Chris Christie's Closet

By Richard J. LaRossa | April 3rd, 2009 - 10:45am
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Chris Christie has a number of issues that will emerge from his closet during both this primary and the general election should he make it that far.  One of them will be a situation involving his brother Todd Christie. 

Todd Christie was the president of the Wall Street trading firm, Spear, Leeds & Kellogg.  While Chris Christie was starting to make noise about running for Governor, the contributions from Todd Christie to various Republican causes went from a few thousand to over $400,000.00. 

This amount of money was spread around on a large scale.  He not only opened his own checkbook, according to newspaper articles he teamed up with his brother’s current campaign spokesman, Bill Palatucci, and current campaign fundraiser, Jon Hanson, to raise money for the George W. Bush’s campaign.  Together, the three were after Bush’s “Super Ranger” status. 

How did Todd Christie afford this political largesse?  That’s easy; there are news reports about how he sold his firm for $100 million to Goldman Sachs.  Yes, that Goldman Sachs – same as Jon Corzine.  Remember that next time Chris Christie condemns Wall Street. 

Todd Christie became a major player at Goldman Sachs, and specialized in trading AOL, IBM and AIG stocks. 

During this time he was nominated for a seat on the NY Stock Exchange board, one of the most prestigious positions for a Wall Street trader.  But something happened along the way. He abruptly withdrew his nomination for the seat on the stock exchange board and resigned from Goldman Sachs.  Why? 

Well, it seems that Todd Christie was among 20 Wall Street specialists accused of fraudulent trading practices. “The conduct here was quite egregious,” said David Rosenthal, an associate regional director for the Securities and Exchange Commission.  “Christie was one of the worst.” 

According to the SEC, Todd Christie committed more that 1,600 improper trades between January 1999 and March 2003, generating “riskless profits” of more than $1.59 million for Spear Leeds (his own company) and costing investors $1.4 million. Fifteen of the 20 specialists facing civil charges were also charged with allegedly ripping off investors to the tune of $19,000,000.00, in the biggest crackdown on illegal trading in the Big Board’s History.   

As it related to Todd Christie, 3 people above him and the 11 below him were all indicted.  What is amazing to note is that one of the indictments was for someone who profited to the tune of $14,000.00 while Todd Christie, who profited to the tune of $1,590,000.00 was never indicted.  In fact, perhaps the most amazing thing of all was that Todd Christie was #4 on the list of the top 15 and yet he was the only one of the top 15 not to be indicted.  According to the SEC, Todd Christie committed more that 1,600 improper trades. So he gets off.  There is a lot more to this story.  So much more, and it is far too lengthy to post in this space.   

It includes the multi-million, no bid federal monitoring contract that Chris Christie gave to David Kelly, the prosecutor who didn’t indict Todd Christie a short time before.  There are appearances made by Chris Christie’s mentor Herbert Stern and Chris Christie’s boss, former US Attorney John Ashcroft. 

I realize that there are people who you can’t confuse with facts once they make up their minds.  No one should have this information kept from them.  This is a way of helping people make up their own minds about those running for office.  Full disclosure is the only way to know about our candidates and an informed electorate will ultimately give us the best and more qualified candidates.  And there are major questions here that have to be answered. 

The Chairman of the Judiciary Committees of both the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives have called for hearings into the awarding of these monitoring contracts.  Congressman Frank Pallone has recently introduced legislation in Congress to do away with the ability of Federal Prosecutors to award these contracts.   

The Pallone bill would have the attorney general issue written guidelines for future deferred prosecution agreements, have federal judges and not prosecutors select the monitors, have a standardized fee schedule for the monitors, and require public reporting of the monitors' fees and activities.  Christie dismissed the legislation, saying, "This is all just made-up political stuff by people who want to play gubernatorial politics."    

Well, if you want to see exactly how made up this “stuff is, consider the following: what was stated previously, is only part of the story.  For the full story and all of the documentation go to, www.thepublicneedstoknow.com, and click on the tab titled, “Chris Christie’s Closet”.    There you will find out just how made up it really is and you can read “the rest of the story”!

None of this matter to many

None of this matter to many of the NJ Republicans. They are focused on the $50 Lonigan paid to have signs made up by someone who turned out to be illegal.

