New Jersey traffic jam

[Dick Whitman]

Can we talk about it?

Pretty please?

This is the best story ever.

 

[MisterCreosote]

It's all the work of a bunch of weightists who can't stand that a fat person is in a position of power.

 

[Boom_70]

Can we talk about it?

Pretty please?

This is the best story ever.

Best story ever? Better than a sitting president getting a blow job from an intern?

 

[Dick Whitman]

Can we talk about it?

Pretty please?

This is the best story ever.

Best story ever? Better than a sitting president getting a blow job from an intern?

That was a pretty good story.

 

[YankeeFan]

Is it a lack of talent, poor software, or some combination of both that leads to a cover like this:

 

[cranberry]

The only people who like this story more than liberal Democrats are conservative Republicans.

 

[MisterCreosote]

The only people who like this story more than liberal Democrats are conservative Republicans.

It's pretty sad that Christie saying "Obama did a good job with hurricane relief" will cost him WAY more votes than something like this.

 

[Boom_70]

NY Times shows their colors with above the fold story. IRS scandal did not get this
type of coverage in first few days.

 

[Dick Whitman]

NY Times shows their colors with above the fold story. IRS scandal did not get this
type of coverage in first few days.

This is a local story for them.

 

[deskslave]

Is it a lack of talent, poor software, or some combination of both that leads to a cover like this:

Some combination of both. Poor software won't help, but at the very least, they should be smart enough to realize that their software sucks enough to make a cover like that a bad idea.

Not that it's ever really a good idea.

 

[MisterCreosote]

The Trentonian has been a complete joke for roughly 11 1/2 years.

 

[Songbird]

Is it a lack of talent, poor software, or some combination of both that leads to a cover like this:

I'll put a lot of money on the publisher (or whatever his title is right now) coming up with this hed. I know how he operates. The software does kind of suck unless they've upgraded since I left. Doubt it. The publisher (or whatever his title is now) will have a raging boner all day after this cover.

 

[cranberry]

The only people who like this story more than liberal Democrats are conservative Republicans.

It's pretty sad that Christie saying "Obama did a good job with hurricane relief" will cost him WAY more votes than something like this.

True. He's been getting his ass handed to him lately by state conservatives over his support of the Dream Act, too.

I'd guess conservatives are generally OK with the concept of political retribution.

 

[Guy_Incognito]

Republican, Christie voter and fan: this one will leave a mark. The bad news is, like lewinsky, that this is totally consistent with what all of us, even those who like him which makes it easy to believe and his protests of innocence hard to believe. (not that I know he's lying when he says he didn't know, but when it gets that high up, it probably means you've set a culture in motion where those close to you would think you approve.).

That's also the good news for him. Again, like lewinsky, his fans knew he had this in him and liked him anyway which might make it easier to recover.

 

[Bob Cook]

Good: Christie is issuing actual apologies, and firing staff directly involved. He says he's planning to go to Fort Lee to apologize of the mayor (assuming he can negotiate the traffic, har har).

Bad: It won't end here. Despite his protestations that he knew nothing, there will be investigations determining whether that was true -- or whether he merely failed to ask questions about it in a timely manner. It's not like yesterday was the first time the idea of intentional, politically motivated closures was brought up. As Guy noted, it opens up questions whether Christie, despite what he said, set up a culture that allowed this stuff to happen.

 

[Bob Cook]

He just said "I am not a bully."

It won't be the last time he says that.

 

[Guy_Incognito]

Agree

Good: Christie is issuing actual apologies, and firing staff directly involved. He says he's planning to go to Fort Lee to apologize of the mayor (assuming he can negotiate the traffic, har har).

Bad: It won't end here. Despite his protestations that he knew nothing, there will be investigations determining whether that was true -- or whether he merely failed to ask questions about it in a timely manner. It's not like yesterday was the first time the idea of intentional, politically motivated closures was brought up. As Guy noted, it opens up questions whether Christie, despite what he said, set up a culture that allowed this stuff to happen.

Agreed, pretty good apology.

 

[LongTimeListener]

He just said "I am not a bully."

It won't be the last time he says that.

Maybe he and Goodell can do an anti-bullying program ahead of the Super Bowl.

 

[Guy_Incognito]

If he knew, it will come out and he's finished. That now becomes the journalistic holy grail - evidence that he knew.

 

[Songbird]

Sad thing is that a good guy like Baroni gets canned resigns over this.