Posted on 03/30/2014 9:45:36 AM PDT by Nachum
Christie apologized for the gaffe.
Not long after his speech, Christie met with Adelson privately in the casino moguls office in the Venetian hotel and casino, which hosted the RJC meeting.
The source told POLITICO that Christie clarified in the strongest terms possible that his remarks today were not meant to be a statement of policy.
Instead, the source said, Christie made clear that he misspoke when he referred to the occupied territories. And he conveyed that he is an unwavering friend and committed supporter of Israel, and was sorry for any confusion that came across as a result of the misstatement.
Adelson accepted Christies explanation, the source said.
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Before the meeting, Adelson ally Morton Klein, president of the hawkish Zionist Organization of America, had confronted Christie about his use of the term, telling POLITICO he explained to the New Jersey governor that at minimum you should call it disputed territories.
(Excerpt) Read more at israelmatzav.blogspot.com ...
Crispy screwed up and said what he really believes. Time for him to repeat Politician 101. :-)
Oh wow ... I watched the video.
He has NO understanding AT ALL.
BTTT
Words mean something.
Christie’s almost done. I hope Scott Walker is the real deal; I can’t take another Bush Presidency.
His complete ignorance or plain deceit with regard to the dangers of Islamic fundamentalism, these preaching statements he continues to make with regard to Islam in general, are at least circumstantial evidence of his having been "touched," as they say in New Jersey, by local or, perhaps, international Islamic brokers.
There's no questioning Chris is a genuine "hungry political animal," but this isn't Big League sports, the National vs. the American League, etc.
I won't support Republicans just because they aren't Democrats. I'll support Republicans who don't profess illusions about Israel and Islam, who support the Constitution on it's face, who stick to the letter of the Law.
Lex Rex
Either Obizmo will find a way to run again, or Hitlery will win.
This guy is a blow hard obama loving liberal.
How did Christie get Newt out of the way in the kissing line?
The boardwalk goes north to south, not west to east. Your way, he ends up in Delaware.
After his ‘’occupied territories’’ gaffe, Chris Christie’s presidential hopes are not necessarily dead if he can make up the loss of pro-Israel Jewish funding with anti-Israel Muslim funding.
I would trust Jordan over all other neighboring countries because of who the present King of Jordan is. Jordy, as we knew him at Deerfield Academy, is a great guy and very pro-western. He has handled a very difficult task of keeping the radical Palestinian supporters out of his country, while not appearing too Western/Isreal friendly to his predominantly Muslim countrymen. Past wars mean nothing when you have someone like Jordy in control. Notice that the Arab spring wasn’t even a hiccup in Jordan.
“Fat, dumb and...” Need it really be finished?
This is not something you make a mistake about. It is how he feels, I would never use this term.
He must have a demographic study that’s telling him that New Jerk now has more muzzies than jews.
He appointed a muslim justice for a reason.
Adelson is a fanatical supporter of open borders and amnesty, for America, not Israel of course. His behavior and statements seem like they are calculated to play up to every negative Jewish stereotype.
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