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Oct. 30, 2012 1:34pm Madeleine Morgenstern

Atlantic City Mayor Lorenzo Langford Says Hed Like to Go Mano a Mano With Christie Over Hurricane Comments

Atlantic City, N.J. Mayor Lorenzo Langford, left, and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, right. (AP Photos)

The mayor of Atlantic City, N.J. said Tuesday he’d like to go “mano-a-mano” with Gov. Chris Christie after Christie publicly criticized him over the city’s preparations for Hurricane Sandy.

Mayor Lorenzo Langford said on NBC’s “Today” that Christie was “either misinformed and ill-advised or simply decided to prevaricate” when he accused him the day before of sending mixed messages to residents by opening shelters in the city despite Christie’s orders to fully evacuate. Atlantic City was hammered by the storm.

“That is not what happened,” said Langford. “Here we are in the throes of a major catastrophe and the governor has chosen such a time as this to play politics. I think it’s reprehensible that he would stoop to the level to try to make a political situation out of something that is so serious as this situation.”

Repeating that Christie’s statement was “absolutely false,” Langford said most residents fortunately did heed the repeated warnings to flee, but “it’s better to have options” for the people who didn’t.

“We had a contingency plan in place,” he said.

NBC’s Matt Lauer said they would try to arrange a time to get both Langford and Christie on the air together at the same time.

“I would love nothing better than that, than to confront the governor mano-a-mano,” Langford said.

For his part, Christie stood by his criticism of Langford on Tuesday, telling CBS’ “This Morning” that “the mayor told folks they could shelter in city shelters as a last resort” and “we knew this was a real potential problem.”

“I don’t know why he did what he did,” Christie said, adding that his concern was now focused on the residents still trapped in the city.

The two have battled before: Christie, a Republican, said earlier this month that Langford, a Democrat, is “impossible to work with in any kind of significant way.” Langford hit back that Christie as governor has “failed miserably to abate” crime problems.

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V-MindMeld
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:32pm
Im just glad that Sandy wiped out ALL democrat blue states,,,,,,,,maybe its a sign! lol,,,,,I really wished NY City was entirely washed away forever,,,,but not this time I guess. Its a big drag on the rest of what is a beautifull state, but Ny city has ruined Ny state as a whole…..maybe next time?

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- mikenleeds
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 8:53pm
  maybe it s GOD wrath on the most sinful people in our country , same as new Orleans ,etc. etc. etc.
  
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- 702TruthSeeker
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:48pm
  not sure what God you believe in, but the one I believe in would not support people making such idiotic statements
  
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- DIR
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:09pm
  Talking about sinfull, if Christie decided to take Lorenzo up on his offer, he should make sure the idiot wears a locking male chastity belt with some impartial person holding the key. If Lorenzo gets the better of Christie it could turn into a one way luv fest, kinda like the one portayed in the movie Deliverance. The one with the ‘squeal like a pig’ scene. I think Christie would win, but it doesn’t hurt to play it safe. If I were Christie I’d come with a large bag of dog crap, so when I won, i could rub Lorenzo’s nose in it. Of couse there’s always a chance Lorenzon might think it smells great because he’s had his nose up Barry’s buns for so long.
  
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- ThoreauHD
  Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:59am
  Now he needs to concentrate on the West Coast, and then we’ll be all set.
  
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loveliberty83
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:29pm
when you are told to evaculatr you do–your stupidness costs the lives of our recursers yes a governor can order you to leave,,this is the same reason many blacks died in katrina because a black mayor would not use the trains buses to get the people out,, it is the mayors responsibility to get the poor out of arms way why do people elect these ubeducated people who do not now how to make decisions if people are dead it is this idiots fault

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- AlwaysAmazed
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 5:29pm
  “That is not what happened,” said Langford. “Here we are in the throes of a major catastrophe and the governor has chosen such a time as this to play politics. I think it’s reprehensible that he would stoop to the level to try to make a political situation out of something that is so serious as this situation.”
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  That is what Christie was talking about Langford, you boob! It was an impending catastrophe! Get your peeps out of town! Geeze! Democrats – go figure!
  
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- swamp_donkey
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 5:41pm
  loveliberty83
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:29pm
  when you are told to evaculatr you do–your stupidness costs the lives of our recursers yes a governor can order you to leave,,this is the same reason many blacks died in katrina because a black mayor would not use the trains buses to get the people out,, it is the mayors responsibility to get the poor out of arms way why do people elect these ubeducated people who do not now how to make decisions if people are dead it is this idiots fault
  
  hahaha “stupidness” not to be confused with stupidity you neanderthals are irony immune lol stupidness
  
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- OklahomaBound
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 7:55pm
  ” Langford hit back that Christie as governor has “failed miserably to abate” crime problems.
  
