Christie challenges citizens to help him fight political corruption

But the former Morris County Freeholder and fundraiser for President George W. Bush's 2000 campaign says that his town meeting tour -- he held another one recently with State Senator Peter Inverso and Assemblyman Bill Baroni -- is unlrelated to speculation that he might seek the Republican nomination for Governor in 2009.

"It's a fair question," Christie said when asked if he's running. "The answer is 'no.'"

Well, as long as he says that he's not trying to raise his profile and get people who attend events sponsored by Republican legislators to support his mission and political goals, then we'll just have to believe him.

Because it's not like he's been sued for libel before and settled the case -- except for libel his opponents in his first Freeholder run.

And how did he do it? By accusing them of being under investigation when they weren't, and he knew the weren't.

But, we shouldn't assume he's interested in the political impact of his actions just because he has a record of being a highly partisan Republican, has misused information about investigations in his own campaigns, is reputed to be the frontrunner for the Republican nomination for Governor, and is doing a town meeting tour all over the state rallying the troops.

Are the attacks on Christie supposed to justify the corruption and theft undertaken by our legislators?

Whatever happened to the investigation of Bob Menendez? How timely that one was....This guy is a hack. The republicans can run whoever they want, they will not win, so I will sleep right through the election.

What ever happened to Jim "Machiavelli" Mcgreevey? Why did that bribery case drop? Once he resigns the problem goes away so one can assume that all the witch hunts are political and not in the spirit of justice. The people need to know that all people are equal under the law and that the Ruling Class, if anything should be judged more harshly not less. Republican Conscience

Any and all opposition to a left wing agenda gets attacked and maligned, much like the government organized mobs in Cuba that have shouted down any protests of the Castro Regime for 48 years.

Liberals want freedom for themselves and for their agenda and nobody else. If someone like Chris Christie starts picking them apart, his character and credibility are immediately assassinated.

If liberals ever get control of this country and do to it what they've done to New Jersey we are in serious trouble.

"Any Nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master and deserves one" -Alexander Hamilton

I think it's safe to say that Stack has Union City's Cafeteria monitor vote locked up which is great for him since there are more school cafeteria monitors in Union City than there are Police Officers.

"Any Nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master and deserves one" -Alexander Hamilton

What I see in this "challenge" is just more self serving partisan political/PR crap.

I suspect that there are hundreds of corrupt officials of BOTH parties in this state who are convictable if aggressively investigated/charged/prosecuted.

I also suspect that Christie and Rabner both have tons of leads (from many citizens/employees who have tried to blow the whistle on corruption) that are not being followed up on.

I would LOVE to be proven wrong! Let's see two hundred prosecutions and convictions in the next year; please! All ya gotta do is follow the money and turn over the rocks.

If ANYBODY of any Party is betraying the public trust/breaking laws I want them in JAIL!

In NJ that would likely mean more Democrats in jail than Republicans, and that's fine with me.

The far larger problem is that most of the morally/ethically corrupt/criminal behaviour is actually LEGAL: it's called pay to play and it's how the pols pay for their campaigns...and it's why their loyalty is the the big money and not to the individual voters.

The idiots who actually break the law are the just the most incompetent crimunils; the really clever bastards can screw us all LEGALLY!!!

PS How any Republican in NJ can complain about the corruption here while blithely supporting the most corrupt Presidency in the history of the USA is pathetic and hypocritical.

Here's a Nixon Republican who I would actually vote for!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f70B-gfKuxs

From Frederick Douglass

If there is no struggle there is no progress......Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.

He should send investigators and interview all retired teachers and administrators from the Union City School district. The administrators, of course, will need to be granted immunity to get them to talk. If Christie does this he will have years of cases to pursue against Brian Stack and the rest of the corrupt Hudson County Democrats.

I actually agree with you on Union City/Hudson County...the difference between us is that I want that same level of scrutiny/prosecutorial vigor applied to Bergen and to EVERY other County in the State!

I hate to break the news to you but there are lots of corrupt Republicans too.

This isn't a partisan question.

It's about what's legal/moral.

If you think that my take on this is "comic"; then I submit that you're more about getting petty partisan revenge than pursuing justice....we've had enough of that crap in New Jersey.

From Frederick Douglass

If there is no struggle there is no progress......Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.

You say that Christie is even handed in his investigations, then you say that we are shouting him down because he is picking apart liberals.

Which is it?

 Oh, I forgot. Consistency isn't necessary after you sip the Kool Aid.

And how is it that posting a comment on a political web site is "shouting down" anyone? How is it that asking a question at a town meeting, politely, is "shouting down" anyone?

Sounds like one of those kids who throws rocks on the playground and then cries foul when the other kids defend themselves.

Well, it looks like the rats are starting to desert the sinking ship.

Check out this understated editorial: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/opinion/29sun1.html?em&ex=1178078400&e...

Even George Tenet is spilling the beans on how the Bush's invasion of Iraq was "in the can"...

Here's another nice snippet...

<blockquote>"Mr. Bush’s supporters are already arguing that Congress’s much-needed investigations are politically motivated and backward looking. Actually, the baldly political act was the Republicans’ refusing to do their constitutional duty of oversight for the last six years. Mr. Waxman said his panel issued four subpoenas to the Bush administration under Republican leadership. The same leadership issued more than 1,000 subpoenas to the Clinton administration."</blockquote>

This administration will only look more and more ugly as time passes and bright LIGHT is shed into the dark stinky corners and crevices.

If George Tenet has any sense he'll return the medal Bush gave him....that honor was tainted the moment Bush took us to war under fallacious pretexts.

From Frederick Douglass

If there is no struggle there is no progress......Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.