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Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing

by $8 blue check mistermix|  March 30, 201410:39 am| 106 Comments

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You have to have a little pity on Chris Christie. There he was, in Las Vegas, standing in front of Sheldon Adelson and a bunch of his cronies in the Republican Jewish Coalition, trying to ingratiate himself with a little sniveling and bootlicking, and then he says this:

Invoking a 2012 trip he and his family took to Israel, Christie recalled in the speech: “I took a helicopter ride from the occupied territories across and just felt personally how extraordinary that was to understand, the military risk that Israel faces every day.”

In case you missed it, and be assured that the crowd didn’t, calling places like the West Bank “occupied territories” in front Adelson’s crew is like calling RU-486 “birth control” at a right-to-life convention. So, more genuflecting and ass-kissing ensued:

Not long after his speech, Christie met with Adelson privately in the casino mogul’s office in the Venetian hotel and casino, which hosted the RJC meeting.
The source told POLITICO that Christie “clarified in the strongest terms possible that his remarks today were not meant to be a statement of policy.”
Instead, the source said, Christie made clear “that he misspoke when he referred to the ‘occupied territories.’ And he conveyed that he is an unwavering friend and committed supporter of Israel, and was sorry for any confusion that came across as a result of the misstatement.”

It’s almost like there’s some issue keeping Christie from hiring and retaining good staff who would have briefed him on the right language to use in front of a bunch of Zionists.

(via Jim Newell)

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  1. 1.

    dmsilev

    March 30, 2014 at 10:42 am

    You have to have a little pity on Chris Christie.

    No.

  2. 2.

    shelly

    March 30, 2014 at 10:43 am

    “Statement of policy” ? Getting a bit ahead of ourselves, aren’t we, Governor?

  3. 3.

    jayjaybear

    March 30, 2014 at 10:43 am

    ^^^ Cosigned (dmsilev’s post…shelly snuck in while I was posting)

  4. 4.

    IowaOldLady

    March 30, 2014 at 10:45 am

    Even if Christie had good staff, he’s such an arrogant blow hard I can’t imagine him doing much listening.

  5. 5.

    lamh36

    March 30, 2014 at 10:46 am

    Sorry to go OT so quickly, but since the tag line is Asshole this fits in the grand scheme.


    New G.O.P. Bid to Limit Voting in Swing States

  6. 6.

    Higgs Boson's Mate

    March 30, 2014 at 10:47 am

    You have to have a little pity on Chris Christie.

    I can almost muster enough pity to piss on him if he was on fire. Almost.

  7. 7.

    Baud

    March 30, 2014 at 10:47 am

    Ha. Real tough guy. Not like that wimp Obama.

  8. 8.

    NotMax

    March 30, 2014 at 10:48 am

    Please continue, Governor.

  9. 9.

    BGinCHI

    March 30, 2014 at 10:49 am

    At least he didn’t call them kikes. In public anyway.

  10. 10.

    patrick II

    March 30, 2014 at 10:52 am

    The real pity here is that even if Christie was a real contender, saying one wrong word in front of Adelson could cost you the nomination. It seems if the guy who contributes more than 100 million has more than his share to say in how this country is run. Watching the candidates bow before him reminds me of the movie 9 1/2 weeks when Kim Basinger crawled across the floor for a dollar to complete her humiliation.

  11. 11.

    StringOnAStick

    March 30, 2014 at 10:56 am

    @patrick II: I agree; it is disgusting seeing how any politician has to grovel before the Zionists if they want to survive our Moneyball nominating process. One good thing though: Adelson proved last time that he has rather poor picking skills as far as successful candidates go.

  12. 12.

    James E. Powell

    March 30, 2014 at 11:02 am

    I woke up this morning to Candy Crowley and company just gushing over what an authentic guy Christie is. Sure, the angry tirades against powerless people may irritate a few candy-ass liberal elites, but America wants a real man, not a politician!

    I’m afraid that the Village Idiots are going to insist that this guy be the next president.

