• Quick note - the problem with Youtube videos not embedding on the forum appears to have been fixed, thanks to ZiprHead. If you do still see problems let me know.

Time for some TRAFFIC!

Silly Green Monkey said:
Why would she do that? Is there some kind of conflict of interest if she testifies about where she works?
Click to expand...

Perhaps there are laws that compel a government staffer to comply with an investigation in a way that a private citizen is not?

Likewise, it could just be a coincidence and isn't tied to the subpoenae at all.
 
Unabogie said:
Perhaps there are laws that compel a government staffer to comply with an investigation in a way that a private citizen is not?

Likewise, it could just be a coincidence and isn't tied to the subpoenae at all.
Click to expand...

And would be a tad impolite to seek immunity whilst still under the employ.

(I haven't read that is the case but others are certainly trying to jump on the Immunity Express).
 
Unabogie said:
I was just saying this today. Christie's swan dive has curiously coincided with Mitt and Ann opining about how sad they are that the country didn't get to enjoy the Mittness last time around. They smell the blood in the water and are dangling some hooks, to mix some metaphors.
Click to expand...

I figured that Mittens is prepping himself for another run at the White House, given his "see another side" movie which has been promoted on Netflix of late. For sure you're going to see other GOP hopefuls take advantage of Christie's woes.
 
malicus said:
And would be a tad impolite to seek immunity whilst still under the employ.

(I haven't read that is the case but others are certainly trying to jump on the Immunity Express).
Click to expand...

If I were in a betting mood, this is what I'd put my money on. My guess is that she knows something, and she's getting out while the getting's still good in an effort to grab hold of her some immunity.

I would be amazed if this is the last we hear of her.
 
Three of Christie's staff have taken the 5th. So, these three are admitting that they did something criminally wrong. Christie meanwhile in an effort to distance himself from the criminal wrong-doing is now tap-dancing so hard that his shoes are beginning to smoke. The Christie Doomsday clock has reached 11:15pm.
 
barehl said:
Three of Christie's staff have taken the 5th. So, these three are admitting that they did something criminally wrong. Christie meanwhile in an effort to distance himself from the criminal wrong-doing is now tap-dancing so hard that his shoes are beginning to smoke. The Christie Doomsday clock has reached 11:15pm.
Click to expand...

Notice that she's also refusing to turn over subpoenaed documents!

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/fired-christie-staffer-to-plead-5th-refuse-to-turns-over-docs

Kelly's attorney, Michael Critchley, Sr., told the panel that the requested information "directly overlaps with a parallel federal grand jury investigation" while also invoking Kelly's general right to personal privacy.
Click to expand...

And Christie went on a radio show last night and coincidentally opined on how every citizen has a right to listen to their lawyers and take the 5th, and who is he to demand otherwise?

LINK
 
I noticed the clever Christie in the radio interview placed himself clearly in the role of "we" want to get to the bottom of this continuing to act like he's among the investigators and injured parties rather than being one of the accused.

The man knows what he's doing.
 
Skeptic Ginger said:
I noticed the clever Christie in the radio interview placed himself clearly in the role of "we" want to get to the bottom of this continuing to act like he's among the investigators and injured parties rather than being one of the accused.

The man knows what he's doing.
Click to expand...


Does he know what he's doing? After that ham-fisted missive against Wildstein over the weekend, he's starting to look to me like a bumbling schmuck.

In any case, it makes no difference whether he knows what he's doing or not. The facts of the case will sink him or spare him. It's out of his control.

And as far as wanted to get to the bottom of things, that's preposterous. If he wanted to "know" what happened, would he have fired Bridget Kelly without asking her one single question? Of course not.
 
Unabogie said:
And Christie went on a radio show last night and coincidentally opined on how every citizen has a right to listen to their lawyers and take the 5th, and who is he to demand otherwise?
Click to expand...

And he gave his 3rd version of when he found out that there was a problem. His credibility is zero at this point. They've also uncovered that the people in his office were told not to take phone calls from the Mayor of Fort Lee.

