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Fall Guy? Port Authority Chairman Resigns Amid Christie's "Report" Exoneration
"They can't make up facts," Governor Christie blasts in his press conference, "read the report!" It seems the chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, David Samson, did not need to read it all and gave his resignation to Christie before the ongoing news conference - effective immediately. Mr. Samson, as WSJ reports, was a strong ally of Christie and had been under intense scrutiny for weeks, after investigations into the lane closures led the media, legislators and federal prosecutors to examine the intersection of Mr. Samson's private business interests and his leadership of the bistate authority. Fall guy?
David Samson resigned as chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Friday, marking a third resignation of a top ally of Gov. Chris Christie amid the fallout from the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal.
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Mr. Christie announced Mr. Samson's resignation Friday, in a news conference addressing Thursday's release of a report commissioned by attorneys representing his office. Those attorneys found no evidence that Mr. Christie knew of the lane closure affair before it happened.
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Mr. Christie said he embraced his attorneys' calls for reform of the Port Authority, and suggested he would even support "dismantling the Port Authority operations," a drastic step that would represent a sea change in New York and New Jersey government.
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Mr. Samson said in a statement that he had told Mr. Christie for months that he wanted to leave the authority.
"Over the past months, I have shared with the Governor my desire to conclude my service to the PANYNJ," Mr. Samson said. "The timing is now right, and I am confident that the Governor will put new leadership in place to address the many challenges ahead."
Nothing to see here, move along... on the brioght side, at least Christie wasn't trafficking weapons...
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I wonder if he has little moonlets of food from previous meals orbiting him.
This cant be true... pigs are dying from diarrhea. Riddle me this, how is the pig king still alive. He is overflowing with shit.
RIPS
A bit OT but,
Does anyone know what the over/under spread is for a final super-ramp on the indexes into the close?
Myself, I'm always quite pleased when a politico's best defense is ignorance.
Shout it from the rooftops, brother!
"how is the pig king still alive"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhbHTjMLN5c
Yeah, chunks of meatball hero.
Mr. Christie announced Mr. Samson's resignation Friday, in a news conference addressing Thursday's release of a report commissioned by attorneys representing his office. Those attorneys found no evidence that Mr. Christie knew of the lane closure affair before it happened.
Alrighty then!
Sociopaths get desperate when they see the brass ring slipping away.
Maybe the banana girl from the state department can rectally feed Jabba some chicken wings?
#XtraButter
pods
As disgusting as that picture is... I would gleefully watch.
"Christie also said that those same attorneys found that it WAS indeed Oswald from the 6th. floor Depository window."
'If he is always lying, then only the truth can be a lie." Discuss...
the fat fuck exonerated himself? how does that work again?
Pardon me. He said.
Maybe they had a hot dog eating contest, winner take all.
Arrogant fat bastard ain't he?
Most people quit "right fighting" when they become an adult.
pods
Sort of means that they think you are not an adult if you are trying to take responsibility for yourself.
Lawyers write fiction for the court. Not just Christie's. Would have thought he would know this.
I see team red has yet to learn team blues defense play book chapter entitled "Fuck Off and Eat Your Peas" sub chapter " What difference does it make"
Ya not to play into the whole left/right thing, but it's funny how the media can't get enough of this, but goes out of its way to ignore the current admin selling guns to Mexican cartels, IRS targeting the tea party. And they are perfecting willing to accept the Obama admin knew nothing about it, but they jump on this. Don't get me wrong, I don't believe for a second Christie didn't know about this, nor would I ever have voted for him anyway, it's just funny how bad the double standard is.
Why is Christie trying to hard when we dont want him as our nominee anyways. Hes another Romney.
I downvoted you for using the phrase "our nominee". Nothing in the two party system is yours.
(except the debt they rack up)
I wonder how they plan on collecting.
debt slaves
Black cloudsaround Port Authority like asbestos in the lungs of the first responders and volunteers.
Don't worry Christie Todd Whitman , gave the all clear signal.
