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when at the center of lautenberg of new jersey passed away if you're a member of
governor christy had a decision to make
there were contradictory state laws
so he essentially got to choose do we do a special election to fill the seat that
we wait a little longer for the regular election which wouldn't be much longer
after the special election
so he didn't take long to make a decision and he decided that they were
going to do a special election
he claims that the reason he wanted to do this special election was because off
poor citizens of new jersey they need that see phil to have somebody to
represent them it's all about that it's got nothing to do with me i didn't make
any political calculation whatsoever
they want to you guessed it that is actually the case or not
i'm guessing you already know
the real reason he decided to go with the special election was that if he
holds
the special election
it would obviously be on a different day than when he's up for reelection
and the turnout for democrats would be lower because a lot of the democrats
would you show up for the special election to fill lautenberg c with the
different democrat
so uh... it's of very slide political trick in the media out of everybody in
this is *** me off the most because
they didn't report on that at all
they went hotline and thinker with christie's line always for the people of
new jersey
not one of them mentioned
hate could it may be being because
if they do a special election on a different day
it'll be lower democratic turnout for his today he's offering a lecture and
more republicans will vote for him whom i don't know as they could that be a
consideration i'm not sure
so uh... of course it was a major political calculation
uh...
but here's but one thing the media guy right
uh... christy came under fire because that special election
is gonna cost the state at least twelve million dollars most estimates are over
the twenty million dollar mark
so think about that here's a guy who claims to be a fiscal conservative when
it comes to making sure his *** gets reelected yet do the special election
twelve million dollars in pairs along as i get reelected until the matter's even
said it occurs even said about that i don't care okke mucha costs
here we are hoping is disco responsibility what you're talking about
now you don't care
so uh... remember this comes on the heels at the same time that kristy
slashed seven point five million dollars from women's health programs
and that was mainly to prevent money from going to planned parenthood
and six health clinics
in the state were forced to close
now as a result of that family of provider saw thirty three thousand fewer
patients in two thousand twelve compared to two thousand and nine nearly twenty
five percent drop
the clinics that were closed
uh... bar
where new jersey's
needy women receive their basic health care services such as mammograms
gynecological exams and of blood pressure screenings
so this was a very serious thing that seven point five million dollars i was
slashed
was desperately needed
so now if the democrats in despairing democrats in new jersey or fighting back
they proposed a bill
to restore a full funding to the clinics
and their argument is all paid look
chris christie if
you have money for a special election twelve million dollars just laying
around
you should have money for health care
there's no excuses