  13. 13.

    Marty

    March 30, 2014 at 11:05 am

    Actually it is disgusting that any person who thinks he/she can be President would gravel before “ANYONE” & that includes the lunatic right wingers who do that all the time to get the likes of Rush shit head & Faux Fox news to like them. So far the only Republican that has shown me ANY backbone is the former ambassador to China & Governor of Utah, He is the only one to stand up to the right wing crazies & for sure he will not be in L.V.

  14. 14.

    Betty Cracker

    March 30, 2014 at 11:07 am

    He should have “don’t tread on me” tattooed on his dick. Such a display of devotion might ingratiate him with the Teaturds and Paultroons while delivering valuable political advice at the same time.

  15. 15.

    Baud

    March 30, 2014 at 11:07 am

    @Betty Cracker:

    He should have “don’t tread on me” tattooed on his dick.

    Not enough room.

  16. 16.

    Baud

    March 30, 2014 at 11:10 am

    @James E. Powell:

    They adore him. A Republican whose not overly religious but who punches down. Priceless!

  17. 17.

    Ultraviolet Thunder

    March 30, 2014 at 11:12 am

    @James E. Powell:

    I’m afraid that the Village Idiots are going to insist that this guy be the next president.

    They might, but some of the people who write the big checks to make campaigns happen are forming a small chorus under Jeb’s window. That’ll be interesting.

  18. 18.

    eric

    March 30, 2014 at 11:14 am

    The only reason any republican worries me in 2016 is voting restrictions. There is not a charasmatic figure in the bunch. bully does not play well. smug does not play well and if there is a woman at the top of the dem ticket, you had better bring the charm cause misogyny will energize women fence sitters

  19. 19.

    DougJ

    March 30, 2014 at 11:16 am

    I wonder if my Likudnik colleagues are freaking about this. Over to Facebook….

  20. 20.

    eric

    March 30, 2014 at 11:17 am

    @DougJ: hey will rationalize it away as evidence that the liberal media misquoted the context…or some such nonsesne

  21. 21.

    YellowJournalism

    March 30, 2014 at 11:19 am

    @Baud: His sexual partner might ask who “Don” is.

  22. 22.

    shelly

    March 30, 2014 at 11:21 am

    Just got done watching ‘The Wolf Of Wall Street” Man, those quaaludes were one-fucked up drug to play with. “We’ve just got to the drooling phase.’

  23. 23.

    Mike in NC

    March 30, 2014 at 11:21 am

    Republican Jewish Coalition

    Insert phone booth joke here.

  24. 24.

    Villago Delenda Est

    March 30, 2014 at 11:23 am

    Fuck Christie and fuck Adelson and other Likudnik trash.

  25. 25.

    Villago Delenda Est

    March 30, 2014 at 11:24 am

    @Baud: WIN!

  26. 26.

    nancydarling

    March 30, 2014 at 11:26 am

    You have to have a little pity on Chris Christie.

    No, I emphatically do not.

    I have decided that the reason Christie is so rotund is because he is so full of himself. Not a defender of Bridget Kelly as she did some pretty odious things, but the internal report commissioned by Christie raised my feminist hackles past 11.

  27. 27.

    Amir Khalid

    March 30, 2014 at 11:26 am

    If Chris Christie is afraid of some old guy called Sheldon, he’s plainly not presidential material.

  28. 28.

    IowaOldLady

    March 30, 2014 at 11:29 am

    @nancydarling: He was appalling at the press conference when the report was released. I try to imagine him shooting his mouth off on the international stage. Right now he’s NJ’s jerk. I sincerely don’t want him to belong to all of us.

  29. 29.

    muricafukyea

    March 30, 2014 at 11:30 am

    Glorified reddit poster muckymux obsessing over the Fat Bastard so wr0ng way Cole doesn’t have to.

    KhrisKhristieKreme is muckymux obsessive “Palin will run in 2012” for the 2016 cycle.

