Aide Fired by Christie Is Called Loyal Team Player, Not Rogue Operative

[ProSense]

Aide Fired by Christie Is Called Loyal Team Player, Not Rogue Operative

By DAVID W. CHENJAN

Bridget Anne Kelly is devastated that Gov. Chris Christie denounced her as stupid and a liar — but she also is distraught over how much her actions have damaged him politically.

Unheard-of a week ago, now a caricature of a political attack dog, Ms. Kelly, the deputy chief of staff to Mr. Christie who was fired for her role in the retaliatory closings of lanes to the George Washington Bridge, has described her ouster and vilification as surreal, like an “out-of-body experience,” according to her close friends.

The experience has been so traumatic, they said, that Ms. Kelly fled her home in Bergen County, N.J., leaving behind her four children, as reporters continued staking out the residence and that of her parents. And with New Jersey lawmakers expected to issue more subpoenas this week, the next time Ms. Kelly appears in public could well be under oath...the unforgiving world that Ms. Kelly, 41, inhabits a week after the release of correspondence among Christie administration officials showing the behind-the-scenes machinations over the September lane closings, a scandal that has blossomed into the gravest crisis of the governor’s political career.

In the absence of an argument to the contrary from Ms. Kelly, her pungent eight-word email to an official at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey — “Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee” — has been treated as the proverbial smoking gun.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/14/nyregion/aide-fired-by-christie-is-called-loyal-team-player-not-rogue-operative.html

Use of private emails in 'Bridgegate' discussions 'disturbing,' assemblyman says
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024326686

It was Bridget Kelly ("They are the children of Buono voters.&quot
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024316517

Christie Not Sure When He Learned of Bridge Lane Closures
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024321794

Mayhem on the GWB, EMS delays, people complaining, Port Authority Police blaming the Mayor of Fort Lee, frantic snarky messages between Christie's inner circle of officials and his PA appointees, angry e-mails from the Fort Lee Mayor and a NY PA official to Christie officials, and through it all, Christie had no idea until he read it in the news a couple of weeks later. Then again, he's not sure that's when he learned about it.

Christie: Vindictive ass or incompetent buffoon
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/09/1268391/-Christie-Vindictive-ass-or-incompetent-buffoon

[liberal N proud]

1. This is called falling on the sword

She will never roll over on Christie.

[ProSense]

2. Then the Feds can

"This is called falling on the sword She will never roll over on Christie."

...can investigate (they need to anyway) why the Port Authority sprang into action based on Kelly's orders. (On edit: Christie is still saying he has no idea who order it, and even though he has already fired Kelly, he isn't interested in what she knows.)

Investigate how it's possible that Christie's entire inner circle was running a rogue operation under his nose.

"Vindictive ass or incompetent buffoon"? Either way his ass is unfit to be Governor.

[Nitram]

3. I'm not so sure.

Being called stupid and disloyal by your boss, for doing something that he may have ordered, would be hard to choke down.

[monmouth3]

4. You are right. Let's see how much of a "Jersey Girl" she really is...LOL..n/t

[exboyfil]

5. Also if you are another Christie staffer

How likely are you to be totally committed to the cause? On the other hand if he survives it he might be bullet proof going forward (he got away with this, he can get away with anything).

I don't think she will roll on her boss, and I bet arrangements have been made to secure her future (remember Vernon Jordan being asked to get Lewinsky a job).