  Well Christie could solve the crime problem there by shipping all the bIack people out, but then Langford wouldn’t have any government dependents left to keep him in office so maybe he should just be happy that he gets to keep his constituents even if it means a higher crime rate.
  
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- Winedude
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 11:25pm
  Have you seen what you’ve written? And you call people uneducated? Pathetic but somewhat typical of what I see when I look in here to see what the “Crackers” are up to.
  
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U.N.hater
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:22pm
2 progressives haveing a cat fight. screwem both!

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- VRW Conspirator
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:36pm
  yeah …Christie was praising Obama’s phone call and emergency measures but when asked if he thought Romney should swing by, send help…he said “I don’t give a damn”…and talk about how this wasn’t political…again..right before praising Obama…
  
  I can see the TV commercial….for the DNC…
  
  Christie doesn’t give a damn about Romney, thanks Obama…
  
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TWillie
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:22pm
Maybe Mayor Bloomberg and Mayor Langford can do a duet of the song, “Don’t Worry, Be Happy.”

http://pjmedia.com/weathernerd/2012/10/27/get-the-hell-out/ via @PJMedia_com

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- PilgrimStuckInBizarroWorld
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 4:28pm
  Did anyone see Bloomberg’s comment during the 10:30 time last night. He was complaining to the people to stop calling 911 for stupid reasons(like trees that have fallen). It made me laugh out loud. He has created a nanny state and then he complains when the people look to the govt for everything.
  R&R
  TEA
  
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- Winedude
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 11:29pm
  Hey Brentley, Sin is an imaginary disease created to sell you an imaginary cure.
  
  “The divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity.” John Adams
  “This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it.” John Adams
  
  Religious people can’t be moral. In order to be moral, you do the right thing simply because it’s the right thing to do. By design, religious people only do the right thing because they believe they will be rewarded later for their good deeds.
  
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- DLV
  Posted on October 31, 2012 at 1:26am
  Winedude- I want to congratulate you on your idiocy. Nice job taking quotes out of context and your demonstration of knowing nothing about religion. Here is the full quote.
  
  “Twenty times in the course of my late reading have I been on the point of breaking out, “This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion at all!!!” But in this exclamation I would have been as fanatical as Bryant or Cleverly. Without religion, this world would be something not fit to be mentioned in polite company, I mean hell.”
  
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chips1
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:21pm
From the article, I get the impression that the Mayor realizes that his city had stupid people living there and that they wouldn’t leave the danger zone. His opening of shelters was an attempt to save the ignorant. Christie indicates that the stupid should have been allowed to die. Look at New Orleans. The place was full of useless living things.

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- Brentley
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:18pm
  CHIPS you need some help. So let me try. First and foremost we are all CREATED BY GOD. To say that New Orleans was full of useless living things is so offensive it disgusts me. Those “useless things” are people with souls. Souls that are lost. I agree that people should listen and those that don’t will die or hurt. They are still people. It sickens me as I watch my country being torn apart by Politics, drugs etc. IT IS WORK OF EVIL until we get ourselves right with GOD and trust in JESUS we are doomed. Read the bible start with JOHN the whole book good place to begin. I did and now I realize what the real problem is SIN SIN and MORE SIN. THANK YOU JESUS for SAVING MY SOUL…….WE all need that SALVATION then things will turn around….otherwise…nothing good will come of us.
  
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- mopman64
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 7:17pm
  @Brently, you think god created man and you are allowed to think that but maybe others don’t so for you to tell anyone that is imposing your ideas. Does that make you any better to tell someone they need to read the bible. What if that person does not believe? Are they wrong? In your eyes do they need help? Maybe I believe that man came up out of the ocean over thousands of years, who are you to tell me I am wrong?
  
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warr9553
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:16pm
thats funny it was goerge bushes fault on katrina,funny how its never dummacrates fault

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TROONORTH
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:10pm
And another Black, democrat mayor proves that he is incapable of administering his city in a crisis and must blame it on someone else. Shades of New Orleans Mr. Mayor?

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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:19pm
  you don’t need “options” for the ones who don’t heed the evac orders. Either get out or you are on your own. How hard a concept is it? People who refuse to evacuate should not receive any aid.
  
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- AJAYW
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:31pm
  Blame, blame– never man up and responsibility for their poor choices and or actions.
  
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- listeninginVT
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 6:28pm
  troo- SNAP ! I agree, pass the buck democrat blames any Repub. for what They themselves didnot do.
  
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- deano24
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 8:59pm
  After reading the article Mr. Ray Nagin came to mind.
  
