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Chris Christie Bends, Will Pay Back State For Helicopter Junket

2:50 pm EST June 2nd, 2011 | Republicans | 31 Comments

Which kind of kills the talking point that these trips didn’t cost anything, eh?

A spokeswoman for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says the governor and State Republican Committee are reimbursing the state for all personal use of a state police helicopter, which includes two trips to watch his oldest son’s baseball games.

No word on if the state’s going to get its money back for the 100 yard limo ride.

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Pictures Of Chris Christie’s Taxpayer Funded Helicopter Ride

1:09 pm EST June 1st, 2011 | Conservative | 2 Comments

NJ.com has the pictures, and also shots of the 100 yard limo ride.

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Chris Christie Takes Limo For 100 Yard Trip

10:08 am EST June 1st, 2011 | Conservative | 8 Comments

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While also riding a helicopter to his son’s baseball game.

As the game at St. Joseph Regional High School in Montvale was about to begin, a noise from above distracted the spectators who watched the 55-foot-long helicopter buzz over the trees in left field, circle the outfield and land in an adjacent football field. Christie left the helicopter and got into a black car with tinted windows that drove him about 100 yards to the baseball field. The governor watched from the bleachers as his eldest son, Andrew, played starting catcher for Delbarton School. Christie played the position of catcher in high school as well.

During the fifth inning, Christie and first lady Mary Pat Christie got into the car, rode back to the helicopter and departed. His son’s team won the game, 7-2.

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New Jersey Voters: Chris Christie Is A Bully

11:04 am EST April 20th, 2011 | Republicans | 13 Comments

The poll also shows he’d get crushed by Obama in New Jersey, but I don’t think he’s running anyway (2016 is another question):

When asked to describe their blunt governor in one word, the survey indicates New Jersey voters overwhelmingly chose “bully.” “Arrogant,” “good,” “aggressive” and “strong” also topped the list.

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Judge: Chris Christie Failed To Comply With State Constitution

9:28 am EST March 23rd, 2011 | Republicans | 34 Comments

New Jersey’s genius governor strikes again.

The decision by Judge Peter Doyne was clear: Gov. Chris Christie failed to comply with the state Constitution by cutting school aid by $1.6 billion. The implication for the future also is clear: New Jersey is heading for a constitutional showdown of historic proportions.

“The lines have never been so sharply drawn,” said Paul Tractenberg, a Rutgers law professor who has devoted his long career to the intersection of education and constitutional law. “Clearly, we are at the orange, if not the red, warning level light.”

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Chris Christie Likes To Lie. A Lot.

8:58 am EST March 10th, 2011 | Conservative, Media, Republicans | 8 Comments

Chris ChristieThe biggest problem with this NY Times story detailing Chris Christie’s many lies is that – as the Times does with annoying regularity – they dress up the lies in all sorts of nonsense language. For example: “not, however, accurate,” “misstatements,” “hyperbole,” “gloss over facts,” “exaggeration” and on and on.

This is the problem with modern journalism. Not “liberal bias” or even a conservative bias. It is biased against drawing conclusions based on plainly observable facts.

Chris Christie lies. He lies a lot. That should be the first line of this story, as the rest of it easily backs up this assertion.

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Incompetent Chris Christie Attacks Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley

4:09 pm EST February 3rd, 2011 | Politics | 7 Comments

New Jersey governor Chris Christie gets all jerky about Martin O’Malley calling him out for his abusive behavior. Christie defends his abuse, alleging that O’Malley is “kissing up” to unions for electoral success.

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This is kind of funny when you consider how Chris Christie’s administration totally bungled their application for Race To The Top — while at the same time O’Malley’s team aced the process. When Chris Christie was pushing around people who don’t agree with him, O’Malley was being named education governor of the year.

No wonder Christie went on Fox to whine.

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Chris Christie Lived High On The Hog With Taxpayer Money While A U.S. Attorney

4:38 pm EST November 9th, 2010 | Republicans | 25 Comments

chris christieAnother “do as I say” Republican conservative.

The Republican governor of New Jersey spent big money on luxury hotels without proper justification, a new Justice Department report reveals.

As a US Attorney, Gov. Chris Christie “provided insufficient, inaccurate or no justification,” in 14 of the 15 trips in question, the Department of Justice report (.pdf) said.

The review found that most US Attorneys rarely sought reimbursement above the government rate but Christie surpassed the rate by a total $2,176 over 23 trips. The rate was exceeded by as much as $242 per night.

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Former Aide: Chris Christie Lost $400 Million Grant For Schools Over Ego

10:04 am EST October 8th, 2010 | Republicans | 24 Comments

This guy is a stone-cold jerk.

Before rejecting a compromise with teachers that would have won New Jersey a $400 million federal education grant, Gov. Chris Christie’s main objection was that it would appear that he had given in to the teachers’ union, a former education commissioner testified on Thursday.

The governor, who had battled the union all year, said ‘that he was not going through the fire with all of their attacks on him merely to cave in to the union,’ the former commissioner, Bret D. Schundler, told a State Senate hearing investigating the loss of the federal grant. ‘And he said that emphatically and for a rather extended period of time.’

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Education Bumbler Chris Christie Endorses Bob Ehrlich (Education Bumbler)

3:55 pm EST October 5th, 2010 | Education, Maryland | Comments Off

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Recently Bob Ehrlich has been stumbling all over himself on the education issue, a high priority for Maryland voters. In addition to the college tuition raises during his tenure as governor (O’Malley froze them), Ehrlich recently said he would cut education funding. How does he top that?

New Jersey governor Chris Christie is coming to Maryland to endorse and fundraise for Ehrlich. It’s a good fit, as I noted a few weeks ago, Christie made a fool of himself with his staff screwup and blame game around New Jersey’s Race to the Top application.

Oh by the way, Maryland was a successful race to the top applicant. Under Governor O’Malley.

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