I want to see what action he will take against Atlantic County Republican Chairman Keith Davis' Law firm for profiting over OPRA and Open Public Meeting Act violations. They represent towns that spend thousands in legal fees in disputes over meeting minutes and OPRA requests that have to be supplied anyway.

Hey Dick, what's in your closet?

I'd bet those skeletons are getting restless.

Not that anyone will ever care, even when you do run as an independent for Governor in the fall with Steve Looneygan's endorsement and Shaftan your "campaign strategist".

“If you’re unwilling to compete for these votes, and if you’re unable to win these votes, then you’ve got to wonder if you belong on the ballot at all." -- Chris Christie on Steve Lonegan's decision not to attend the Bergen County Republican c

Piece of Trash

Rich---you, Lonegan, Shaftan, Grossman---bags of garbage that NJ Republicans need to throw out. Did you do ANY fact checking on the above article? ANY???? You are wrong about almost every single thing you wrote about the Todd Christie case. Even public numbers easily found on the internet are wrong. You are the worst kind of person--a true hack.

Richard's Closet

If I were to guess what would be in Richard's closet, I would tend to think he has what every other american out there has.....shoes,pants,shirts, etc. The younger male generation perhaps a few issues of Penthouse,Playboy,Hustler etc. Now as for Clifford Case... he has a full life size poster on the back of his closet door of Chris Christie that he gives kisses to every evening before bed and every morning when he wakes up. Clifford do you sleep with the closet door open at night just to have the Golden Boy watching over you?

Christie is just another flip flopping politician

The great corruption fighter is now trying to explain why it is alright for him to accept, Play then Pay and offer no bid contracts.  Then, all of you Lonegan bashers can come up with is the hiring of a few day laborers for a few hours.  Why don't you either get back on your meds, or find something that equals the scale of what Christie is trying to pull over the publics eyes. 

"The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything."
                --Theodore Roosevelt--

Treating this trash as fact?

This is a website that allows people to post things as fact which are not facts but fiction. Similiar to Lonegans newspaper---the above piece has ZERO accuracy or credibility. The people who believe this crap also believe in flying saucers.

PS: To all you fools who

PS: To all you fools who don’t like what he wrote, if 8C gets in, who’s going to be his Lt. Governor, Rocco Riccio? Oh, and by the way, if you read the column he figured that you wouldn’t want to be confused with facts. Did any of you bother to click the links at the end of the column to see the 24 pages of documentation behind the story? Seems to me that the only ones that can’t handle it are the ones who can’t read. Like Nicholson said, “you want the truth? You can’t handle the truth!”

For All The Lazy Readers

Here is the direct link to the website containing the FACTS:

http://www.thepublicneedstoknow.com/chrischristiescloset.html then at the bottom of the page click the link Todd Christie’s SEC Timeline.

24 pages of blogs...can LaRossa read?

fact one wrong---"Goldman sachs bought Christie's firm for 100 million"....Goldman Sachs might wish that that number was true. Actually they bought Spear, Leeds & Kellogg--a firm that Todd Christie was one of close to 150 partners for 6.2 BILLION. How did Rich do on that fact? "When Christie started making noise about running for Gov"--when was this? Was it in 2001 when the noted donations were made?? Congrats Rich you're the first one to print that Christie wanted to run for Gov in 2001. Hanson/Christie/Palatucci were "Rangers"--not in 2000 dummy--in the re-election campaign in 2004. Too much to have to correct-- just know this---the SEC sought 3.8 million from Todd Christie and a ban from the securities industry. After the hearing--they offered him a deal...NO MONEY--NO FINE---no ban from the industry--no censure. And oh yea--that great criminal case that the US Attorney had---the first two men pled guilty. The next three trials ended with NOT GUILTY verdicts. The other ten men had their cases DROPPED. Oh my--that sounds like a witch hunt---excep

t for those who have an agenda to smear Chris Christie.

How did Christie get the job

How did Christie get the job as US Attorney?

Couple of Things

First off, to the idiot who complained about the documentation coming from a number of blogs, I think the NY Times, Star Ledger, Philly Inquirer would love to know about the change in their status.

Second, I can't wait till LaRossa thanks the writer who corrected him on the sale of Todd Christie's firm. Glad you pointed out that the firm he was president of DID NOT sell it for a mere $100 million, but instead sold for $6.1 BILLION. Can't wait for that correction.

Finally, why can't you people read. I think it is hysterical that the writer anticipated not only the response, but that you did not want to be confused with any facts no matter where they came from.

When there is the kind of prosecutorial discretion shown to Todd Christie, it stinks.

I'd love to be able to write a $2 million dollar check and walk away with $98 million. I'd do it every day of the week.

Get a life. The only thing worse than a corruption fighter is one whose record is not what it appears to be and the reaction when the varnish starts to wear off.

Did he do good work? In most cases, yes. But that does not give him the "right" not to engage the opposition or answer legimitate questions put to him as part of a legitimate campaign. It makes him totally non-credible.

Add that attitude to this and it all takes away from what used to appear to be very favorable. It is favoritism and prosecutorial nepotism. To say he did no favors is simply not credible. And given his attitude of not being able to be questioned on anything is a bad harbinger for a potential elected official.

The more I see and read the less I like this guy. I wonder how Jerry Cardinale feels after being thrown under the Christie bus.

What would really make that bad is the added weigh if Christie was actually on the bus at the time.

The Irony

The irony is that Lonegan is arguably the most unethical lying hypocrite in NJ politics (an anti-illegal immigrant provcateur who hires them, an anti-big governement politician who spends millions of taxpayer dollars funding his vanity campaign) and he gets pretty much a free pass from this site. He is getting sued twice seperately right now, has been deposed, and has made certified legal statements that are at best incorrect (to be specific he certified that the Bogota Chief of Police was someone who in fact was not the Chief of Police, in my opinion because the truth would not serve Lonegan well in that instance). Any reporter or blogger or for that matter the Christie campaign could dig up all this stuff with one or two hours of effort. If the Christie campaign chose to go toe to toe with Lonegan in a Loneganian Shaftonian sewer style bogus newspaper refuse throwing campaign, they would win that battle easily. I can only assume Christie does not play that game because he knows he will win the primary and does not want to distract from what he thinks is bigger game -- Corzine.

How many different stories did the fake wig wearing Lonegan have about the illegal aliens and how he ended up hiring them? Anybody who trusts anything he says is a blinded ideologue who places no value in the truth. The Lonegan lovers should buy a copy of Anytown, USA and see the part where a town volunteer notes that Lonegan "is an outright liar", and then watch the rest of the movie and decide for themselves if Lonegan is a hypocritical dirt bag.

So Todd Christie was never indicted. So what?? Maybe he was not indicted because he did ZERO wrong. You Lonegonian hypocritical scum buckets have NOT noted that Lonegan has not yet been indicted for this. Or for this. You can't have your cake and eat it too. Todd Christie is not running and if his non-indictment is an issue then Lonegan's non-indictment should be an issue as well.

LaRussa shows what he is made of when he notes "There is a lot more to this story. So much more, and it is far too lengthy to post in this space." This is 2009, Dick, space on this site is basically free. If you have something to say, say it. Your creepy insinuations call you out for what you are.

PadrePeon, you keep posting

PadrePeon, you keep posting but you can't seem to articulate any type of facts.  you posted 2 links and asked about indicments.  i read the 2 links The first one is about 2 subpoenas (not indicments) and the second one is about when he got arrested in Cape May County. 

 He got arrested for bringing a sign to a Corzine town hall meeting.  The vidoes are posted at http://www.libertyandprosperity.org/.  He told the Officer flat out he was going to display the signs.  The township apoligized, the charges were expunged.  In federal court the State said that the  signs called Corzine a liar and could cause a security problem so only signs that agreed with the Governor were allowed.  After watching the video I want to vote for him because I believe he will stand up to others in the same way. 

I have never allegations that lonigan hired illegal aliens for hos business or sought out to hire them.  The story I heard was that $50 was paid to some people to make up signs and one turned out to be illegal.  Maybe he should have checked them out better but if you complained about evey candidate who made a mistake in a $50 transaction then you would never vote for anyone. 

Nobody can seem to answer how Chris Christie was able to become a Federal Prosector.  Did he have a record of being a prosecutor?  What exactly did he do in order to be picked?

 

NOT "indicted", numbskull

"Todd Christie, who profited to the tune of $1,590,000.00 was never indicted"

Franky, I am beginning to believe that the above quote is not true (as far as the $1.5 million goes). And a I love Dick's adding in the two extra decimals. Kind of like Lonegan's $50.0000 (which it probably was not).

The article above is about a NON-indictment, about a NON-candidate (Todd Christie). In other words it is garbage. If you choose to want to eat up that kind of crap -- then at least eat up NON-indictments about a candidate. this story and this story are about Lonegan holding press conference about the NJ AG and / or a grand jury allegedly looking into things that may concern Lonegan but do not have anything to do with his stupid Cape May grand standing name in the paper arrest.

LaRussa, who I never met, came across as a self-promoter in his first or second blog that linked to his website, and lately he is all about "vetting" Christie, no doubt for Christie's own good.

How about "vetting" Lonegan? It would only be for Lonegan's own good. Unless, of course LaRussa is a shill with an ax to grind.

"How about "vetting"

"How about "vetting" Lonegan? It would only be for Lonegan's own good. Unless, of course LaRussa is a shill with an ax to grind."

No ax but an agenda to resurrect what remains of a pitiful political legacy. My guess is he's setting himself for an independent run for Governor in the fall when Christie becomes the nominee. Shaftan is feeding him this S#@$ in case he needs a new boy (and cash cow) to manage until November.

“If you’re unwilling to compete for these votes, and if you’re unable to win these votes, then you’ve got to wonder if you belong on the ballot at all." -- Chris Christie on Steve Lonegan's decision not to attend the Bergen County Republican c

Missing the Point as Usual

It is obvious that some of these posters are Chris Christie communications and opp research people. If anything they say is to be credited, why don't they just issue a campaign statement? No balls, that's why.

As I see it, we have two questions. First, why did federal prosecutor David Kelly, a colleague of Chris Christie, not indict Chris Christie's brother when he indicted (according to the NY Times and other reputable sources-not blogs!) 15 others -- including 11 who had done less than Todd Christie?

The Christie campaigners posting here argue that the David Kelly's case was poorly constructed and that he could only make the charges stick on two of the 15. That could be a function of the high-powered attorneys these very, very rich offenders hired, or it could be attributed to Kelly's incompetance.

That brings us to the second question: If Kelly was so incompetant as to bring such a case in the first place, why did Chris Christie give him an $8 million, no-bid contract?

Everyone keeps missing the point. This is all about Chris Christie -- not about his brother. Christie's brother simply raises more questions about the guy running for governor and his true character. Before the Chris Christie campaigners answer that second question, they should take a little time to read 8C's quotes about Kelly when he hired him. Again, which is the truth?

PS: To Cliffy

When was your last rabies shot and do you need your prosac refilled?

"hamnegger" the quintessential Lonegan shill

It's like he knows darn well he is writing about himself.

"It is obvious that some of these posters are Chris Christie communications and opp research people."

I doubt it. But is is obvious that some of these posters are Lonegan communications and opp research people. I think LaRussa and "hamnegger" are regurgitating pre-chewed horse manure that Shaftan force fed them. Love that name "hamnegger", are you a racist?

"First, why did federal prosecutor David Kelly, a colleague of Chris Christie, not indict Chris Christie's brother when he indicted (according to the NY Times and other reputable sources-not blogs!) 15 others -- including 11 who had done less than Todd Christie?"

Well, why hasn't Anne Millgram not indicted Steve Lonegan, given Lonegan's passing around a subpoena for financial and other records from Botoga Borough Hall -- where Lonegan just finished up his third and final term as mayor – that included employment records from the town’s Department of Public Works.
What is good for the goose is good for the gander.

Todd Christie

plenty of elected officials have siblings that were problematic (Roger Clinton? Neil Bush?). Doesn't make CC a criminal.

I have no doubt that Todd Christie was a less than perfect angel, but I haven't seen any documentation of anything CC did to get his brother a better deal.

Naturally people (Lonegan, Dems) want to make this connection, but I don't think there's ever been any hard facts about what CC did here.

Dishing but not taking

The Lonegan Shaftan refuse throwing machine is known for dishing it out but running away with their tail between their legs when they are called to the carpet.

According to this exchange Lonegan's suck-ups were asked "Did you folks know that your hero had Bogota's DPW clean out his garage after he got caught hiring illegals?" I don't know if that is true, but I think that might be a fraction of what the Lonegan Trenton press conference about the NJ AG and the grand jury might have been about.

In the next post on the string "Mountaintop" who is no doubt Shaftan and sounds a helluvalot like "hamnegger" calls something a "lie" no doubt being deliberately vague and then since he can't answer with specifics makes comments about his accuser needing psychological counseling. Personally, the Shaftan Strom Thurmond t-shirt wearing thing combined with the "hamnegger" name and the Lonegonian Shaftanian avoidance of real debate and obsession with calling those who kick them in the butt as having rabies or needing psychological counseling leads me to believe that hamnegger and Shaftan are either one and the same or that hamnegger regurgitates what Shaftan feeds her.

How about this exchange between Conservative GOP state senator Cardinale and Shaftan:

"Shaftan said that he couldn't resist interrupting Cardinale, partly because of his history of supporting establishment Republicans in primaries.

'The highlight of Gerry Cardinale's career over the last 20 years has been shilling for liberal Republicans.'

"Cardinale shot back, calling Shaftan the most disreputable political consultant in the state.

"'I said "From you, Senator, that's a compliment," said Shaftan."

Cardinale is absolutely correct, if he did call Shaftan the "most disreputable political consultant in the state."

When the Republicans who know Shaftan and Lonegan (90%+ of the state senate GOP, 75% of the state GOP congressional delegation, former GOP Bogota mayor and Bergen County Exec, Pat Schuber, conservatives like Brett Schundler) all line up against Lonegan -- that tells me something. When Lonegan can't even get one endorsement from a sitting GOP public servant of any consequense that should tell us all something.

What it tells us

"When Lonegan can't even get one endorsement from a sitting GOP public servant of any consequense that should tell us all something."

It tells us that Looneygan is a delusional, narcissistic egomaniac who is so full of hot air and gas that if you stuck him with a pin the resultant explosion of noxious gases would make New Jersey uninhabitable for decades.

It also tells us that Looneygan is a big, fat cash cow for Rick Shaftan/Mountaintop Media to milk the taxpayers of New Jersey for every cent he can get.

“If you’re unwilling to compete for these votes, and if you’re unable to win these votes, then you’ve got to wonder if you belong on the ballot at all." -- Chris Christie on Steve Lonegan's decision not to attend the Bergen County Republican c

Nobody cares about this garbage

Nobody except a few frustrated wingnuts cares about any of this personal S%$# Shaftan has been feeding us through his personal anal release mechanism, Dick LeAsshole. Nobody cares about it now, and nobody will care about it in June or November.

"It's the economy, stupid!"

“If you’re unwilling to compete for these votes, and if you’re unable to win these votes, then you’ve got to wonder if you belong on the ballot at all." -- Chris Christie on Steve Lonegan's decision not to attend the Bergen County Republican c

Still Can't Stand the Truth

Listen to yourselves? Ranging rambling lunatics. If he's shilling for Lonegan, who the hell are you shilling for? Sounds like the pot calling the kettle black and no, that is not a racist statement. Usually people make those kinds of accusations are the ones who are the most guilty of the accusation in the first place.
Never read anything that said a crime was or wasn't committed. Only the question as to why the brother escaped indictement. And all you people do is attack, because you can't answer the question because you're afraid of the answer.

He (Todd) was not indicted,

because he did nothing wrong. Just my opinion. Not scared of the answer. Perhaps bored with it. Looked at LaRossa's website. What a joke!! He makes a big deal of Todd Christie being an expert in AIG stock six-years ago before he sold his company. Back when AIG had few if any credit default swaps. Innuendo pedlars. Very dull really.

Lonegan was not indicted, perhaps because the AG is busy with other stuff. But I would not be surprised if a Lonegan indictment comes down after the primary. Again, just my opinion.

WOW

Anger management needed on here.

BTW Padre Pio is a Saint in the catholic church and a very popular one at that.
Some of us practicing catholics do not like it when a imbecile takes a saint's name and turns it into vulgarity.

Really immature and quite frankly, hateful.

Seperation of Church and State

Is it too much too ask for a little seperation of church and state even from neomedieval cult followers of Lonegan and Padre Pio. Lonegan and Pio are perfert together. Hucksters who use Taliban like distrtion of religion to fuel a cult following.

Pio's stgmata were in the wrong place. Hands not wrist. Published sources have noted that he probably used carbolic acid to irritate his wounds when he wasn't having sex in the confessional twice a week.

Like I say,Lonegan's cult followers can dish it out (loved that bogus "Republican News") -- but they sure do have thin skin, thinner than Pio's hands. Gotta go now, love to stay here, but unlike Pio, I have not mastered bilocation yet. Happy Palm Sunday!

"And all you people do is

"And all you people do is attack, because you can't answer the question because you're afraid of the answer."

I don't care about the answer. Even if everything Dick the former ball picker at the NJ Lottery says about Christie is true I couldn't care less because I know that Chris Christie is going to be the GOP nominee in November and I will have to decide between him and Jon Corzine. Of course I expect Dick LeAsshole to be on the ballot as well as an independent candidate but, as I said, I will decide between Christie and Corzine.

I also know that Steve Looneygan is an egotistical jerk who verbally wets his pants every time he opens his mouth, and would be an embarrassment to the State of New Jersey if he ever became Governor, which will never happen anyway.

“If you’re unwilling to compete for these votes, and if you’re unable to win these votes, then you’ve got to wonder if you belong on the ballot at all." -- Chris Christie on Steve Lonegan's decision not to attend the Bergen County Republican c

Open Mouth, Insert Foot!

To quote Cliffy: "I don't care about the answer. Even if everything Dick the former ball picker at the NJ Lottery says about Christie is true I couldn't care less."

Is that the official campaign position?

Sounds like 8C's position on everything in general.

Just get your rabbies shots and increase the prosac. Never confuse people with facts after they make up their minds. In Cliffy's case, that doesn't apply because it assumes that the person has a mind in the first place. Keep ranting and making a fool of yourself, 8C and all his supporters. Cliffy is doing a better job showing the type of support that Christie has than any trash talking response could ever come up with.

At one point I thought 8C might have had chance to be a decent candidate. But after reading the venomous commentary from these storm troopers, I guess anyone who doesn't fall into line will be victems of the Christie Gestapo. Nothing but rentless anger and frustration instead of any kind of exchange of ideas. Now watch that statement get attacked and once again prove my point.

"I don't care about the answer. Even if everything Dick the former ball picker at the NJ Lottery says about Christie is true I couldn't care less."

Wow! Cliffy, if that statement is true I guess you won't be posting anything anymore because you've said the neither lies or the truth matters. Seems that must also be Christie's position. Lies and the truth just don't matter. Wow!

Anger and frustration

"Nothing but rentless anger and frustration instead of any kind of exchange of ideas."

For the record I'm not here to waste my time arguing about Chris Christie's closet or debate Looneygan's crackpot agenda. All I do is make my comments and I couldn't care less if everybody or nobody agrees with them. Actually I'd probably worry if some of the Looneyganistas actually agree with anything I say.

I do state as a fact (not my opinion) that Chris Christie is the nominee and will be on the GOP ballot in November. I may vote for Christie at that time or I may vote for Corzine. Regardless of who I vote for, or who I support, any Loonetic who votes for or against Chris Christie because they don't like what I say about their hero will get what they deserve after this November.

“If you’re unwilling to compete for these votes, and if you’re unable to win these votes, then you’ve got to wonder if you belong on the ballot at all." -- Chris Christie on Steve Lonegan's decision not to attend the Bergen County Republican c

Nobody seems to be able to

Nobody seems to be able to explain how Christie got the job as Federal prosecutor in the first place.

I also have never seen anyone point to any specific issue in the Longan agenda and describe why it is "loony" or a crackpot agenda.

Mensa--wow are you far from it

The point of the post was to point out factual errors in this pathetic story. Lonegan and his people...Shaftan, LaRossa, Grossman are showing themselves to be the morally bankrupt people we heard they were. Hell is too kind a destination for these lying, hate mongering people. Pathetic are those that can't run on their own merits.

Hey Dick, did you forget the

Hey Dick, did you forget the disclaimer.