  30. 30.

    amk

    March 30, 2014 at 11:32 am

    mittbot was a 1%er. This fucker is just a 1%er asskisser.

    God bless murka indeed.

  31. 31.

    Villago Delenda Est

    March 30, 2014 at 11:35 am

    @Higgs Boson’s Mate: Well, I’ll piss on him after he’s dead.

  32. 32.

    Amir Khalid

    March 30, 2014 at 11:37 am

    Hello! Can anybody hear me?
    Ich sagte, Ich kann es nicht verstehen, was muricafukyea gerade gesagt hat.

  33. 33.

    nancydarling

    March 30, 2014 at 11:38 am

    @Amir Khalid: Why do you ask, Amir?

  34. 34.

    Amir Khalid

    March 30, 2014 at 11:42 am

    @nancydarling:
    FYWP eated my first attempt to ask our friend what the hell (s)he was saying.

  35. 35.

    Pogonip

    March 30, 2014 at 11:45 am

    @Amir Khalid: ja.

  36. 36.

    Ruckus

    March 30, 2014 at 11:46 am

    @Baud:
    Sure there is.

    He’s all dick.

  37. 37.

    Tommy

    March 30, 2014 at 11:49 am

    Wow. I am not a professional politician. I don’t even have a staff. I am not Jewish. But if I was going with my d*ck in my hand asking a Jewish person for millions and millions I am pretty sure I wouldn’t have said something like this. I mean come on.

  38. 38.

    Slugger

    March 30, 2014 at 11:49 am

    When Adelson gave five million to Romney, I wondered why a savvy guy would finance a bet on the losing team. Now we see that it has bought him the love of the Republicans to use the law to contain the threat of online gambling. The governor of Atlantic City is a natural ally.
    Online wagering is the enemy for them.

  39. 39.

    Lurking Canadian

    March 30, 2014 at 11:50 am

    @Amir Khalid: I think it was, “Pay attention to ME!!!!!”

  40. 40.

    Ruckus

    March 30, 2014 at 11:52 am

    @nancydarling:
    Think about how he looks in the context of “The buck stops at the top”.
    Which of course it sure doesn’t any more.

    But for a guy who values himself above all else as the man in charge, he sure isn’t.

  41. 41.

    dmsilev

    March 30, 2014 at 11:52 am

    @Slugger: Who says Adelson is a savvy guy? How many millions or tens of millions of dollars did he throw into the sinkhole of the Newt Gingrich campaign? I mean, sure, it’s only a small fraction of his net worth so in that sense it didn’t cost him anything he couldn’t afford to lose, but backing Newt Gingrich hardly seems like the act of someone who deeply understands the political landscape.

  42. 42.

    Ruckus

    March 30, 2014 at 11:54 am

    @Amir Khalid:
    That of course is not the only reason, but it is a good one.

  43. 43.

    Ruckus

    March 30, 2014 at 11:55 am

    @dmsilev:
    I don’t think Sheldon was looking to understand the political landscape. He was looking to purchase it. For something like 2 or 3 cents on the dollar.

  44. 44.

    nancydarling

    March 30, 2014 at 11:55 am

    @dmsilev: My uncle was in the gambling business all of his life, starting out dealing cards in backroom operations in OK in the ’30s and ending up as a casino owner in Carson City. He knew gambling and made a lot of money, but was dumb as a stump about anything else.

  45. 45.

    nancydarling

    March 30, 2014 at 11:59 am

    @Ruckus: My uncle was in the gamboling business all of his life starting out in backroom operations in OK in the ’30s and ending up owning a joint in Carson City. He understood gamboling and made a lot of money, but he was dumb as a stump about anything else.

    (Revised to get through moderation.)

  46. 46.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 30, 2014 at 11:59 am

    Completely OT: Just got back from my first ride of the season – a slow seven miles. Not thrilled about how my lungs felt; having a bit of a cold didn’t help. Hopefully, I can spool up fairly quickly now that I am back on the bike.

