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http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/feds-investigating-christies-sandy-relief-funds/story?id=21511567. Due 20 Dec 2014. Do you believe Gov. Chris Christie knew about the lane closures his staff initiated that caused the traffic jams at the George Washington bridge? Do you believe that Gov. Christie should be impeached? Do you believe Gov. Christie spent Hurricane Sandy relief inappropriately? Predict how big an impact these stories will have on the Christie's campaign for President in 2016.
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According to the article, I believe that Gov. Chris Christie did not know about the lane closures his staff initiated that caused the traffic jams at the George Washington Bridge. In my opinion, I think he should be impeached because it is the only way everyone will find out the truth and get to the bottom of everything. I believe Gov. Christie spent Hurricane Sandy relief inappropriately. Instead of spending it on ads about himself, he could spent it on something more important like helping the homeless or giving it to students who cannot afford to go to college. I think that he will loose the campaign. According to the news, Democrats want to get back at Christie for the bad treatments they have suffered under his leadership as governor. In the future Gov. Christie might loose his campaign, because no one is going to want to stand by a government who treats people badly and spends millions of dollars on ads and about himself instead of spending it on something that could benefit everyone.
ReplyDeleteGovernor Chris Christie did not know about the lane closures his staff initiated. I dont believe that he would support somethingthat would cause the traffic jams at George Washington bridge to humiliate himself. I do not think he should be impeached because as of right now, these are all speculations. There are not enough proof that he truly did use hurricane Sandy's money for his campaign. There are no uncorrupt politicians. so, when fiound guilty I think he chould be sued so he can reimburse the money. We must understand though that he did help in the hurricane. The news will have a grea impact on Christie's campaign for the 2016 term. People are goin to be a littlew skeptical about voting him into office. No matter how much of a great governor he was, people are going to have a hard time trusting him. People want to know that the money iis being spent on helping the nation, not on adds for a campaign.
ReplyDeleteI believe Gov. Chris Christie knew about the lane closures his staff initiated that caused the traffic jams at the George Washington bridge. I believe that because the government has a chain of command similar to the military but I believe that the action did not take place without the Chief of Command in this situation (Governor Christie) without him being informed about it. I don't believe that Gov. Christie should be impeached. I believe Gov. Christie spent Hurricane Sandy relief inappropriately, and if its true that he spent that money for his campaign then he should then be impeached. There will be a big an impact on Christie's campaign for President in 2016 due to these stories. Nobody wants a president like that, if these stories do come back to be true.
ReplyDeleteFrom this article, I believe that Chris Christie did not know about the lane closures that his staff initiated causing the traffic jams on the George Washington Bridge. At this moment in time, Gov. Christie should not be impeached because we do not know all of the details at this moment. He stated that he felt embarrassed and humiliated because of the jam. And in my opinion, I do not believe that someone would do this on purpose due to it possibly ruining his political status especially with speculations of him running for President in 2016. With the Hurricane Sandy relief money, I think that it was unfair for him to be using money that was meant to fix up New Jersey for TV ads which had Gov. Christie shown. He should pay for the ads himself, not using the relief money, but he did truly help New Jersey in a time of need and Americans will not forget that. It is hard to say what kind of damage this will do to his possible campaign for President. Only time will tell.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Chris Christie did not know about the lane closures his staff initiated that caused the traffic jams at the George Washington bridge. I also believe that there is not enough proof to know whether or not he used the money raised for hurricane Sandy for his own campaigns. I believe that he would of known what it would do to his political career so I would think he did not do it purposely. I feel like without further investigation then impeachment should not take place. I do believe that he spent Hurricane Sandy money inappropriately. He could of spent it on something that was more important than on his ad's that only benefit him. In the future, I think Christie will have a really hard time because now people see a bad side of him and think of him poorly.
ReplyDeleteI do believe that Governor Chris Christie was aware of the lane closures that his staff initiated that caused the traffic jams at the George Washington bridge. Governor Chris Christie shouldn't be impeached because the investigations are still ongoing. Without any firm proof, these are just all false accusations. He could have also managed the Hurricane Sandy relief fund better. In lieu of working on his political campaign, many others could have been helped which would have helped his campaign anyway because they would vote for him. I am pretty sure that the other presidential candidates will exploit these mistakes that Chris Christie has made and that will affect his campaign in 2016.
