With Friends Like These, Who Needs (Political) Enemies?
 

We saw this coming from light years away, and now it's here -- Jon's apolitical friend and Republican presidential hopeful Chris Christie has publicly fired a salvo at Jon's apolitical friend and Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton:
Christie is not holding fellow Republican hopeful Jeb Bush to the same standard, however -- because Jeb's father gave Christie the U.S. Attorney job, perhaps?

And here's another Republican presidential hopeful whose emailing habits may not meet Chris Christie's ethical standards:
Is there an oxygen tank in the house? I'm feeling a little short of breath...

And what is Jon going to do -- support his apolitical friend Christie's allegations against Hillary, or defend his apolitical friend Hillary, (and, by extension, her husband) against Christie? At least ONE of them has stepped out of line. He's going to have to pick a side now --

http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf...t_christi.html

Can you open the link to APP? I can't , access denied 'cause I'm not a subscriber I guess.

Here is the text - there are also a couple of videos.

TRENTON — Here is a look at what's being said across the nation about Gov. Chris Christie's run for president:

• The Des Moines (Iowa) Register ran an opinion piece from Kraig Paulsen, speaker of the Iowa House of Representatives, about why he is endorsing Christie for president.

• Talking Points Memo explored how Christie appears to be backtracking on birthright citizenship.

• The Asbury Park Press examined how a visit to the Iowa State Fair may have been key for Christie.

• The Asbury Park Press reported that Christie was at a fundraiser in the Hamptons this weekend with Jon Bon Jovi.

• Fox News Radio reported that Christie called President Obama "the worst negotiator in the history of the presidency" during an interview.

And here is the story about Christie and Jon "partying"

If it's August, chances are Jon Bon Jovi and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie are at a party in the Hamptons.

This year, it was a return to the Wainscott estate of Ronald O. Perelman to take part in the fundraiser for the Apollo Theater on Saturday, Aug. 15. Jamie Foxx, Jimmy Fallon, Pitball, Christina Aguilera, Smokey Robinson and Bon Jovi were the performers, backed by the Roots, and Jack Nicholson, Penny Marshall, Harvey Weinstein, Mary-Kate Olsen, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Robert Kraft, Perelman and plenty more power players were in the audience, according to multiple reports.


Bon Jovi joined Robinson on stage for “The Tracks of My Tears,” according to the Wall Street Journal.

“This is what rock-and-roll history looks like,” Bon Jovi said of Robinson. “This is what rock 'n' roll history sounds like.”

Christie, who is a Republican presidential candidate, kept a low profile at the party as compared to last year when he jumped on stage to dance with Foxx. Instead, he ate fried chicken and salmon with Bon Jovi and convened with billionaire private equity boss Steve Schwarzman, according to a Bloomberg report. He sat with Matt Lauer to watch the show, according to the New York Times.

Bon Jovi, who has a home in East Hampton, has popped up at several events in the area this summer. Most recently he joined President Bill Clinton Tuesday, Aug. 18 at the the Blue Parrot restaurant in East Hampton for the Clinton's 68th birthday dinner, according to the Daily Mail.

Both Hillary and Chelsea Clinton didn't make the dinner. Jon Bon Jovi and wife Dorothea Bongiovi hosted a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton, a Democratic presidential candidate, in June at the Molly Pitcher Inn in Red Bank.


Bon Jovi is scheduled to release “Burning Bridges” on Friday, Aug. 21, the band’s first album without long-time guitarist and co-writer of the Bon Jovi hits, Richie Sambora.

TY, Kathleen! :D

Oh yeah, I saw photos a few days ago: "Apollo in the Hamptons" and wondered what it was exactly. Now I know!

I thank Kathleen, too -- death to geoblocking!

It would have looked better to actually hold fundraiser AT the Apollo -- the band wasn't too scared to shoot the Keep The Faith video in Harlem:
https://youtu.be/eZQyVUTcpM4

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Wasn't that the original reason for the internet - so that anyone could see the same content anywhere?

They have already screwed that up haven't they. I manage to get around most of it with proxy servers but honestly it has become somewhat of a game for me.

You mean I can't see that - hmmm...... I bet I can find a way :D

Was it geoblocking? I was only asked to subscribe. There's a different message when a site is geoblocked.

Proxy servers work fine but you end up spending your time changing the settings which is a bore. Yeah, we're far from the global village that they tried to sell us when it all started!

This just in -- the state court has approved the three-cents-on the dollar Exxon Mobil settlement.

I just saw that in the Times. Ugh.....that guy has sold New New Jersey down the river more than once. Disgusting :(

While his three-cents-on-the-dollar settlement is being appealed, let's check in on Christie's presidential campaign.

Christie has undisputed possession of eleventh place in the national polls, once again putting himself in danger of missing the cut for the next nationally televised Republican debate on Sept. 16:
That really is too bad, especially since Christie appointed one of his own aides to help run the New Hampshire Republican party!

But what's the cure -- what strategy should Christie employ to overcome the formidable polling and media domination of frontrunner Trump? Well, it makes sense to take a look at what Trump has been saying to earn such domination:

Quote:

"When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best...They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people." Trump publicly gave out Senator Lindsey Graham's phone number during a speech in South Carolina as a response to Graham calling him a "jackass". Trump said that (Fox News Reporter Megyn) Kelly is a "lightweight" and had "blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever." Trump said of (Senator John) McCain: "He’s not a war hero...because he was captured."

Did you see the pattern there? Do you see the answer? It's right under your nose -- the way to duplicate the success of The Donald (what his first wife called him) is to duplicate Duh Donald!

Okay, slogan duplicating accomplished. All he has to do now is say something "ever controversial" that the Republican voters would love and that the national media simply could not ignore:
First of all, it's not FedEx who Christie be talking to about implementing his plan...


Secondly, where would the tracking mechanism be? If it's on the visa itself, that raises the problem of the visa not always being where the visa holder is. That leaves embedding it in the visa holder, like that movie Logan's Run:

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Or something could be tattooed on, like what was done to Holocaust prisoners.

So far, FedEx has declined comment...for some reason...