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Chris2112 t1_iuilmni wrote

Reply to comment by Leftblankthistime in Chris Christie? by Leftblankthistime

I mean his handling of Sandy was easily the highlight of his career as governor. It was everything that followed, namely bridge gate and his subsequent attempts to salvage a 2016 presidency nomination that causes him to go out as hated as he did

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Leftblankthistime OP t1_iuioru8 wrote

I wouldn’t say that- he was all show. His daily briefings with the power companies was just perception setting and there was no real policy setting as outcomes of policy for future events. No updates to infrastructure, communications gas supplies or anything like that. Other than getting in front of a microphone and going out to “survey the damage” he really didn’t do much. My power was out for a week and my fridge died when the power did come back on so I wasn’t as bad off as a lot of people - but I don’t think he did a good job at all

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Chris2112 t1_iuir2tk wrote

But that's what being a politician is about during a crisis like that. Nothing he did could have fixed power faster but he actually took control of the situation rather than say, flying to Cancún where there's still power

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Leftblankthistime OP t1_iuisad9 wrote

Upvote for the reference- and while I agree with the incident response, a real leader would have gone a step further to use some of the emergency response funding to prepare for the next emergency.

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