News – Gov. Jon S. Corzine was taken off the ventilator he has been relying on to breathe for more than a week Friday afternoon, although doctors warned he might need the breathing tube reinserted depending on his pain levels and other potential complications. In a brief written statement issued after 5 p.m., Mr. Corzine's staff said he had been off the ventilator since 12:25 p.m. and breathing on his own since. His doctors were not quoted in the statement, nor did they appear at Cooper University Hospital here to answer questions from reporters. They have given few details about the governor's condition or treatment during the week he has spent in their intensive care unit.
I hope that Corzine makes a full recovery, then gets voted out of office in the next election. You would expect good judgement in the governor of a state, but driving at 90 mph without a seat belt is anything but.
Just one thing. He wasn't the one driving.
So? Who was in charge? Who wasn't wearing a seatbelt? It's like that old Clinton defense - "Well, the secret service in charge (chuckle). I have to do what they say." Yeah, right
Who was in charge? The driver. When you drive, who is in charge?
DRIVER IS THE ONE RESPONSABLE FOR THE VEHICLE. TROOPER NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. GOV. CAN GIVE HIM A PARDON. SO THAT TAKES CARE OF THAT. SEE YA ON THE ROAD AGAIN.
You don't have much of a grasp of reality, do you...
psycho & pop - No, I don't break the law at the behest of my boss. Nor would I. I've even respectfully refused to do things I've thought immoral.
You guys have to be from Mars. State trooper, driving for the governor. 1) You really think there's anyone in that situation who wouldn't drive above the speed limit? Really?
Have you ever seen a cop in a high-speed chase? These guys feel they're capable of that speed. The gov's request would have been biz as usual.
You need to get out more. Spend a few days in NY or NJ and watch these offical vehicles tear aound with their blue dashboard lights.
THE FACT REMAINS - Corzine whipped his horse to get him to a juicy photo/PR op.
"You would expect good judgement in the governor of a state..."
Governors are politicians, so good judgement is not so likely.
No kidding. We're talking about a guy here who almost died, hurrying to get to the big, once in a lifetime opportunity to secure the black vote for himself by showing up at the Don Imus press conference... which makes this whole thing all the more absurd. The headline should say "Media****** Pays the Price."
Typical limo-lib dem. The laws are for others. Besides, I'm doing "the people's business", so I'm entitled to (whatever)
and this has to do with libs... how?
Oh sorry, your head is apparently so far up your ass you didn't hear the question.
Corzine - lib billionaire
Typical of his ilk. You know, the kind that tells us to give up our SUVs while they keep theirs. The kind who leaves global warming and damn america for creating it lectures on a trail of burnt jet A. The kind who bemoans the state of healthcare while making sure his taxpayer funded plan is all-inclusive and first-rate. The kind of tells us we must find alternative energy as long as it isn't windmills within view of his estate.
The kind whose whole philosophy is "do as I say, not as I do".
Corzine is one of those in spades!
Yawn. You're thrashing, you've already admitted you're a complete fool with no real grasp of what's going on around you... please, by all means... ramble on. I love people blinded by their own rage with small IQ's and terminal tunnel vision...
You're saying this is typical lib behavior... meanwhile Republican after Republican is being taken down for everything from child molesting to embezzlement. You seem conspicuously absent in those threads... interesting. I assume it's because you approve of that behavior.
My IQ is 152. I'm not angry about anything, let alone blinded. I don't happen to like lib-thinking people, because they're emotional and rarely grounded in fact. Case in point - they still think socialism will work.
Simple statement of fact: libs run toward the elite. Their supporters are hypocrits who preach one kind of standard while living another that's totally selfish.
Another simple statement of fact. ALL politicians are crooks and opportunists. All grabbing for power and money at every turn. republicans and dems alike.
Another simple statement of fact. Unless you live in NJ or NYC, you're the one without the grasp.
You're a total a--hole.
I'm no Corzine fan, but it is really disheartening to read the ill will directed at him personally (as opposed to his ideas) by some people on this thread. No one should have to endure what Corzine has over the last week, even though it was his own foolish actions that brought it upon himself.
Again, I wish him a speedy recovery
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Maybe he can get all better, go out again and break more laws, like no seatbelt and driving 91 in a 55 or 65mph zone, whatever it was, and I realize the State cop was drivng, he should be ticketed as well......makes you kinda wonder about the whole accident, maybe if they weren't bombing up in the fast lane, the other car in the granny lane might have been able to move over and avoid the guy from the shoulder????
Yes, all of which is true. However, he was not driving the vehicle. Doesn't some of the blame lie with the State Trooper who was exceeding the speed limit? I know in PA it is common for Governor Rendell's limo driver to drive at speeds in excess of 100 mph. Whether the Governor is wearing his seat belt or not, that is definitely reckless on all PA highways.
Rather than slamming the NJ Governor, ask whether the gov of your state has a driver who moves so fast.
In mine, I can certainly say YES. I would not put it past Governor Rendell. He has been known to speed to Harrisburg in excess of 100 mph. So say the reports in the papers.
Get real. Who do you think most likely instructed the driver to "hurry". And there's more --- the trooper has a long list of driving infraction citations.
I'm just curious how long this "long list" is, since in CA I'll lose my drivers license with very few infractions... and if my job involved driving a vehicle, I'd probably lose it after two. Do you have a cite for that list, I'd like to see it (and consider moving to New Jersey).
Besides that, it makes no difference who instructed the driver to hurry. No one tells the pilot how to fly, not even God.
If memory serves, it was 14 various citations. The guy is a state trooper.
As for your last statement. What planet are you from?
Sorry, I find that very difficult to believe that a state trooper has 14 moving violations.
As for my last comment, that's the way it is. If you're actually old enough to drive, and you let your passengers tell you what to do while they break the law, you're a fool. As for your immenent "but it's the governor," comment, yeah, fire me and make me rich when I sue you for canning me because I refused to break the law.
The violations? Apparently, you've never been to NJ. Are you one of those people who believes people don't buy laws and favors on a daily basis?
omg - again - what planet are you from!?
TROOPER DRIVING DOESN'T HAVE ANY DRIVING TICKETS.
Read up on it, pop
YES ALL THE BLAME GOES TO THE ALMIGHTY TROOPER.
If Dick Cheney was riding shotgun and shooting people in the face as he sped past them, you'd be all forgiving. I'm no Corzine fan but you're just being vicious in your typical Repugnant way.
Not me, buster. I think they're all scumbags. Just two different flavors
I wonder if your opinion of him would be different, had it been your dad or mother. We are quite quick to judge aren't we Libbsuck?
Regardless of the situation my prayers go out to him and the families of those involved.
Z
Just like a true liberal hypocrite. He passes all types of restrictive laws on the rest of us lowly citizens, yet feels he is against the law. Just like mayor Daley and Bloomberg who want to ban all gun ownership, yet each has a small army of armed cops guarding them and their families 24/7. Or like that clown Edwards and Gore who cry about global warming, yet live in 29,000 square foot mansions, with private jets and super yacths. Hopefully the little liberal sheep will see that their leaders are foolish liars.