Ding Ding Ding: Over 2 Weeks Ago-Christie Claimed His Staff Gave Him a ‘Full Briefing’ on Bridgegate

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Over Two Weeks Ago, Christie Claimed His Staff Gave Him a ‘Full Briefing’ on Bridgegate
By Andrew C. McCarthy
January 9, 2014 10:04 AM




Back on December 23, Christie held an “Ask the Governor” townhall-style radio meeting conducted by the local station, NJ 101.5 FM. He was pointedly asked about the so-called Bridgegate scandal.

By way of background, when the GWB lanes that caused massive traffic delays were closed, the Christie-appointed Port Authority deputy director claimed, falsely, that this was done in connection with a PA “traffic study.” The “Ask the Governor” radio host, Eric Scott, asked Christie whether he had seen the study. The governor responded with the now-familiar back-of-the-hand gruffness he deploys when asked questions he does not want to answer: “No. What do I care?” (This can be seen on a video the radio station has released, at about the two-minute-mark of the 3.5 minute clip.)
http://nj1015.com/christie-takes-a-detour-in-bridgegate-statement-video/

Scott then pointed out the obvious: If there were such a study and Christie had seen it, that would put the issue to rest once and for all. The governor peremptorily dismissed this suggestion: “No . . . because they’d find something else.” According to Christie, it was all a manufactured political scandal by people out to get him.

And how did he know that? Because, Christie explained at another point in the radio meeting, he had already looked thoroughly into the matter with the help of his staff. “I’ve asked my staff to give me a full briefing,” he told Scott and listeners. “They’ve told me everything that we know. None of this makes sense; it’s all about politics. None of it makes sense.”

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1. well...

Are his f'ing lips moving?

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2. Christie Didn't Always Make Sense During Marathon Press Conference

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From the top of the press conference, Christie pledged to interview his staff to discern what had led to the closures in September. His objective was "to determine if there's any other information that I do not know and need to know in order to take appropriate action."

But when pressed later if he had talked to Bridget Anne Kelly, his former deputy chief of staff who he had just fired, Christie said he had not and had no plans to. That was despite the fact that the scandal blew up on the governor earlier on Wednesday when Kelly's email saying it was "time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee" became public.

"I have not had any conversation with Bridget Kelly," he said. "She has not given the explanation why she lied. I'm quite frankly not interested in the explanation at the moment."

It was but one of many "huh" moments in a nearly two-hour press conference during which Christie attempted to rehabilitate a public image that had taken a drubbing in the past 24 hours.

Some of it appeared innocuous, perhaps a slip-of-the-tongue during the most tense press conference of Christie's political career. At one point, Christie said he'd endured two sleepless nights over the revelations, even though the documents causing him such a headache had only been released a little more than 24 hours earlier. Given the chance to clarify, Christie acknowledged that it had been a slip.

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/christie-press-conference-wrap

It wasn't about making "sense," it was about lying his ass off.

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5. David Corn..

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"A rogue political operation that morphed into a traffic study." If only Nixon had thought of this!

7:22 AM - 9 Jan 2014

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3. Link not working

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4. This is a National Review piece. Link is double posted.

Republicans throwing Christie under a bus?

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6. Cool

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