ReplyDeletei believe Chris Christie didn't know about the lane closures causing traffic jams on the George Washington bridge. Since the information is unclear at the moment, i think that impeachment would be too hasty at this point in time. I do, though, believe that he took advantage of the hurricane relief money. the money was meant for Jersey, not his face to be on tv. I think that well have to see what goes on to be able to tell how his actions will affect the campaign. i do know that all these stories aren't making him look very good right now.
ReplyDeleteI believed Gov. Chris did know about the lane closure that his staff initiated because it is very hard to believe his staff members can plan something so big without him catching on. No I do not think he should be impeached because no one in the political world is 100% clean or fair and they all seek to gain an advantage over the other. I do also think he took advantage of the relief money and used it for his own purposes. This will impact his chances for the 2016 election severely as people will remember how dishonest he was or was accused of being.
ReplyDeleteYes I believe that Governor Chris Christie knew about the lane closure his staff initiated on the George Washington Bridge. After the release of the incident he was “ashamed” to show his face. If he had nothing to do with the situation, other than being related to such employers he should state that he has no involvement what so ever. I also believe that Governor Christie spent the Hurricane Sandy relief inappropriately not only because of the comment that Rand Paul stated but by the lack of proof on Christie’s part. I feel that Christie will have a slim chance in the 2016 presidential campaign due to all these assumptions that might be real. Who knows what he will do with the financial stake of our entire government?
ReplyDeleteI believe that Governor Chris Christie knew about the lane closures his staff initiated that caused the traffic jams at the George Washington bridge. If he had no clear idea of the event, it would have been highly unlikely. The governor didn't even want to show his face, much less admit to knowing about the lane closures. Although aware of the situation, Gov. Christie should not be impeached based on the unsolved details of what actually occurred. Being aware is much different than actually participating. Gov. Christie should have spent the hurricane Sandy relief money more efficiently. The money was basically used as an advertising campaign for himself. In regards to his political campaign and running for president in 2016, these stories will definitely cause heads to turn. There is no doubt in mind that other candidates will use these stories against him.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Gov. Chris Christie did not know about the lane closures his staff initiated that caused traffic jams on the George Washington Bridge. I don’t think Christie should be impeached, since we do not have all of the information and details. I do not believe that someone as far in his career as Christie would purposely cause something like this to happen while keeping his political career in mind. It wouldn’t make sense for him to do something that could negatively impact his reputation if he plans to run for President in 2016. There also currently may not be enough proof to show whether or not he used the Hurricane Sandy relief money for his campaign. If either of these incidents turns out to prove Christie being at fault or guilty, his future campaign as President may suffer.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Governor Chris Christie knew about the bridge lane closures. I find it hard to believe that his staff would plan the lane closures without him knowing or finding out about it. The political world is full of corrupt people who all seek to gain an advantage over the other. Even it if means closing down bridge lanes to send a message of power. I do not believe that he should be impeached because compared to other scandals that we know about and others that we don’t know about, a traffic jam is pretty minor. When it comes to Hurricane Sandy relief money I believe that he might have used the funds inappropriately, to push his campaign forward rather than actually helping those that need it. I do not believe that these stories will have an impact on his presidential campaign in 2016, the majority of Americans have short term memory when it comes to one’s political past. People still want Hillary Clinton to run even after what happened with Benghazi. Once the elections come around most people won’t remember his scandal or care that it happened.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion i believe Chris Christe knew all along about the lane close, because it doesn't take a brain surgeon to see decisions like these can't just go by him without his knowledge of it. I just believe he did this in order to further benefit his own agenda. Regardless of this incident he shouldn't be impeached because they're are even worse politicians in office out there who've gone through scandals and kept there jobs. Chris Christe could have done abetter job with the spending of the hurricane relief money. He allowed some ridiculous and necessary spending on the money. I am 50/50 on his 2016 campaign for president; all of this might hurt him. It isn't a guaranteed to hurt him or guaranteed not to either. It's just how media will present it. Anything can be twisted in media today.