  47. 47.

    dmsilev

    March 30, 2014 at 11:59 am

    @Ruckus: Well yes, but the point is that spending a large amount of money financing Newt Gingrich wasn’t going to accomplish that.

  48. 48.

    Jacks mom

    March 30, 2014 at 12:02 pm

    @YellowJournalism: Win win. I have coffee soaked sinuses after that.

  49. 49.

    Tommy

    March 30, 2014 at 12:02 pm

    @dmsilev: But it got him where he is now, where it appears if you want to run you have to kiss his ring.

  50. 50.

    eric

    March 30, 2014 at 12:03 pm

    @dmsilev: it was a smart play. it got him noticed, whereas he would have been just another rich guy for the others. now the people on the hill know he is a source of funds. That was advertising. he wants to influence congress and regulators under a gop pres more than just the pres. now everyone knows his name and he has money to burn.

  51. 51.

    Amir Khalid

    March 30, 2014 at 12:06 pm

    If Chris Christie doesn’t support Adelson’s political positions, he shouldn’t come begging for Adelson’s money. I suspect Christie doesn’t really care about Palestinians one way or the other, since they don’t vote in New Jersey and can’t give him campaign money; but in any case, he shouldn’t apologise to Adelson for using a common and accurate way to describe the West Bank.

  52. 52.

    JPL

    March 30, 2014 at 12:06 pm

    Christie also said this… “In N.J., nobody has to wonder whether I am for them or against them,” Although he was talking about foreign policy at the time, one could assume he wouldn’t be president of all the people, if elected.

  53. 53.

    Villago Delenda Est

    March 30, 2014 at 12:08 pm

    @Amir Khalid: Er hat scheiss gesagt.

  54. 54.

    Amir Khalid

    March 30, 2014 at 12:09 pm

    @nancydarling:

    (Revised to get through moderation.)

    And here I was, thinking your uncle must have been the most cheerful of people.

  55. 55.

    Villago Delenda Est

    March 30, 2014 at 12:10 pm

    You know, upon reflection, this is a perfect example of how wingtards of all flavors practice the “political correctness” they whine about.

    Christie used the wrong term for the West Bank.

    Everytime these assholes whine about “political correctness” they’re projecting.

  56. 56.

    Pogonip

    March 30, 2014 at 12:12 pm

    @nancydarling: I just love when the computer decides to “correct” spelling. For me, “the gamboling business” conjures up a wonderful image of a guy frolicking through the flowery fields with the spring lambs–and getting paid for it!

  57. 57.

    Villago Delenda Est

    March 30, 2014 at 12:13 pm

    @dmsilev: Hey, for two and a half weeks in December of 2011 Newt was the Great non-Rmoney Hope!

  58. 58.

    Chris

    March 30, 2014 at 12:13 pm

    Israel pisses me off like very few issues, and this is exactly why.

    Christie flies over one of the world’s biggest occupation/colonization projects. Completely indifferent to everyone being colonized/occupied, the only thing he can think to say is “those poor Israelis, so threatened. It’s just awful. All those security problems.” As opposed to, you know, the security problems inherent in being slowly shoved off your land while living under military occupation. And yet, when he comes back, the only critique that’s made of him is that because he didn’t use the colonizers’ preferred designation for their colony, he’s labeled “hostile to Israel.”

    Sadly, just another day in this discussion.

  59. 59.

    Tommy

    March 30, 2014 at 12:13 pm

    @Amir Khalid: Yeah. The Jewish folks I know are pretty darn liberal. And when talking about Palestinian they are way more liberal then the talking heads I see all the time talking about the Middle East. I actually find it refreshing.

  60. 60.

    nancydarling

    March 30, 2014 at 12:15 pm

    @Amir Khalid: Apparently one can’t say words like cas ino and gam bling.@Villago Delenda Est: LOL thanks to google translate.

  61. 61.

