I’d read that very recently his polls were very good. So I’d interprete that this means his popularity overall remains very high.
The Republican primary attack ad practically writes itself. I can see it now.
“This is an example of a big-government RINO like Christie abusing the powers of his state government to stop ordinary Americans from getting to work, hurting small businesses and standing in the way of freedom.”
Throw a picture of the Obama hug in there and you’re good to go.
Anytime someone refers to Christie as a “big-government RINO” I have to double-check the punctuation and spelling.
Yeah, I’m doing fat jokes. Don’t hate me.
The key word is “were” very good. The latest poll shows independents jumping off the sinking barge and Hillary pulling away.
FWIW, it appears there are no headlines/links to “Bridgegate” on either the MSN or CNN home pages this morning. Calming down for the moment, it appears.
Rush Limbaugh says that ‘Christie may well be innocent… but no one can know for sure because he isn’t a conservative.’
[Quote from the author of the link, not Limbaugh.]
Seems like Limbaugh is discussing True Conservatives, not Christie - he’s pointing out that if he were seen as One of the Tribe, then tribal loyalty would overcome interest in fact, and they’d be supporting him no matter what. That’s simply true, remarkably enough for that source.
But in reality, Christie actually shook the Antichrist’s hand, so he’s anything but One of the Tribe.
Bruce Springsteen and Jimmy Fallon (as Bruce Springsteen, of course) rework “Born To Run” to sing about “Governor Chris Christie’s Fort Lee, New Jersey Traffic Jam.”
Thanks.
One would’ve thought Reagan had killed the phrase “mistakes were made” in political apologies for all time. Even if Christie wanted to use the passive, you’d think he coulda reworked the sentence into something a little less directly reminiscent of Iran-Contra.
Well, wouldn’t you have to say that Reagan essentially ‘got away with’ Iran-Contra? Some subordinates were nailed, but St. Ronnie is still evoked with regularity…
I think the scandal is officially on hiatus. The next thing to watch will be how people time announcements about the investigations.
For me, it was Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor. I don’t think he actually used the phrase, but I hear it in his voice.
I was going to start work on a version of Dylan’s “Tweeter and the Monkey Man” as “Christie and the Traffic Jam” but the Fallon bit was so awesome that there is no point.
It’s pretty simple, IMO.
A chief executive just shouldn’t use the power of government to exact revenge on ordinary citizens for what they take to be political insubordination, be it this bridge business or a much more important recent issue, where IRS specifically targetted political opposition of current admnistration.
If there’s anything to like about this situation is that Christie took responsibility and that the heads rolled.
Compare it with the IRS scandal, where, basically, couple of people retired early.
Forget the IRS, even…
Remember the “Occupy” scum? No? Well, I do, and pretty well (more about that later).
Well, it turns among those “Occupy” degenerates who blocked the Brooklyn Bridge was one Melissa Mark-Viverito, who, a few days ago, became a hand-picked NYC City Council speaker.
I shit you not. The twat who blocked the lifeline between Manhattan and Brooklyn (for those not familiar with NYC layout) got (in essence) appointed by the new NYC mayor to be the NYC city council speaker. The contrast between Christie and de Blasio couldn’t be greater.
Anyway, just to go on a rant here…I actually was in NYC on that day ( not in the vicinity of the Brooklyn Bridge, though) and some “Occupy” cunts actually showed up at my office.
Here’s the pic I took (this is the view down on the Vesey street, the Freedom tower is a few blocks to the left)
http://s45.radikal.ru/i109/1112/00/754e83c87f9c.jpg
I was working pretty late and they were still there, when I walked out of the building. The stupid fucks actually moved closer to the entrance as it got darker, and 8 or 9 of them approached me and started yelling something. Well, this being NYC, you just ignore the crazies and walk on, which is exactly what I did…
Except the fact that some fat chick actually got directly into my face and spit on me . Well, I’m not a young man anymore and it took me a second to realize what happened, but then the wave of rage just hit me and I decked the fat imbecile with a left hook to the jaw. Her friends kinda hesitated for a few seconds ( I guess deciding if a bunch of young, healthy people wouldn’t be in too much danger ganging up on someone 3 times their age). I’d probably got the worse of the fight if these cowards actually had any balls, but in downtown NYC, the cops are never too far, and arrived in about 10 seconds flat. They questioned the bystanders, cuffed the fat cow and asked me whether I wanted to press charges. Of course, I didn’t have time to deal with that shit, so I let it go.
Well, it looks like it’s the people like this who’ll be running NYC. What a fucking shame…
Yeah, from that picture they totally look like cunts.
:rolleyes:
Cool story, bro.
My favorite part is how you took this picture of a group across the street from your own office then somehow they were in front of your office. Or were they in front of your office, then you went across the street and up a few floors and found a window facing the street so you could get a picture of this group standing in front of your office?
My second favorite part is how you brag about getting away with punching a woman.
And I think it’s great how your story has absolutely nothing to do with the topic under discussion.
:rolleyes:
Sure, but who doesn’t love a good chick-punching story?
That would be cunt punching story, I think.
or cow-punching.
So you’re praising Chris Christie because he fired a couple of underlings. Wouldn’t truly be taking responsibility involve Christie himself resigning?
That’s not how it works.
Democrat = He should resign … or be impeached!
Republican = Well, at least he fired somebody.