Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Corzine: I am not a crook!
Jon Corzine as quoted in the Star-Ledger on October 30, 2005:
He's not corrupt though. He said so.
I'm not corrupt. The idea that it's bribery when I have every goddamn union endorsement in the state. It's not like any of these people think I'm a schmuck.Well, we all know how Corzine got the endorsement of the state's largest public employee union -- the Communications Workers of America Local 1034 -- it was either the $470,000 in cash or the $125,000 Cartier necklace Senator Jon gave to his girlfriend, and union president, Carla Katz.
He's not corrupt though. He said so.