    Higgs Boson's Mate

    March 30, 2014 at 12:17 pm

    @Ruckus:

    Ever since the Enron debacle it seems that being in charge of an organization has been decoupled from any kind of responsibility for its actions. The cons can’t give enough tongue baths to CEOs and shitheads like Christie because they’re in charge. Right. Seems that being in charge now consists of deciding which of your underlings to throw under the bus when things go pear-shaped.

  62. 62.

    Higgs Boson's Mate

    March 30, 2014 at 12:18 pm

    @nancydarling:

    Personally, I smiled at the idea of someone gamboling through life.

  63. 63.

    Pogonip

    March 30, 2014 at 12:20 pm

    @Pogonip: Oh, I forgot about FYWP not liking a certain word that starts with “g.”. I still want to get into the gamboling business. I want to work in the Puppies and Frisbees Department.

    (Human nature being what it is, though, after about a month uou’d be complaining about how you’re not paid nearly enough to throw that damn Frisbee for that damn dog, over and over and over again.. and why doesn’t the Housebreaking Department do THEIR damn job, and if the company had any brains they’d have border collies and not German shepherds, and who’s the idiot who ordered all white lambs, they’re so monotonous, you need the occasional speck of black in the flock…

  64. 64.

    chopper

    March 30, 2014 at 12:31 pm

    @Ruckus:

    and adelson is all asshole. the two should get gay married.

  65. 65.

    catclub

    March 30, 2014 at 12:34 pm

    I appreciate using the term genuflect in this discussion.

  66. 66.

    Ruckus

    March 30, 2014 at 12:36 pm

    @dmsilev:
    Of course you are correct.
    One thing I can see about an awful lot of rich fuckers is that all that money didn’t go to providing them any sense, common or otherwise. A bad thing is you have to go along with their stupidity to have any chance of getting some of their money and so end up being just like them, but with a lot less money.

  67. 67.

    Suffern ACE

    March 30, 2014 at 12:36 pm

    @Amir Khalid: yep. “Christie says something accurate and loses Republican support.” Yay?!

  68. 68.

    catclub

    March 30, 2014 at 12:37 pm

    @Pogonip: “Human nature being what it is, though, after about a month uou’d be complaining about how you’re not paid nearly enough to throw that damn Frisbee for that damn dog,”

    This is very true. I like the story of the old man who the kids annoy by yelling in his neighborhood. He offers to pay them to yell at him.
    Then he stops paying and they stop yelling. Problem solved.
    Money can disalign motivations.

  69. 69.

    aimai

    March 30, 2014 at 12:42 pm

    @nancydarling: He understood gamboling? But how was he on frolicking?

  70. 70.

    Ruckus

    March 30, 2014 at 12:43 pm

    @Higgs Boson’s Mate:
    Oh I think it was long before that for some. But your point about it being normal after that is apt.

  71. 71.

    Cheryl from Maryland

    March 30, 2014 at 12:44 pm

    I wonder how Adelson made money in gambling since he can’t pick a winner worth shit. Based on the NYTimes article on this celebration of groveling, Adelson will give money to whomever promises him the least internet gambling so he can have as close to a monopoly as possible.

  72. 72.

    Suffern ACE

    March 30, 2014 at 12:46 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est: you mean like blocking an appointment for surgeon general because he once noted that people die and are injured by weapons?

  73. 73.

    Pogonip

    March 30, 2014 at 12:48 pm

    @aimai: Well, since Nancy said her uncle was dumb as a post except about gamboling, I’m guessing his frolicking was not up to snuff.

  74. 74.

    Chris

    March 30, 2014 at 12:49 pm

    @James E. Powell:

    I’m afraid that the Village Idiots are going to insist that this guy be the next president.

    This. I’m not very old, but I can’t remember the last time the Village has been this completely in the tank for a candidate long before he even declared his candidacy.

    @Baud:

    They adore him. A Republican whose not overly religious but who punches down. Priceless!

