Posted on 11/08/2005 7:10:16 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Corzine elected governor of New Jersey
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Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Corzine (news, bio, voting record) was elected governor of New Jersey on Tuesday, defeating Republican Doug Forrester after an exceptionally nasty and expensive race, media outlets reported.
Corzine, a multi-millionaire and former Wall Street executive, and Forrester, a wealthy business owner, spent an estimated $72 million of their own money in campaigns marked by charges of corruption and infidelity, including the Forrester campaign's use of damning quotes by Corzine's ex-wife.
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What a piece of work.
Back in 1997/1999, Corzine would eat lunch once a week with Kevin Ingram. Ever hear of Kevin Ingram?
Kevin Ingram was the head of MBS at Deutsche Bank after he was a rising star at Goldman Sachs (where he become best buddies with Corzine).
Ingram was fired in 1999 from his job at Deutsche Bank after the 1998 collapse of their mortgage derivatives portfolio. He brought in Jesse Jackson on his behalf and received what is rumored to be a $30 million severance package. Not bad for a guy who spent much of his time on a yacht in Florida.
Anyway, he started an internet mortgage/bond trading company which eventually lost its venture capital partner all of its investment (Corzine was a large investor).
Kevin was arrested in 2001 for attempting to launder money for Al-Qaeda in a transaction for stinger missles and allegedly nuclear arms components.
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0KNK/is_3_3/ai_80206454
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http://www.users.cloud9.net/~drs/ontheqt/QT13.html
Also,
"Speaking of games "terror broker" Kevin Ingram was released from prison a few months ago. The former head of the mortgage backed securities desk at Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank was arrested prior to 9/11, while arranging to launder 2.5 million dollars for friends engaged in buying illegal weapons. Specifically Stinger Missiles. They were also seeking, but had not obtained, nuclear related materials. The weapons were intended for what were at first called "undisclosed" Mid East terrorists. By last August, Dateline NBC and the Washington Post were reporting that the weapons were slated for either Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, or Kashmiri terrorists, via sympathetic elements in Pakistan's Intelligence Agency. After 9/11, Pakistan was an important U.S. ally. Compared to other terror cases, Ingram & crew got a soft pedal. Or as an acquaintance of his wrote QT: they threw the booklet at him.
In his Wall Street days, Ingram was a high flying bird-- a one time protégé of ex Goldman Sachs CEO and now New Jersey Senator Jon Corzine. The Reverend Jesse Jackson helped negotiate Ingram's highly profitable dismissal from Deutsche bank. To many, Ingram's high life lent his other life an air of the unreal. His actions were inexplicable. Hence, unbelievable.
Kevin Ingram did 18 months. Perhaps "terror slacker" John Walker Lindh, as he looks ahead to decades behind bars, wishes he'd helped facilitate Stinger Missile sales to the Taliban, rather than tote a rifle amidst them. Or that he'd spent less time collecting hip hop music and more time skipping out on HUD deals in Harlem. Which was another page from Ingram's resume.
Ingram's weird tale touches many places. In Jersey City, New Jersey, he was part of a small construction company. One of his partners was doing arms deals and wanted to launder the cash. Through him, Ingram also got to know Mohammed "Mike" Malik, originally from Pakistan and a long time Jersey City resident. Along with selling arms and being an "associate of Middle Eastern terrorists" Malik had a number of business interests. Including a long distance, phone card company and a deli/liquor store across from city hall. Malik was public spirited. When the nabe was heavily Hispanic, his One Stop Shop raised beer prices in honor of Puerto Rican Day Parades. Malik was also on the zoning board, under two Democratic mayors including convicted bank fraud Merry Jerry McCann. Malik later contributed $1000 to the gubernatorial campaign of Republican Mayor Bret Schundler. After the arms case broke, McCann described Malik as a political hanger-on and Schundler said he wouldn't know him if he met him. In Jersey City developers rule. Odd that a political Pupkin could hang-on at the zoning board. And that a campaign contribution from an ultra local businessmen bought no face recognition at city hall. Equally odd is that at the time of the Dateline NBC story, "terror deli man" Mike Malik still strode the streets-- jailess in Jersey City."
