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Taylor M
Citizen
Username: Anotherusername
Post Number: 289
Registered: 8-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 - 7:41 pm: | 
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I'm surprised nobody's mentioned this! According to the Newark Star Ledger, Acting Gov. Richard Codey was upset over comments a DJ on radio staion 101.5 radio station made about Codey's wife's struggle with postpartum depression.
Last night, Codey was at the station for the monthly "Ask the Governor" show. When he ran into the DJ in the hall he told him "I wish I weren't governor, I'd take you out."
They then got nose to nose and others had to come between them.
While the DJ may have been out of line (I've heard his shows and he can be obnoxious) What are your thought on this?
An Acting Gov. threatening someone with bodily harm? |
sbenois
Citizen
Username: Sbenois
Post Number: 13021
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 - 7:45 pm: |
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Good for Cody. The moron on the radio was way out of bounds. I like Cody. |
Taylor M
Citizen
Username: Anotherusername
Post Number: 290
Registered: 8-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 - 8:00 pm: |
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Forgot to include a link to the article
http://www.nj.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news-20/11067226846070.xml?starledger?n top
Sdenois - So you agree with an elected offical with armed troopers standing there threatening to harm someone? If you or I did this, we'd be arrested. |
shh
Citizen
Username: Shh
Post Number: 2114
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 - 8:10 pm: |
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Craig Carten is a wannabe shock jock and is loving every minute of this publicity.
It was probably his on-air persona who made the statement (pretty obnoxious guy) and he was surprised at Codey's reaction. Codey was understandably offended and may have acted a little inappropriately, but didn't do anything illegal.
No big deal. Good for Codey for calling him on it. At least he is not afraid to stand up for himself. |
sbenois
Citizen
Username: Sbenois
Post Number: 13023
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 - 8:36 pm: |
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Frankly speaking, if Cody had ordered him shot I would have applauded. |
argon_smythe
Citizen
Username: Argon_smythe
Post Number: 519
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 - 9:00 pm: |
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Good for Codey. He scored one in my book.
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Joe
Citizen
Username: Gonets
Post Number: 665
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 - 10:19 pm: |
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I don't know what 101.5's call letters are but they should be WLCD.
I've only listened to that station in bits and pieces over the year. It's consistently dumb, and I'll never understand why their shows all use an echo effect. Perhaps it helps let non native speakers know that they're listening to dumb radio. |
Nohero
Citizen
Username: Nohero
Post Number: 4275
Registered: 10-1999
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 - 10:20 pm: |
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I think we've found something we all can agree on.
The radio guy was a jerk, and Codey called him on it. Good. |
Bobkat
Supporter
Username: Bobk
Post Number: 7377
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2005 - 4:43 am: |
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Hey, we have a real "Jersey Guy" as Governor and Jersey Guys don't take that kind of ••••. Good for Dick!!! |
Rastro
Citizen
Username: Rastro
Post Number: 662
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2005 - 5:38 am: |
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This made the AP wire, too.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20050126/ap_on_re_us/nj_gover nor_radio_host |
newone
Citizen
Username: Newone
Post Number: 201
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2005 - 8:12 am: |
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Apparently Codey really said "I'll take you outside." But who knows....
Whatever he said, good for him - the jock deserved it. |
Rick B
Citizen
Username: Ruck1977
Post Number: 448
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2005 - 8:32 am: |
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is this the same craig carten that used to be on WIP? |
tjohn
Citizen
Username: Tjohn
Post Number: 2884
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2005 - 8:41 am: |
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Unfortunately, the 1st Amendment which was really intended to allow criticism of the government, can't be interpreted narrowly enough to exclude shock jocks from its protection.
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Ukealalio
Citizen
Username: Ukealalio
Post Number: 1776
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2005 - 10:32 am: |
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Hey maybe if John Edwards read MOL and saw Straws unbelievably stupid and insensitive posting about Elizabeth Edwards breast cancer, he would have asked Straw to step outside. |
overtaxdalready
Citizen
Username: Overtaxdalready
Post Number: 340
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2005 - 10:37 am: |
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I think he's the same Craig Carten that was on a sports talk radio show about 5 years ago before going to 101.5. He was awful then, and it sounds like things haven't changed. |
notehead
Supporter
Username: Notehead
Post Number: 1957
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2005 - 11:24 am: |
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The whole "shock jock" thing makes me wonder about our culture. Why do people like to hear someone be rude and/or humiliating? Why are radio station owners and managers willing to make their money by catering to, and fostering, this sick market?
Yesterday I learned about some NYC radio show called "Miss Jones in the Morning" which was just canceled because the show staff thought it was funny to re-write the song "We Are The World" with lyrics ridiculing the tsunami victims. WTF?!! We don't need a law for it to be quite clear that these people should never be allowed near a radio studio again!!
"The piece used racial slurs to describe people swept away in the disaster, made jokes about child slavery and people watching their mothers die."
