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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf Chris Christie would have told me to "sit down and shut up."
I would have told him to perform an anatomically impossible act on himself.
Now that would have made for some good tv/theatre.
catbyte
(34,458 posts)least of his disqualifications. We'd all be glowing if he'd been President during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Can you imagine the mess he'd make of foreign policy?
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Liberalynn
(7,549 posts)tell school children to stand up to bullies, yet don't take that advice themselves.
That's how I view Christie and many members of the current Republican party as over grown bullies. If we want them out of office, more people need to start calling them out and refusing to back down, and by getting right back in their face.
malaise
(269,186 posts)Go Cheney himself - he would know exactly what I meant and so would all of M$Greedia
Snotcicles
(9,089 posts)global1
(25,272 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,714 posts)He would have looked unhinged. I am afraid that man's pusillanimous or no response at all made him look tough.
George II
(67,782 posts)....he was on CNN this morning, and has been a Hurricane Sandy activist for two years. He's done more to help the people of New Jersey than Christie has.
Ineeda
(3,626 posts)I think he said that the majority of voters in New Jersey are Independents, as is he. The entire exchange will make a great anti-Christie ad next year, along with several other 'non-presidential' exchanges. Apparently Christie's negatives are huge in NJ. So keep 'em coming, Chris.
Cha
(297,722 posts)Cha
(297,722 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)" Christie Heckler Does Not Want to 'Sit Down and Shut Up' "
Chris Christie may have met his match. The New Jersey governor went off on a persistent heckler Wednesday at an event commemorating the second anniversary of Hurricane Sandy in Belmar, New Jersey. His frustration mounting, Christie yelled at the man to sit down and shut up, a line that received applause from many in the crowd. Moments later, Christie's security detail succeeded in confiscating the mans television-camera-obscuring protest sign that read Get Sandy Families Back in Their Home / Finish the Job."
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2014-10-29/christie-heckler-does-not-want-to-sit-down-and-shut-up?utm_source=huffingtonpost.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pubexchange_article
TxVietVet
(1,905 posts)Catherine Vincent
(34,491 posts)Responding in kind like that shows no class on Christie's part.
George II
(67,782 posts)....respectfully and with dignity.
nykym
(3,063 posts)He was interviewed by Chris Hayes on MSNBC last night.
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/meet-man-christie-told-to--sit-down-and-shut-up--349703235827
Cool calm and fact filled.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,714 posts)Unfortunately the image that will stand is the image of him being cowed by a bully.
It doesn't look good for the bully and his victim.
zonkers
(5,865 posts)Brigid
(17,621 posts)Then along came Chris Christie.
zonkers
(5,865 posts)doesn't seem to take a way any of the Boss's compassion or morale trajectory. He is a joke This man is not a role model. He has no humility. Nothing would please me more than a whole new generation of politicians in charge.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)it didn't stop Slobbo.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)give his issue more coverage in the media? I think there will be others who have figured out that this is their way to highlight their side -- get Chris Christie's goat and have him make a scene.
Christie is going to be pretty busy yelling at his protestors. Good. The more people see his snarling face, the more they hate him...
KingCharlemagne
(7,908 posts)concerned Iowans might want to start organizing heckling brigades with the object of dogging his every public appearance. At a certain point, he will go off in such a way that the MSM will be unable to present it in a positive light.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)to that guy will become a "nonstop minutes of fame."
I wonder if that has dawned on CC's aides as they plot his way to get GOP nomination...video cameras getting it all...will make a nice composite tape of the guy constantly losing it...he'll look like a raving madman...
KingCharlemagne
(7,908 posts)in the UK that's looking for someone to lead it.
The Monster Raving Loony Party
I'm not making this up -- Christie would be taking over from the current MRLP leader: Howling Laud Hope -- but maybe one of our UK members could supply some additional detail:
http://www.omrlp.com/
bhcodem
(231 posts)Maybe not exactly the "Sit down and Shut up" part, but that he would lose his cool. He said as much during the Chris Hayes interview.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)...saying that since it is so easy to push Christie's buttons, people may just start showing up to make him go off.
Lots of talk going on about "Iowa Nice" and how the cardboard Tony Soprano crap isn't going to play well outside of Jersey.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)What I can't wait to see is his going after some old woman who confronts him (I would volunteer but I am not in NJ). See how that goes...woman are scared of him anyway and that would just confirm their deepest fears. He was pretty disgusting toward that nurse...
SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)Golden Bully Boy's gotta go find another job.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)story. Wonderful.
lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)advise. Buseater.
madmom
(9,681 posts)Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)mountain grammy
(26,655 posts)If you think that's over the top, just watch the man. And there are plenty of Americans who will volunteer for the firing squads.
