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hollysmom

(5,946 posts)
Mon Feb 10, 2014, 05:37 AM Feb 2014

Holey Moley would Christie be that dumb? to take a helicopter ride

over Fort Lee during the traffic jam?
I was listening to the news and they say that the helicopter rides of Christie are being checked to see if he and Wildstein took a ride over the city during the closed lane dates! I wonder if that was meant by there is proof Christie knew?

That would be extremely dumb - so no, Chrisite, you may be a crook, but you are not smart enough to be president.
Bridgegate probers will look at Christie helicopter rides

The New Jersey legislative committee investigating the Bridgegate scandal will probe records of helicopter rides Gov. Chris Christie took to see if he flew near Fort Lee while lanes leading to the George Washington Bridge were closed, sources told The Post.
Lawmakers also want to know if the New Jersey governor took a ride with then-Port Authority exec David Wildstein, who allegedly orchestrated the lane closures on the order of a Christie aide.
The committee, which meets in Trenton on Monday, is interested in any conversations the governor may have had with Wildstein last Sept. 11 after pictures surfaced of the two together that day.
Two of three lanes leading to the bridge were closed from Sept. 9 through 13.
Sources in the governor’s office said that Christie took a ferry to Ground Zero from Jersey City on the 9/11 anniversary and then flew back to Trenton, but that Wildstein was not on board.
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Holey Moley would Christie be that dumb? to take a helicopter ride (Original Post) hollysmom Feb 2014 OP
Oh my! Wouldn't this just seal the deal? PearliePoo2 Feb 2014 #1
Remember A Few Good Men exboyfil Feb 2014 #5
You mean there was other dialogue besides "You can't handle the truth"? nxylas Feb 2014 #8
You want the other dialogue? You can't handle the other dialogue! n/t whopis01 Feb 2014 #13
Yes he would JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #2
Didn't Christie take a heli to go see Mayor Sokolich Cha Feb 2014 #7
Listen, I am far from a Christie apologist Madam Mossfern Feb 2014 #3
They are not saying... CSStrowbridge Feb 2014 #4
Probably not stupidity, but arrogance. Scuba Feb 2014 #6
Arrogance seems to find a way to amplify stupidity. Enthusiast Feb 2014 #9
Great line! Yours? I'm going to have to use it in a conversation, may I? marble falls Feb 2014 #11
It's pure Enthusiast. You are welcome to it. Enthusiast Feb 2014 #12
Never underestimate Turbineguy Feb 2014 #10
Very pie-in-the-sky Blue Owl Feb 2014 #14

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
1. Oh my! Wouldn't this just seal the deal?
Mon Feb 10, 2014, 06:11 AM
Feb 2014

Can't you just picture them yukking it up at the FUBAR they created below? Yeah...a real knee-slapper for sure!
BTW...the FAA requires all flights to be logged in an aircraft's log book.
Need to hear MORE about this little gem!

exboyfil

(17,857 posts)
5. Remember A Few Good Men
Mon Feb 10, 2014, 07:01 AM
Feb 2014

Did the flight really happen? Check the log books. In other words, Chrisite, "Did you order the Code Red?"

JustAnotherGen

(31,683 posts)
2. Yes he would
Mon Feb 10, 2014, 06:29 AM
Feb 2014
Remember when he took a helicopter to his son's baseball game? I don't think people outside of the state are aware of that . . . But yeah. It's like that. Totally believable that Governor Numnuts was flying over Fort Lee during HIS manufactured traffic jam. As much pleasure as he takes in bullying people there's NO WAY he didn't take the opportunity to laugh at the CHILDREN of Buono voters.

Cha

(295,925 posts)
7. Didn't Christie take a heli to go see Mayor Sokolich
Mon Feb 10, 2014, 07:59 AM
Feb 2014

when he went to apologize for his "staff" causing traffic problems?

Madam Mossfern

(2,340 posts)
3. Listen, I am far from a Christie apologist
Mon Feb 10, 2014, 06:47 AM
Feb 2014

...but there's nothing in the article that says he flew over the George Washington Bridge to return back to New Jersey that day. If he was going back to Trenton, it's to the south and most likely would not have gone north first to go near the GWB.

This article is misleading.






edit: I don't type very well before 6AM

CSStrowbridge

(267 posts)
4. They are not saying...
Mon Feb 10, 2014, 06:52 AM
Feb 2014

They are not saying he definitely flew in a helicopter and saw the traffic jam. They are saying they are investigating whether or not he did, because there's evidence he and Wildstein were together at least one day during the traffic jam and he took the helicopter back. This means it is a possibility and worth checking out. If it does prove true, he's as good as gone.

Turbineguy

(37,212 posts)
10. Never underestimate
Mon Feb 10, 2014, 08:15 AM
Feb 2014

the stupidity of crooks and politicians (is that a tautology?). It seems to work like this: "If I close my eyes tight enough, nobody will see what I'm doing!"

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