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jet
Citizen
Username: Jet
Post Number: 715
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2005 - 11:32 am: |
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Put a fork in this guy , he's done with his ill advised faint @ running for Gov. . He can play lame duck now & pose for his portrait to be hung next to DeFranciscos . |
anon
Citizen
Username: Anon
Post Number: 1625
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2005 - 9:27 pm: |
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jet:
Expecting a check from Jon Corzine? |
jet
Citizen
Username: Jet
Post Number: 721
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 28, 2005 - 11:30 am: |
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No , but Joe "D" is.Realisticly Codey had no chance , NJ needs new leadership not some 30 yr career politican that hails from the highest taxed county in the nation. If Codey offered him self up for state wide election he'd be turn into a bloody mess. |
notehead
Supporter
Username: Notehead
Post Number: 1966
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 28, 2005 - 2:54 pm: |
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Well... at least Codey has got a pair. Kudos to him for getting in Carten's face. |
jet
Citizen
Username: Jet
Post Number: 722
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 28, 2005 - 3:11 pm: |
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If I had 4 armed st. troopers behind me I'd get up in Ray Lewis's grill. Cmon folks the "First Lady" said she considerd putting her baby in a microwave, I asked my mother if she ever wanted to put me in a microwave , she said yes , when I was 16 & wrecked the family car. I'm surprized Codey isn't getting up in her grill , she is the wife of a career politican , she doesn't know the drill by now. |
anon
Citizen
Username: Anon
Post Number: 1631
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2005 - 6:04 pm: |
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"career politician"
Sounds like a talking point from the Corzine campaign. Maybe we need an "ordinary" down to earth kind of guy, instead of a wealthy celebrity. |
jet
Citizen
Username: Jet
Post Number: 723
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Monday, January 31, 2005 - 7:46 am: |
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Anon , what would you call him , besides lame duck. This guy has never said one concrete thing without leaving himself a out.And no this state doesn't need an ordinary " Jersey Guy" . He is part of the problem . |
Bobkat
Supporter
Username: Bobk
Post Number: 7413
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, January 31, 2005 - 7:51 am: |
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I heard an interesting take on Corzine as governor. Some reasonably influencial non-government Dems are worried that he will not tackle the corruption issues because it might impact his run for the Presidential nomination.
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Dave
Moderator
Username: Dave
Post Number: 5124
Registered: 4-1998
| | Posted on Monday, January 31, 2005 - 10:06 am: |
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Codey just backed out of the gubinatorial race. |
mickey
Citizen
Username: Mickey
Post Number: 217
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - 8:40 am: |
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Too bad. I really liked Codey. Fighting for rights for the mentally ill, putting life saving defibrulators in state schools, ensuring ethics in government... acting like a normal person when his wife's illness was mocked and ridiculed. I felt like he was "one of us." Jersey is #1 to him. I think Corzine will try to parlay his governorship (if he gets it) into a more nation-wide profile (for him). Lord knows he has the money for it. |
Nohero
Citizen
Username: Nohero
Post Number: 4284
Registered: 10-1999
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - 8:47 am: |
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It makes you wonder - is it possible for a "normal" person, like Codey, to gain higher office? It would be too bad if it's not. |
ffof
Citizen
Username: Ffof
Post Number: 3296
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - 8:50 am: |
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Is Corzine "abnormal"? |
Nohero
Citizen
Username: Nohero
Post Number: 4285
Registered: 10-1999
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - 8:57 am: |
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No, just stinkin' rich. |
jet
Citizen
Username: Jet
Post Number: 728
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - 9:16 am: |
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Codey will be the next CEO of NJSEA. He took the deal.What else is new ? |
Dave
Moderator
Username: Dave
Post Number: 5131
Registered: 4-1998
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - 9:19 am: |
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Chris Christie will run in a primary against Forrester and win easily. Christie will then lose to Corzine in a 53/47 vote. |
notehead
Supporter
Username: Notehead
Post Number: 1987
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - 2:05 pm: |
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Are Corzine's beliefs/intentions very different from Codey's? Corzine's voting record overall has been excellent. While I abhor the idea of buying your way into office, I don't think he'd be a terrible Governor, and I appreciate the fact that he is far less beholden to others than your usual Jersey pol. |
vor
Citizen
Username: Vor
Post Number: 373
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - 3:27 pm: |
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The idealistic belief that you can get elected to a high profile office (i.e., Governor) without a ton of money is...well...idealistic (IMHO). I'd rather he be funded by his own fortune then by religious extremists (see separate Bill Moyers thread), or any other extremists for that matter. |
notehead
Supporter
Username: Notehead
Post Number: 1988
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - 3:58 pm: |
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Good point. The game won't change overnight. |
vor
Citizen
Username: Vor
Post Number: 375
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - 4:03 pm: |
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let me add....
unless, of course, he's a religious extremist with a fortune |
ML
Supporter
Username: Ml1
Post Number: 2233
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - 4:09 pm: |
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I don't get all this alarmism over rich guys running for office. it's not possible to just "buy" yourself an elected office. People do need to vote for you after all. We elected one rich guy to the Senate in NJ (Corzine), but we rejected a different rich guy (Forrester).
If all it takes is lots of dough, then why aren't Ross Perot and Michael Huffington holding office some place?
I really couldn't care less if a rich guy runs. If I think he/she will do a good job, they've got my vote. If not, they don't, regardless of how much they spend. And I'd guess the vast majority of voters are like me. |
Dave
Moderator
Username: Dave
Post Number: 5136
Registered: 4-1998
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - 4:20 pm: |
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Money is never an issue unless a candidate doesn't have any. |
jet
Citizen
Username: Jet
Post Number: 730
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - 4:23 pm: |
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NJ is one of the last of the machine states . To get on the Democratic ballot you have to pay off the county bosses. In Essex co. case that means giving a check of about 30k to Joe "D" , who in turn kicks some cash to Adubato. The idea of a great leader rising up to challenge the status quo of "THE WAY IT IS " is frighting to these guys . But they have let the fox in the hen house . This guy can't be controled , he knows how to use chump change on these hacks . He wasn't just the CEO of Goldman , he rose up from being one of their best bond traders , navigating oneself through the parters @ Goldman is one of the hardest thing in biz to do . He should eat these guys up. |
argon_smythe
Citizen
Username: Argon_smythe
Post Number: 524
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - 11:31 pm: |
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ML,
The answer to that is simple: there aren't enough seats for every rich guy who wants one. I think the proper question is why isn't some poor guy or gal holding office someplace.
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