I'm guessing that Christie's next press conference will be an imitation of Humphrey Bogart's character, Lieutenant Commander Phillip Queeg, from The Caine Mutiny. He will be nervously rolling ball bearings in his hand, wild-eyed, saying that the people in his office were against him from the very start, all of them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-95QqBXLG2I
 
Last edited:
barehl said:
And he gave his 3rd version of when he found out that there was a problem. His credibility is zero at this point. They've also uncovered that the people in his office were told not to take phone calls from the Mayor of Fort Lee.

I'm guessing that Christie's next press conference will be an imitation of Humphrey Bogart's character, Lieutenant Commander Phillip Queeg, from The Caine Mutiny. He will be nervously rolling ball bearings in his hand, wild-eyed, saying that the people in his office were against him from the very start, all of them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-95QqBXLG2I
Click to expand...

Seriously. He'll never surpass Nixon's Checkers speech in that regard, though.

Actually, someone ought to give Chris a copy of a few of Dick's "Dancing With the Truth" speeches. He could learn a thing or two from studying the Old Master. The problem for Christie is that he has Nixon's cunning but Lyndon Johnson's charm (or lack of same) and Huey Long's persona.
 
hgc said:
Does he know what he's doing? After that ham-fisted missive against Wildstein over the weekend, he's starting to look to me like a bumbling schmuck.

In any case, it makes no difference whether he knows what he's doing or not. The facts of the case will sink him or spare him. It's out of his control.

And as far as wanted to get to the bottom of things, that's preposterous. If he wanted to "know" what happened, would he have fired Bridget Kelly without asking her one single question? Of course not.
Click to expand...
I didn't mean that comment to apply to his life or the entirety of this incident. I only meant, he knows what he's doing in the interview placing himself on the side of the wronged, while trying to present the image he isn't among the wrongdoers.
 
Last edited:
Skeptic Ginger said:
I didn't mean that comment to apply to his life or the entirety of this incident. I only meant, he knows what he's doing in the interview placing himself on the side of the wronged, while trying to present the image he isn't among the wrongdoers.
Click to expand...


Yes, indeed.
 
More inconsistencies from Christie.

First off, Mayor Sokolich, who Christie famously claimed he couldn't pick out of a lineup, apparently had lunch with Christie at the Governor's mansion just prior to the bridge lane closures.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/sokolich-christie-favors-lunch

Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich told the Bergen Record Thursday that Gov. Chris Christie (R) made an extensive push to get his endorsement including lunch at the governor's mansion and favors from officials at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Sokolich is a central figure into the investigation into September's lane closures on the George Washington Bridge, which some Democrats have alleged were ordered because Sokolich declined to endorse Christie's re-election bid. The lane closures led to days of gridlock in Fort Lee.

Sokolich told the newspaper he had lunch with Christie at the governor's residence, Drumthwacket, along with Hoboken, N.J. Mayor Dawn Zimmer. In January, Zimmer accused the Christie administration of threatening to withhold Hurricane Sandy aid from her city unless she approved a real estate project. He also said officials at the Port Authority, which oversees the bridge, lavished Fort Lee with attention prior to the closures including providing pothole repair and shuttle bus service.

According to Sokolich, his main contact at the Port Authority was the agency's former deputy executive director, Bill Baroni, a Christie appointee who resigned in December as questions about the closures mounted.
Click to expand...

Also, that hilarious rant against Wildstein that claimed, among other things, that Sokolich was accused by his high school teacher of being deceptive? Christie now claims that he didn't even know about that memo, and some low level dude did it and that horrible person has been fired.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/christie-memo-knowledge

People close to Gov. Chris Christie (R) swear he had nothing to do with a heavily mocked memo that was circulated by his office about the bridge scandal.

A report in Politico on Friday claimed Christie had no knowledge of the memo, which attempted to discredit David Wildstein, a former ally who has said through his lawyer that he is prepared to turn over evidence against the governor.

The report, which was attributed to "two people familiar with the matter," said the widely -criticized memo was sent "earlier than planned" and included lines referencing Wildstein's behavior in high school that were "tucked" in by "someone."
Click to expand...

Shorter Christie: "Vote for me, I'm completely clueless about everyone I hire and everything they do!"
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Back
Top Bottom