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politicaljunkie41910

(3,335 posts)
Sat Jan 18, 2014, 06:15 PM Jan 2014

Christie (may be) hoisted on his own petard? How ironic.

So the man (Christie) who spearheaded the faux government corruption scheme in 2005 which snared so many NJ Democratic politicians in its net and catapulted Christie into the Governor's office, may be guilty of the same corrupt activity; using his office to do the bidding for wealthy developers and the well connected.

I am so glad that Steve Kornacki took the time to lay out the full case pertaining to the NJ corruption sting prosecutions in the US Attorney's office in NJ which began under Christie and was taken over by another US Attorney Michele Brown who Christie just happened to have made a personal loan of $46,000 to as he was leaving the US Attorney's Office. I had caught bits and pieces of the reporting over the past week but Steve laid out all the pieces to the puzzle, connected all the dots, wrapped up with a nice bow on it.

Dawn Zimmerman was completely creditable in her appearance on Up with Kornacki this morning and it will be poetic justice when she succeeds Christie as Governor of NJ when he is forced to resign in the coming months. You can't make this sh!t up.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2540189/Christies-Achilles-heel-Embattled-guv-racked-huge-travel-expenses-female-aide-center-Superstorm-Sandy-relief-ad-scandal-secretly-loaned-46-000.html

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Christie (may be) hoisted on his own petard? How ironic. (Original Post) politicaljunkie41910 Jan 2014 OP
Yes ColumbusLib Jan 2014 #1
He probably hasnt seen his own petard without a mirror yurbud Jan 2014 #2
Hey I like that idea! calimary Jan 2014 #3

ColumbusLib

(158 posts)
1. Yes
Sat Jan 18, 2014, 06:27 PM
Jan 2014

Mayor Zimmer was terrific on UP this morning. It doesn't get more believable that that. It's a David and Goliath story, the bullying from the Governor's office to force Hoboken to accept the Rockefeller development project while denying the locals' projects, or else be denied the Sandy Funds they should rightfully have received already.

calimary

(81,238 posts)
3. Hey I like that idea!
Sun Jan 19, 2014, 03:46 AM
Jan 2014

Governor Dawn Zimmer! That and Governor Wendy Davis - and it'd be a double delight! Wouldn't that be fantastic? And sweet justice, too!

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