THIS is why it's such a big story!

[Remodeling Maidiac]

The idiots on this thread who think this is a non-story just really are not very bright. Bridgegate has opened up a can of worms. Christie was already under scrutiny for the Sandy problem. Christie wants to be POTUS. Up until now he was on a roll, banking on the juice from a poll showing that 51% of Americans are middle of the road. Wake the fuck up you stupid, conservative Republican nitwits:



Christie Allegedly Diverted Millions In Hurricane Sandy Relief Funds To Pay For TV Ads Starring Himself

"""Here are 6 things you need to know about the investigation:

1. Congress raised alarms about the ads in August. In August, Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) alerted the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that the Christie administration may have “irresponsibly misappropriated funding allocated by Congress from the Sandy aid package” and used funds set aside for promoting the state “for political purposes.” “[T]he contract was awarded to a firm that is charging over $2 million more than the next lowest bidder to develop the marketing plan,” Pallone wrote, noting that “the winning bid proposed including Governor Chris Christie in the advertisements, while the lower cost proposal that was not selected did not.” “It is inappropriate for taxpayer-funded dollars that are critical to our state’s recovery from this natural disaster to fund commercials that could potentially benefit a political campaign.”

2. Conservatives questioned Christie’s staring role. In November, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said Christie’s appearance in the television ads gave the recovery effort a “black eye.” “People running for office put their mug all over these ads while they were in the middle of a political campaign,” Paul said during a committee hearing. “In New Jersey, $25 million was spent on ads that included somebody running for political office. You think there might be a conflict of interest there? That’s a real problem and that’s why when people who are trying to do good and trying to use taxpayers’ money wisely, they’re offended to see our money spent on political ads. That’s just offensive.”

3. Chair of bidding committee has close ties to Christie. A six-member bid evaluation committee of Christie administration officials selected the higher price despite issuing a report that said Sigma’s proposal also “addressed the tasks and deliverables specified in the RFQ (request for quotation) … (and) could effectively meet the requirements of this RFQ.” Michele Brown, a close Christie aid, led the bid evaluation. “Brown is a former federal prosecutor in New Jersey but resigned that post in 2009 amid controversy over a loan of $46,000 from Christie,” Asbury Park Press reports.

4. The winning firm donated thousands to Republicans. The East Rutherford, New Jersey based MWW Firm has donated heavily to Democrats, but “MWW employees donated $1,000 to Christie’s 2009 Republican gubernatorial primary campaign and $1,500 to his 2010 inaugural committee.” The MWW Group PAC “spent $95,250 in the 2012 federal election cycle, with 73 percent of the money going to Democrats, though the largest single expenditure, $5,000, went to the National Republican Congressional Committee.” The losing ad firm, Sigma, did not make any political contributions.

5. The winning firm originally sought more money. Contract documents reveal that “MWW’s team had sought $5.2 million in labor costs and markups, with company CEO Kempner requesting his own compensation to be set at $595 per hour. After negotiations with state officials, MWW reduced its price and removed Kempner from the compensation list.”

6. Christie says he selected firm for its “statewide connections.” The Christie administration insists that MWW was the best choice, claiming that it had “statewide connections that would allow it to mobilize quickly to perform the high-stakes work of boosting tourism in the first summer season since superstorm Sandy.” “The size and scope of the PR campaign that MWW undertook was far larger and more labor-intensive than any other bidder’s,” said Michael Drewniak, a Christie spokesperson. """""


Christie Allegedly Diverted Millions In Hurricane Sandy Relief Funds To Pay For TV Ads Starring Himself | ThinkProgress

Ok genius tell me, how exactly does the affect me yo the point I should care?

 

[Redfish]

What you libs and the biased media don't get is that the vast majority of us on the right don't give a crap is Chrisitie sinks or swims.

He is a dem/lib in an elephant costume.

We don't care about him, he will never be the GOP nominee. Destroy him if you want----WE DON'T CARE.

 

[emilynghiem]

This is why Bridgegate is being widely publicized and why it isn't going to go away. The MSM has been sitting on a lot of things with Christie and now Christie's given them the rope:


Chris Christie faces probe for alleged misuse of Sandy funds: source
Tribune wire reports

10:11 a.m. CST, January 13, 2014
U.S. investigators are looking into whether embattled New Jersey Governor Chris Christie misused about $2 million in Superstorm Sandy relief funds for an ad campaign that put him in the spotlight in an election year, a lawmaker said on Monday.

Already enmeshed in a scandal over snarled traffic at the George Washington Bridge, Christie, a rising star in the Republican party, is now being audited by the Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, said New Jersey Congressman Frank Pallone Jr., a Democrat.

