I'm pretty sure a whole lot of Democrats wouldn't mind seeing Corzine rot in a cell. I know I wouldn't.

Jon Corzine is the 1%

We don't have to look for fat Chris Christie jokes, what we have to look for is Chris christie's bone structure...

JerseyTim: I'm pretty sure a whole lot of Democrats wouldn't mind seeing Corzine rot in a cell. I know I wouldn't.

Generally speaking, NJ has had some disastrous Democratic governors and some pretty solid Republican governors. Emphasis on "generally".

I miss the days when people knew what a "Tom Kean Republican" actually meant.

Darth_Lukecash: We don't have to look for fat Chris Christie jokes, what we have to look for is Chris christie's bone structure...

What bone structure is that? Mammoth?

/Didn't vote for either.

Diogenes: JerseyTim: I'm pretty sure a whole lot of Democrats wouldn't mind seeing Corzine rot in a cell. I know I wouldn't.

Generally speaking, NJ has had some disastrous Democratic governors and some pretty solid Republican governors. Emphasis on "generally".

I miss the days when people knew what a "Tom Kean Republican" actually meant.

Tom Kean was the last good (elected) governor of NJ. Everything was downhill after him. Personally, I think Christie Whitman (R) was the worst disaster to befall NJ, because she set the system in place that lead to the massive budget deficits several years down the road by cutting taxes and raiding pension funds to pay for those tax cuts. Every governor after her was brought down mostly because of 1) stupid personal scandals (McGreevy) or the problem of trying to balance the budget that Whitman threw into disarray (Corzine).

That said, the last good governor of NJ was Richard Codey (who was unelected).

You do realize that headline gives a better defense for Jon Corzine than anyone you're likely to find around here, right? Well, unless Cameron gets specific orders to, that is.

Diogenes: JerseyTim: I'm pretty sure a whole lot of Democrats wouldn't mind seeing Corzine rot in a cell. I know I wouldn't.

Generally speaking, NJ has had some disastrous Democratic governors and some pretty solid Republican governors. Emphasis on "generally".

I miss the days when people knew what a "Tom Kean Republican" actually meant.

Bret Schundler would have been an excellent governor, but the rest of the state hates Jersey City because they're still not over Frank Hague.

GAT_00: You do realize that headline gives a better defense for Jon Corzine than anyone you're likely to find around here, right? Well, unless Cameron gets specific orders to, that is.

lol

Sorry subby. You are not going to see the left do mental gymnastics to defend Corzine. Even the democrats in NJ got sick of him real fast.

So where does he do more damage? The private or public sector? And how is this politics? He is in the private sector now. Sure he is a top fund raiser for Obama but there is no indication the troubles at MF have anything to do with the Obama administration or re-election effort.

Trying to make this a political issue is just deflection from the right. The truth is this whole mess is just one more thing #OWS can point a finger at. $900Mil is missing and they tried to use depositors money tocover their bad bets on foriegn policy. There better be some jail time coming out of this or its only going to enrage and embolden the #OWS crowd. This goes to the core of why those folks are protesting worldwide.

You know, this is a big business in trouble. Shouldn't the GOP be defending him and calling for him to get a bailout?

GAT_00: You know, this is a big business in trouble. Shouldn't the GOP be defending him and calling for him to get a bailout?

They are only pro-business if the business in question pays them off.

Whatever his political party, Corzine is a Goldman Man first and foremost. Besides, he's the Best and the Birghtest! We can't blame those people for these kinds of free market problems! In fact, we have to leave them in charge because they're the only ones smart enough to fix the problems that happened on their watch through no fault of their own!

vpb: GAT_00: You know, this is a big business in trouble. Shouldn't the GOP be defending him and calling for him to get a bailout?

They are only pro-business if the business in question pays them off.

True. A quick search on OpenSecrets shows mostly Democratic donations. So they're one of those evil companies.

Diogenes: JerseyTim: I'm pretty sure a whole lot of Democrats wouldn't mind seeing Corzine rot in a cell. I know I wouldn't.

Generally speaking, NJ has had some disastrous Democratic governors and some pretty solid Republican governors. Emphasis on "generally".

I miss the days when people knew what a "Tom Kean Republican" actually meant.

QFT.

He was a good man for the state.
/Jersey since 73

sammyk: Sorry subby. You are not going to see the left do mental gymnastics to defend Corzine. Even the democrats in NJ got sick of him real fast.

So where does he do more damage? The private or public sector? And how is this politics? He is in the private sector now. Sure he is a top fund raiser for Obama but there is no indication the troubles at MF have anything to do with the Obama administration or re-election effort.

Trying to make this a political issue is just deflection from the right. The truth is this whole mess is just one more thing #OWS can point a finger at. $900Mil is missing and they tried to use depositors money tocover their bad bets on foriegn policy. There better be some jail time coming out of this or its only going to enrage and embolden the #OWS crowd. This goes to the core of why those folks are protesting worldwide.

this

Article headline: MF Global pushed regulators to use client funds

So the regulators used the funds of MF Global's clients? I think you means "MF Global pushed regulators to allow it to use client funds

Wendy's Chili: MF Global's comment letter is just one of numerous communications the firm had with federal agencies over implementation of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law, according to meeting logs maintained by federal agencies combined and posted on the Sunlight Foundation's Dodd-Frank Meeting Log tracker. Corzine, a leading Wall Street fundraiser for President Barack Obama's 2012 reelection campaign, met personally with agency staff on at least four occasions, one of those a conference call that included CFTC chairman Gary Gensler. Overall, MF Global staff, including Corzine, met with agency officials ten times, all but one of those meetings with the CFTC.

Among the topics discussed at these meetings were Dodd-Frank provisions on "segregation and bankruptcy," which seek to protect customer funds in the event of a bankruptcy.

Pick a side, teabaggers.

Is Corzine bad or is Dodd-Frank bad?

ummmm.....both?

/seriously, Obama considered this guy for a cabinet position.

Link

sammyk: Sure he is a top fund raiser for Obama but there is no indication the troubles at MF have anything to do with the Obama administration or re-election effort.

Trying to make this a political issue is just deflection from the right.

No, it is all too common for official Washingtonians of both parties to bounce back and forth between government and the major industries regulated by government - just as Jon Corzine has done, from Goldman to various posts under Clinton to the Senate to Trenton and back to the financial industry while bundling for Obama.

Dick Cheney is another prime example.

One hand washes the other.

And should Republicans win power in 2012, they will add sleazy new wrinkles to the existing culture of corruption, just as they did when legislative power changed hands in the mid-00's and just as the Democrats did in '07 and '09.

Both sides are bad - and absent an effective third party or either major party having a sudden attack of honesty and patriotism, the best solution of a shiatty lot is to vote so as to gridlock the bastards to each other.

Sorry about your shiatty headline, twatmitter

Wendy's Chili: Is Corzine bad or is Dodd-Frank bad?

Both