WATCH: Chris Christie to host first town hall meeting of second term

[George II]

Source: NY Daily News

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will headline the first town hall meeting of his second term on Thursday.

With the Bridgegate scandal looming, the Republican governor is taking his case straight to the people of New Jersey.

Christie will speak on his plans for dispersing $1.4 billion in Sandy reconstruction aid, even as he denies charges from Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer that his administration threatened to withhold Sandy funding if she didn't comply with a Christie-supported real estate deal.

Given the increased scrutiny, Christie confidantes expect Thursday’s event will be toned down with little fanfare.



Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/chris-christie-host-town-hall-meeting-term-article-1.1620823

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This may turn out to be interesting!

[gopiscrap]

1. hope they chew him up and spit him out!

I would love to see him lose his cool and totally go ballistic!

[George II]

2. Unfortunately i think the questions may have been screened, and the audience...

....seems to have been stocked with his followers.

[gopiscrap]

12. that's too bad!

[onehandle]

3. Room full of hand-picked lickspittles asking softball questions.

Pointless.

[rurallib]

4. Just like a WBushco appearance.

[George II]

5. He was asked a question that was critical of one of his decisions, he go off the subject....

....people yelled "answer the question" and he ignored them.

I can't wait for the first Bridge question - he'll probably say "that's under investigation, it's not proper to address that now".

[Kelvin Mace]

7. "Lickspittles"

Now there's an underused word with graphic imagery not used often enough in today's politics.

And so apropos for today's GOP "town" hall events.

[Beachwood]

6. Didn't he already set limits on questions?

MSNBC reporting that Christie said he would not answer bridgegate questions.

[George II]

11. The topic was supposed to have been Hurricane Sandy aid...

...but there were questions about divorce law, landscaping jug-handles, etc. NO questions about the bridge.

There was one woman with a white sign about 2X1.5 feet, saying "Resign Christie" - a state cop kept going over to her and whispering in her ear, she did a great job of not even acknowledging him there, just looked forward with her sign.

That was the most controversy throughout the entire "town hall meeting".

[Dopers_Greed]

8. Are they going to shutdown the roads to the town hall?

Then he won't actually have to answer any questions.

[bigdarryl]

9. I hope you guys realize that most of the people in that so-called townhall

Are hand picked so if your looking for tough questions forget it.It's not even worth watching

[KamaAina]

10. Where? On the approach to the GWB?