The inspector is focusing on a federally financed $25 million Jersey Shore marketing campaign that included a television commercial featuring Christie and his family, which cost $2 million more than a competing bid without them.

Chris Christie faces federal probe over Sandy relief funds - chicagotribune.com

So the media has been sitting on info about him eh? Why do you suppose that is? If the media wasn't biased as you all claim they would run with news worthy stories as they get them. Not wait as if the stories were amunition to be fired off all at once.

Don't get me wrong, if Christie is complicit in any of this he should be finished. Having said that, it isn't going away because the media is desperate to avoid Obama's problems. Not because of any of the bullshit you said.

A traffic jam, while wrong if intentional, does not rise to the level of dead Americans, spying on Americans, using the IRS to punish Americans.
Anyone who says otherwise is either an in the tank hack or a COMPLETE MORON

You really don't get it either. This isn't about the NSA or the IRS. It's about the political future of one of the most powerful governors in this country. And he's abusing that power. Think back when Enron fucked up California's power stations and created all those rolling brown-outs. Nobody died but it was an abuse of power, now wasn't it?

And I never said the media wasn't biased. I said they go after stories that provide ratings which generate revenue.

But the press has sources and they sit on info from those sources until there's a tipping point when they can act. This isn't my opinion. I am acquainted with several people who have worked or still work for network affiliates in Phila and New York. We only get about 10-15% of the facts of any given report or story.

So now that there's a crack in Christie's mantel, those sources are facing subpoenas. As the saying goes, people are lawyering up. And now the MSM must feel like they can start blowing the whistle on the misappropriated Sandy funds story. Something they've been sitting on for about six months around here.

I can't connect the dots yet, but they will get connected. Stay tuned.

And where/when is the "tipping point" when the general media will feel safe to come out about Obama and the corruption of the liberal Democrats?

That has been building up for the longest time.
It should be a sizeable avalanche by the time it all comes down.
The party should get completely buried under all that "snow." Maybe they are waiting to make sure enough people are positioned with shovels to dig their way out beforehand?

I haven't figured out the system either.
At some point the corruption comes out in relation to when the corrections can be pushed.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Lmao! The O admin approved of these ads.

 

[bendog]

Trying for a bit of impartiality here, but the distinction is really one of deniablity. For all of Issa's "scandals," there really are rational, though perhaps untrue, explanations. For example, The tax and the teaparty .... well, the Irs should be skeptical of new tax loopholes, and dem groups got looked at in some instances, though less often, but there were less of them than gop groups. Bengahzigate ... giving Issa every benefit, at best you have a clusterfk and then lying to the media and people about it ... which is hardly unheard of, let alone impeachable.

But what's the excuse for closing bridge lanes to inconvenience citizens who paid for the bridge? That's far and above the time honored tradition of getting a bj from an ambitious intern.

 

[ClosedCaption]

What you libs and the biased media don't get is that the vast majority of us on the right don't give a crap is Chrisitie sinks or swims.

He is a dem/lib in an elephant costume.

We don't care about him, he will never be the GOP nominee. Destroy him if you want----WE DON'T CARE.

We can all tell how little you care by the constant excuses you're providing and how often you are telling everyone you dont care....in every thread

 

[asterism]

This is why Bridgegate is being widely publicized and why it isn't going to go away. The MSM has been sitting on a lot of things with Christie and now Christie's given them the rope:


Chris Christie faces probe for alleged misuse of Sandy funds: source
Tribune wire reports

10:11 a.m. CST, January 13, 2014
U.S. investigators are looking into whether embattled New Jersey Governor Chris Christie misused about $2 million in Superstorm Sandy relief funds for an ad campaign that put him in the spotlight in an election year, a lawmaker said on Monday.

Already enmeshed in a scandal over snarled traffic at the George Washington Bridge, Christie, a rising star in the Republican party, is now being audited by the Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, said New Jersey Congressman Frank Pallone Jr., a Democrat.

The inspector is focusing on a federally financed $25 million Jersey Shore marketing campaign that included a television commercial featuring Christie and his family, which cost $2 million more than a competing bid without them.

Chris Christie faces federal probe over Sandy relief funds - chicagotribune.com

Sigh more diversionary tactics. Aaaand 1000 pages of emails later, still nothing implicating Christie.

Besides, anything that takes up both of your brain cells at once is considered big I suppose.

LOL! And you're the dumbest one of all. This just happened a few days ago and the bulk of requested documents were received on FRIDAY, dumbass.

You have no idea what is known at this moment and what will happen this week.

The woman who said that all the government needed was some more hard drive space and bandwidth to fix healthcare.gov should not be calling anyone dumb.

