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well the plot thickens with chris Christie in fact its
pretty much over at this point near times with a devastating long article
on how chris Christie is a hands-on manager and how close he was the people
who made the decisions
I in the Fort Lee controversy with the shutdown the George Washington Bridge
an insult other scandals where of course there was the issues of
withholding sandy a superstorm sandy
relief money in Hoboken may leak on street on the Fort Lee issue in the New
York Times article
and the two people are responsible for that were Bridget Ann Kelly who was
fired
I and then bills Stepien
there's no way I'm saying that right and you he hit that was a two-time campaign
manager and deputy chief of staff
a guy who was incredibly close to a MacBook he got elected twice it was his
campaign manager
in fact Bridget and Kelly one up replacing him
and bill Stepien let's go with that but was also
distanced from chris Christie so he's not working with him anymore and Kelly
was fire solution to people who want up
onto the bus and remember that he tried to put make Stepien
run the state's Republican Party and put him as the chairman of the republican
a or help 'em where chris Christie is
with who in his role as the chairman of the Republican Governors Association so
these guys especially step in worse closer Chris Christie is possible
for SonicWALL the New York Times on that they talked to a senior Republican
official who
a of course didn't want to get in trouble chris Christie or get involved
in that
investigation so he said this anonymously
so quote will step in and then report to the chief of staff
he reported to the governor there was no dotted line
there was a direct line so when chris Christie says corporal step in what
what was he up to oppose bad guy ok Brideau
no all the people the New York Times talk to who work
in chris Christie's administration either before or are currently in its
ministration say
direct line there was nobody closer to chris Christie in fact here's another
a the better republican consultant quote if step toward a bark
an order it somebody this option would be unless otherwise stated
that it was coming from the governor there's no
getting around that so Stepien and Kelly were giving orders to shut down bridges
as political pay-back everyone would have assumed that was coming directly
from the governor
or boy me by the way it look as we talk about this
who is naive enough to think that chris Christie didn't know
worst top henchmen were doing when you're doing political pay-back all
throughout the state
were and that goes for second point how hands-on was chris Christie cuz look if
George W Bush said no
you might actually understand cuz he just say like you going to the
commanders in there
room before warm black how get there any I think that
alright I don't you like is a hands on guy doesn't want to know the details
Chrissy apparently was a hands on guy and you all the details
in fact the New York Times explains mister christie himself
tended to quote the smallest the details
here's another quote everything had to be vetted by the governor's top words in
the counsel's office
or bias she was that minor changes in bills are labor agreements
news releases from agencies and commissions so
everything was vetted by the governor but you tell me shutting down the George
Washington Bridge the busiest bridge
in america was in bed by the governor when they have massive traffic jams for
three days in a row in Fort Lee all the major cities
in New Jersey that was in bed by the governor
come on out now you are you if you believe that
and it apparently this whole idea of keeping wheres
and a handbrake now broken-down the different
cities in New Jersey and they had a top 100 that they considered
swing districts and he called a mini Ohio's and many florida's
i do. breaking them down knowing how to do favors for the people that run those
cities
and they keep track of whether they endorse them or not and then if they
didn't in or some
do political Bay back that was called by them
political Moneyball so
you're telling me the governor who's playing political Moneyball
didn't know what pay back their gonna do do wasn't aware this at all
that's like saying Billy Beane in baseball does Moneyball but he doesn't
know the guys on base percentage
that's all mortal body ball its yes that's what they do they keep dry
clothes that's
an important facts in fact the New York Times explains more clearly
this was quote officially known as intergovernmental
affairs the operation was a key element the permanent campaign
allowed mister christie to win twice in a largely democratic state
I love that cold word intergovernmental affairs
in other words if you don't endorse me I'm going into governmentally screw you
an active you bridges that you want projects that you want
sandy funding that you want I'm a closing down
and I'm gonna deny okay now finally
they say staff members in the governor's office to give you a level detail here
created tabbed and colour-coded da series on the mayor's
up each town who their friends and enemies were
the policies and projects that were dear to them they were bound in notebooks
for the governor to review in his SUV between
events they got color-coded
by hills any easier really every one of them about
what the mayors are doing those top 100 pounds and in none of those
where the giant bridge closings and a massive traffic jams
importantly and why they had to do that and the details
and he didn't know that it was in fact as the emails indicated
political payback for not endorsing him
call come on man you gotta be and
extra level love naive to believe that did chris Christie no
he definitely knew
definitely so this thing is pretty much
over okay ovah
so chris Christie did come back from this
and I get back involved in presidential politics
good luck to you brother but this is terrible news for them