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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.

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ABANOCLA
April 20, 2007, 9:59 p.m.
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????
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m-simon
April 20, 2007, 10:18 p.m.
When are they taking him off life support?
The man is a menace.
Reckless endangerment at minimum.
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RhomboidSun
April 20, 2007, 11:25 p.m.
Bobo-Perhaps if you could quit the political grandstanding and look at issues objectively, you wouldn't come off as such a putz.
And that's the truth.
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stephen-johnson
April 20, 2007, 11:43 p.m.
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.
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KSUmarksman
April 21, 2007, 1:51 a.m.
I know its probably innapropriate to mock this situation but:
this is exactly what happens when you don't wear your seatbelt. So buckle the heck up unless you want to breathe and eat through tubes for an unspecified period of time.
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goodgrief
April 21, 2007, 5:42 a.m.
Typical limo-lib dem. The laws are for others. Besides, I'm doing "the people's business", so I'm entitled to (whatever)
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leftwingwhackos
April 21, 2007, 6:23 a.m.
this ahole got just what he deserved! gas guzzling suv, no sb and going 90 mph!!!big liberals love to tell us what to do, eat, wear, smoke...hypocrites! hey rosie! got gun control? fat all gore! got big energy consumtion at home!!!they all suck!!
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DavePave
April 21, 2007, 6:25 a.m.
LIB... SUV... Going 90 MPH... 3 miles to the gallon... No seatbelt... Armed security with automatic weapon... Do as I say, not as I do!... LIB
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icanread
April 21, 2007, 10 a.m.
Corzine is a evil man. I wish he had died as well as the nazi cop with him.
90 mph in a ozone depleating vehicle
Armed Guards that are Nazi like with Automatic Weapons
No Seat Belt
Just to rush to see nappy headed hos, and they didn't even ackknowleged that he was in an accident or felt bad about it.
Where is shooter Cho when we need him?
Vote Democrat!
Kiesha
Sarasota, Florida
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bobo-in-texas
April 21, 2007, 10:27 a.m.
In the name of St. Albert. I bless you.
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stephen-johnson
April 21, 2007, 11:45 a.m.
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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Sundevil
April 21, 2007, 12:54 p.m.
You'd have to be a complete moron or have some kind of death wish to travel in a vehicle at speeds approaching 100 mph. without wearing a seatbelt. I wonder which category Mr. Corzine falls in to...???
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chevydog
April 21, 2007, 1:19 p.m.
Thought that his might be one of those rare threads where insults don't fly in all directions. Yeah, the guy should have been wearing his seat belt. And yeah, he should have told the State Trooper driver to cool it on the speed. No great political isssue here. Just a guy who acted foolishly (may have been for quite a while) and is now paying for it. Hope he gets better soon. When and if he pushes some controversial issue in NJ, then is the time to jump on him.
Sundevil-- Don't know whether you're younger than I am or not. But going at speeds near 100 mph with no seat belt is practiced by a significant percentage of teenage drivers (have no idea of specifics). Most of them don't get killed. Or become governors, for that matter.
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ABANOCLA
April 21, 2007, 1:21 p.m.
46 bucks, and the tax payers will be paying how much for his medical care cause he was not? Who is getting screwed here? lol
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Twistoflex
April 21, 2007, 4:55 p.m.
I had just driven out of Manhattan and through the Meadowlands late one night when I noticed I was being tailed by a cop. The cop began driving parallel but a little behind me, tailing me as I went down this connecting highway between Route 3 and Route 17. In the last seconds I put on my right signal and quickly exitted onto Route 17 in Rutherford, NJ. The cop sped across lanes - without signalling - and tailed me down the ramp. Then he signalled me over.
He told me that he pulled me over because my plate wasn't in the DMV database. I told him it was impossible because my car was due for an inspection that month. He demanded my papers. I didn't have my wallet. He ticketed me for not having my license: $180 and told me, "Our mistake, you ARE in the DMV database."
This was a Carlstadt cop. I challenged the ticket on the basis that I was falsely detained. It was a real mafia court. Not a single case where state's evidence was presented: no cops showed up. (cont'd)
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WhoKilledCommonSense
April 21, 2007, 5 p.m.
Point 1 - What the gov did was wrong, and yes I do believe he was the one in control of how fast they were going.
Point 2 - Almost everyone in politics is a hypocritical being telling us to do one thing and doing another.
Point 3 - He did endanger other lives and should face consequences for it.
Point 4 - Do I feel sorry for him? Yes.
Just as I'd feel sorry for anyone who is hurting unless they're a terrorist.
And finally, Point 5 - Did he get what he deserved? Maybe.
However, if we were to go by that rule, what do the rest of us deserve? I'd really hate to get what I deserve, even though compared to some, I'm a really nice person. I still screw up.
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B1BLancer
April 21, 2007, 5:59 p.m.
I wonder if Corzine's carbon footprint is as big as Algore's.
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Carl_R
April 21, 2007, 6:08 p.m.
It's always the same story, laws are made for the average Joe, not the troopers, governor, assembly persons, etc. I drive the Palisades Parkway every day. On many occasions I have had a PIP cop fly past me (and recently I have been taking notice of the car number) only to find them at the southern end of the parkway in the pizza shop next to the King's Supermarket stuffing their face, oh yes, with their patrol car illegally parked as well. So tell me, what's the urgency here, were the hunger pains too great? When their done, there back on the Palisades with their radar looking to give out a ticket for the same thing they just did. Wonder if you told the cop you were very hungry and you needed to get something to eat if he would let you off?
It is always the same story from the bottom to the top, do as I say, not as I do, I am better than you. I wonder how long it will take to issue tickets in the Corzine case or should I just dream on?
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aceofspades1
April 21, 2007, 6:26 p.m.
aniokly - you from NJ? if so what has Corzine done that has been adverse to NJ other than try to kill himself for being a reckless passenger?
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Gypsy1220
April 21, 2007, 7:05 p.m.
The Governor had an accident. Many of us get into a car without a sestbelt. Many of us speed. Many of us run around meetingwith people it is called work. And who said it wasn't important to meet with the Rurgers Team and Imus must be missing the point that we have a national problem called equality for women and ethnanticities .
We should be praying a man who serves his government is in critical condition instead of condeming him. Anyone out there ever lose someone in a car accident. WellI did three times and it really sucks regardless of extenuating circumstances.
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Carl_R
April 21, 2007, 7:30 p.m.
There is a big difference here, Corzine took an oath of office to uphold the laws of the State of New Jersey, not to abuse them. He is the chief executive of the state, a person to be looked up to as an example.
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aceofspades1
April 21, 2007, 8:03 p.m.
Aniokly- Im not from NJ but from NY - taxes must be real bad in NJ hahaha - I pay 30 cents a gallon LESS in NJ for gas - NJ has the lowest gas taxes in the country - damn Dems- oh I forgot NY has some of the highest taxes - our Gov was Pataki - A republican with a Republican controlled state legislate -- guess he forgot he was a Republican