ext_78972 ([identity profile] mylaptopisevil.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] politicartoons 2010-09-15 11:48 am (UTC)

Re: timeline

I'm not seeing the lie here.

lie 1:
This is our Race to the Top application, the piece of paper that was included in error was one sheet of paper. In a over one thousand page application, 300 pages of application 700 of appendixes, there was one piece of paper placed in error in that application. It asked for a comparison of 2008 to 2009 numbers, it was placed in there as a comparison between 2010 and 2011 numbers, one piece of paper. That is the responsibility of the DOE for having put the wrong piece of paper in. I’m not going to fire somebody over this, this was a simple clerical error in putting together an application of this size.


reality:
He fired Bret Schundler after all.

lie 2:
When you are a reviewer in Washington, D.C. and you flip to that page in this application and it says ’08 ’09 numbers are requested and you see ’10 & 11, if you are a normal, thinking, breathing human being you pick up the phone and say ‘Hey, you sent this one wrong paper, can we get the information?’ or if you are really concerned about what the information is, it’s available on the Treasury website for ’08 & ’09 and you can look it up yourself. But then we went even further, when we went in for the personal interview, two weeks before the decision was made they raised the issue with us. Commissioner Schundler gave them the 08 &09 numbers two weeks before the decision was made. And the 08 – 09 comparison supports us getting the full number of points under that. This is the stuff, candidly, that drives people crazy about government and crazy about Washington. The first part of it is the mistake of putting the wrong piece of paper in. It drives people crazy and, believe me, I’m not thrilled about it. But the second part is, does anybody in Washington, D.C. have a lick of common sense? Pick up the phone and ask us for the number.


reality:
They did point out the error and ask for the correct numbers during the interview. Bret Schundler even tells Christie this yet Christine goes on a tirade about Washington not "getting it" and fart fart fart they have no common sense.

lie 3:
When the president comes back to New Jersey, he’s going to have to explain to the people of the state of New Jersey why he’s depriving them of $400 million that this application earned. Because one of his bureaucrats in Washington couldn’t pick up the phone and ask a question, couldn’t go on the internet and find information, or wouldn’t accept the verbal representation of commissioner Schundler when they were down there.


reality:
Since the latter half of this quote was proven false, is Christie now against the free market and the concept of "winners" and "losers" in the business world? Should everyone who applies for a grant get that grant? Is that how Christie believes money should be spent? Why did they deserve to be in 10th place when another state scored higher by providing more/better/accurate information?

lie 4:
I’m taking responsibility, commissioner Schundler’s taking responsibility and I’m not going to allow anybody to be scapegoated over this. You want to take shots? Take shots at me.


I never knew "I take responsibility" means "I blame Washington's lack of common sense by claiming they didn't ask about something they specifically did ask about."

(source (http://www.state.nj.us/governor/news/news/552010/approved/20100825b.html))

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