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Complete bullshit...
how do you explain his nomination when it's clear he wasn't thought of very highly by the committee?
I don't hold a position within the Christie administration...
"See, the problem with speculation is you make a speck out of you and some guy named lation." - Gregory House, MD
Which is my point. No one expects Obama to keep someone who allows his staff to make a fool of him in front of a reporter, but they call Christie a hypocrite because he is made to look like a fool by a lie someone who works for him told.
how do you explain his nomination when it's clear he wasn't thought of very highly by the committee?
I don't hold a position within the Christie administration...
"See, the problem with speculation is you make a speck out of you and some guy named lation." - Gregory House, MD
you know, sometimes it's ok to acknowledge what goes on in the political world. as i pointed out in the post above the one you responded to, his nomination was released 'without comment'. not quite a ringing endorsement.
as i also said though, it's not like christie had a choice. i figure he had to have been livid.
Which is my point. No one expects Obama to keep someone who allows his staff to make a fool of him in front of a reporter, but they call Christie a hypocrite because he is made to look like a fool by a lie someone who works for him told.
Certainly Christie was right to fire this clown.
But I imagine that if a member of Obama's cabinet had to be dismissed for a combination of incompetence and outrageous dishonesty, that appointment would be viewed as indicative of a serious character flaw on Obama's part. I suppose we'd have at least a week of national media discussion (and certainly threads on here) about the President's judgment. In fact, I remember a fair amount of flack directed at Obama personally for Vilsack's gun-jumping in the Sherrod incident.
So let's remember that if Obama ever has to fire a cabinet member for incompetence and dishonesty, that doesn't reflect poorly on him at all. I don't anticipate that happening but just in case, let's get that clear now.
Chris Christie fires education secretary
Don't the Republican hate government? Why would they want federal money? Why would they scream for jobs? Republicans are confusing.
I don't hold a position within the Christie administration...
"See, the problem with speculation is you make a speck out of you and some guy named lation." - Gregory House, MD
you know, sometimes it's ok to acknowledge what goes on in the political world. as i pointed out in the post above the one you responded to, his nomination was released 'without comment'. not quite a ringing endorsement.
as i also said though, it's not like christie had a choice. i figure he had to have been livid.
I already said Schundler fucked up... He deserved to be tossed...
I can't say it any clearer...
I was commenting on the appointment to appease conservatives as pure bullshit...
Why is it hypocritical? What do you expect him to do? Apologize for someone in his administration for fucking up and then do nothing about it? That'll do a lot of good. He removed the guy from the position and in doing so hopefully solved the problem so that it doesn't happen again. That doesn't make him a hypocrite. He's taking responsibility.
Christie probably shouldn't of vowed to not fire anybody in the first place. By vowing that, and then going back on it by firing someone is hypocritical.
link to where he vowed not to fire anybody....
Christie probably shouldn't of vowed to not fire anybody in the first place. By vowing that, and then going back on it by firing someone is hypocritical.
link to where he vowed not to fire anybody....
is this another modbert won't give a link moment.....
Republicans have no use for education anyway.
How do they put it? "It's just a piece of paper".
Republicans have no use for education anyway.
How do they put it? "It's just a piece of paper".
It seems that Brent Schundler is Chris Christy's Mike Brown. And it seems that Christy is off to a good start.Schundler is a right wing conservative Republican who has failed in general elections numerous times. He was appointed by Christie as a token to the Conservatives
Turns out the NJ voters were right about Shundler
When the actions of the Justice Department resulted in the hideous death-by-fire of twenty-one innocent children in the incompetently handled seige of the Branch Davidian premises at Waco, TX, Janet Reno said, "I assume full responsibility." And what does that mean? Not a goddam thing!Dude deserved to be fired.
Are you implying that the Gov should have resigned or took the blame?
Well, since he stated that he would take the blame last week, it's a bit hypocritical to turn around and fire the guy a week later. But yeah, he probably deserved to get fired.
obama said the bucks stops with him....yet how many times has he taken responsibilty? the NY flyover? nope...someone else got got canned....
next
Republicans have no use for education anyway.
How do they put it? "It's just a piece of paper".
Really? That's odd, Zona must be a Republican now since he has often told me that my four degrees mean nothing.
Republicans have no use for education anyway.
How do they put it? "It's just a piece of paper".
Really? That's odd, Zona must be a Republican now since he has often told me that my four degrees mean nothing.
It's really the story that's entertaining. Christie told us whose fault it really is on August 25:
Christie said officials at the U.S. Department of Education could have easily either called New Jersey or found the information on the internet. State Education Commissioner Bret Schundler gave the correct information to the U.S. Department of Education when giving his presentation two weeks ago, Christie said.
Thats the stuff the Obama administration should answer for. Are you guys just down there checking boxes like mindless drones, or are you thinking? said Christie. When the president comes back to New Jersey, hes going to have to explain to the people of the state of New Jersey why hes depriving them of $400 million that this application earned.
But the very next day on August 26:
But today, the U.S. Department of Education released video footage contradicting Christies claim. The video shows state officials struggling and failing to provide correct budget information during a 90-minute presentation. In addition, a federal official said the state never provided the required information.
About one hour into the presentation, held on Aug. 11 in Washington, D.C., a soft-spoken reviewer asked for help locating missing information in the states application for Race to the Top funding. After a few moments of silence, New Jersey Education Commissioner Bret Schundler turned to the assistant commissioner to his left.
"No I cannot. I dont, um..." said the assistant commissioner, Willa Spicer.
"We can come back to that, if someone wants to take a look, that would be fine," said a reviewer, one of five who would grade the states application.
Though Christie has portrayed federal officials as nitpicking and begrudging about the states application, the video shows that toward the end of the session, federal reviewers asked the New Jersey delegation a second time if they had found the correct information.
"No. No, we all searched," Spicer said.
Whoops.
It's really the story that's entertaining. Christie told us whose fault it really is on August 25:
Christie said officials at the U.S. Department of Education could have easily either called New Jersey or found the information on the internet. State Education Commissioner Bret Schundler gave the correct information to the U.S. Department of Education when giving his presentation two weeks ago, Christie said.
Thats the stuff the Obama administration should answer for. Are you guys just down there checking boxes like mindless drones, or are you thinking? said Christie. When the president comes back to New Jersey, hes going to have to explain to the people of the state of New Jersey why hes depriving them of $400 million that this application earned.
But the very next day on August 26:
But today, the U.S. Department of Education released video footage contradicting Christies claim. The video shows state officials struggling and failing to provide correct budget information during a 90-minute presentation. In addition, a federal official said the state never provided the required information.
About one hour into the presentation, held on Aug. 11 in Washington, D.C., a soft-spoken reviewer asked for help locating missing information in the states application for Race to the Top funding. After a few moments of silence, New Jersey Education Commissioner Bret Schundler turned to the assistant commissioner to his left.
"No I cannot. I dont, um..." said the assistant commissioner, Willa Spicer.
"We can come back to that, if someone wants to take a look, that would be fine," said a reviewer, one of five who would grade the states application.
Though Christie has portrayed federal officials as nitpicking and begrudging about the states application, the video shows that toward the end of the session, federal reviewers asked the New Jersey delegation a second time if they had found the correct information.
"No. No, we all searched," Spicer said.
Whoops.
Thank you for highlight why Christie was correct in dismissing Schundler. He fucked the application up, then lied to the governor about it.
If this were Corzine, he would have promoted the guy to Lt. Governor.
