Christie Flunks Crisis Management With I Am Not a Bully Quote
http://www.sfgate.com/business/bloomberg/article/Christie-Flunks-Crisis-Management-With-I-Am-Not-a-5130819.php
Jan. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Chris Christie got high marks yesterday for deftly managing his George Washington Bridge crisis -- until he channeled Richard Nixon.
The New Jersey Governor was apologetic and remorseful during a press conference in Trenton after sacking the aide he said was behind a scheme to shut down access lanes and snarl traffic in a political rivals town. Then he answered a question about whether the bridge maneuver backed up critics contention that hes a bully by saying, I am not a bully.
With those words the Republican broke a basic tenet of damage control by echoing one of his foes favorite attack lines, said Davia Temin, head of the Temin & Co. crisis management firm in New York. The No. 1 rule is dont repeat the allegations. I am not a bully or I am not a crook -- its the wrong thing to do.
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No one on the reich wing is using this quote. No replays on Morning Jerk, nothing.