Anyone that can actually be elected as governor of a state in New England is no conservative.
The idea that you can't "make up facts" is laughable. See e.g. George W. Bush, re WMD, James Hansen on AGW, or just about any newspaper headline. We are living the Orwellian dream.
There are no facts. There is only power.
Slow down there, Magellan...New Jersey is not part of New England.
I upvoted you for referencing my favorite explorer, Magellan.
A downvote for THAT comment? It must be something personal.
Sir Francis Drake reincarnated and logged in just to down arrow you.
I think it was Juan Sebastián del Cano, who is sick of Magellan's shit.
Maybe Henry Hudson? He'd likely be following this, having made two attempts on behalf of English merchants to find a prospective Northwest Passage to Cathay (today's China) via a route above the Arctic Circle. Hudson explored the region around modern New York metropolitan area while looking for a western route to Asia while in the employment of the Dutch East India Company.[3] He explored the river which eventually was named for him, and laid thereby the foundation for Dutch colonization of the region.
Hudson discovered a strait and immense bay on his final expedition while searching for the Northwest Passage. In 1611, after wintering on the shore of James Bay, Hudson wanted to press on to the west, but most of his crew mutinied. The mutineers cast Hudson, his son and 7 others adrift;[4] the Hudsons, and those cast off at their side, were never seen again.
"I upvoted you for referencing my favorite explorer, Magellan"
Jerry? Is that you?
Seinfeld: The Boyfriend: Part 2 (#3.18)" (1992)
George Costanza: Magellan? You like Magellan?
Jerry Seinfeld: Oh yeah, my favorite explorer. Around the world? Come on. Why, who do you like?
George Costanza: De Soto.
Jerry Seinfeld: De Soto, why De Soto?
George Costanza: He discovered the Mississippi.
Jerry Seinfeld: Oh, like they wouldn't have found it anyway.
Being from NJ, I spit my water out reading that !
CC is turning out to be one fine sociopath.
He's just proving he is presidential (puppet) material!
Secretary of Energy candidate. Possibly Transportation or Commerce, or attorney general. On second thought, the traffic scandal is probably a vetting of his ability to do the Secretary of Transportation bit.
Not Surgeon General? LOL
I'm pretty sure that Romney will be the next Demonic Skinsuit Puppet to take the Oval Office. I know this because very recently my company dropped our black-and-proud COO in favor of a Bain Capital alumnus, rather abruptly.
"the traffic scandal" That's really it. Sounds ridicuolus when you consider the political scandals happening today.
That's because it's not so much a scandal, as a simple vetting manuever or shakedown or test run or distraction. The real scandal involves Chris' even more pig-like brother Todd, who is the brains of the outfit (and also a big Wall St. insider, btw, as I am told by eyewitnesses):
http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/01/christies_brother_bought_ho...
Only thing it shows is the power of the MSM to shape public opinion, even of otherwise "awake" people. They can bury a real scandal or make a scandal out of nothing. They create the news.
"In less than 48 hours, ABC, CBS and NBC deluged viewers with coverage of Chris Christie's traffic jam scandal, devoting a staggering 88 minutes to the story. In comparison, these same news outlets over the last six months have allowed a scant two minutes for the latest on Barack Obama's Internal Revenue Service scandal. The disparity in less than two days is 44-to-one."
http://www.mrc.org/media-reality-check/deluge-now-44-times-more-tv-cover...
Then it was a shakedown, and I think Camp Christie arranged for the extended coverage, or perhaps RNC, because Todd Christie is a dripping, oozing, sore, bleeding with corrupt cash, which the MSM is more than happy to lap up, given ample opportunity.
"Slow down there, Magellan...New Jersey is not part of New England."
And who is the sole arbiter of that? aside from you of course ;)
Seems that it might not be as cut and dried as you think:
"By 1686, King James II had become concerned about the increasingly independent ways of the colonies, including their self-governing charters, their open flouting of the Navigation Acts, and their growing military power. He therefore established the Dominion of New England, an administrative union comprising all of the New England colonies. In 1688, the former Dutch colonies of New York and New Jersey were added to the Dominion"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England
How long has NJ been in New England, Jethro?
