Chris Christie’s very bad weekend

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A roundup of the latest news in the ongoing meltdown of the Republican governor's career

ELIAS ISQUITH

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has had a tumultuous 2014 so far, and the holiday weekend was no different.

While Team Christie had no doubt hoped that Martin Luther King Jr. Day would slow the news cycle down to a crawl and spare the embattled presidential aspirant from further embarrassment and scrutiny, New Jersey Democrats and the political media kept digging, unearthing more even more potential scandals and even more bad news.

Here’s what you should know:

- On Saturday, Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer appeared on MSNBC’s “Up with Steve Kornacki” and alleged that Christie’s lieutenant governor, Kim Guadagno, told her that Hoboken would not receive adequate Superstorm Sandy relief funds unless Zimmer approved a development plan that, Zimmer says, favored the Rockefeller Group at the expense of others. ”The word is that you are against it and you need to move forward or we are not going to be able to help you,” Guadagno said, referring to the development plan, according to Zimmer. Further, Zimmer claimed that Christie’s community affairs commissioner, Richard Constable, told her that money would “start flowing to (you)” once she approved the deal. Zimmer recorded these interactions in her diary, which she is sharing, and has offered to take a lie detector test.

- Team Christie first responded to Zimmer’s bombshell accusation by attacking MSNBC as “a partisan network that has been openly hostile to Governor Christie and almost gleeful in their (sic) efforts attacking him.” Christie Spokesman Colin Reed went on to say that Zimmer was one of many “Democratic mayors with a political axe to grind” who had “come out of the woodwork” in order to “get their faces on television.”

- On Sunday, Zimmer repeated her charges on ABC’s “This Week,” saying that Guadagno told her “(t)his project is really important to the governor” and that hers was “a direct message from the governor.” Zimmer said she didn’t speak up sooner because she felt that no one would believer her story. Later that day, Zimmer met with the U.S. Attorney’s office, providing officials there with her diary and relevant other documents.

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http://www.salon.com/2014/01/21/chris_christies_very_bad_weekend/

[gordianot]

1. When you throw water out of a large heavy bucket it takes several attempts.

You give it a big heave then the water sloshes around as you maintain control. It may take several good heaves to get the water out out of this bucket and many will get drenched.

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2. It comes out easier if you freeze it first.

And makes a bigger dent.

Revenge is a dish that is best served cold...

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3. Working link

http://www.salon.com/2014/01/21/chris_christies_very_bad_weekend/


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[DonViejo]

4. Thank you! I've edited the OP to correct my mistake. Thanks again. eom