Chris Christie Praises Obama For Hurricane Sandy Preparation

[kpete]

Source: Huffington Post

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) put aside his campaigning for Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Sunday to praise President Barack Obama for his responsiveness to the Garden State's needs in preparing for Hurricane Sandy.

During a briefing with emergency personnel, residents and press, Christie thanked Obama for holding a conference call with him and governors of other states expected to be impacted by the storm, the Star-Ledger reports.

“I appreciated the president’s outreach today in making sure that we know he’s watching this and is concerned about the health and welfare and safety of the people of the state of New Jersey,” he said.

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Christie also announced Sunday that he is asking Obama to issue a pre-landfall emergency declaration for New Jersey in order to expedite federal assistance for the state. A press release from Christie's office indicated that such a declaration would allow New Jersey to start requesting federal funds and other aid in advance of the storm. Obama issued a similar declaration for New York state.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/28/chris-christie-hurricane-sandy_n_2036054.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

[qanda]

1. But, but, but.....

He's still a Commie!

[Danmel]

2. Mitt would tell that they "should take responsibility for their own lives"

Victims! Think they are "entitled" to housing, to food, to 'you name it'

[momsrule]

5. Am very concerned for all in the path of Sandy....

I fear for loss of life, utility outages and property damage in large porportions. The storm packs a triple whammy of wind, rain and snow over a large area. Next I fear the romneycan'ts will play their political tomfoolery with the entire disaster with all the assistance from the media. I hope the media respects that this is not news to mess with in any way. Show us facts, please!

[Danmel]

13. I'm on Long Island and it is already bad

wind is picking up, raining, power outages spreading, road closures. And we are still hours away from landfall.LIPA is saying to be prepared for 7-10 days without power! The storm surge is going to be a big big problem, along with flooding and erosion. Plus both Long Island counties are in financial extremis, so it is going to be a problem on lots of levels. I just hope we have no loss of life.

[davidpdx]

3. I'd tell Christie to go to hell

Mr. Twinkie ought to get off his ass and do something for a change.

[onenote]

8. Because that would be such a good way to get votes in New Jersey?

I don't give a rat's ass whether Christie's motivation is the 2016 elections or whatever. Romney is trying to paint himself as the great bipartisan hope. Having a repub governor praise the President is a good thing. And spitting in his eye would be the colossal blunder of all time. Of course, there is not chance that the President would do such a thing. Only armchair politicos on DU would think he should.

[davidpdx]

9. I didn't say he should

I said I would.

[onenote]

11. got it

[AAO]

4. He definately wants to run in 2016. He wan'ts Romney to lose! Bwahahahaha!

[jpak]

6. He knows which side of the bread is buttered - and that Rmoney will lose

yup

[Phillyindy]

7. Damn Christie...

Every once in a while he does something that makes me forget what a collassal prick he is.

[bamacrat]

10. He just doomed his chances of the GOP nomination.

Granted he probably didn't have a real chance at getting it. This will be brought up by any puke challenger he ever has. Good for him though. Good to see a puke pull their head out of their ass for atleast 5 minutes.

[Myrina]

12. GOP Hypocrisy on display

Last week = "Federal government BAD!!"
This week = "Asking for federal assistance in advance"

[olddad56]

14. This storm and the way Obama will handle it will show the nation who God is voting for.

[hedgehog]

15. ahem.....

"for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust"

[bullwinkle428]

16. Is it too late to make a new campaign commercial?

[onecent]

17. This morning before my first cup of coffee I was laying in bed and heard Chris Christie speaking, he

said and this is NOT exact...."We need all you folks to be safe, if you're not safe, you cannot vote"...I jumped right up out of bed and couldn't believe what I heard. But I have seen nothing about this.

I hope I find it ... I thought it was kind of insensitive when these people are looking at possible loss of electricity, personal items, vehicles, houses and/or lives. the dumb shit

[Beacool]

18. Color me surprised.

For once my state's governor showed some class.

[Welcome_hubby]

19. kick nt

[MrBig]

20. I can't be the only one thinking

If only President Obama had been President during Hurricane Katrina (and for that matter, 9/11). History would be incredibly different and countless lives would have been saved.

[wordpix]

21. hey, Christie, do US all a favor and endorse O to help put him over the top

You can say O did such a stellar job in this emergency that you're endorsing for a 2nd term. End of subject. Let Tax Dodge Mitt stew in his million$.