New Jersey, New York, New Guinea and New Mexico are all part of New England, bitchez
Its all one big fucking feudal system
"How long has NJ been in New England, Jethro?"
326 years? see above reply, Cletus. Never assume.
The King of England says so, and he sort of had copyright on the term, so that carries a bit of weight.
Is New Zealand in New England too?
Christie is a proven ego maniac and crooked fuck. I just pray the country has a better alternative then this two bit sack of crap from N.J. Somehow, I doubt it.
You will get an ego mania crooked fuck and you will like it!
How 'bout Jeb? Oughta be a real hoot watching Bush vs. Clinton Redux.
There is always the wild-eyed megalomaniac Hillary to choose.
Country? WTF do we have to say about our next puppet in charge?
They're all the same, Do you really miss Corzine? Actually I'd rather see Corzine come back as Governor of New Jersey, and rob only those people that elected him, rather than being appointed the head thief and Czar of Obama's new Federal retirement program.
Samson's rolling over like Web Hubbell did for the Clintons.
Meh, they shoulda just chained him to a couple of pillars... :>D
So what... just more distraction and diversion.
and here's your $1M "shut the fuck up money" in your offhshore bank account Mr Samson
have a nice day
Internallal strife will reveal all.
“I felt his extraordinary concern over the issues that face the region right own, particularly Iran, and that he won’t hesitate to execute his responsibilities,” said the governor.
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Christie also said that he believes it is important to have the entire city of Jerusalem under Israeli control.
http://njjewishnews.com/article/9046/governor-briefs-jewish-leaders-on-israel-visit#.UzXQY2dOUeE
Nothing to see here, move along... on the brioght side, at least Christie wasn't trafficking weapons...
You mean like this guy?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/03/27/calif-state-se...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/scandals-plague-democrats-in-cali...
They never had this kind of shit in the old days with the Honorable Jon Corzine -- the fucking traffic lanes were always open.
FREE JON CORZINE!
Samson is no fall guy. He is THE GUY.
If Christie was the fall guy we would have felt that shit in Florida...
Scumbag will show up in some new high paying cush gov or bankster "job."
After all, he is a professional liar and thief crat, and they are in high demand in the DC US these days. 'Tribe' member too.
"Your name is still on the guillotine list."
Did not realize his background was in law - figures.
" Fall guy?" and sleazeball crook.
One thing you got to give credit to Christie for, he sure has learned the Democrat strategy. Heck, appoint your cronies to investigate you. Then declare victory. Classic Christie baby. Maybe he can switch parties and give the wife of the boyfriend of Monica Lewinsky a run for her money....well your money. But hey, it is really all their money so to speak.
I loathe Chris Christie, but the media acted like he murdered somebody.
Someone in his officeclosed a few lanes of traffic to get back at someone. It's probably the most honest thing a NJ Governor has ever been accused of doing.
Compare that to Obama arming drug cartels in Fast&Furious, using the IRS to go after political enemies, bank bailouts, QE, etc.
The media was scared Christie might be formidable in 2016, so they're trying tomake as big of a deal of this as possible.
And it worked. Mission accomplished.
He's only formidable because there's a bunch of fuckups in the Republican party who would actually vote for this whale. The thing I don't get, is why those people aren't Democrats???
So the Skipper ate Gilligan for the tribes benefit?
Breaking... Blubber-Boy Bounces Back!
In a tip'o'the hat to BlubberBoy, Port Authority renamed Portly Authority!
Christie used the Samson Option...
Read the report prepared by attorneys on your staff? Why bother, we know what it’s going to say. Obama has a similar investigation report on the IRS targeting the Tea Party.
I'm surprised he wasn't invited for afternoon out on a fishing boat with Christie and aides.
Traffic really improved once that bus showed up for him to be thrown under...