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OMG...
A head of state getting a secure means of travel. What would president Obama say...
Gov. Christie arrives at son's high school baseball game in State Police helicopter
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie arrived at his son's baseball game this afternoon aboard a State Police helicopter.
Right before the lineup cards were being exchanged on the field, a noise from above distracted the spectators as the 55-foot long helicopter buzzed over trees in left field, circled the outfield and landed in an adjacent football field. Christie disembarked from the helicopter and got into a black car with tinted windows that drove him about a 100 yards to the baseball field.
During the 5th inning, Christie and First Lady Mary Pat Christie got into the car, rode back to the helicopter and left the game. During a pitching change, play was stopped for a couple of minutes while the helicopter took off.
Christie's eldest son, Andrew, was the starting catcher for Delbarton High School, in Morris Township. The governor played the same position of catcher when he was in high school.
The game was being held at St. Joseph Regional High School in Montvale in Bergen County. Christie watched the game from the stands, flanked by State Police security guards.
"It is a means of transportation that is occasionally used as the schedule demands," said Christie spokesman Michael Drewniak in an email. "This has historically been the case in prior administrations as well, and we continue to be judicious in limiting its use."
The governor had no public events on his schedule, offering no insight to where he might have been traveling from. He had a private meeting at 6:30 p.m. at Drumthwacket, the governor's mansion, in Princeton. He is meeting with a group of Iowa donors who have publically expressed a desire to persuade him to run for president in 2012.
Christie was ferried to the field in a brand-new AugustaWestland helicopter, purchased at a cost to taxpayers of $12.5 million.
The State Police has received two of the five helicopters purchased so far, according to testimony from Attorney General Paula Dow during a May budget hearing. They were purchased to replace aging Sikorsky helicopters that the State Police have flown for about two decades.
The helicopters, which can reach nearly 200 miles per hour with its twin turbo-shaft engines, are designed for homeland security duties and transporting critically injured patients.
OMG...
A head of state getting a secure means of travel. What would president Obama say...
Holy !
How does our Golfer-in-Chief get to the golf course on MEMORIAL DAY?
lol look how short those responses are. I remember reading tirades after tirades of Obama's travels.
That probably cost a load of money to fly within the borders of NJ.
Would make sense if he didn't preach about "shared sacrifice". Nevermind the fact that the State is broke. The 100 yard car ride was specially a nice touch. The field was probably too dirty for him to roll all the way to the stands.
Now, I thought this guy was the new GOP hopey and changey. But if you feel you have to compare him to Obama...
It probably did, especially on non-official business. The choppers themselves are brand new at $12.5m each.
i'm sure it is expensive. he also needed a towncar. and he left in the 5th inning.
wouldn't be a big deal if he was at all important.
he probably spends the money cuz he's upset about the film on his dishes.
Really?
What did I say?
Link please, I don't remember.
I used to work for a construction company in Houston and we flew the corporate heli across town all the time.
Is this REALLY a big deal? Be serious.
It is when it's a public servant using it for non-official business. Doubly so when the y keep using the "State is broke" mantra to force firings, and defund programs.
But maybe it should only be a big deal when the Dems do it...
I'm pretty sure the security requirements for a President are slightly higher than a head of state.
He needed secure travel on an helicopter and a vehicle (for 100 yards), to be at a public event in a high school baseball field...I'm pretty sure the security requirements for a President are slightly higher than a head of state.
I'm not going to disagree, but would you agree that Christie needs security too?I'm pretty sure the security requirements for a President are slightly higher than a head of state.
He had security... did they need to travel by chopper?
That depends. Maybe he already had it for a previous appearance.
This article lacks sufficient facts to do anything but enrage those who dislike him, like that insurance profit thread.
I tend to believe this is just another unfounded attempt to make someone look bad out of spite.
And? It's not his chopper...
Actually, the article goes into great detail if you actually read it. Including the fact that "The governor had no public events on his schedule", and that "He had a private meeting at 6:30 p.m. at Drumthwacket, the governor's mansion, in Princeton. He is meeting with a group of Iowa donors who have publically expressed a desire to persuade him to run for president in 2012."
None of which are official business obviously....
I tend to think you're cheerleading again...
Or maybe he couldn't afford the traffic delays.
Look, I don't know if this was warranted or not. I simply find those of you using this as a "hit piece" lacking any critical thinking, or morals, over you desire to discredit someone.
Why do you all want to destroy an American ideal of "innocent before proven guilty?"
Gov. Christie scares libs like El No No.
To get to his son's baseball game? Who cares? It's taxpayer money running those choppers.
But when the "hit piece" is on the blue team there's no questionable morals involved.
Which need not apply when it's democrats we're talking about.
You're just too predictable.
The article has too few of facts to get anything meaningful from it.
This guy is a nobody.
Obama, on the other hand, is somebody and has probably had more threats against his life from racist Tea Baggers than every other president combined.
How many teachers would that have paid for? what an assclown.Christie was ferried to the field in a brand-new AugustaWestland helicopter, purchased at a cost to taxpayers of $12.5 million.
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