ReplyDeleteNo, I don't believe that Gov. Chris Christie knew about the lane closures his staff initiated that caused the traffic jams at the George Washington bridge. According to the article, it says that ''Christie said he was embarrassed and humiliated by two key aides who plotted to cause an epic four-day traffic jam at the George Washington Bridge as payback to the Democratic mayor of Fort Lee, where the bridge touches New Jersey"' So, you could see the guilt he felt because of this but it isn't because he's responsible or he was aware of it. He only feels bad about the whole situation. However, I think he should be impeached, just in case it is necessary. I am not sure whether Gov. Christie spent Hurricane Sandy relief inappropriately or not. Either way, they do not have enough proof for this investigation. These stories will have a huge impact on the Christie's campaign for President in 2016 and on his career in general, especially if all these accusations are true.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Governor Chris Christie did know about the lane closures that his staff initiated the caused of the traffic jams at the George Washington bridge. I do not think that Governor Christie should be impeached, just yet. There is not enough evidence, and the investigation is still ongoing. I do believe that Governor Christie spent the Hurricane Sandy relief inappropriately. He should have realized that everyone would be suspicious and look into the Campaign budget. Christie's campaign for President in 2016, would not look well. The opposing candidates will take advantage of this situation and use it against him. The investigation is not over and who knows how it will turn out. Either way Chris Christie's image is questioned and he is looked upon poorly by his people.
ReplyDeletebelieve that Chris Christie did not know about the lane closures his staff initiated that caused the traffic jams at the George Washington bridge. I also believe that there is not enough proof to know whether or not he used the money raised for hurricane Sandy for his own campaigns. I believe that he would of known what it would do to his political career so I would think he did not do it purposely. I feel like without further investigation then impeachment should not take place. I do believe that he spent Hurricane Sandy money inappropriately. He could of spent it on something that was more important than on his ad's that only benefit him. In the future, I think Christie will have a really hard time because now people see a bad side of him and think of him poorly.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Gov. Christie did know about the lane closures. How is his staff able to do such things without his approval? However, I do not believe that he should be impeached. A scandal like this is just too minor of an issue to waste time over. But I do believe that he spent the Hurricane Sandy Funds inappropriately. I think that most of the money went to that promotional video and towards his campaign than the actual relief itself. And regarding his presidential campaign in 2016, these stories will have a huge negative impact on him. Some reporter will always bring up these stories in hopes of making Christie look bad.
ReplyDeleteI think that governor christie knew about the road block on the bridge. HE obviosly orchistrated the event and should be held accountable. I do not however think that he should be impeached.The election in 2016 will definatly be interesting if christie stays in competiton for the role, as an event like this would definatly come back to affect him, in what would most certainlt be a negative way.
ReplyDeleteDebating about the lane closures on the bridge, I do believe that Gov. Chris Christie knew about what was going on. I do not believe that this problem is a big deal to where he has to be impeached because that would be a waste of time for something that isn't even a big deal. But, on the other hand, I do believe that he spent the money for Hurricane Sandy funds inappropriately because I feel that most of the money went towards the videos for his actual campaign the the relief funds itself.
ReplyDeleteBased on this article, I believe that Gov. Chris Christie did not know about this bridge scandal. It does not make sense as to why he would so such a thing that would ruin his political future. In addition, I do not believe that he should be impeached because it is not a big deal. I mean, they could have done worse, but it was just a four day traffic jam they caused. If anything, we should focus on something greater than a traffic jam, such as Gov. Chris Christie using the money for Hurricane Sandy funds inappropriately. Him using it for himself is very selfish. If he is willing to spend those funds for himself, imagine the other things he would do for himself. Because of this, his label is selfish and greedy. He already has a negative impact for his 2016 campaign.
