Hypocrisy, and the Courage of One's Conictions

[TerryMiller]

It's not like he's a political anomaly. Sheesh, congress passes laws that don't apply to themselves.

Going to a closed beach is pretty small potatoes by comparison IMO.

Gotta agree with Mac on this one. Not exactly the second coming of (insert political scandal of your choice here), but still kind of a douche move.

Well, he was staying at a beach house that the state maintains for the governor, and that beach house is supposedly really close to the park. So, I have to agree with both of you. I can't say I am a fan of Christie, but I certainly don't see this as hypocrisy. Like he said, if the legislature would pass a budget that would fund everything, he would sign it.

 

[Glocktogo]

Tempest in a teapot. Don't want your state parks shut down? Don't send pork laden bills to Christie's desk for his signature (unless of course it's literally delivered on top of a rack of pork ribs, in which case he might sign it).

 

[steelfingers]

Tempest in a teapot. Don't want your state parks shut down? Don't send pork laden bills to Christie's desk for his signature (unless of course it's literally delivered on top of a rack of pork ribs, in which case he might sign it).

It's good to be king

 

[TerryMiller]

Well, he was staying at a beach house that the state maintains for the governor, and that beach house is supposedly really close to the park. So, I have to agree with both of you. I can't say I am a fan of Christie, but I certainly don't see this as hypocrisy. Like he said, if the legislature would pass a budget that would fund everything, he would sign it.

Update:

Budget has been submitted and Christie signed it. And, there is a picture of the beach in question and the beach house available for use by any New Jersey governor. House sure seems to be close to the beach, regardless of whether the park is closed or not.

New Jersey Governor Signs Budget Bill

 

[Glocktogo]

Update:

Budget has been submitted and Christie signed it. And, there is a picture of the beach in question and the beach house available for use by any New Jersey governor. House sure seems to be close to the beach, regardless of whether the park is closed or not.

New Jersey Governor Signs Budget Bill

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Funny, NONE of the liberal media outlets showed that full shot. I guess they were protecting the fragile minds of their viewers from the awful horror of the full shot. It might've melted some snowflakes. What is that, 30 yards from the deck? Christie clearly should've utilized more state resources to drive to a more distant beach, right?

 

[D. Hargrove]

Well alrighty then. Guess this major transgression was a bit overblown???

 

[YukonGlocker]

The beach is right in front of his beach home which is on private ground. An easy walk from the state owned beach that was closed.

So, why would your trusty Fox News report it in a propagandized way, then?

 

[YukonGlocker]

Funny, NONE of the liberal media outlets showed that full shot. I guess they were protecting the fragile minds of their viewers from the awful horror of the full shot. It might've melted some snowflakes. What is that, 30 yards from the deck? Christie clearly should've utilized more state resources to drive to a more distant beach, right?

See previous post...Fox News did the exact same thing.

 

[steelfingers]

Not a smart move.
The elected officials (our too Fed/State) get paid regardless of Gov shut down. We should demand that this ends. If they shut services down because of no budget agreement or overruns, they don't get paid.
Plus it's leave without pay. THEY DON'T GET IT BACK!
Not getting the job done so you don't get paid.
In my opinion, Christie should not have access to the taxpayer lake mansion or helicopter. If he wanted to go to the beach, he should haul his family on the train to a rented beach hotel on his own nickel. Same with all the other elected folks. NO PAY AND NO PERKS!

 

[YukonGlocker]

Funny, NONE of the liberal media outlets showed that full shot. I guess they were protecting the fragile minds of their viewers from the awful horror of the full shot. It might've melted some snowflakes. What is that, 30 yards from the deck? Christie clearly should've utilized more state resources to drive to a more distant beach, right?

With more searching, several conservative outlets did the same. Hmmm, wonder why both liberal and conservative media sites would be using the same propaganda...trick question?!?!