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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChris Christie-Always Classy......
if he's not yelling at ex Navy SEALs or threatening school teachers or 75 year-old women or even yelling at people (ice cream cone in hand) on the boardwalk there's always this (explicit language warning):
If we havent heard enough these two and a half weeks about how passionately New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie felt about getting support from local elected officials, spending upwards of a quarter billion dollars of Port Authority to secure endorsements from Democrats, now comes word that Christie exploded at a local office holder who had rebuked the governors work on Sandy rebuilding.
Who do you think you are, calling me a fat fuck? Im the fucking governor of this state! Christie allegedly said. If you are not in Keansburg tomorrow standing behind me at the podium, I will fucking destroy you, Who do you fucking think you are? You a fucking idiot!
News of the governors alleged tirade came during the testimony of Christopher Stark, an underling to Bridget Anne Kelly, one of the Bridgegate defendants. Stark was testifying about a hands-off list of officials -- mayors and others whose phone numbers Stark was explicitly told to lose by Christies campaign manager Bill Stepien, Kellys de facto boss.
On cross examination, Stark conceded that officials landed on the hands-off list, which he also called the time out list, for a variety of reasons.
For example, John Curley, a Monmouth County freeholder, was distraught about what he saw as insufficient alacrity on the part of Governor Christie on helping his community rebuild from the devastation of storm Sandy. So Curley left a curt email about the Governor Who does that fat fuck think he is? He has done nothing except to hold press conferences on Sandy aid.
This got back to Gov. Christie, Stark said. And because doing a great job on Sandy was such a central plank of Christies re-election campaign, Christie was not pleased.
As it happens, Starks husband worked for Curley, so he happened to be present when Christie delivered his response.
Christie then proceeded, the witness said, to threaten to have robo-calls made to every Republican in the county disparaging Curley.
Curley, reached today by WNYC, says thats pretty much what happened, with a few minor edits. He was dirty from helping Sandy victims, and arrived at a podium being prepared for a Christie press conference. I walked up to the cabinet members who were all dressed in their gubernatorial garb and I said so where is the fat motherfucker out running for president?
No response yet from Christie about the exchange.
there's more, read it here: http://www.wnyc.org/story/bridgegate-witness-christie-dropped-f-bomb-county-official-threaten-him/
What a guy. I like how Curley corrected the story-he didn't call him a Fat Fuck, he called him a Fat Motherfucker. It's always good to be clear.
Glassunion
(10,201 posts)I'm glad he cleared that up.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)have hair trigger responses of anger to whatever is displeasing. All Christie had to do was send some useful aid and dollars to Curley's community to win some support and accolades. Christie and Trump, the temper-tantrum twins! Egad, I dread to think what types of people those two would select for cabinet secretaries. And forget about Fed depts sending aid to states that didn't vote Trump.
Beach Rat
(273 posts)2naSalit
(86,685 posts)fat mofo has a really bad temperament and a colossal pottymouth.
monmouth4
(9,708 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)yes, by all means don't refer to that bloated sack of shit as a fat fuck!
Laxman
(2,419 posts)of this incident are two things. First, further confirmation of the sociopathic methodology of Christie's administration. Granting or withholding resources from the citizens of the state based upon his relationship with politicians who represent them (and the benefits to Christie's career they could provide). The second is the crass opportunism that he exhibited regarding Sandy recovery. It was all for show and all for his benefit. That's why as we approach the 4th anniversary of the storm, there are still people not back into their homes and why the entire recovery was a multi-billion dollar botched boondoggle. The man is disgusting and it has nothing whatsoever to do with his weight or his language choices.