Makes us want to move to New Jersey!
Gee, Corzine is such a total bottom dweller.
I'm so hurt!
Well, the folks in New Jersey didn't fail to disappoint last night. It's going to be an expensive lesson I fear
Serves New Jersey right, since they are a bunch of masochist.
Steve Doochie from Fox and Friends lives in NJ
report: Corzine to appoint McGreevey Director of Homeland Security
Did Corzine promise to lower the drinking age from 21 to 18?
Quote: "Although living in PA which has a comparable dirtbag Governor in Fast Eddie Rendell, at least it is not a 1 Party State like they have with the NJ politburo. NJ is the only place that I know of where people move to PA just to get out of their state."
Looks like my commute to work is going to get a whole lot longer because either I am finding a job in a Red State or moving to PA and commuting to NJ. But hey, soon enough Johnny Boy Corzine will find new and exciting ways to tax residents of other states, just like NY.
The sad thing is, NJ taxes are already exceedingly high. NJ was attractive to businesses because it was an alternative to NY. Within a year of Corzine's governorship, that will go by the wayside. Start the egg timer and count the months until there is a serious slide in the NJ economy.
Quote: "What the "soak the rich" crowd doesn't realize is that if they soak the New Jersey rich much more and New Jersey companies much more, they'll move elsewhere and take their money with them."
Even worse, Corzine's definition of "rich" is anyone making over 75K. In a state like NJ, 75K doesn't count for crap. That is the dems dirty little trick that needs to be shot down and soon. They always say "tax cuts for the rich" but they are talking about pretty much anybody who works for a living. Thus, when they come in and give a "middle class" tax cut (if they ever do) they are really giving it to people who don't pay taxes (read welfare). Everybody else gets their taxes hiked, including the people who voted for Corzine and the dems. But hey, the "middle class" tax cut rhetoric sure did sound good during the campaign.
The term is 'turd-burglar'.
I recognize your reference from The Godfather. The mob bosses were discussing whether to participate in the heroin racket in the inner city. In the present case, the drug of choice is Liberalism, and it is polluting the minds and souls of those who indulge in it. New Jersey used to be a reliably Republican state (even 15-20 years ago). It's a damned shame they've gone down the same path as New York and Massachusetts - and they will live to regret it.
Well, you get what you pay for.
"Anyone dumb enough to still be in NJ deserves Corzine."
I love living in NJ. I just hate the corruption, the politics, the taxes, the courts and the women with big hair who crack their gum.
It could be that the majority THINKS it benefits from the "soak-the-rich" taxation in socialist NJ. Maybe P.T. Barnum was right about NJ at least.
Who had the smaller percent: Schundler (2001) or Forrester? I think it was Schundler.
You just described why I will never even go to NJ again, let along live there. LOSER ALERT!...LOSER ALERT!...
"hold to your wallets........."
And your noses too. To all you staunch NJ GOPers....
COURAGE.....you are the lotus among the turds.
You NJ libs....you 'STUCK ON STUPID' and 'Stupid is as Stupid does' enjoy your new Gov. Corslime.
Not contestable. Corzine appoints his replacement, who serves out Corzine's term. Then the replacement runs as an incumbent 'Rat. In NJ, that's about as close as you can come to a lifetime appointment.
On the Rep side, the opponent will probably be...Forrester? Why not? He's becoming the Harold Stassen of NJ politics. So what does a third statewide loss matter? Hey, at least he's getting good at writing concession speeches.
Same here. Actually, even if we could easily change jobs and go elsewhere, I'd stay here.
State taxes are worse in NY, and gas taxes are worse in PA.
It's the FEDERAL "alternative minimum tax" that's the killer for us, and moving elsewhere in the US wouldn't change that.
A lot of people don't know that NJ has some really beautiful country, the northwest and western counties particularly. My county is steeped in Revolutionary War history and is solidly GOP. Also Cape May is a pretty area (and Republican too).
The problem for the GOP in NJ mainly boils down to two things: Newark and Camden. The corruption emanating from those two hellholes is simply overwhelming.
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