Christie defends LePage after racially charged remarks

[jpak]

Source: Portland Press Herald

Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie called Maine Gov. Paul LePage’s racially charged remarks this past week “offensive,” but said the governor’s apology should be accepted, NBC News reported Saturday afternoon.

“It doesn’t change a bit for me my affection for him, my respect for him, as a leader and as a person, and he’s a good man. And he’s apologized,” the New Jersey governor said in an interview that will air Monday morning on the MSNBC show “Morning Joe,” NBC reported.

On Wednesday at a town hall meeting in Bridgton, LePage said out-of-state drug dealers were selling heroin in Maine, and “half the time” before they leave impregnate “a young white girl.” LePage has said he should have said “Maine women.”

LePage endorsed Christie’s run for president last year, shortly after the New Jersey governor entered the race. Democrats have called on Christie to repudiate LePage’s remarks and possibly renounce the endorsement.

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[saltpoint]

1. Am hoping to see New Hampshire

Republicans drive all the final nails into Christie's coffin.

It's a campaign that never should have been undertaken in the first place. It claims no vision or purpose. There is no soul to the idea of a Chris Christie candidacy. There's only the ambition of Chris Christie, presenting himself to voters as a unprincipled lout.

[sellitman]

2. Funny thing about Christie though

As much as I agree with everything you said, if you compare him to Cruz and Trump he might be the least offensive. That shows you just how bad their choices actually are.

[saltpoint]

3. Agree -- if Christie is made to look

more reasonable than certain others, those certain others are probably worse than we think they are.

The GOP bench is deep in crazy people.

[PatSeg]

6. Is that you "Old Crusoe"???

Haven't seen you around in a long time!

[saltpoint]

7. PatSeg, howdy right back

atcha, and a very Happy New Year as well.

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I came to the city
And lived like old Crusoe
On an island of noise
In a cobblestone sea

--Joni Mitchell, "Song to a Seagull"

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[PatSeg]

9. Happy New Year to you!

I've thought of you often!

And I did not realize that was where the name old Crusoe came from.

[saltpoint]

12. Joni Mitchell is one of the most

breath-taking artists ever.

I can give her my rapt attention and listen loyally to her compositions. But it is nowhere near enough compared to what she's given me.

[PatSeg]

13. Agreed

I love Joni Mitchell! She came out of an amazing era of music.

[anigbrowl]

14. Quite so, he's the closest thing they have toa moderate now that Pataki quit

Going by the graph in this article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/findthebest-/every-2016-candidate-from_b_7562176.html

[CTyankee]

4. there is NO excuse for this remark, none whatsoever. stop it, christie...

it reminds me of when Newt Gingrich was trying to explain one of his indiscretions with another woman and how his pants were down by accident or something...my memory is terrible but it was laughable...

[PatSeg]

5. Anyone who

could call LePage a "good man" with a straight face is definitely not qualified to be president. But I guess it takes an arrogant bully to know an arrogant bully.

[IronLionZion]

8. How many of the drug dealers came from New Jersey?

which is not that far from New York and Connecticut.

[trillion]

11. New Jersey has cities taken over by drug dealers because Christie purposely underfunded the cops.

He literally destroyed cities in that state.

This article, is just more of the truth coming out - Republican racism pouring out at the seems. The Cologne articles give the left their chance.

[forest444]

10. Sure he does.

Those two must have been separated at birth, clones of this guy: