In a way, Dwek made Corzine endorsement possible
By Wally EdgeSolomon Dwek and a bunch of allegedly corrupt public officials may have indirectly delivered The Record's endorsement to Gov. Jon Corzine. Sources say that Corzine had settled on State Sen. Barbara Buono (D-Metuchen) as his running mate before a massive number of arrests on the morning of July 23 made him change his mind and pick State Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D-Teaneck). In their editorial, The Record said that Weinberg's presence on the Democratic ticket tipped the scale in Corzine's favor.
The arrests as part of Operation Bid Rig, which gained national attention that day because it also involved Rabbis and the sale of human body parts, caused Corzine to rethink the Buono selection. Buono had been a protégé of former Senate President John Lynch (D-New Brunswick), who went to prison on federal corruption charges; Weinberg had a reputation for supporting governmental transparency and was a rival of ex-Bergen County Democratic Chairman Joseph Ferriero.
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Corzine is the candidate of corruption
Corzine is the candidate of corruption. He is supported by George Norcross, Ray Lesniak, and all the power brokers who have taken the Democratic Party away from the people.
When will New Jersey ever learn?
...and Christie is the
...and Christie is the candidate of Boss Gilmore, Boss Paulsen and Boss Gormley.
The extinction of Republican fiefdoms is no reason to support a crook who thinks he's above the law, who traded contributions for his office, and then used his office to reward those who gave it to him.
I'm glad Christie isn't going to get anywhere near the governor's appointment power.
BTW Wally, take it easy on the Lynch protege business already!
Commonsensenj has never explained his irrational hatred
What gives? You act as if any and every potential scandal makes Chris Christie a friggin terrorist and likewise, you have NEVER been critical of any of Corzine's decions. If Chris Christie hires a friend's kid, you go bannanas and you act like he's a terrorist, but when we find that the governor fudged the numbers on job reports or gave millions to corrupt bosses,it's like you don't care. lol