    Yeah, I agree with this too. He’s their guy, if you’re an East Coast elite. All the economic prejudices of the 1%, but without the embarassing cultural baggage of the flyover country crazies. He’s what they picture when they cry out for a Reasonable Moderate VSP who can focus on The Real Issues, reject the extremes of left and right, and unite the country behind his Leadership.

  75. 75.

    Elie

    March 30, 2014 at 12:55 pm

    Maybe Obama will let Christie smell the seat of his chair in the Oval Office. That is the closest he will be to that office.

    Clearly, his intelligence and political skills are junior league… whaever important facts he may happen to learn, he cannot retain because the braggadocio of the moment takes over. As someone upstring said, who could brief him and who would he allow on his team with the necessary skills that he would respect. He has no respect for anyone but himself… everyone else from his team, funding supporters and without question, his constituents — are just objects to be used at his discretion. He won’t remember or empathize enough to avoid these sorts of mistakes..

    Running for national office and the Presidency is extremely difficult and the successful candidate is under scrutiny 24/7. Christie’s character, similar to the Killa from Wasila’s, cannot bear that kind of scrutiny.

    Also, I don’t think any of the current crop of front runners can bear that scrutiny, including the dark horse, JEB!

    The Republican Party is sick and totally unprepared to govern in the real world — or any world. AND, they truly represent no ideas beyond hatred of the other brown and poor people and that rich people should run things. AND they are hopelessly stupid. That’s it

  76. 76.

    Elie

    March 30, 2014 at 1:03 pm

    @Cheryl from Maryland:

    But as a bonafide bully, he can beat up folks and steal what he wants. I imagine in his line of work, stealing is essential. Problem for him is that he may believe that he earned what he actually just stole and conferred on himself the notion that he can judge, select and manage on merit. He doesn’t and truly cannot, so when he has to select on merit, the results just reflect his ego rather than a real vetting process.

  77. 77.

    rk

    March 30, 2014 at 1:07 pm

    It’s almost like there’s some issue keeping Christie from hiring and retaining good staff who would have briefed him on the right language to use in front of a bunch of Zionists.

    Why would any good people work for Christie? Worthless corrupt people only attract either other worthless people or people who are willing to sell their souls for money. This is why Christie (and the Republican party) will continue the downward trend. Republicans have many billionaires on their side, but money ultimately corrupts everything. Republicans are going to learn this the hard way. Only thing is how much is the country going to suffer along the way.

  78. 78.

    Hill Dweller

    March 30, 2014 at 1:16 pm

    @Elie:

    The Republican Party is sick and totally unprepared to govern in the real world — or any world. AND, they truly represent no ideas beyond hatred of the other brown and poor people and that rich people should run things. AND they are hopelessly stupid. That’s it

    The Village does their best to hide that fact. Republicans, regardless of the credibility, are going to be invited on their shows and treated as credible voices.

  79. 79.

    StringOnAStick

    March 30, 2014 at 1:21 pm

    I want to echo the comment above that we should win in 2016, unless the GOP voter screwing effort is too far advanced to allow it. Given how many things will be adding up to make that their last real shot at the presidency, we have to bet that they will do everything they can to limit voting by the ‘wrong’ people.

    Obviously, this is where the Dems and us as individuals need to concentrate our efforts, or else the future and everyone’s golden years are going to suck for every individual of any age reading this. As an added kicker, if they win in 2014 then it is going to be really tough to keep them from implementing their voter suppression plans. Our marching orders have been issued!

  80. 80.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 30, 2014 at 1:28 pm

    @Amir Khalid:

    And here I was, thinking your uncle must have been the most cheerful of people.

    I was picturing him skipping merrily through the meadow, a smile on his lips, a song in his heart.

  81. 81.

    Chris

    March 30, 2014 at 1:29 pm

    @Elie:

    There’s a logic to it from their worldview:

    1) I am rich.

    2) Therefore, I am smarter than anyone who hasn’t made it to my level. After all, if they were as smart as me, they’d be as rich, too.