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- CarolinaGirl
  Posted on October 31, 2012 at 8:05am
  Totally true. You hit the nail on the head.
  
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Cabo King
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:07pm
Langford–go chew on your Obama bone

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Tri-ox
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:05pm
This comes as no surprise – obamacrats never take responsibility for anything and they always look to the federal government to solve all of their problems and pick up the pieces.

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- AintLIBSjuzGreat
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 4:31pm
  Isn`t it just amazing .can anyone anywhere name an example of odumbo [blamecaster in chief] owning anything? and even when it seems he might the snake slithers out of it
  
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Baja
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:05pm
Another democrat trying to prove his manhood.

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AmericaMustBeFree
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:05pm
Please tell me how a governor or anyone for that matter, can force people to do something they don’t want to?? Why is he responsible?? If people die because of a bad choice then it is their fault not anyone elses period!

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- westtitus
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:19pm
  And we the taxpayer ends up doleing out $2000.00 debt cards for idiots that is why you should have to evacuate. Then they got get drugs or go to strip bars, sound familiar?
  
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Individualism
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:00pm
everything the mayor did would just bounce back at him.

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- M13
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 4:00pm
  Kind of like your idiotic posts.
  
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RightChoice
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 1:56pm
that will be better than a presidential debate. I can predict a shouting match between these 2.

The City is submerged in water and this Mayor is fighting the Governor instead of working together … uhmmmm

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- Popp40
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:02pm
  Yet they call the Republicans the obstructionists……
  
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- mercenary4freedom
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:28pm
  Typical affirmative action dem failure trying to blame others for his failed leadership
  
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Bluefish49
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 1:56pm
Ray Negan Jr….

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Southerner01
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 1:55pm
I’m guessing that Langford is one of those idiots who goes around saying “mano a mano” thinking it means man to man. I wonder if he really would want to take on Christy “hand to hand” as he stated, especially with TV cameras filming it?

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AJAYW
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 1:54pm
The black mayor wasn’t going to let a white Gov. tell him what to do in his black city, Just like New Orleans…..

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focusonquality
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 1:54pm
langford is just mouthing of between beers. democrats are such silly people

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Popp40
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 1:53pm
Typical Democratic…take a chaotic situation and make it even more chaotic by placing people in danger. Now the government can rush in and “rescue” these people.

Sorry I will take Christie’s word over Langford every time.

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13th Imam
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 1:50pm
Obviously Chris is a racist.Therefore he’s a bigot, therefore he’s a homophobe.He therefore hate’s children , and likes dirty air, and dirty water. Also he cheats on his Taxes, if he pays any at all. Ergo he’s a murderer, and a jaywalker. He kicks puppies and burlap-bags cats from bridges.And his carbon footprint is supersized, Did I mention he’s a racist?

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- Treaty
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 1:57pm
  You got that right bro. Don’t forget he hates women too.
  
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- The Jewish Avenger
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:21pm
  and wants to punish you with a child.
  
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- Winedude
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 11:32pm
  However, he certainly does love his food…over, and over and over…
  
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Chromo200
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 1:49pm
I bet without the Casino money, Atlantic City would be a fully run down, crime ridden ghetto .. they have a liberal for a mayor. It is that extra money that keeps him propped up.

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IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 1:46pm
He went on NBC and that wasn’t political? There is a time when people should be ordered to get out.

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- U.N.hater
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:20pm
  NO this is america you don’t order anyone around. If they die because of their own stupidity that’s on them. Man i hate commie’s!
  
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- IMCHRISTIAN
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:27pm
  UN Hater….Yes I should have added or stay your own risk. I am not a commie.
  
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hi
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 1:44pm
I believe Christie. The other guy had quota and was passed along not matter how bad his grades were.

Hey, if you don’t like that comment, get rid of AA. Then I will know blacks made it through merit.

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MrKnowItAll
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 1:39pm
Source? His Own Words.

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Exidor
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 1:39pm
“Prevaricate”? Sounds like he went to the Al Sharpton School of Vocabulary.

When you don’t know what you’re talking about…..use a $10 word.

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- smi613
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:34pm
  I am as much a Christie fan as the next and I believe he was proven right when one of the ad shelters flooded and the people there had to be rescued; however, the mayor used the correct word if he meant (and it appears he did) that Christie intentionally lied.
  
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Rational Man
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 1:38pm
OH!!!

I want to see that!. Where do I get tickets?

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- donkeykong
  Posted on October 31, 2012 at 1:30am
  Rational – I’m with you on that. Christy might be
  a little slower, but if he connects, look out!
  Maybe they could organize a boxing match
  with proceeds going to disaster relief ??
  ESPN could cover it, PPV type thing.
  
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