Christie gutted the Dem spending out of the NJ budget using his line item veto power. Dem Senate Leader Sweeney was furious over the cuts.
Christie took the Democratic plan, and pruned it with his line-item veto, without talking to Sweeney. When Democrats saw it, they considered it a declaration of war. It gave no ground to their priorities, and it came with a condescending lecture.
"Heâs mean-spirited," Sweeney said in the Friday interview. "Heâs angry. If you donât do what he says, I liken it to being spoiled, Iâm going to get my way, or else."
And: "Heâs a rotten prick."
"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."
http://blog.nj.com/njv_tom_moran/2011/07/democrats_cry_foul_at_gov_chri.html
Christie took the Democratic plan, and pruned it with his line-item veto, without talking to Sweeney. When Democrats saw it, they considered it a declaration of war. It gave no ground to their priorities, and it came with a condescending lecture.
"Heâs mean-spirited," Sweeney said in the Friday interview. "Heâs angry. If you donât do what he says, I liken it to being spoiled, Iâm going to get my way, or else."
And: "Heâs a rotten prick."
"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."
http://blog.nj.com/njv_tom_moran/2011/07/democrats_cry_foul_at_gov_chri.html