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Chris Christie lounges on the beach he closed to the public....
Topic Started: Jul 3 2017, 03:06 AM (1,129 Views)
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/03/new-jersey-beach-shut-for-everyone-bar-chris-christie-and-family
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Normally one would talk about bad optics but he has an audience of one, who would look favorably on sh1t like this.
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Jul 3 2017, 03:25 AM
Normally one would talk about bad optics but he has an audience of one, who would look favorably on sh1t like this.
I got yer bad optics right here:

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He lives there. On the beach. Yeah, probably bad optics, but also maybe a good way to get folks focused on the issue and break the logjam. Looks like a pissing contest between he and Prieto. Christie and Sweeny had already agreed on a budget.
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Jon, and John.

You guys need to get a little perspective on this. Let me help:

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Nice work if you can get it.
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Geaux Tigers!
Maybe they can sell a lot next door to Schumer.
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From the RWEC:

When Hernando Cortez landed on the beach at Veracruz, he burned his ships to ensure that his men had no option but to follow him. When Chris Christie landed on Island Beach Saturday in New Jersey, he only set fire to the remains of his political career. The New Jersey Star-Ledger got aerial photos of Christie and his family enjoying the pleasure of the public beach — which Christie had ordered closed for everyone else in the middle of a budget battle with the state legislature.

It’s good to be king … er, governor:
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People hoping to visit Island Beach State Park this holiday weekend were not allowed in because of the state government shutdown Gov. Chris Christie ordered amid the state budget standoff in Trenton.
But there was one family there: Christie’s. They are using the summer beach house provided by the state for a weekend down the Shore.
Remember when people considered Chris Christie an up-and-comer in national Republican politics? Heck, remember when the New Jersey governor still had political ambitions? This looks like Christie’s studying up for retirement.

And it only got worse. From this suddenly private beach, Christie went by helicopter to the capital in Trenton to continue his hardball play on the shutdown. Reporters there had apparently been tipped off to Christie’s recreational activities — but Christie didn’t know that at first:
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At that news conference, Christie was asked if he got any sun Sunday.

“I didn’t,” he said. “I didn’t get any sun today.”

When later told of the photo, Brian Murray, the governor’s spokesman, said: “Yes, the governor was on the beach briefly today talking to his wife and family before heading into the office.”

“He did not get any sun,” Murray added. “He had a baseball hat on.”
Come on, man. In the first tweet, Christie can be seen sitting in shorts and a t-shirt looking up at the sun. He didn’t just stroll down to the beach for a quick chat. He’s enjoying the use of the beach, which is a lot more than the rest of his constituents can say.

His defense is that the house (shown in the second tweet) belongs to the state, and is specifically for the governor’s enjoyment. State police provide security, and they are unaffected by the showdown. When asked if it was fair that his family got to use the facility while he shut down beaches around the state for everyone else, Christie suggested that critics try running for governor:
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During a news conference in Trenton on Saturday, Christie said it was his right to stay in the park even if no one else can visit.

“That’s because the governor has a residence at Island Beach. Others don’t,” Christie said. “It’s just the way it goes. Run for governor and then you can have the residence.” …

“I don’t know if it’s fair,” he said on Friday as a midnight budget deadline grew close. “But they’re not asking for any services. The houses are the governor’s houses, and they’re not asking for any services.”
Well, that’s certainly one way to look at it. A politician who cared about whether voters would ever elect him to another office would probably have asked his family to choose another recreational activity after ordering the shutdown of beaches for everyone else. Christie does not appear to care whether anyone wants to vote for him at all, as Chris Cillizza notes this morning, and it may be because Christie’s aiming to win an appointment with someone who appreciates chutzpah:
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Christie is term-limited out of office early next year. He has zero interest in running for the US Senate and couldn’t get elected to one of those seats even if he did want to wind up in the world’s greatest deliberative body.

Christie’s only option is to be a second-wave Trump administration appointee; he is regularly rumored as a chief of staff possibility if and when Reince Priebus leaves or is ushered out.

And, if there’s anyone out there who l-o-v-e-s Christie sunbathing while the beaches are shut down, it’s Trump. The President digs anyone who thumbs his nose at convention. If you can feud with the press too, well, that’s a double bonus in the eyes of Trump.

When you see Christie on the beach then, you see a man who has stopped caring. He knows he is done as a politician in New Jersey — and that his only possible future rests in the hands of a man who has built a political career on flouting convention.

It’s good to be the king. And when you can’t be king any longer, it ain’t bad to be the footman of the king.
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HOLY CARP!!!
One of our oddest quirks is that when we can do whatever we want to do, we sometimes choose to remove most of our clothes and lie down on sand, under the hot sun.
As a good person, I implore you to do as I, a good person, do. Be good. Do NOT be bad. If you see bad, end bad. End it in yourself, and end it in others. By any means necessary, the good must conquer the bad. Good people know this. Do you know this? Are you good?
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My personal favorite, despite the poor photoshop skills.

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jon-nyc
Jul 4 2017, 01:38 AM
The internet is loving this moment.
Just perfect, aren't they?
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http://www.nationalreview.com/article/449204/chris-christie-beach-closed-photos-taxpayers-budget-mansion-new-jersey
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First of all, let me say that I for one am incredibly confused as to why Governor Christie was talking about having to move out and stay in a hotel (?) when he had literally just said that he also has a house in Princeton. Second of all, no one is trying to kick him out of the mansion — they’re just going to, understandably, have a harder time trusting that he has the people’s best interests at heart when they have such a clear image showing how their struggles don’t impact him at all, and the knowledge that some taxpayer money also goes to the upkeep of that mansion probably makes this sting a little worse.

Sadly, today could have been a great opportunity for Governor Christie to actually gain political capital, if he had just had the sense to play it right. Imagine if, instead, he had decided to forgo that family beach day — just like his constituents had to forgo it — and then shared that decision of solidarity for all those constituents to see on his social media.

That’s what a good, smart politician would have done, but unfortunately, that just doesn’t describe Chris Christie anymore. It used to; I still remember when he was supposed to be Republicans’ Next Big Thing. Hell, I didn’t agree with him on everything, but even I still kind of liked him, because he just seemed to have that “something” that people like. Personally, he kind of reminded me of “America’s Tough but Lovable Dad.” You know, someone who would make you afraid to miss curfew, but warm your heart playing his banjo around a campfire while you all laughed and roasted wieners.

Did Governor Chris Christie do anything illegal? No, of course not. But it is bad optics, and it shows that — even after seven years of serving in his position — Governor Christie seems unable to understand that service is actually what his job is supposed to be about.

I’m at work right now, even though it’s my day off. Why? Because I didn’t finish everything that I needed to finish over the normal work week, and that’s how life goes. Why isn’t Govenor Christie doing this, too? After all, not to diminish my own skills, but I’m pretty sure that there are more people out there who are depending on having access to a beach than there are people out there depending on having access to one of my hot takes in order to have the holiday weekend that they’ve planned to have.

The bottom line is this (and it’s almost so obvious that I cannot even believe I have to say it): If your state is stuck in a budget dispute that has left families unable to go to government-owned beaches on a holiday weekend, then literally the last thing you should be doing is going to a government-owned beach on your holiday weekend instead of helping solve that problem for the people you were elected to represent.
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(cheap) Scotch all over my keyboard, Jon.
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(cheap) Scotch all over my keyboard, Jon.
I love the Forest Gump one despite it being so random.
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Put your scotch down, George....

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Jul 4 2017, 02:46 PM
Put your scotch down, George....
Too late...
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Lol. Christie makes the Skipper look svelte.
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