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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) has acknowledged that the New Jersey bridge closing scandal has reached his office.

In a statement issued Wednesday afternoon, Christie responded to the revelation that one of his close aides discussed plans to close lanes on the George Washington Bridge last year.

“What I've seen today for the first time is unacceptable," Christie said. "I am outraged and deeply saddened to learn that not only was I misled by a member of my staff, but this completely inappropriate and unsanctioned conduct was made without my knowledge."

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On January 09 2014 07:24 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
It's bad and getting worse.



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So either he has no idea what goes on every day at his office or anywhere else in his administration, or he is lying. Also begs the question how he didn't hear about the traffic problems, very hard to believe he didn't, seeing how it was his own states "traffic study". Not to mention the press has phone records that show Fort Lee contacted his office several times over, why didn't he do anything. Is he inept or just corrupt?

The documents are heavily redacted in parts, making it hard to tell if Kelly meant the traffic problems were the motivation for the closure, or whether she was anticipating the traffic as an effect of the order.

On January 09 2014 07:46 JonnyBNoHo wrote:

It depends on the details, for example:


I haven't been following it though (a bridge in NJ? lulz who cares?), so if you think there's a strong case against Christie, feel free to summarize.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) has acknowledged that the New Jersey bridge closing scandal has reached his office.

In a statement issued Wednesday afternoon, Christie responded to the revelation that one of his close aides discussed plans to close lanes on the George Washington Bridge last year.

“What I've seen today for the first time is unacceptable," Christie said. "I am outraged and deeply saddened to learn that not only was I misled by a member of my staff, but this completely inappropriate and unsanctioned conduct was made without my knowledge."

On January 09 2014 08:56 KwarK wrote:


Maybe it's because he's fired his staff so nobody is checking what his statements say for him but that was incredibly poorly worded. Has he seen the first unacceptable thing ever today? Or has it become unacceptable for the first time because he saw it today? Not only was I misled, I was also misled without my knowledge or sanction.

You can work out what he's trying to say but that's garbled as fuck.

On January 09 2014 09:37 JonnyBNoHo wrote:

Eh? Seems fine in the context.

On January 09 2014 07:51 farvacola wrote:
It surprises me not at all that Danglars is unable to see the problem in how income is so heavily affected by work over the already daily allotment. That we are one of the worlds most overworked nations is nothing to be proud of.