ReplyDeleteI strongly believe that Gov. Chris Christie knew exactly what was going on. His face doesn't look like he cared that the bridge closed. It looks like he's embarrased that the blame for the bridge closing is on him. I believe he was doing it to spite someone else, like an unsupportive mayor. The fact that the money for the Hurricane Sandy funds only help the idea that he has no right to be a political representative anymore. This only goes to show that for some odd reason political leaders are starting to act more like mob bosses rather than honest people trying to help the voice of americans be heard. I think people have forgotten about genuine kindness and fair competition.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Gov. Christie did know about the lane closures because his staff wouldn't be able to do anything without permits and approval. But impeachment is taking it too far, they shouldn't be spending their time on such a small issue that barely effected anyone. The Hurricane Sandy funds were spent incorrectly and inappropriately, he shouldn't have used them for himself. For the 2016 campaign, these articles are not going to benefit him in the election, they're going to look bad on him. Who wants somebody in charge that is spending relief money inappropriately.
ReplyDeleteBased on the information given in this article, I believe that Governor Chris Christie did not have any knowledge on the bridge scandal. It does not make sense why he would even think of doing such a thing that would ruin his political future. Not only that, but I also do not believe that he should be impeached because it should only be one of the smaller issues in the government. Although they could have done worse, it was just a four day traffic jam they caused. If anything, we should focus on something greater than a traffic jam, such as when Governor Chris Christie used the money for Hurricane Sandy funds inappropriately, and instead using it for his own personal needs. If he is willing to spend those funds for himself, imagine the other things he would do for himself. Due to all of these reasons, he is labeled as selfish and greedy and this is going to have a negative impact on his 2016 campaign.
ReplyDeleteI strongly believe that Gov. Chris Christie knew exactly what was going on. It does not make sense why he would even think of doing such a thing that would ruin his political future. The Hurricane Sandy funds were spent incorrectly and inappropriately, he shouldn't have used them for himself. If he is willing to spend those funds for himself, imagine the other things he would do for himself.
ReplyDeleteChris Christie did not know about the lane closures his staff initiated that caused the traffic jams at the George Washington Bridge.I do not believe that he should be impeached because compared to other scandals that we know about and others that we don’t know about, a traffic jam is pretty minor. I do believe that he spent Hurricane Sandy money inappropriately. And that might cause Christie's campaign for President in 2016, to be very limited, no one wants a president who is going to use the peoples money inappropriately.
ReplyDeleteJudging from my own opinion and from the information the article has provided for me, I personally believe that Governor Christie knew about the lane closures. Throughout these past few days, Governor Christie has joked about the situation, denied the situation, and now he's apologizing about the situation. I also find it very difficult to believe that Governor Christie had no idea what his staff were doing.
ReplyDeleteAs far as impeachment goes, I think that it is far too early and that the situation isn't very severe. I also believe that he did spend the Hurricane Sandy funds rather frivolously. I felt that he was basically advertising himself and his family, and that there was not much funds actually going to the cause. All of this controversy will definitely affect his running in the 2016 Presidential election, and if all these accusations are true, he won't have a chance. Heck, if Hilary runs, he won't have a chance even if he is innocent. (Just my two cents)
I believe that Governor Christie completely knew about the lane closures that his staff initiated that have caused huge traffic jams at the George Washington bridge. If he had no idea what his staff was doing, he is at fault for not supervising them well enough as well. I believe that Governor Christie should however, not be impeached because of the traffic jam, however, I think impeaching Governor Christie for inappropriately using Hurricane Sandy relief funds, would be suitable. I believe that he could have inappropriately used the relief funds for advertising to give him a political advantage over his opponents. I believe that both the Hurricane Sandy relief fund scandal, and the "Bridge-Gate" scandal will negatively impact Governor Christie in a presidential campaign in 2016.
