I had planned to write this post already but I'm writing it now because I got very irritated watching MSNBC tonight where all they seem to want to do-whether Christ Matthews or even Chris Hayes-is lionize the guy for declaring 'When I speak you will often cringe, but you''ll have no doubt that I say what I mean and I mean what I say!'
I see no reason to in any way 'ooh' and 'aah' over him unless you secretly have steam rape fantasies. I mean the whole premise seems to be that America secretly wants to be bullied that people who don't agree with him can be sneered at and told to shut up.
The theory is that Americans love that shtick. Meanwhile, back on planet earth, he's extremely unpopular in his own home state of New Jersey. And watching his announcement today it's not hard to see why. Again, I will admit that on a purely visceral level this guy appalls me-he's just a very nasty piece of work.
Here is someone who as NJ Governor would have goons with him to take pictures of him while he told someone who asked him a question he didn't like to 'Shut up and sit down!'
Look a lot of people are saying that his 2 minute campaign spot today was good including Paul Waldman.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/06/30/happy-hour-roundup-636/
However, I guess I can admit that his talk of his tough Sicilian mother is compelling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gFOz_UlHbM&feature=youtu.be
However, right after this feel good spot the much more famous video where he told a female teacher to shut up comes up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XojPKzDyZ30
As a candidate he's got a big old glass jaw. There's Bridgegate which is nowhere near done. There are other stories of corruption. Then there is just the fact that people don't like him.
Today he was praising himself for not looking at polls. This is Right wing boilerplate-not to care what the polls say. W never cared what the polls said because they said people disagreed with him. In a way I guess this is supposed to show that you're principled but it also shows: contempt for democracy. This places him in the right party anyway. That is what libertarianism is all about.
http://diaryofarepublicanhater.blogspot.com/2015/06/joseph-stiglitz-shows-that-eu-is.html
So when Christie boasts of not looking at polls and delights in making people cringe he's also saying 'Fuck what you think. What matters is what I think'-hardly the attitude of a democratic politician.
But then, if he truly heeded public opinion he wouldn't run at all as people do not like this man. Even his own party doesn't.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/06/30/its-hard-to-overstate-chris-christies-unpopularity-problem/
He has a really uphill ride because he's well known and unpopular-he's disliked by a 2-1 margin.
He thinks being himself is going to cut into that 25 point gap? But isn't that his problem? He's perceived as a bully who abuses his power?
On the other hand it may be that in the short term at least maybe he will get a boost-he has a lot of run to soar as his current numbers are 2% in the GOP primary field. While most people cringe at him bullying teachers and crushing unions that plays very well with the base. The reason he started taping these bits is because the National Review was literally orgasmic at this shtick of his.
I don't see it playing in a general election. However, with a GOP base that has suffered as many defeats as it has recently at the SJC along with the President's latest bold executive forays-on overtime pay and now the talk of the US opening an embassy in Cuba as early as tomorrow-they may well eat up Christie's red meat.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/us-cuba-embassies-announcement
He might well represent the impotent anger of the GOP. They hate what Obama keeps doing but have no power to stop him.
I see no reason to in any way 'ooh' and 'aah' over him unless you secretly have steam rape fantasies. I mean the whole premise seems to be that America secretly wants to be bullied that people who don't agree with him can be sneered at and told to shut up.
The theory is that Americans love that shtick. Meanwhile, back on planet earth, he's extremely unpopular in his own home state of New Jersey. And watching his announcement today it's not hard to see why. Again, I will admit that on a purely visceral level this guy appalls me-he's just a very nasty piece of work.
Here is someone who as NJ Governor would have goons with him to take pictures of him while he told someone who asked him a question he didn't like to 'Shut up and sit down!'
Look a lot of people are saying that his 2 minute campaign spot today was good including Paul Waldman.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/06/30/happy-hour-roundup-636/
However, I guess I can admit that his talk of his tough Sicilian mother is compelling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gFOz_UlHbM&feature=youtu.be
However, right after this feel good spot the much more famous video where he told a female teacher to shut up comes up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XojPKzDyZ30
As a candidate he's got a big old glass jaw. There's Bridgegate which is nowhere near done. There are other stories of corruption. Then there is just the fact that people don't like him.
Today he was praising himself for not looking at polls. This is Right wing boilerplate-not to care what the polls say. W never cared what the polls said because they said people disagreed with him. In a way I guess this is supposed to show that you're principled but it also shows: contempt for democracy. This places him in the right party anyway. That is what libertarianism is all about.
http://diaryofarepublicanhater.blogspot.com/2015/06/joseph-stiglitz-shows-that-eu-is.html
So when Christie boasts of not looking at polls and delights in making people cringe he's also saying 'Fuck what you think. What matters is what I think'-hardly the attitude of a democratic politician.
But then, if he truly heeded public opinion he wouldn't run at all as people do not like this man. Even his own party doesn't.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/06/30/its-hard-to-overstate-chris-christies-unpopularity-problem/
He has a really uphill ride because he's well known and unpopular-he's disliked by a 2-1 margin.
He thinks being himself is going to cut into that 25 point gap? But isn't that his problem? He's perceived as a bully who abuses his power?
On the other hand it may be that in the short term at least maybe he will get a boost-he has a lot of run to soar as his current numbers are 2% in the GOP primary field. While most people cringe at him bullying teachers and crushing unions that plays very well with the base. The reason he started taping these bits is because the National Review was literally orgasmic at this shtick of his.
I don't see it playing in a general election. However, with a GOP base that has suffered as many defeats as it has recently at the SJC along with the President's latest bold executive forays-on overtime pay and now the talk of the US opening an embassy in Cuba as early as tomorrow-they may well eat up Christie's red meat.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/us-cuba-embassies-announcement
He might well represent the impotent anger of the GOP. They hate what Obama keeps doing but have no power to stop him.
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