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ABC Scolds 'Rising Star of the Republican Party' Chris Christie for Missing Blizzard

By Scott Whitlock | December 29, 2010 | 12:44

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Of the three morning shows, only ABC's Good Morning America on Wednesday singled out New Jersey governor Chris Christie, chiding the "rising star of the Republican Party" for being out of the state when a blizzard hit. At the same time, reporter Sharyn Alfonsi praised Newark's Democratic Mayor Cory Booker for helping with the clean-up. She enthused, "Wow! A mayor with a shovel."

Regarding Christie, Alfonsi critiqued, "Meantime, anger also boiled over into New Jersey, where Chris Christie, the state's brash and often outspoken governor,...was nowhere to be found." To underline the segment's sarcasm, Alfonsi played a clip of the governor asserting, "Accountability is important now more now than ever."

For good measure, she added, "Christie, a rising star of the Republican Party, was at Disney World." In contrast, Alfonsi highlighted Booker, alerting, "In fact, about the only politician to weather the blizzard may be Newark Mayor Cory Booker, who spent the day responding to tweets from stranded residents, Personally helping shovel sidewalks and dig out cars."

[MP3 audio here. Video below.]

Both CBS's Early Show and NBC's Today covered the anger in the New York/New Jersey region over the blizzard and the problems with the recovery. Neither of them, however, mentioned Christie.

It also should be pointed out that, generally, mayors, and not governors, have more operational responsibilities when it comes to snow storms. The move to blame Christie has been pushed heavily on liberal and Democratic blogs.

A transcript of the GMA segment, which aired at 7:05am EST, follows:

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ROBIN ROBERTS: And as you were saying earlier, Chris, too, the politics of snow getting pretty heated here in New York. Much of the city still waiting for the plows to clear snow-clogged streets. Sharyn Alfonsi is right outside and has more on this. Good morning, Sharyn.

SHARYN ALFONSI: Good morning, Robin. Well, what a mess. The fire department here in New York says they haven't dealt with this many 911 calls since 9/11. Everybody is stuck. There are roads that are still not plowed. Others look pretty good. But, there's also buses stuck. Ambulances stuck. Cars stuck. The mayor is now urging patience. But, New Yorkers are not known for their patience and they want heads to roll. If only hot tempers could melt snow.

MARTY MARKOWITZ (Brooklyn Borough President): This was a royal screw-up, to use the current terms.

ALFONSI: Up and down the east coast, but especially in New York City, people furious their streets are snowed over, and they are snowed in. And now, they are looking for someone to blame.

UNIDENTIFIED MAN: We need an answer. Where the hell are the plows? We have been forgotten.

ALFONSI: City leaders say this was a perfect storm at an imperfect time, a holiday weekend. Private tow truck and plow operators are on vacation. So, there aren't enough trucks to clear roads.

MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG (New York City): We cannot do everything all the time. And we are doing the best we can. I think this city has pulled together. I don't think that we should sit around and think that the end of the world is here.

SECOND UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Mayor, wear my shoes. Wear my shoes to try to walk down here, do my job.

ALFONSI: Some are questioning if Manhattan, the city's wealthier borough is getting special treatment, a point made by the New York Times blog. Pointed to in this treatment, and this one in Brooklyn. Something echoed loudly by the borough's president live on WABC late Tuesday.

MARKOWITZ: Move it out of Manhattan into Brooklyn! Every available vehicle you've got, to clean this place up!

ALFONSI: Meantime, anger also boiled over into New Jersey, where Chris Christie, the state's brash and often outspoken governor-

CHRIS CHRISTIE: Accountability is important now more now than ever.

ALFONSI: -was nowhere to be found. Christie, a rising star of the Republican Party, was at Disney World.

UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: Wow. Look at our mayor, Cory Booker.

