On Friday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie closed the state's parks and beaches due to the ongoing budget stalemate. By Saturday night, he had arrived for an evening stay at one of those closed parks via State Police helicopter. Until their vacation is over or the budget impasse is resolved, the governor's family and their guests will have Island Beach State Park to themselves.
Christie, his wife, his children and their guests have the run of the 10-mile barrier island, where police are turning away all others visitors over the long holiday weekend.
During a news conference in Trenton on Saturday, Christie said it was his right to stay in the park even if no one else can visit.
“That’s because the governor has a residence at Island Beach. Others don’t,” Christie said. “It’s just the way it goes. Run for governor and then you can have the residence.” [...]
Last Monday, during his monthly radio show on New Jersey 101.5, the governor said he would have his “whole family” with him at the shore. His oldest son, Andrew, was expected to fly in from Milwaukee and had invited “a bunch of friends down.”
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At Daily Kos on this date in 2008—Oh noes! Hispanics might not support Obama! Except they are:
Consider all the primary-era bullshit spin we heard the first half of this year, and none was more offensive to me than the notion that Latinos wouldn't support Obama because (a) he was black, or (b) they supported Clinton too heavily, or (c) because McCain had a good relationship with that group based on his pre-flip flop support for comprehensive immigration reform, or (d) because that's what the b.s. convention wisdom told them and they were too frackin' stupid to think for themselves.
We've already seen evidence that the CW was terribly awry on this issue.
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