 

[Redfish]

Trying for a bit of impartiality here, but the distinction is really one of deniablity. For all of Issa's "scandals," there really are rational, though perhaps untrue, explanations. For example, The tax and the teaparty .... well, the Irs should be skeptical of new tax loopholes, and dem groups got looked at in some instances, though less often, but there were less of them than gop groups. Bengahzigate ... giving Issa every benefit, at best you have a clusterfk and then lying to the media and people about it ... which is hardly unheard of, let alone impeachable.

But what's the excuse for closing bridge lanes to inconvenience citizens who paid for the bridge? That's far and above the time honored tradition of getting a bj from an ambitious intern.

If Christie authorized it, or knew about it and let it happen, the he should take the hit for it.

But to try to equate that to Benghazi is absurd.

 

[ClosedCaption]

Trying for a bit of impartiality here, but the distinction is really one of deniablity. For all of Issa's "scandals," there really are rational, though perhaps untrue, explanations. For example, The tax and the teaparty .... well, the Irs should be skeptical of new tax loopholes, and dem groups got looked at in some instances, though less often, but there were less of them than gop groups. Bengahzigate ... giving Issa every benefit, at best you have a clusterfk and then lying to the media and people about it ... which is hardly unheard of, let alone impeachable.

But what's the excuse for closing bridge lanes to inconvenience citizens who paid for the bridge? That's far and above the time honored tradition of getting a bj from an ambitious intern.

If Christie authorized it, or knew about it and let it happen, the he should take the hit for it.

But to try to equate that to Benghazi is absurd.

You're here a lot for someone who doesnt care

 

[bendog]

Trying for a bit of impartiality here, but the distinction is really one of deniablity. For all of Issa's "scandals," there really are rational, though perhaps untrue, explanations. For example, The tax and the teaparty .... well, the Irs should be skeptical of new tax loopholes, and dem groups got looked at in some instances, though less often, but there were less of them than gop groups. Bengahzigate ... giving Issa every benefit, at best you have a clusterfk and then lying to the media and people about it ... which is hardly unheard of, let alone impeachable.

But what's the excuse for closing bridge lanes to inconvenience citizens who paid for the bridge? That's far and above the time honored tradition of getting a bj from an ambitious intern.

If Christie authorized it, or knew about it and let it happen, the he should take the hit for it.

But to try to equate that to Benghazi is absurd.

I agree. Issa is absurd.

 

[RoadVirus]

Yeah, you guys did the same thing to Palin. You sent hordes of lawyers and filed hordes of merit-less charges against her...

All of which were dismissed.

But it's what you guys do.

Having a bunch of dishonest pukes "allege" wrongdoing means nothing.

Unlike when Obama and the current admin actually admits to wrongdoing...and nothing comes of it.

The Democrats don't believe in a fair fight. They believe in Chicago-style tactics that could easily be compared to the "Knockout Game".

 

[RoadVirus]

You really don't get it either. This isn't about the NSA or the IRS. It's about the political future of one of the most powerful governors in this country. And he's abusing that power.

Do you have proof he's abusing his power or do you just have him tried and convicted already because he doesn't have a "D" after his name?

 

[Avatar4321]

Trying for a bit of impartiality here, but the distinction is really one of deniablity. For all of Issa's "scandals," there really are rational, though perhaps untrue, explanations. For example, The tax and the teaparty .... well, the Irs should be skeptical of new tax loopholes, and dem groups got looked at in some instances, though less often, but there were less of them than gop groups. Bengahzigate ... giving Issa every benefit, at best you have a clusterfk and then lying to the media and people about it ... which is hardly unheard of, let alone impeachable.

But what's the excuse for closing bridge lanes to inconvenience citizens who paid for the bridge? That's far and above the time honored tradition of getting a bj from an ambitious intern.

If Christie authorized it, or knew about it and let it happen, the he should take the hit for it.

But to try to equate that to Benghazi is absurd.

I agree. Issa is absurd.

No. What's absurd is opposing Christie in his corruption because he has an R next to his name and trying to justify Obama in his corruption because he has a D next to his name.

 

[peach174]

Did any of you know that HUD does annual audits in Dec. and Jan. each and every year?

It's a routine audit and the news is guessing, speculating and linking the bridge thing to this audit.

The Inspector General Act of 1978 requires the Inspector General to prepare semiannual reports summarizing the activities of the Office of Inspector General for the preceding six month periods. The semiannual reports are intended to keep the Secretary and the Congress fully informed of significant findings, progress the Agency has.

Audit Reports & Memorandums | Office of Inspector General, Department of Housing and Urban Development

Too many people in America are influenced by the news, they lead and manipulate the opinions of the people, rather than the people themselves looking things up and finding out what is really happing.