NY Magazine/Chait: 6 Reasons Christie probably guilty

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Friday January 31, 2014 · 4:07 PM PST

2014/01/31 · 16:07

Jonathan Chait at NY Magazine has a good list of reasons why Christie is probably guilty (and, let's be real, no one with half a brain, so that includes some Republicans, maybe, believes Christie is not). The piece starts out by noting the way reporters saw a change in wording by the NY Times as an opportunity to point out that maybe Christie isn't in as much trouble as the paper suggests. But then Chait works to pull attention back to reasons Christie is likely guilty.

1. Wildstein is claiming evidence exists that Christie knew. He would look bad if such evidence does not come to light.
2. Wildstein spent time with Christie while the lanes were closed. If you had been ordered to close traffic lines for punitive reasons, and you saw the governor, wouldn’t you either tell him about it, or else already know he approved? Undertaking an action like that without knowing the governor approved it, and without having any desire to take credit, seems like an implausible motivation.

3. Christie has changed his story about when he knew about the lane closings. Having first asserted he learned on October 1, Christie later claimed he learned earlier, though would not say when.

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Monday September 26, 2011 · 6:53 AM PDT

2011/09/26 · 06:53

It is Day 10 of #occupywallstreet. Protesters are still there, despite heavy police intimidation and some real violence.

This diary is for all of us, but especially for those of us at DKos who have been looking at the #occupywallstreet protest and thinking, saying, and commenting things like “this will never work because of X.”

If this protest fails to get results, it will not be because of lack of organization, or failure to have a coherent message, or because people didn’t wear the right clothes, or there were too many college students, too many inexperienced white kids who haven’t really suffered, too many dirty fucking hippies.

It will be because enough naysayers did not get up off of their sorry asses and get out in the streets.

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Wednesday November 04, 2009 · 5:50 AM PST

2009/11/04 · 05:50

The New Jersey gubernatorial election was a referendum—on Jon Corzine.

New Jersey voters don’t give a damn about national politics in gubernatorial elections (which happen in off years here). New Jersey voters care about economics, especially in gubernatorial elections. And when you say economics in New Jersey it means taxes, and when you say taxes in New Jersey it means property taxes. We have some of the highest property taxes in the nation due to a confluence of factors, mostly a history of municipal control of public schools and services.

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Monday September 19, 2005 · 4:01 AM PDT

2005/09/19 · 04:01

In a Roberts thread someone wrote something to the effect that by not opposing too hard and playing ball with Roberts it would get the media on our side. That by not standing up as the adamant and reasoned opposition it would provide us with an ally in the media and ammunition for when Bush nominates a "radical right-winger" for O'Connor's slot. My response got so long and heavy-handed, I figured it was more appropriate as a diary.

Running to the middle is a losing strategy for winning media coverage just like it is a losing strategy for winning elections.

I understand the desire of people who want to make friends with the media and the voters in the middle. It comes from a good place. We like friends. We make them by being nice to people. Friends stick together and help each other out. So, if we are nice the media will see we are nice and want to hang out with us and will be on our side the next time there is a fight.

Wrong.
Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong.

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"Unknown Soldier" - Searching for a father

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Wednesday June 01, 2005 · 5:33 AM PDT

2005/06/01 · 05:33

The documentary film "Unknown Soldier" is currently in rotation on HBO and is well-worth seeing.

"On June 30, 1969, Lieutenant Jack Hulme of the U.S. Marine Corps was killed in Vietnam, just days before he was to leave the country and see his newborn son for the first time. Thirty years later, John Hulme - the son Jack never met - decided to uncover the truth about the father he never knew."

From John Hulme's director's statement:

"My father was killed in Vietnam when I was three weeks old. I never met him, and I grew up feeling nothing for him. To me, he was just a face in a photograph or a name upon a wall. And when friends or family members tried to tell me stories about him, I made it perfectly clear that I didn't want to hear what they had to say. Because as far as I was concerned, it wasn't like I lost a father, I just never had one to begin with.

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Call For The Dead

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Saturday October 30, 2004 · 6:58 PM PDT

2004/10/30 · 18:58

Here's the report from the trenches here in Columbus, OH. I'm tired as all get out (the vote). My wife and I drove out from New Jersey yesterday, slept in a moldy fleabag of an excuse for an inn. Got up godawful early, ate the wrong breakfast, didn't drink enough bad coffee and then hightailed it to the volunteer center where several very nice people pointed us to the phone banks. (BTW, I'm from NJ, you don't have to be nice to me, just tell me what needs doing and get out of the way. But I do appreciate the decorum.) 12 hours later, we're done for the evening. We had a great day and we're happy, positive, and energized despite the lack of sleep.

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Tell me where I can help the most!

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Thursday October 28, 2004 · 9:47 AM PDT

2004/10/28 · 09:47

Here's the scenario:

My wife and I have from tomorrow morning through election day completely open. We live in NJ. Help us figure out where we can be most effective. We're great on the road, need very little sleep and are clean cut and enthusiastic.

I'm throwing this open to the dKos community.

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Send John Kerry!

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Monday October 25, 2004 · 6:48 PM PDT

2004/10/25 · 18:48

This is not the struggle of one day or one month or one year or of one war. It's a struggle and an effort and a sacrifice and a contribution which we make for the rest of our lives. And though men of small mind and less character may project themselves onto their fellow citizens and suggest that an America that admits its mistake will turn into a craven, hollow place, we will continue this struggle. Because this country is bigger than they are, and it's bigger than any of us here.

- John Kerry, April 24, 1971

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Oregon Police Fire on Bush Protestors

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Tuesday October 19, 2004 · 9:21 AM PDT

2004/10/19 · 09:21

From Newsday on Long Island, a story that should be getting bigger play:

Police in riot gear fired pepperballs Thursday night to disperse a crowd of protesters assembled in this historic gold mining town where President Bush was spending the night after a campaign appearance.

Newsday: Oregon Police Fire on a Crowd of Protestors

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I wanted to give Paul Krugman a "4" today

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Friday October 08, 2004 · 6:25 AM PDT

2004/10/08 · 06:25

but couldn't find the mojo ratings at the NY Times.

Krugman: Ignorance isn't Strength

It's not anything groundbreaking for those of us who've been watching the Bush debacle, and definitely not new to Krugman fans, but it is a particulary concise and clear outline of how the administration treats reality and information. Read More

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NY Magazine/Chait: 6 Reasons Christie probably guilty

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Feed the Media

"Unknown Soldier" - Searching for a father

Call For The Dead

Tell me where I can help the most!

Send John Kerry!

Oregon Police Fire on Bush Protestors

I wanted to give Paul Krugman a "4" today