    3) Therefore, of course I should pick only yes-men who follow my lead in all regards. I’m not saying I’m PERFECT and I’ll NEVER make mistakes, but I’ll make fewer than they would if they were thinking for themselves. After all, I’m richer than them. So I’m smarter.

  82. 82.

    Chris

    March 30, 2014 at 1:33 pm

    @StringOnAStick:

    As an added kicker, if they win in 2014 then it is going to be really tough to keep them from implementing their voter suppression plans.

    If you look at the old days, the era of machine politics and poll taxes and the like, one of the takeaways is that it was incredibly easy for elites to lock up a nominally democratic system in such a way that what the voters wanted didn’t really matter. It started getting better over the course of the twentieth century, but the current overlords seem hellbent on bringing the old ways back.

    (Naturally, they’ll do it in the name of fighting “vote fraud” and “Chicago style politics,” e.g. exactly what they’re doing).

  83. 83.

    LanceThruster

    March 30, 2014 at 1:39 pm

    Oh to live in a land where the likes of Sheldon Adelson are are de facto kingmakers.

  84. 84.

    Long Tooth

    March 30, 2014 at 1:43 pm

    “.. felt like an Arab who was dancing thru Zion
    Don’t call a doctor when you just feel like crying,,”

    It all comes down, down, down to Goodnight Chris Christie.

  85. 85.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    March 30, 2014 at 1:54 pm

    Ok I got to ask this, with all these Christie stories, where in the f*ck was the support for the Democratic nominee in the New Jersey Gubernatorial race in 2013. I mean, Jesus would it be better to dump the pig then? I fear what is going to happen in both Ohio and Wisconsin this year.

  86. 86.

    Villago Delenda Est

    March 30, 2014 at 2:05 pm

    @Suffern ACE: Another fine example.

  87. 87.

    ? Martin

    March 30, 2014 at 2:07 pm

    @Mr Stagger Lee:

    Ok I got to ask this, with all these Christie stories, where in the f*ck was the support for the Democratic nominee in the New Jersey Gubernatorial race in 2013.

    Making sure Cory Booker got elected to the Senate, which was far and away the more important and more realistic outcome. Had we taken the governorship and lost the Senate seat, the howls from Democrats going into 2014 would be deafening and rightfully so.

    Pick your battles. It’s hard to get your volunteer army assembled when half of them are perfectly content to vote for the guy you’re running against.

  88. 88.

    chopper

    March 30, 2014 at 3:05 pm

    @JPL:

    Christie also said this… “In N.J., nobody has to wonder whether I am for them or against them,”

    I think that sound you hear is a bunch of teachers’ heads exploding.

  89. 89.

    IM

    March 30, 2014 at 3:05 pm

    @Amir Khalid:

    Ich auch nicht. Don`t overthink it.

  90. 90.

    Lurking Canadian

    March 30, 2014 at 3:31 pm

    @chopper: I’m pretty sure the teachers don’t wonder.

  91. 91.

    Chris T.

    March 30, 2014 at 3:33 pm

    @Ruckus:

    I don’t think Sheldon was looking to understand the political landscape. He was looking to purchase it. For something like 2 or 3 cents on the dollar.

    Not even that much, more like 4 cents on $100.

    Seriously, these guys think the place should be “The United States of Koch and Adelson”. One dollar, one vote! I can’t even parody this anymore thanks to Tom Perkins.

  92. 92.

    Patricia Kayden

    March 30, 2014 at 3:58 pm

    @lamh36: Republicans have given up on appealing to more voters. Shutting down the votes of their opponents is all they’ve got left. I don’t see that as a winning strategy — not in 2016 or beyond.

  93. 93.

    Ruckus

    March 30, 2014 at 4:02 pm

    @Chris T.:
    Sorry, I wasn’t thinking small enough.
    And I should where ideas about equality and such collide with rich conservatives.