ALFONSI: In fact, about the only politician to weather the blizzard may be Newark Mayor Cory Booker, who spent the day responding to tweets from stranded residents, Personally helping shovel sidewalks and dig out cars. Wow. A mayor with a shovel. How many times have you ever seen that before? Back here in New York, our mayor says, listen. He hopes that most streets will be plowed within 24 hours. But he refuses to promise, saying, he doesn't want to anger more residents. Robin? Chris?

— Scott Whitlock is a news analyst for the Media Research Center. Click here to follow him on Twitter.

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Isn't obama in Hawaii?

Submitted by MidAmerica on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 12:58pm.

Isn't obama in Hawaii? 

Didn't it snow in Washington D.C.?

I got a fair amount of snow at my house but I didn't expect the governor to come knocking on my door asking if he could shovel my walk.

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Constant vacations

Submitted by jon_torlin on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 1:18pm.

It's sickening how they get on Christie's case about taking a vacation when something happens but they never say anything about the Constant Vacationer himself, the Chairman, and how many things have happened during those times he's on vacation?

Not only that, they sent Moochelle separate which cost an additional 60,000 or so when she could have just gone with him at the same time.  Guess he didn't want to fly with the dog or something.

As for New York, especially the city of New York, isn't it a standard for them to b!tch about everything?  What do you expect from a place that has a mayor who bans salt and wants taxes on sodas?  Kinda hard to take them seriously even in a crisis when they keep a mayor like that around who pushes for those kinds of things.  Small wonder people are moving out of the state.

-Jon

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Dog

Submitted by Gothampc on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 1:31pm.

"Not only that, they sent Moochelle separate which cost an additional 60,000 or so when she could have just gone with him at the same time.  Guess he didn't want to fly with the dog or something."

Did you just call Michelle a dog?  The CIA will be knocking on your door in 5 minutes.

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whoops

Submitted by jon_torlin on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 1:35pm.

I can see how that could be interpreted that way, I usually just call her the wookiee like a lot of people do.  I've been toying with the idea of some videos of where where she's speaking and overlaying those segments with wookiee growls and the like.  It would be hilarious.  I wonder if anyone's done that?

As for the dog, I was referring to the time that they sent their dog in a separate flight.  Muslims consider dogs unclean, from what I understand.

-Jon

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You folks do what you want

Submitted by Van Halen on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 9:35pm.

You folks do what you want but the whole wookie thing is totally not constructive. You'd be better off showing how she's a diehard Socialist and just took over the food industry with her 'food safety' bill.

How did this happen?
Government identified a crisis - obesity!

Government moved to control and regulate all aspects of food from growth to serving.

Governent takes over food, decides who eats what.

Food workers now = government workers.

Government workers are now unionized into SEIU.

A portion of every sale and paycheck goes to SEIU and thus, the DNC.

Thanks to ME-Chelle Obama!

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Along with

Submitted by Boudin on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 10:03pm.

Auto

Banking

And Health Care

Soon Energy, Air and water.

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The "wookie" thing, constructive or not---

Submitted by matthewdean on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 12:22am.

like it or not, is funny as hell to some of us.

It is also quite possibly an insult to wookies everywhere to insinuate that the bete noire resembles one.

It is okay to allude to "ME-chelle" as some type of an avenging arbiter because  tax money is being funneled to the DNC through SEIU in order to support the money wasting campaign against obesity , but it is unproductive to call her a wookie?

Unproductive, how?

Is that particular cognomen, when attached to this unappreciative ingrate, driving liberals to such angry rages that they call Republicans and conservatives names that they would otherwise eschew?

Not damned likely.

As far as I am concerned, the cynical, two-faced phony in the White House can leave at any time; and she can take her equally cynical, two-faced phony of a husband with her.

Absolutely no loss, whatsoever.

MD

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the whole wookie thing is totally not constructive

Submitted by ckc1227 on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 1:00am.

It's not meant to be.


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ckc---

Submitted by matthewdean on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 1:08am.

