Exclusive: Chris Christie attacks N.Y. Times, David Wildstein

[Faygo Kid]

Source: Politico

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), after a low-key initial response to Friday’s explosive allegations about his bridge-closing involvement, mounted a pugilistic defense late Saturday afternoon, attacking The New York Times and a former political ally in an email to friends and allies obtained by POLITICO.

“Bottom line - David Wildstein will do and say anything to save David Wildstein,” the email from the governor’s office says, referring to the former appointee who reignited the controversy. A letter from Wildstein’s lawyer on Friday asserted that “evidence exists … tying Mr. Christie to having knowledge of the lane closures, during the period when the lanes were closed, contrary to what the Governor stated publicly in a two-hour press conference.”

The subject line of the 700-word email from the governor’s office is: “5 Things You Should Know About The Bombshell That’s Not A Bombshell.”

The Christie camp begins by criticizing The Times for its initial characterization of the Wildstein letter: “A media firestorm was set off by sloppy reporting from the New York Times and their suggestion that there was actually ‘evidence’ when it was a letter alleging that ‘evidence exists.". . .

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/02/chris-christie-new-york-times-david-wildstein-102987.html

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Ah yes, attack the accuser and the media.

Substitute John Dean for David Wildstein and The Washington Post for the New York Times and we've time traveled back to 1973-74.

[deminks]

1. More non-denial denial, more parsing.

Whether it was actual evidence, or stating evidence exists, is a fine line, IMHO. Neither is actually good news for the Christie Crime Family.

[George II]

3. No matter what he says now, once the full information comes out in all the documents....

...what he says is going to look trivial.

[George II]

2. He's squirming, soon he'll squealing like a pig (hate the weight references, sorry!)

[asjr]

4. After the whistle had been blown I think

his two-hour monolog after was the worst thing he could have done to protect himself. It left him open to much more bad press. If he had stated that he had no knowledge about the traffic jam and left the "podium" right after he would have gained more leverage.

[George II]

5. I just read the email, how childish was that?

These are his "points" about Wildstein:

• As a 16-year-old kid, he sued over a local school board election.
• He was publicly accused by his high school social studies teacher of deceptive behavior.
• He had a controversial tenure as Mayor of Livingston
• He was an anonymous blogger known as Wally Edge
• He had a strange habit of registering web addresses for other people's names without telling them
• Thomas L. Adams, Wildstein’s Council Running Mate: “It Was A Tumultuous Time.”
• Robert Leopold, Livingston’s former Democratic Mayor: Wildstein Was “A Political Animal” Who “Frightened People.”
• “He Was A Very Contentious Person.”
• Wildstein Created “Culture Of Fear” Within Port Authority.

How many of those things could also be said about Christie? And if Wildstein was such a malcontent, why did Christie appoint him to one of the highest positions in the Port Authority?

This is going to BACKFIRE on him, probably sooner rather than later.

[SunSeeker]

6. "...if Wildstein was such a malcontent, why did Christie appoint him...?"

Why indeed.

[Historic NY]

25. Ding ,ding, ding ...

we have a winner. To turn the tables it speaks so much about the Governors competence.

[livetohike]

9. How does Christie know so much about Wildstein, a

person he says he doesn't know well?

[Lysistrada]

29. Yes, another lie I presume??

Christie wouldn't lie, would he?

[Scairp]

10. Unbelievable

So Christie knew all this, as they've been friends since high school, yet used his political muscle to get the Port Authority to create a cushy job for him that had never existed in the history of the Authority. He really cannot stop responding to this shit, kind of like two teenage girls having a spat on facebook or something. It's pathetic.

[pnwmom]

20. We're smelling the stink of desperation. n/t

[Marcuse]

38. "His mother was a hamster...

...and his father smelt of elderberries."

[Scairp]

7. I guess this means they're not besties anymore

It's usually tragic to see a drowning man, but when he jumps into the water with a brick tied around his neck it's hard to dredge up any kind of compassion. Especially for this clown. Don't go away mad Christopher, just PLEASE go away!!

