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In reply to the discussion: Christie Crime Digest-Vol. I [View all]rocktivity
(44,546 posts)259. More bungling on Christie's watch?
Last edited Tue Sep 30, 2014, 03:06 PM - Edit history (3)
This time, courtesy of his moonlighting as head of the Republican Governor's Association:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/25/us/republicans-corporate-donors-governors.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0
New York Times: ...Republicans and Democrats, and groups sympathetic to both, spend millions on sophisticated technology...to make their own information secure. But sometimes a simple coding mistake can lay bare documents and data that were supposed to be concealed from the prying eyes of the public. Such an error by the Republican Governors Association recently resulted in the disclosure of exactly the kind of information that political committees given tax-exempt status normally keep secret, namely their corporate donors and the size of their checks...
The documents, many of which the Republican officials have since removed from their website, showed that an A-to-Z of Americas most prominent companies, from Aetna to Walmart, had poured millions of dollars into the campaigns of Republican governors since 2008. One document listed 17 corporate members of the governors associations secretive 501(c)(4), the Republican Governors Public Policy Committee, which is allowed to shield its supporters from the public...
The documents, many of which the Republican officials have since removed from their website, showed that an A-to-Z of Americas most prominent companies, from Aetna to Walmart, had poured millions of dollars into the campaigns of Republican governors since 2008. One document listed 17 corporate members of the governors associations secretive 501(c)(4), the Republican Governors Public Policy Committee, which is allowed to shield its supporters from the public...
While none of this is illegal, it is certainly not in the public interest. And I'm not buying the coding error story: I think this happened deliberately. Either the RGA has a mole, anonymous hackers have struck, or orders have come down to to start pushing Christie away from the 2014 midterm elections if not out of the 2016 presidential race. Of course, it didn't help Christie that his latest self-exoneration gambit backfired. And it's probably just another one of those crazy Christie coincidences that these stories all appeared within the past seven days:
All signs point to Jeb Bush prepping for 2016 presidential run
Pat Roberts bringing Jeb Bush, Sarah Palin to campaign in Kansas
Jeb Bush campaigns for 2014 GOP candidates, weighs presidential bid during stops in NC
GOPs looming 16 civil war: How Jeb Bushs new moves will divide the party
Romney 2016 is for real
Ted Cruz Is Prepping a Foreign Policy-Focused Presidential Campaign
Hint, hint...
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Let us not forget the DMV in Elizabeth. I'm still "sauced" over that one..LOL...n/t
monmouth3
Jan 2014
#7
Is it your prediction that Christie will be charged with a crime or crimes?
Exciting Trip
Jan 2014
#48
Since I believe that it's DOING something criminal that makes you a criminal
rocktivity
Jan 2014
#50
For the record, I think he should be charged and am cautiously optimistic that he will be
rocktivity
Jan 2014
#54
The New Brunswick apartment tower that got $4.8 million in Sandy relief funds
LiberalEsto
Jan 2014
#65
Next time you write a post like this, put it in its own OP, please , so more people can see it.
pnwmom
Feb 2014
#89
Christie begins an "internal investigation" though he's his own prime suspect
rocktivity
Feb 2014
#94
Christie's problem being, of course, is that Samson reports to him directly
rocktivity
Mar 2014
#130
Christie administration broke law in ignoring greenhouse gas rules, court says
rocktivity
Mar 2014
#162
New York Prosecutors Open Another Front of Scrutiny for Port Authority!
yortsed snacilbuper
Apr 2014
#203
"kicked $10,000 of it right back to the Republican Governor's Association?"
yortsed snacilbuper
Apr 2014
#213
GWB inquiry expands scope, subpoenas files from Christie political strategist!
yortsed snacilbuper
May 2014
#223
Christie and Wrestler "The Rock" Star in Online Pension Reform Video (For Seven Hours)
rocktivity
Jul 2014
#235
U.S. Attorney Fishman: Reports about Bridgegate investigation 'Almost entirely incorrect'
rocktivity
Jul 2014
#238
Gov. Christie Shifted Pension Cash to Wall Street, Costing New Jersey Taxpayers $3.8 Billion
rocktivity
Aug 2014
#241
...After Illinois declared the first privately run U.S. state lottery a failure
rocktivity
Dec 2014
#298