You used about one hundred and twenty-one words less than I did, and got the message across in far better style.

Good one.

MD

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Okay

Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 5:32pm.

Obama only avoided the snow because it was white.

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It's the pope's fault

Submitted by KC Mulville on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 1:07pm.

He claims to care about us, but where is he when we need him? He's in Europe, and according to reports, he's planning to stay there for awhile, perhaps as long as the whole winter!

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Yep, and Pop

Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 1:24am.

Has been wintering in FLA the last few years. I wonder if their freaking that no-one is shoveling his drive?

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Let's see...

Submitted by MightyMouth on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 1:07pm.

Disney World or Blizzard?

Blizzard or Disney World?

Boy that's a tough one!

Another reason to like Christie...common sense!

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend, unless my friend is more evil than my enemy."
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Airport problems

Submitted by SnapTie on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 1:10pm.

I know for a fact that on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday you couldn't find a ride out of Orlando heading N.E.

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Since when do obvious facts like that prevent a libtard

Submitted by virginia republican on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 2:38pm.

from making blatantly ridiculous charges? This is libworld you're talking about, not the real world.

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Maybe.....

Submitted by almostacowboy on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 1:11pm.

...they were counting on Chris's shadow to protect NJ from the snow? I know - gratuitous fat joke.

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I've been to Disney World,

Submitted by MightyMouth on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 1:34pm.

I've been to Disney World, you have to be able to pass through a turnstile to ride anything!

Seriously Chris, drop some weight!!

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Hey!

Submitted by almostacowboy on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 2:47pm.

I was only joking. If every politician was as effective as he is trying to be (positively) they can all weigh 400 lbs.

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Me too, but...

Submitted by MightyMouth on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 4:33pm.

The last fat president we had died in office!  We don't need that this time around!

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JFK was fat!?

Submitted by km2002 on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 9:01pm.

Fathead, maybe; but last time I looked, William Howard Taft survived the presidency to become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Of whom are you thinking?

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Warren G. Harding.

Submitted by MightyMouth on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 10:51am.

He got fat while in the white house.  And, like our current president, got dumber too!

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The only "anger boiling over" in NJ was from the Dems in Trenton

Submitted by SickofLibs on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 1:18pm.

The destructive bastards still can't believe the voters actually rose up.

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Politicians

Submitted by Gothampc on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 1:27pm.

As New York City is so aptly pointing out, having a leader on the premises doesn't mean that problems will be solved.  Bloomberg is finishing his 8th year as mayor and still hasn't figured out how to get New York moving in the snow.

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Freezing in Florida!

Submitted by iveseenitall on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 1:38pm.

Poor Chris Christie can't catch a break. It's been freezing down here near Disney too. He should have gone to Hawaii. Oh,wait...

 

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They better chide Obama as well

Submitted by CobraMan on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 1:40pm.

"Meantime, anger also boiled over into [the entire East Coast],  [while Barrak Obama], the [country's] brash and often outspoken [President],...was [vacationing in Hawaii]."

Sauce for the goose, and all that.

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Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court

Or Anwar al-Awlaki.

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THAT'S BS!

Submitted by CobraMan on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 1:48pm.

"Private tow truck and plow operators are on vacation. So, there aren't enough trucks to clear roads."

THT'S BS!  The city, county, and state "officials" just didn't want to pay extra for snow removal on a weekend.  Trust me, snow plow drivers LOVE that holiday pay! Who wouldn't want double or triple time pay?

Here in Minneapolis, we use private plow drivers and WE didn't have a problem.  But then again, we pay for their services.

Saint Paul, on the other hand, concluded that weekend/holiday pay isn't within their budget so they decided that weekend/holiday plowing isn't, well, worth it, I guess.  It's kind of ironic that a State Capitol deiced that weekend plowing isn't necessary.

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Governer Christie has a

Submitted by Barack_must_go..... on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 1:51pm.

