Posted on 07/03/2011 12:30:36 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
'I want to punch him in his head' By: Maggie Haberman July 3, 2011 02:35 PM EDT
The Newark Star-Ledger has some explosive quotes from one of the two Democratic legislative leaders who recently reached a compromise on a pension reform bill with Gov. Chris Christie regarding the overall state budget:
Senate President Stephen Sweeney went to bed furious Thursday night after reviewing the governor’s line-item veto of the state budget.
He woke up Friday morning even angrier.
“This is all about him being a bully and a punk,” he said in an interview Friday.
“I wanted to punch him in his head.”
Sweeney had just risked his political neck to support the governor’s pension and health reform, and his reward was a slap across the face. The governor’s budget was a brusque rejection of every Democratic move, and Sweeney couldn’t even get an audience with the governor to discuss it.
“You know who he reminds me of?” Sweeney says. “Mr. Potter from ‘It’s a Wonderful Life,’ the mean old bastard who screws everybody.”
This is not your regular budget dispute. This is personal. And it could have seismic impact on state politics.
A Christie spokesman didn't immediately respond to an email. But the pension deal was widely viewed as the antithesis to the bitter battle over union rights in Wisconsin.
And Sweeney's comments could be a harbinger of future rancor, as the nationally-watched governor pivots toward an education reform agenda by the end of the next legislative session.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
I just like to vent about that movie (LOL) - especially to people who think it’s soooooo wonderful. That’s when I go off on old man Potter. Puts their knickers in a twist.
No you’re right, it was ‘’Uncle Billy’’. ‘’George’’ was George Bailey.
The new civility for the Twenty-First Century.
Oh, okay. I must have missed something. Thanks.
LOL. The English Parliament is a delight to watch. They get into fist fights and screaming matches. I’d love to see some of that in our political arena. Maybe I’m just bored? LOL
I watched one of those parliamentary procedures years ago with Thatcher. Someone actually called her an old cow. She basically replied to him to bring it on. She loved it.
It was refreshing. I’m tired of hearing our so-called “statesmen” saying “My esteemed colleague, with all due respect, blah, blah, blah.”
civil rhetoric
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