[livetohike]

8. Christie is digging a deeper hole. I can't believe his attorneys approve of this.

More evidence of the bully he is .

[Nay]

27. Yeah, keep digging, Christie, you moron. He's obviously ignoring his

lawyers, but that's par for the course for sociopathic bullies.

[Jack Rabbit]

11. Paging Ron Ziegler

Governor Christie has a job for you.

[Cha]

12. Kick for later, Faygo!

[winstars]

13. Please read the comments below the Politico story, PRICELESS!!!

The Politico story is fairly predictable but I swear out of the 1100 comments below the story on Politico, at least 1099 of them for some reason mention:

A guy named Barry???
Some lady named Hillary???
Something called Fast and Furious???
A country called Kenya???
Something about the IRS???
And almost every single one mentions some guy named Ben Gazi??? who dat???

It was weird because I thought the comments were gonna be about the Governor of New Jersey and all his current problems.

Must be those danmed hackers mixing up the comment sections over at Mike Allen's shithole!!!

[heaven05]

21. shorter and shorter attention spans?

[freshwest]

30. Thanks for touring the no man's land for us! n/t

[tblue]

14. Karma

is a bitch

[red dog 1]

18. That little video is hilarious!

What's the other guy doing? Making a speech?

[Botany]

15. Yes Chris this is all the fault of the NY Times and David Wildstein.

Keep talking Chris ..... thy end is nigh.



So the Governor of a state that shares the busiest bridge in the world which was shut down
on orders from his office did not know about the shut down for 4 days? The people of NYC
and New Jersey are not stupid.

[cosmicone]

16. Popcorn time!!!! n/t

[Skittles]

17. BRING IT ON

[Scairp]

19. I just read the whole thing

All I can say is, WOW. This is getting so good! Can't wait to see what happens next.

[Maeve]

22. Bottom line--Christie will do and say anything to save Christie eom

[Epiphany4z]

23. OH wow he is reaching

back to highschool? Wtf who reaches back to highschool? Ok let me see...he didn't really know the guy in highschool. Except these bad things..ok. The man a sleazy little bully ....So I had a job made for him at the port authority....lmao..did he get this out behind his lawyers back?

[november3rd]

24. That's actually true

The Times didn't cite evidence, it just quoted the lawyer's letter which said their client alleged there was evidence. The evidence itself was never specified.

"... evidence exists as well tying Mr. Christie to having knowledge of the lane closures ..."

Sounds pretty unsubstantial so far.

I hate Christie, but let's be realistic.

[NobodyHere]

37. Hopefully evidence surfaces

And we can get to the truth to the matter.

I don't think Christie is going down w/o a smoking gun.

[otohara]

26. High School???

this is pretty funny shit.

Entertaining in a ha, ha way.

[Orsino]

28. Apparently, Wildstein is an unprincipled liar...

...of the sort that Christie appoints.

[freshwest]

31. Christie: I can still plead the 5th Amendment, right? I'll keep dodging until then. n/t

[Dawson Leery]

32. Guilty!

[Laxman]

33. Did You Know...

that Wildstein also had bad acne in high school, could not get a prom date and once got a wedgie in the 2nd floor boy's bathroom at Livingston High. He also has some overdue library books in his Montville, NJ home. How can you believe a guy like that?

Let's see here. Who is the one who will say or do anything to save himself?

[Cha]

34. Too Numerous to Mention Things You Should Know About

The Bombshell That's Not A Bombshell This is ABSOLUTELY A BOMBSHELL!:bounce:

[olddad56]

35. “Bottom line - David Wildstein will do and say anything to save David Wildstein,”

Isn't projection an amazing defense mechanism. So often what we see in others is a reflection of ourselves. This is a textbook example.

Chris Christie is a stereotypical bully who is watching his facade unwind. What a pig.

[mountain grammy]

36. Of course David Wildstein will say anything to protect David Wildstein

He worked and learned from the master.