Governer Christie has a shovel of his own. He mainly uses it to dig through left wing zealot bullshit like this to get to the true democrat/corrupt union stronghold that has all but financially crippled the Garden State. That is until Christie came into office and began kicking their collective asses, continuing to do so today.

Assume the position all you N.J. corrupt democrat/union thugs because it ain't over till the fat man sings and that ain't happening anytime soon it would seem.

Barack_Must_Go.....

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Blame yourselves!

Submitted by CobraMan on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 1:55pm.

"Up and down the east coast, but especially in New York City, people furious their streets are snowed over, and they are snowed in. And now, they are looking for someone to blame."

By the way, why is it that so many people complain when their city doesn't plow but are unwilling to, you know, grab a shovel and help their neighbors shovel the streets clear?

Come on, people, it's not like you don't LIVE there and can't help out during a snow emergency! Grab a shovel, lend a hand, be part of the SOLUTION! If not, then you only have yourselves to blame. I mean, really, you're stuck there anyways so why NOT help out?  It's not like you're going anywhere.

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Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court

Or Anwar al-Awlaki.

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Typical

Submitted by mang on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 2:21pm.

Liberals look for someone to blame, while conservatives look for solutions.

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Move along - No bias here

Submitted by Cappmann1962 on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 1:56pm.

I guess Alfonsi never considered Christie's hotel and airline reservations, shifting of his (very busy) governor's shcedule, or the fact that snow removal isn't a governor's responsibility.

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What do they expect?

Submitted by CobraMan on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 2:07pm.

Do they expect Christi to fly back and "manage" the emergency, during a BLIZZARD? How is he supposed to land during a BLIZZARD? By the time he could make it back to the State, the emergency will be over.  The streets will be clear, the airports open, the emergency over.  So, just what do they expect?

People just want to blame someone, other than themselves of course.  As I said in another post, there's nothing preventing those people from grabbing a shovel and help to clear away the snow. But will they do this?  No, the vast majority of them will complain because someone else isn't doing it for them as quickly as they demand. It's the entitlement mentality in its purest form, raw, seething anger.

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Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court

Or Anwar al-Awlaki.

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ANC

Submitted by Unsane on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 8:32pm.

In Anchorage, you would be surprised by the number of people who own trucks - AND get snow plows mounted to the front ends. 

I never saw that anyplace else I lived at in the snow belt. 

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Try the Twin Cities

Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 11:55am.

My ex-BIL has a blade he puts on the front of his truck every winter.  He plows out his family & friends for free, and picks up extra cash as well.  It's not uncommon at all.

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No Vacations!

Submitted by Russian55 on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 2:11pm.

Apparently, what GMA is suggesting is that the Governors should not take any time off.

But the President is OK going to Hawaii for the time around the blizzard.

Why weren't they calling on Obama to fly to NYC to shover snow, after all, he has been shoveling enough other stuff for years!

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Where is the outrage

Submitted by dmaley1714 on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 2:15pm.

in NYC against Governor Patterson, he has not even commented on the city level emergency. The double standard is glaring.

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Excellent point

Submitted by Blonde on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 2:26pm.

But then again, that would be racist.

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The way I heard it was ...

Submitted by Newsbubba on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 2:59pm.

... someone asked Governor Patterson about the snow, and he said, "Snow? What snow?  I don't see any snow!"

Hey, if they can tell fat jokes, why not?

Wuzzup with the fact that Obama is president and the snow isn't his fault, but Bush got tagged for Katrina?

Liberals confuse the hell out of me.

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That's baaaaaad

Submitted by Blonde on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 3:50pm.

So bad, in fact, that I LOL.

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Now that was funny!

Submitted by almostacowboy on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 6:27pm.

I don't care who you are!

-Larry the Cable Guy

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Plenty of Money

Submitted by Jerry Mack on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 2:16pm.

There should be plenty of money for all the snow fall cleanup. The Messiah said " My stimulus bill will create 3,500,000 jobs and cap the unemploment rate at 8%"

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Besides,

Submitted by Chaitealover on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 2:52pm.