    I wonder if exposing how little of their money they are spending to buy up everything might just be a good way to bring people to our side.
    Sheldon thinks that owning you is only worth 1/10,000th or whatever of his money. The kochsucker brothers think you are worth even less.
    Many of us have jobs that really don’t do anything positive, other than we exchange time and a little effort for money. So in that context we are only different in amount than the rich. But they don’t think our value is anything at all and they are constantly trying to depress that value, pay us less and get more.
    Maybe we need to say it that way. The rich value us at effectively zero. Not minimum wage, not $10.15 per hour, not $15. per hour, ZERO. Or even less.

  94. 94.

    Joey Giraud

    March 30, 2014 at 4:04 pm

    @patrick II:

    It seems if the guy who contributes more than 100 million has more than his share to say in how this country is run. Watching the candidates bow before him

    That’s why, if we want a democracy, we will have to prevent people from gathering so much wealth.

    Money will always talk, no amount of campaign finance laws can reverse that.

    If we insist on “rewarding” the clever and ruthless with unbounded wealth, we should give up on democracy and just start giving the richest people titles and direct power.

    $ 100,000,000 : Baron
    $ 1,000,000,000 : Duke
    $ 10,000,000,000: Archduke

    and so forth.

    Duke Sheldon Adelson. Archduke Charles Koch.

    Progress!

  95. 95.

    Chris

    March 30, 2014 at 4:20 pm

    @Ruckus:

    The pay for waiters and the like offers a hint of just how low they want all our wages to be.

  96. 96.

    pluege

    March 30, 2014 at 4:27 pm

    toadies like christie are too insecure to surround themselves with smart people.

  97. 97.

    James E. Powell

    March 30, 2014 at 5:27 pm

    @Mr Stagger Lee:

    I fear what is going to happen in both Ohio and Wisconsin this year.‘

    Why be anxious about this? Both Republicans will be re-elected comfortably. Both will be promoted as presidential candidates. One of them might win.

  98. 98.

    karen

    March 30, 2014 at 6:24 pm

    Just a question because I’m honestly not sure. Is the word “Zionists” dog whistle code for Jews? I’ve seen it in comments for lots of message boards and it seems to be the code word.

  99. 99.

    karen

    March 30, 2014 at 6:25 pm

    @Patricia Kayden:

    I don’t see that as a winning strategy — not in 2016 or beyond.

    Well if you stop everyone else from voting, you win right?

  100. 100.

    Ruckus

    March 30, 2014 at 7:18 pm

    @Chris:
    Exactly.
    They value us at nothing.
    I take some offense at that.
    I’ve said before that my time isn’t worth much but it is worth more than that.

  101. 101.

    Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism

    March 30, 2014 at 8:14 pm

    @karen:

    Is the word “Zionists” dog whistle code for Jews?

    The Jews who still believe in Greater Israel, to be specific, including but not limited to the Likudniks. The West Bank isn’t occupied territory to them, but Israel’s birthright.

  102. 102.

    J R in WV

    March 30, 2014 at 8:39 pm

    @karen:

    Not really. Jews in this country may be Zionists, but mostly not. Jews in Israel are only Zionists if they vote for Likudnik candidates who continue to push Arabs off their ancestral farms to make room for apartments for Russian Jews moving to the Holy Land.

    So Zionists are the Republican Jews, sorta. Most American Jews are Democratic party members, and work hard for our candidates.

  103. 103.

    AxelFoley

    March 31, 2014 at 4:18 am

    You have to have a little pity on Chris Christie.

    The hell you say!

  104. 104.

    AxelFoley

    March 31, 2014 at 4:20 am

    @muricafukyea:

    Glorified reddit poster muckymux obsessing over the Fat Bastard so wr0ng way Cole doesn’t have to.

    I always get a kick when muricafukyea goes off on mix and Cole. LOL

  105. 105.

    Cervantes

    March 31, 2014 at 8:22 am

    @karen:

    Just a question because I’m honestly not sure. Is the word “Zionists” dog whistle code for Jews? I’ve seen it in comments for lots of message boards and it seems to be the code word.

    It can be used that way — but the word has a specific meaning of its own, which you can look up.

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