PAID FOR BY LONEGAN FOR GOVERNOR, INC.

People keep saying that Christie will be the GOP's pick

Does anybody know what the PEOPLE of the party think? We know the political hacks that make up the county committees DECIDED for the people in their counties, but when do the PEOPLE get to decide?

This is the problem, when everyone complains in November, none of the candidates are any good, it's because the system sets it up for the PAIDOFF committee members to vote in the man (or woman) that gives them the most money. The people are left with the candidate with the biggest pockets, and the political jobs continue, get bigger, larger, and we bankrupt our state. People need to stop taking part in this insane practice, stand up and have some real morals, and declare, this is wrong. Otherwise, we continue in the same downward spiral until we really are bankrupt. If you aren't part of the solution, YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM!

Let the man...

who has never hired an illegal cast the first stone. The fact of the matter is, it is da-n hard to hire anyone who doesn't have an illegal on their crew or staff.
They even work for the federal government! And the state government, and in restaurants where you eat. And at the pump where you get your gas. You are not free of this yourself, but this is not the issue regarding illegal aliens (yes, call them what they are.)
The issue is really doing something about it before they are here. They are not citizens, why is the government treating them as if they are? Why are we not standing up for the solution?
Via the Constitution, They are allowed free health care, free food, assisted housing and special financing (try and get a mortgage if you are white and a native citizen of the United States) and transportation, education and social security benefits.

That you don't agree with Lonegan's principles doesn't make him the enemy. He has helped New Jersey behind the scenes when no one else stepped forward to take on the task.

He is a formidable candidate.

Padre

"Some of us practicing catholics do not like it when a imbecile takes a saint's name and turns it into vulgarity."

You know, I disagree about a lot of things you say about Mayor Lonegan. I like him even though I no longer support his candidacy, but this is something we can find common ground on.

I always found it comical how easily offended Catholics get but they are among the first to spew hatred and bigotry towards Atheists. They can dish it out, but they can't take it.

Christianity and in any and all forms is NOT conservative. The sooner the GOP realizes that, the sooner we can get back to promoting true conservative principles.

"My earlier views of the unsoundness of the Christian scheme of salvation and the human origin of the scriptures, have become clearer and stronger with advancing years and I see no reason for thinking I shall ever change them."- Abraham Lincoln

I want more immigrants, legal or not

"The issue is really doing something about it before they are here. They are not citizens, why is the government treating them as if they are? Why are we not standing up for the solution? Via the Constitution, They are allowed free health care, free food, assisted housing and special financing (try and get a mortgage if you are white and a native citizen of the United States) and transportation, education and social security benefits."

Whatever happened to "Give me your tired, your poor," etc. etc.?

I want immigration, the more the merrier. And I don't care if they have papers or not. They're cheap, they work hard and do a good job (especially when they put together campaign signs). I wish we had more of them.

I'm glad Ronald Reagan gave them amnesty back in 1986. It was the best thing he ever did.

“If you’re unwilling to compete for these votes, and if you’re unable to win these votes, then you’ve got to wonder if you belong on the ballot at all." -- Chris Christie on Steve Lonegan's decision not to attend the Bergen County Republican c

"try and get a mortgage if

"try and get a mortgage if you are white and a native citizen of the United States"

I know lots of them who have gotten mortgages, and some of them turned out to be deadbeats who defaulted which is part of the reason we're in the mess we are in now. I also know of a few "native white citizens" who fraudulantly obtained mortgages either for themselves or for others. In fact, I know the former mayor of a township in New Jersey who is a "white native citizen" is currently serving a jail sentence for mortgage fraud. And I'm sure she's not the only "native white citizen" doing jail time for fraud.

Maybe there are a few who can't get mortgages in the current economic climate but it's not because they are "native white citizens".

“If you’re unwilling to compete for these votes, and if you’re unable to win these votes, then you’ve got to wonder if you belong on the ballot at all." -- Chris Christie on Steve Lonegan's decision not to attend the Bergen County Republican c

Cybil!!!!!!

"Nobody cares about this garbage:
posted by CliffordCase!!!"

For someone who doesn't care, you sure waste a lot of time and space proving what an imbecile you are. You like, gay marriage, abortion, illegal aliens, higher taxes, are against capital punishment and at one point said you didn't care what the answer or the truth was.