What could be more "shovel ready" than the aftermath of a snowstorm?

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Is delegation a foreign concept?

Submitted by UltraC on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 2:57pm.

This seems to be a pattern with many liberals and the media (redundant, I know):  Unless a leader is seen pitching in, he/she isn't really doing anything.

Leaders delegate.  As CobraMan pointed out, Christie wouldn't necessarily be able to get back before the "crisis" (what we in Minnesota call an "inconvenience") is over.  We do have these things called phones that would allow Christie to direct plowing of roads, if that was even his responsibility!

Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.  -- Ronald Wilson Reagan
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One thing for sure -- ABC is

Submitted by Jack Bauer on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 3:07pm.

One thing for sure -- ABC is always shoveing a four letter substance beginning with the letter S***


All of the above Mr Obama? --- How about ALL OF THE BELOW, instead.
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LOL! NYC = KATRINA

Submitted by humanzee on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 3:14pm.

Too bad for NBC.  They may try to sling mud at Christie but all the headlines are coming out of NYC!

Bloomberg is really taking heat.  NYC is going through snow Katrina.  

 

- cars getting trashed by city workers
- 30 hour ambulance service
- crumbling infrastructure

 

Christie is out of town and he seems to be managing the blizzard better than the liberals in New York.  

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Rising Star? Says Who?

Submitted by JustAl on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 3:14pm.

Christie may be the best governor in the state's history, and his manner with dealing with the unions is great. But beware of any make believe news organization calling someone a "rising star" in the GOP. Once they re-examine his position on the 2nd amendment he will become the darling of the leftist media, a pseudo conservative like McCain.
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The MSM says. The same MSM

Submitted by Free Stinker on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 3:37pm.

The MSM says. The same MSM that hated Reagan, and thought Dole, and McCain were just great GOP presidential candidates.

 

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I like Christie, he's a good

Submitted by Chris Norman on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 1:46am.

I like Christie, he's a good man. However, I've warned others here after they've done that "Christie for President" thing, that he holds moderate views on many social and non-economic issues - views that, once noticed, will get him labeled a "RINO" by many.

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The Media

Submitted by rondo on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 3:37pm.

Who in the hell watches the corrupt liberal media the only news these hacks report are a batch of lies with fake surveys,reports and opinion polls and they make no excuses for their bias and socialist agenda.

The liberal media does not have any crediability with me  none whatsoever

 

I would like to see them all go bankrupt !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Has anyone

Submitted by NDanielson on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 3:47pm.

come across the archives containing ABC's scolding of Mayor Nagin or Governor Blanco for their clown antics during Katrina?

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I seem to recall one of Bush's

Submitted by Deskpilot on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 4:27pm.

book antecdotes that he had Nagan and Blanco on AF1 for a discussion, and when he asked, "who was in charge?" they both pointed to eachother.

He wanted to sent the military to assist, but CONSTITUTIONALLY, he couldn't without their request to do so.

Seems we never heard that version of the story from anyone BUT Bush and only during his book tour, 5 years hence.

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Deskpilot*

Submitted by cajun2 on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 4:51pm.

The people of La knew who was to blame for the errors regarding Katrina/Rita. We did not need the MSM to explain it to us. So well informed were La citizens that Blanco did not even try to run for a second term.

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There is NO way republicans

Submitted by buddyc on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 4:33pm.

There is NO way republicans can prevent this.  It is the reason why they always are behind democrats by 5% to 10%. 

 

In the car driving to and from my Christmas destination I heard the same radio (hourly) news reports from CBS and ABC about how Obama was taking a "well deserved" vacation and working while relaxing.  Never a mention of how you can play an 5 hour round of golf and work at the same time.  No mention of Ms. Obama's seperate flight at an extra tax payer cost of $65k.  No mention of the snow storm and coordinating federal relief or help for airlines or the like.  Mentioned he was going to replace his chief financial advisor but no comments about why, with almost 10% unemployment this is something that is ok to defer for months.

