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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 2223781" data-attributes="member: 56035">yea chris is probably wrong as usual just like he was wrong about obama changing nothing and serving corporate power...or maybe how he was wrong about the iraq war being a total disaster and increasing terrorism LOLfrom that article:"A 2010 U.S. Department of Justice inspector general’s investigation of Christie’s spending patterns in the federal job he held before he became governor, the book notes, called Christie “the U.S. attorney who most often exceeded the government [travel expense] rate without adequate justification” and someone who offered “insufficient, inaccurate, or no justification” for stays at exclusive hotels such as the Four Seasons. In addition, the inspector general’s report raised questions among Romney’s vetters about “Christie’s relationship with a top female deputy who accompanied him on many trips,” the book said.“There was the fact that Christie worked as a lobbyist on behalf of the Securities Industry Association at a time when <a href="http://www.biography.com/people/bernard-madoff-466366" target="_blank">Bernie Madoff</a> was a senior SIA official—and sought an exemption from New Jersey’s Consumer Fraud Act,” Halperin and Heilemann wrote. “There [also] was Christie’s decision to steer hefty government contracts to donors and political allies such as former attorney general John Ashcroft, which sparked a congressional hearing. There was a defamation lawsuit brought against Christie, arising out of his successful 1994 run to oust an incumbent in a local Garden State race. Then there was Todd Christie [the governor’s brother], who in 2008 agreed to a settlement of civil charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission in which he acknowledged making ‘hundreds of trades in which customers had been systematically overcharged.’ (Todd also oversaw a family foundation whose activities and purpose raised eyebrows among the vetters.) And all of that was on top of a litany of glaring matters that sparked concern on [the Romney] team: Christie’s other lobbying clients; his investments overseas; the YouTube clips that helped make him a star but might call into doubt his presidential temperament; and the status of his health."it also says hes been a lobbyist and has served corporate power ever since and acts like the mafia or a bully.  theres even links to videos of christie doing this.the article also quotes another book you can read if your interested in who trump is closely associating himself with.dont hold your breath!</blockquote>

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