ReplyDeleteI do believe Gov. Chris Christie knew about the lane closures his staff initiated that caused the traffic jam at the George Washington Bridge. I think he knew of the initiated but did not take it seriously because he thought it would not actually follow up. Leading up to the fact he looks so embarrassed, stuck on words, and ignoring reporters. I do not think Gov. Christie should be impeached for the traffic jam because mistakes do happen and like I said maybe he did not take his staff seriously and thought they would not follow through with the actions. I do think Gov. Christie spent Hurricane Sandy relief inappropriately. It was Hurricane Sandy Relief funds and not Gov. Christie ad funds. If he felt the Hurricane Sandy situation was fixed and there was extra money then he should put it away for another relief because you never know what could happen and when they might need that money. As of now, that money is gone and this will have a huge impact on his campaign for President in 2016, he can kiss that title goodbye because these stories will come back up.
ReplyDeleteI feel that Chris Christie didn't know about the lane closures that his staff initiated causing the traffic jams on the George Washington Bridge. For the time being, Christie shouldn't be impeached because the details aren't known . He said he felt humiliated because of the jam. i don't think that someone would purposely do that it could jeopardize his political status. as far as the Hurricane Sandy relief money is concerned, I feel that it wasn't right to be using money that was meant to help the people New Jersey for TV ads which had Christie in them. He should pay for the ads himself, not using the relief money, though he did help the state of New Jersey. I'm not sure how these stories will affect his possible campaign for the presidency in 2016, most likely not in a positive way.
ReplyDeleteI think governor Christie knew about the lane closures that his staff initiated causing the traffic jams. But I do not think he thought it would create such an effect. I do not think he's should be impeached because the situation is still being investigated. I do believe he spent hurricane sandy relief inappropriately; and this might negatively effect his presidential campaign even though he stands alongside President Obama.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Governor Chris Christie was not aware of the lane closures that was initiated by his staff that resulted in a massive traffic jam on the GW Bridge. Just by reading this article is doesn't seem that there is much evidence to even convict him of wrongly using the Hurricane Sandy money for his own endeavor. This has caused so many issues to his career and most likely even personal life that I do not think that if he was aware of what was going on that he would just let it slide because he has a lot to lose. I do not believe that he should be impeached without further investigation and new information. I do believe that he might of used the money for his own benefit because it's not really uncommon of people to do such a thing. Also I believe that this will make it extremely hard for him to even run for the presidential election because people are seeing and hearing all these bad things about him and bad publicity doesn't really do anyone well.
ReplyDeleteAccording to the article, I believe that Gov. Chris Christie did not know about the lane closures his staff initiated that caused the traffic jams at the George Washington Bridge. In my opinion, I think he should be impeached because it is the only way everyone will find out the truth and get to the bottom of everything. I do believe that he spent Hurricane Sandy money inappropriately. And that might cause Christie's campaign for President in 2016, to be very limited, no one wants a president who is going to use the peoples money inappropriately. If anything, we should focus on something greater than a traffic jam, such as when Governor Chris Christie used the money for Hurricane Sandy funds inappropriately, and instead using it for his own personal needs. If he is willing to spend those funds for himself, imagine the other things he would do for himself.
ReplyDeleteFor what feels like weeks I've sat through countless hours of anchors and panelists discussing New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's antics involving an artificial traffic jam to strike revenge on the Fort Lee Mayor, Mark Sokolich, for supporting Christie's opponent during his reelection campaign, and for using Hurricane Sandy relief money to market Christie's campaign. However, despite these allegations I do believe Gov. Christie wasn't aware of the lane closure ordeal until after it was enacted. As for the self promotion using Sandy relief money, I believe Christie was fully aware of how his self promoting commercial was being funded. And to address the question of the possibility of Christie being impeached, I think he shouldn't and will not be. His approval rating is still above 50% despite the poor publicity. The truth is, Christie is a candid guy. He can speak very confidently and isn't afraid to address the media head on, which is evident from his recent State of the State speech. I believe he will have success in the 2016 primaries despite the recent distractions.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Gov. Christie did know about the lane closures. How is his staff able to do such things without his approval? However, I do not believe that he should be impeached. A scandal like this is just too minor of an issue to waste time over. But I do believe that he spent the Hurricane Sandy Funds inappropriately. I think that most of the money went towards his campaign an the actual relief itself. And regarding his presidential campaign in 2016, these stories will have a huge negative impact on him. Some reporter will always bring up these stories in hopes of making Christie look bad.
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