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Time for some TRAFFIC!

Unabogie said:
Watching Christie's presser right now and his excuse boils down to "Mistakes were made, and I will doggedly investigate myself until I get to the bottom of how I was wronged by myself".
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You left out the fact he is more outraged that his staff lied to him and not so much outraged that they did it.
 
Unabogie said:
Watching Christie's presser right now and his excuse boils down to "Mistakes were made, and I will doggedly investigate myself until I get to the bottom of how I was wronged by myself".
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Press conference live on CNN and others right now. He says he's stunned that his employees lied to him. He's "soulsearching."
 
Why won't anyone ask him what he thinks the motivation of his trusted aides was in doing this? Why did they put his career at risk? Are they evil democrat moles?

And, how do we know that you would be competent to hire a staff if you should win the presidency?
 
Puppycow said:
What did Christie personally say about the alleged "traffic study"?
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He's still claiming that there's some confusion about whether or not there was a traffic study, if I follow him correctly.
 
Christie Point Man At Center Of Bridge Scandal Has A Bizarre Excuse For Why He Shouldn't Have To Testify Tomorrow

Alan Zegas, an attorney for Wildstein, filed a motion on Wednesday to quash the subpoena compelling Wildstein to testify before the New Jersey Assembly Transportation Committee.

Zegas said the subpoena was invalid for a number of reasons. His first reason: He doubts whether John Wisniewski, the chair of the Assembly Transportation Committee, actually signed the subpoena.

"There is significant evidence to believe that Mr. Wisniewski did not actually sign the documents, creating doubt about their validity," Zegas wrote in the filing.

Zegas went on to analyze Wisniewski's signature in two other documents — the letter accompanying the subpoena and his financial disclosure form. He opined that all three were different.

Zegas also wrote that the subpoena should be "unenforceable," because it is "exceedingly unusual for a New Jersey Legislative Committee to issue investigative subpoenas." According to the motion, only four subpoenas have been issued over the past two decades.

And Zegas claimed that Wisniewski has a conflict of interest — his law firm has represented a construction and marine dredging firm that had a contract with the Port Authority.
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Talk about grasping at straws!
 
Shovel's worn out. Here Chris.

More shovels, keep digging.

"All I can do is apologize for my staff's wrongdoings." Paraphrase.

No, you could resign and accept the fact that you are not qualified to be governor, since you are so easily duped by the people you are closest to.

ETA: I think he's going for Ted Cruz' record for filibustering.
Ask if he ever told his staff to be sure he has total deniability.
 
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Puppycow said:
What did Christie personally say about the alleged "traffic study"?
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Yes, Hcg is right. He is still trying to excuse this with a phantom a traffic study.

Either he's in denial or it was a political decision (what I think) to avoid the retribution topic by emphasizing the apology and all the other crap but denying, sidestepping, and tap dancing around the retribution motive. One thing this man is, is politically genius.
 
Christie: "We are going to have to find out" about the traffic study, shifts right away back to 'they lied to me, I fired them, I don't need to go further than that.'

Reporter pressing for Christie saying he should have asked 'why', Christie argues straw man "should I have not fired her?" then excuses himself from 'getting involved' in the investigation.
 
Asked, finally, "Did you ask her why she did this?"
Christie: "I couldn't ask because I'd be accused of tampering with a witness." :rolleyes::rolleyes::D
 
Olowkow said:
Right, just like Joseph Smith was a religious genius.:rolleyes:
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Not following you. Smith started a religion that has millions of members and lasted a century beyond Smith and shows no signs of stopping.

It's politically astute to sidestep the motivation issue and keep focusing on they lied to me, I'm a good guy rhetoric.
 
Skeptic Ginger said:
Not following you. Smith started a religion that has millions of members and lasted a century beyond Smith and shows no signs of stopping.

It's politically astute to sidestep the motivation issue and keep focusing on they lied to me, I'm a good guy rhetoric.
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Just an obscure reference to satire by Harold Bloom, which was seized on by Mormons and claimed as a compliment.

Obviously, just a bit too obscure.


He even repeated this in a recent interview with the Deseret News where he not only said Joseph Smith was a religious genius, but that "Had I been a nineteenth-century American and not Jewish I would probably have become a Mormon . . . "
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Now that's see who in the news media pays more attention to the apology and who notices he avoided the retribution question ....

MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell is going with the retribution. How would the aide have even thought of it unless it was the atmosphere in Christie's office, and how was it possible to order this kind of thing with just an email?
 
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