 

Yet Christie's vacation was bad, not well earned, showed he didn't care about the little people.

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& The Messiah is In Hawaii?

Submitted by gruyere cheese on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 4:44pm.

Yada, yada, yada...more liberal media crap, always blaming someone from the GOP not their own including their Messiah!

It took him a while to respond to the BP oil spill and to make the trip to the affected areas -- no criticism from the media then, because he is, the Messiah.

Many may not agree with they way Chris Christie handles dealing with the corrupt state of New Jersey, but at least he is acting on his promise. He may not be the "RICO SUAVE" dude as Mr. BO, but at least he is not spending time and our tax dollars, dinning, traveling, playing golf, being on TV shows...etc.

Christie has experience dealing with the unions and understands very well how they operate and for that, he is the liberal media target.   

If anyone deserves a vacation is  Mr. Christie...

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Christie Snow

Submitted by charlietexas on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 4:58pm.

The media is SCARED to death about this guy. This is one example of the crap that will be reported about him in the future. I love it. He is MY MAN.

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I live in Jersey

Submitted by bohratom on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 5:05pm.

I live in Jersey and the state did a good job on snow removal. I mean what do the Libs want Gov Christie to do, get in a snowplow and clear some roads. Typical liberal bias as President Obama basks in the sun of Hawaii and the entire NE is under 2 feet of snow.

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Christie did a great job last

Submitted by pwoz on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 6:59pm.

Christie did a great job last year and whoever he put in charge this past storm obviously followed his lead. The left is just looking for another "smear." Today it's Christie and Christine O'Donnell... again.

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Well, the good news in all of

Submitted by Chris Norman on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 9:28pm.

Well, the good news in all of this mess and the chaotic and slow NYC response to it is that it might put and end to this silly talk about liberal Mayor Bloomberg being the "moderate and competent alternative" for a run in some near future presidential election. I think his chances are of a snowball's in hell now.

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Maybe while ABC is at it,

Submitted by Van Halen on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 9:32pm.

Maybe while ABC is at it, they can scold B. Hussein for missing the whole damned economy! After all, Barack is playing golf again while we're all broke, unemployed, or on the battlefield.

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On a side note, there is

Submitted by Van Halen on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 10:32pm.

On a side note, there is going to be a small population explosion coming out of the northeast in 9 months.

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I think a more appropriate response is

Submitted by hbnolikeee on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 12:52am.

Who cares what these morons think?.

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Uh, I guess we do. Otherwise,

Submitted by Chris Norman on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 12:56am.

Uh, I guess we do. Otherwise, NewsBusters wouldn't exist and we wouldn't be here on it. Right?

Let's make the 2012 campaign: "The War on Error"
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Snow was gone on Monday

Submitted by stunned on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 1:44am.

I live in NJ.  Monday the buses and trains didn't run but by Tuesday morning my husband took the 70 min ride to NYC and home and it was the normal trip.  NYC is a mess and the outer boroughs are still a mess today.  NO ONE in NJ is complaing today about the snow but the media is trying to give Bloomberg cover by attacking Christie.  FYI no complaints or mention of the acting governor, Senate President Sullivan but then he is a Dem and we don't blame Dems when they are in charge now do we?  He did a good job while Christie was away and was in constant contact with him, no mention of that either. 

 

tired of liberal lies

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Where would the Good Gov go?-

Submitted by JIMMY1660 on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 9:33am.

just another car to block up the streets and highways?

Phones, video conferences is the way to go.

Unions are to blame for the lack of snow removal in NYC.

Union bosses and those who helped murder those folks should be fired and held accountable.

Fast & Furious along with Solyndra are example of who BHO is BHO Policies have caused Failed Economy- Liberals = Wealth Re-distribution

 

 

 

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