You must be Chris Christie using Clifford Case as a pen name, because he is the only person who can talk this much, say so little and contradict himself with every post he makes.

I do care

"For someone who doesn't care, you sure waste a lot of time and space proving what an imbecile you are. You like, gay marriage, abortion, illegal aliens, higher taxes, are against capital punishment and at one point said you didn't care what the answer or the truth was."

I do care about, support and will continue to promote gay marriage, the right to have an abortion, increased immigration, no death penalty, and higher taxes provided I get what I pay for.

I just won't waste my time arguing about these things with wingnuts.

“If you’re unwilling to compete for these votes, and if you’re unable to win these votes, then you’ve got to wonder if you belong on the ballot at all." -- Chris Christie on Steve Lonegan's decision not to attend the Bergen County Republican c

No Argument?

Including this post, there are 40 comments on this story. If Cliffy isn't going to comment further, thank goodness. His 9 posts will eliminate 22.5% of the space used. So lets see, you don't care about the truth or the answers and you "do care about, support and will continue to promote gay marriage, the right to have an abortion, increased immigration, no death penalty, and higher taxes provided I get what I pay for."

You left out that you support Chris Christie. Clearly you are the typical Christie supporter. Good luck selling that position to anyone in New Jersey let alone republicans in a primary.

"You left out that you

"You left out that you support Chris Christie. Clearly you are the typical Christie supporter"

I said I will vote for Christie in the primary but will probably vote for Corzine in November. That hardly makes me a "typical Christie supporter".

Don't use my comments as a cheap excuse to not vote for Chris Christie. That is beneath even a Looneyganista.

“If you’re unwilling to compete for these votes, and if you’re unable to win these votes, then you’ve got to wonder if you belong on the ballot at all." -- Chris Christie on Steve Lonegan's decision not to attend the Bergen County Republican c

CliffordCase

Is it me or does CliffordCase sound like a broken record or a nagging wife. Why is it that everytime this idiot posts a comment he always posts this retarted comment:

“If you’re unwilling to compete for these votes, and if you’re unable to win these votes, then you’ve got to wonder if you belong on the ballot at all." -- Chris Christie on Steve Lonegan's decision not to attend the Bergen County Republican c

I mean how many times do we have to see this stupid comment, I wish he would just open his closet door and from his life size Chris Christie poster give him a kiss and go to sleep already. In other words Cliff shut the hell up already.

Still Posting!

Cliffy just can't keep his mouth er, pen shut! Says he won't post, doesn't care, yadda, yadda, yadda. Gosh your crap is really getting old. Don't the girls at the state committee have anything new to feed you?

For someone who isn't going to post a response you seem to love responding to LaRossa. Besides Christie, do you have his picture in his closet as well and do you kiss them both before you go to bed at night?

Not another corrupt politican

We can't afford to nominate another corrupt politician. Republicans have to stand together. Go to www.christieiscorrupt.com to sign the petition and urge Christie to get out of the race: for the good of the Republican Party.

Christie

Wow! More sour grapes from a writer that is so obviously a Lonegan supporter! I knew we'd meet again! And also very, very sour ones from the Lonegan supporters!
What happened to you guys? Are you all so miserable in your lives that you have to speculate and fabricate facts just so your losing candidate will look better?
You even have a petition against a fellow Republican!!! How shameful!
I wonder what Reagan would have said had he seen this!? Remember that he always told Republicans not to slander each other and stick together! Don't we get enough of that trash from the Democrats?
Show some class already!!

Christie

It has come to my attention that there are NJ Democrats working to get Christie out by posing as Republicans. They have even agreed/decided among themselves to switch parties, so they can vote against Christie, thinking Lonegan has no chance against Corzine!! What??? I hope to God this is not true! I hope that people have enough moral and ethical standards NOT to pull something like this!

Jerry Seinfeld, Robert

Jerry Seinfeld, Robert Klein, Lewis Black, Rosie O'Donnell and Ray Romano. He is currently developing a one-man show about life, laughter and local government in the Garden State, tentatively entitled, "Trentoon".

Regards,
Belford University

Wake-Up Call

Morning News Digest: February 9, 2010

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