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applegrove

(118,677 posts)
Wed Nov 21, 2012, 08:42 PM Nov 2012

"Fox’s Murdoch lobbied Christie to help Romney days before election"

Fox’s Murdoch lobbied Christie to help Romney days before election

by John Aravosis at Americablog

http://americablog.com/2012/11/fox-news-head-murdoch-lobbied-christie-to-help-romney-days-before-the-election.html

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On Nov. 3, Mr. Christie called Rupert Murdoch, the influential News Corporation chief and would-be kingmaker, who had warned in a biting post on Twitter that the governor might be responsible for Mr. Obama’s re-election.

Mr. Christie told Mr. Murdoch that amid the devastation, New Jersey needed friends, no matter their political party, according to people briefed on the discussion. But Mr. Murdoch was blunt: Mr. Christie risked looking like a spoiler unless he publicly affirmed his support for Mitt Romney, something the governor did the next day.


The godfather has spoken.

The other interesting bombshell in this story is the fact that the Romney people think Christie and Hurricane Sandy are what sunk them:


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Guy Whitey Corngood

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Wed Nov 21, 2012, 09:53 PM
Nov 2012

The Crypt Keeper in the end. Why even bother calling that fossilized ass clown in the first place (he asked rhetorically)?

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