American Politics Thread 2014

please can someone else make the obvious joke about this.

i have been so prim and upstanding these long months about the fat jokes about this guy.

http://i.imgur.com/QP6CvRZ.jpg

Weeping statue of liberty has never failed me.

Tina Dupuy ‏@TinaDupuy 40s
"What I've seen today for the first time is unacceptable." -Chris Christie.

lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfJvxuPPVNc

Fort Lee woman died as GWB closures delayed medical help, report says.

collateral damage

forget whether Christie is the second coming of Dubya. this shit is straight outta Nixon's playbook.

that said, and given just how shit some of the state- and county-level NJ Democratic leaders are, i doubt that they regret supporting Christie even after this.

Rick Wilson ‏@TheRickWilson 22m
They like safe bets. They like winners. They hate scandal. And they really, really hate surprises.

Rick Wilson ‏@TheRickWilson 22m
Christie's performance in this in next 48 is rather impt in the secret megadonor primary. They viewed him as being free of scandal.

ah yes the megadonor primary.. the real election

This Christie thing will be dismissed outside of NY because most people outside NY think that's how politicians in NY do stuff. See also: Chicago.

also lol "free of scandal"

Tina Dupuy ‏@TinaDupuy 40s
"What I've seen today for the first time is unacceptable." -Chris Christie.

this is definitely one of the funniest sentences I've seen in awhile

lol super sister souljah http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/christie-needs-to-go-super-sister-souljah-on-bridge-scandal-20140109

hahaha

drudge went all in on christie creme yesterday

most people outside NY think that's how politicians in NY do stuff.

along with thinking NJ is part of NY

Hi! You're back, Bubbles!

Eliana Johnson ✔ @elianayjohnson
RT @JeffreyGoldberg: This WAS a traffic study. They were studying what happens to traffic when you close a bunch of lanes.

John Nolte @NolteNC
Country would be much better off if our media was as tough, demanding on Obama as they are Christie. If only to force this kind of action

boy this press conference ain't helping

lotta rob ford jokes coming from the right and left now

they fat lol

'MISTAKES WERE MADE'!

Amy Davidson ‏@tnyCloseRead 1m
Christie asking us to imagine how he felt "standing in my bedroom, with my iPad" reading Bridgegate e-mails.

haha this guy just cant stop lying

it's worked for him so far

true

lol this guy is such a scumbag

Perhaps not the smartest thing ever to invite us to imagine him standing in his bedroom with an iPad in his hands...

wait this thing is still on?!

Press conference was at 11 est? 4 days of traffic shutdowns and Christie knew nothing?

http://brucemctague.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Schulz-I-know-nothing.jpg

HE IS STILL TALKING

it's fuckin awesome really. the right-wing twitter spin is "THIS is how you do an apology press conference. answer EVERYBODY'S questions. no 'no further questions.' just answer until there are none"

the underrated a spin is "wow this dude loves to hear himself talk"

Sam Stein ✔ @samsteinhp
Halperin and Heilman's next book: "Lane Change"

lol @ "traffic study"

aero i hate to quibble but afaic can tell the right-wing twitter spin on this is BENGHAZI

er extra can tell there

FreeRepublic.txt ‏@FreeRepublicTXT 3m
This afternoon, Christie will announce, "I am a Gay American."

- and all will be forgiven.

just when you think they can't surprise you by finding the most hateful spin imaginable

FreeRepublic.txt ‏@FreeRepublicTXT 3m
This afternoon, Christie will announce, "I am a Gay American."

idgi

in a way tho i can see conservatives' point about this and benghazi, both christie and al qaeda are really into revenge

idgi

― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, January 9, 2014 6:08 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i think the 'joke' is "haha he will come out as gay and then it will all be good bcz you can't dislike gay people in obama's america"

my memory is failing -- that refers to someone in particular

mcgreevey

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BdjokkACMAA-_om.jpg

did Christie dip his face in carbolic acid

yes

powerful conservative images

the fun thing now is watching all the tales of further petty retributions leak out