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Wow... Just... Wow... Today's NYT Piece On Chris Christie
Chris Christie Gave Mayors He Liked Pieces of Steel From Twin Towers
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SunSeeker
(51,574 posts)Arkana
(24,347 posts)The best we'll get out of Republicans for this is stony silence.
rock
(13,218 posts)monmouth3
(3,871 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)Gee, does he go down to Arlington and chop off chunks of the TOMB OF THE UNKNOWNS to hand out as souvenirs on Memorial Day...?
What a disgrace!
Gothmog
(145,321 posts)This stunt is very disgusting
Baitball Blogger
(46,736 posts)TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)who are the mayors who are even lower to accept such a "gift"?
And as a bribe, no less. A special level of hell for them.
SunSeeker
(51,574 posts)TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)the stories I could tell about Union County and Newark Dems...
Like Tammany of old and other machines, they had their own codes of "honor" and I don't know if they would have wanted a piece of the wreckage.
SunSeeker
(51,574 posts)The video of Rachel's story on this is at the above link. There was a way to get this wreckage legally, and involved getting on a waiting list, as Rachel Maddow explained on her show last night. But Christie had Baroni just just take it out of Hangar 17 at Kennedy Airport where 911 wreckage is stored.
How would the Dem mayors know these were in essence stolen pieces? And why would the mayor turn down this gift for his or her town? Christie had a list of 100 mayors that he was methodically going down and offering these pieces to, in an attempt to curry favor for an endorsement. Sokolich was number 45 on that list.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)and would swear to the heavens they didn't.
You don't get to be in certain positions without knowing everything.
SunSeeker
(51,574 posts)With enemies like that, Christie doesn't need friends.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)I don't even know who's on the rest of the list. I am, however, referring to guys like Norcross and Lesniak who are legendary in Joisey political history. If they are your ideal Democrats, you might want to rethink things a bit.
BTW, can you name the Democratic recipients so we know for sure who we're talking about?
SunSeeker
(51,574 posts)cynzke
(1,254 posts)getting the same, despite their support.
SunSeeker
(51,574 posts)But if you want to know that latest IRS conspiracy theories against conservatives, it's all there.
Not that the MSM (other than MSNBC) is talking about it either. There is nothing on Christie's 911 wreckage outrage on ABC either. CBS burries the info in a story focusing on Christie's plummeting poll numbers with a generic "More Bad News as Investigation Continues" headline. Nothing on CNN.
If a Dem did this, not only would it be a headline in every newspaper, but there would be calls for his or her arrest, let alone removal from office. Sigh. IOKIYAR
proverbialwisdom
(4,959 posts)Removing 9/11 Artifacts From New Jerseys Nest of Political Patronage
MARCH 11, 2014
By JIM DWYER
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)Was there no one on Christie's staff who said, "Hey wait a minute. This is creepy." ??????
How is it that Christie even had possession of this stuff to give away??????????
cynzke
(1,254 posts)Bill Baroni to the Port Authority. Up till then, the distribution was determined and granted by a group of PA employees reviewing the lengthy applications required and submitted. Bill Baroni decided (2011?) HE would take over and become the sole authority at the PA for the 911 WT wreckage. Those Jersey mayors were the only (known so far) beneficiaries that were offered "souvenirs", while the rest of the world had to beg for them through the application process. Despicable!
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)I would be in favor of just melting it down and recycling it into girders for new Port Authority construction. This turning it into relics is kind of creepy, imo.
Certainly should not be distributed as political patronage, that should be clear.
Hubert Flottz
(37,726 posts)Boardwalk Empire. Enoch Lewis "Nucky" Johnson, inside of Chris Christy's skin?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch_L._Johnson
Christy is a political terrorist:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/terrorism
Looks like the "New" republicans, are as crooked as the old ones.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)But then, they also described Sarah Palin as, "The future of the Republican Party".
"...You betcha..."
jsr
(7,712 posts)berni_mccoy
(23,018 posts)Cha
(297,322 posts)gutter act, EarlG.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)You don't get much lower than this. BTW, Rachel was all over this last night.
Oakenshield
(614 posts)Your tragedy is his currency.
global1
(25,253 posts)ask them what they thought of Crispy giving out pieces of steel from the WTC to political allies.
I would like to see them squirm when answering that question.
SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)YOU get a piece of Tower 2! YOU get a piece of Tower 2! EVERYBODY gets a piece of Tower 2, as long as they endorse me!