Trump and his boy Christie

An update...

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/gov-chris-christie-vetted-potential-vice-presidential-pick/story?id=40254381&cid=abcn_fb

I guess the McDonalds runs are paying off...

Please let that happen. We saw how well Carly Fiorina did for Ted Cruz! Line up all the failed candidates.

Slate published a series of recollections from crew members on Donald Trump’s reality show, The Apprentice ... There’s one passage that’s of particular interest ... it involves a former “midlevel producer” on the show recalling Trump‘s fondness for keeping a certain contestant on the show despite his demonstrable ineptitude.

“There was a fat contestant who was a buffoon and a f*ckup. And he would f*ck up week after week, and the producers would figure that he’d screwed up so badly that Trump would have to fire him. But Trump kept deciding to fire someone else. The producers had to scramble because of course Trump can never be seen to make a bad call on the show, so we had to re-engineer the footage to make a different contestant look bad. Later, I heard a producer talk to him, and Trump said, ‘Everybody loves a fat guy. People will watch if you have a funny fat guy around. Trust me, it’s good for ratings.’”

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/06/apprentice_crew_members_on_their_old_boss_donald_trump.html

TarheelsInNj said:

Please let that happen. We saw how well Carly Fiorina did for Ted Cruz! Line up all the failed candidates.

If only. I love how he said this...

"All I can tell you is that my intention is that I'm going to serve the rest of my term as governor until Jan. 16, 2018, and then return to the private sector," Christie said.

Like really?

Even Sarah Palin had the decency to resign when she no longer wanted to do the job.

It's like Lex Luthor and The Joker teaming up to wreak havoc and destruction on Metropolis and Gotham City.

May both of their political careers be destroyed together.

Trump will go back to his businesses. Don't know where Christie will go. 

LOST said:

Trump will go back to his businesses. Don't know where Christie will go. 

Back to his business?  You mean this isn't reality T.V.?

OK, his other businesses.

This just in....the other leading candidate for Trump VP is none other than 

Newt.

LOST said:

OK, his other businesses.

You mean his business of pretending to be a real estate developer, scamming people out of their life savings, then claiming he actually had nothing to do with it when they try to get their money back?  

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-baja-snap-story.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/30/us/politics/donald-trump-institute-plagiarism.html

http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/realestate/buyers-still-feel-burned-by-donald-trump-after-tampa-condo-tower-failure/2239499

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-gained-license-print-000000122.html

His other business is literally being a con artist.

Forgot about this one. 

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/25/inside-donald-trump-s-vitamin-scam.html

He is nothing but a snake oil salesman.

Possible Veep pick press conference?

https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/751846894930800640

".@ChrisChristie to join @realDonaldTrump Monday in Va, rescheduled after Friday's events canceled due to Dallas @ChrisSnyderFox reports"

Bridgegate is going to get yuuuuge real soon now. 

Sorry Chris... 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mike-pence-donald-trump-vice-pres_us_577e9f23e4b01edea78cfce5?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000013§ion=politics

Pence is a big league high energy choice. Nice of him to bring up Benghazi introducing Trump: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnUQn9tPDiA

Suppose he's ribbing directly into the General James Stavridis pick and wants to steer the conversation that way. Hope that doesn't take up more than a week or so of news

Does anyone still think Christie will be the VP pick?

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/15/nyregion/david-samson-chris-christie-george-washington-bridge-scandal.html?_r=0

it's Pence, whoever the frig that is.

LOST said:

Does anyone still think Christie will be the VP pick?

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/15/nyregion/david-samson-chris-christie-george-washington-bridge-scandal.html?_r=0

This makes me happy.  More, please.

Trump is going for the bigotry jackpot. He already had managed to antagonize Latinos, Muslims, women, African Americans, and Jews.  Pence adds LGBT bigotry to the mix.

Good times!

ml1 said:

Trump is going for the bigotry jackpot. He already had managed to antagonize Latinos, Muslims, women, African Americans, and Jews.  Pence adds LGBT bigotry to the mix.

Good times!

You undersell Pence!  He's also a big help with the misogynist vote.

This might be bad news for CC:

David Samson, a close associate of Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony in connection with the federal prosecution of the intentional tie-up of traffic at the George Washington Bridge in 2013.

nyt

So you are all sure it's going to be Pence? 

Trump is so unpredictable who knows?

He must've gotten some sort of deal to cooperate, no?

sure.  but Trump didn't need any bolstering on that front.

mjh said:

ml1 said:

Trump is going for the bigotry jackpot. He already had managed to antagonize Latinos, Muslims, women, African Americans, and Jews.  Pence adds LGBT bigotry to the mix.

Good times!

You undersell Pence!  He's also a big help with the misogynist vote.

I can't believe this is happening. How is this happening? It's like a bad movie, but worse - it's for real.

I keep waiting for Trump to say "bazinga".

GL2 said:

This might be bad news for CC:

David Samson, a close associate of Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony in connection with the federal prosecution of the intentional tie-up of traffic at the George Washington Bridge in 2013.

nyt

This is from that article

That investigation homed in on Mr. Samson’s dealings with officials of United Airlines, the main tenant of Newark Liberty International Airport,
which is also run by the Port Authority. United had been operating
weekly flights between Newark and a small airport in Columbia, S.C.,
that was near a home owned by Mr. Samson.
The
airline had canceled the flights, but on Thursday, Mr. Samson,
appearing in United States District Court in Newark, admitted that he
used his position as Port Authority chairman to pressure United into
reinstating the route.

And some other parts which don't seem to have anything to do with Bridgegate just Sampson using his influence as head of the PA inappropriately.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2016/07/david_samson_port_authority.html

David Samson - the embattled former chairman of the powerful Port
Authority of New York and New Jersey - pleaded guilty Thursday afternoon
to using his considerable clout to coerce one of the nation's largest
airlines to accommodate his desire for a regularly scheduled, non-stop
flight to his South Carolina summer home.

I heard that Jamei Fox was indicted today...