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Who wants Christie in the White House?
I wont quote too much more of the article http://www.truthdig.com/report/print/the_trouble_with_chris_christie_20140112 but you can see I think its a must-read. I will give you a list, however, gleaned from the article. These people are named by Hedges as backing Gov. Christies 2016 bid strongly and promising massive financial backing:
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The Koch brothers
Stanley Druckenmiller
Kenneth C. Griffin
Daniel S. Loeb
Paul E. Singer
Paul Tudor Jones II
David Tepper, all hedge fund kings
Charles Schwab
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Mort Zuckerman
Richard Grasso (ex-NYSE)
Maurice Hank Greenberg (ex-AIG)
John J. Mack (ex-Morgan Stanley)
Jack Welch (ex-GE)
Kenneth Langone (Home Depot)
Im sure the list doesnt end there. Your take-away: Everyone with big money loves this big man. It seems none of the billionaires can resist what he offers. Hes a perfect front man for the people to whom people are things.
http://www.truthdig.com/report/print/the_trouble_with_chris_christie_20140112
http://americablog.com/2014/01/wall-street-security-apparatus-want-real-son-bitch-power-chris-christie.html
NV Whino
(20,886 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)Russert got all that money, that beach house in Martha's Vineyard, the tuition at BC for the kid, and he ended up dead.
He probably would have lived longer if he'd kept his integrity. Stress is a killer...
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Auggie
(31,169 posts)1): He won't escape the Bridge and Sandy scandals. And this, we assume, is just the tip of the iceberg. All sorts of skeletons emerge in a presidential campaign.
2): His temper/behavior/demeanor can't outlast a grueling run
in other words, he's eventually going to lose it. Voters may embrace aggressiveness, but they don't like assholes.
3): Concern over his health will be too much an issue.
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)and had no one in place to realistically win.
virgdem
(2,126 posts)I don't even want him on a tour of the WH. The Big House is where he belongs-for a very long time.