeb Bush

ELIAS ISQUITH


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Here’s an update on the latest Christie news:

* Former Christie campaign manager Bill Stepien is now claiming, through his lawyer, that Christie’s self-exonerating “investigation” into Bridgegate is dishonest and portrays Stepien as more culpable — and Christie as less knowledgeable — than was really the case. While Christie has repeatedly insisted that nobody on his staff told him about the lane closures on the George Washington Bridge until the story went national, Stepien says that that’s not true and that he told Christie about the traffic snarl a day before Christie went before the press and said his staff was unaware of the incident.

* The Star-Ledger has a new editorial blasting Christie for “well-timed … amnesia” on the Bridgegate issue and notes that Christie has often “forgotten” conversations that contradict his narrative.

* Nevertheless, Christie seems unfazed by Bridgegate and said on Wednesday that he expects it to have no impact whatsoever on his 2016 chances. Asked whether he thinks Bridgegate will have an impact on his presidential hopes, Christie said, ”I think it will have none, because I didn’t do anything.” He downplayed the importance of the incident and mocked the media for giving it so much attention.

* Asked whether he’d be unhappy about running against former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush in 2016, Christie said that he would, because he considers Bush a friend. “It would be stressful because I consider Jeb a friend. And he’s been a wonderful friend to me,” Christie said. “You like to run against people that you don’t like.”

* In more policy-oriented news, Moody’s has downgraded New Jersey’s debt and announced concerns over the state’s lackluster economic growth. It’s the sixth downgrade since Christie became governor and the third just this year. Christie is to some degree blaming unspecified economic advisors, who, he says, gave him bad projections about the state’s fiscal future.

http://www.salon.com/2014/05/15/chris_christie_update_former_top_aide_says_guvs_lying_about_bridgegate/
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uponit7771

(90,225 posts)
3. RIGHT!!! He didn't even know till a couple of months ago that there WAS a bridge closing so there's
Thu May 15, 2014, 01:50 PM
May 2014

... no need to think Christies wrong about something / sarcasm

uponit7771

(90,225 posts)
2. The REAL crime is Christie KNEW of the bridge closings and did not look into it. THAT'S the REAL...
Thu May 15, 2014, 01:47 PM
May 2014

..scandal and something he's already admitted to.

There's no need to even look further

Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)
6. That is the investigation, which is also ongoing, that might possibly put him in prison.
Thu May 15, 2014, 02:17 PM
May 2014

Far worse criminal behavior than the bridge shutdown.

There will be some big news when that one breaks open.

randys1

(16,286 posts)
7. A bully who cant bully you physically so he gains control and then bullies women school teachers
Thu May 15, 2014, 02:32 PM
May 2014

I mean who doesnt want to slap the shit out of that punk, cant think of anyone who wouldnt want to.

madashelltoo

(1,685 posts)
5. It's "NEVER" him!
Thu May 15, 2014, 01:53 PM
May 2014

It is always someone else. He doesn't remember this or that. People with non-functioning memories should not hold public office. As a matter of fact, they should be housed with others with sketchy memories.

Cha

(295,899 posts)
9. Christie seems "unfazed by the GWBridge fuck up because he's a
Thu May 15, 2014, 09:45 PM
May 2014

freaking sociopath. I think most of us get that by now.

"* In more policy-oriented news, Moody’s has downgraded New Jersey’s debt and announced concerns over the state’s lackluster economic growth. It’s the sixth downgrade since Christie became governor and the third just this year. Christie is to some degree blaming unspecified economic advisors, who, he says, gave him bad projections about the state’s fiscal future."

Surprised he's not blaming Obama.. who's his handy whipping post.



Remember when Christie said in his marathon presser that he hadn't slept in 2 days?.. only he had just found out the day before?



Oh, and Christie's "friend"? ..



madokie

(51,076 posts)
10. Crispy Cristie is a lying sack of shit
Thu May 15, 2014, 09:50 PM
May 2014

a person whose never responsible for anything that might shine a bad light on his sorry ass.

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