KansDem
(28,498 posts)His inaugural route could be blocked with orange cones!
mountain grammy
(26,655 posts)Nay
(12,051 posts)think this sort of bullying is all right with them. They enjoy the bullying vicariously; and yes, they'll volunteer for the firing squads.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)USA. Bullies. Cowards. Criminals. The people who voted him in should be ashamed.
Worried senior
(1,328 posts)was there too with that stupid grin on her face like when he told off the teacher.
She's no better than he is and just seeing him on T.V. makes me ill.
Stardust
(3,894 posts)are perfectly suited for each other. Gackkkkkkkk!
mountain grammy
(26,655 posts)Laxman
(2,419 posts)like a punch line from a joke. What kind of person sits in front of a camera with his creepy smiling wife and baby beside him and tells lies directly to the voters?
In case you haven't visited-the Christie Crime Digest is here with everything you want (or perhaps don't want) to know: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024395877
KingCharlemagne
(7,908 posts)not over the top in the slightest.
locdlib
(176 posts)Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)KingCharlemagne
(7,908 posts)Republican politician. But I think, based on your pointed observation here, that I might have to make at least one exception.
Sincere hat tip!
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)and I'm not liking that message. Usually someone is a bully because they have nothing else to offer because in general they are a weak character. That pretty much sums up the GOP.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)LynneSin
(95,337 posts)No one needs to bully another person in order to survive. They Bully because they feel inadequate inside and therefore they have to make others feel just as inadequate. I hihgly doubt the Shark feels inadequacies outside of hunger when chomping on lunch.
MineralMan
(146,333 posts)as the person it was directed to did.
Aldo Leopold
(685 posts)1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)"Governor Christy, I realize telling 'Us the People' to sit down and shut is your approach political discourse ... and unfortunately, too many people, including those good souls in your administration that care about 'Us the People', are intimidated and comply. Look where that has gotten us {ticking off his administration's scandals and failures}. Maybe, it's time you consider a different approach, so 'Us the People' can achieve better results."
Now ... I know I wouldn't get half of that out.
mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)Then I would understand "sit down and shut up"
The man was speaking out for Sandy victims. He should have been told "I hear you"
Barack Obama knows how to handle hecklers . Christie has a lot to learn.
I also resent the part where he said "I was here when the cameras weren't"
Does he really think people don't remember how he used sandy for photo ops and campaign ads?
Big stinking, phony, bully . Run,Christie,run.
Aldo Leopold
(685 posts)jwirr
(39,215 posts)work. He is a typical R who set on their asses and withholds the money from those it was meant for.
Hey Christie,
Release the money to get the people back in their homes - that is what the taxpayers of the USA gave it to New Jersey for. They did not give the money to you big bully.
Iwillnevergiveup
(9,298 posts)was the thought running through my mind as I watched this.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)phylny
(8,389 posts)who has family members who may or may not have been in the Mafia
TxVietVet
(1,905 posts)Like most conservanazis, he has to be the biggest asshole in the room. He forgets who he works for and if he would have said that to me, I think I would have called him on it. If more people stand up to his bullying tactics, he'd stop it.
Since no does call him out, he'll keep up the activity. Hopefully, he'll run as the conservanazis' candidate for President. If he wins, America loses and he will probably cause a massive foreign policy blunder like bu$h/cheney and attack another country after basing the attack on lies.
There are probably lots of good people in NJ, I only met a couple, but he is the face of NJ. A vengeful evil bully.
jen63
(813 posts)as Kaci Hickox called his bully bluff and he had to back down. Every one needs to start calling this idiot out.
UglyGreed
(7,661 posts)gets that Bully persona from his families' ties to the mob.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)Faux pas
(14,691 posts)boil on the ass of life.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,714 posts)Brigid
(17,621 posts)Docross
(39 posts)Most bullies are 'insecure' and cowards. They try to pick on the weakest
people. I loved it when the 'victim' got his real story out and how
much work he has done. Smart man who knew how Christie would
respond. He can't control himself.
Today, Christie knows "he was set up".
Love to be a fly on the wall at his house.
Look out Mr. Christie. This worked so well ,I'm sure
it's only the beginning.
polichick
(37,152 posts)Logical
(22,457 posts)polichick
(37,152 posts)Bet we'll be seeing more of Jeb now.
BubbaFett
(361 posts)Is bring your street self into view.
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)moondust
(20,006 posts)In more ways than one.
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)I really hate that fucking Christie asshole.