Showing posts with label Gov. Chris Christie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gov. Chris Christie. Show all posts

Monday, July 3, 2017

Flotsam Spotted On Closed New Jersey Beach (UPDATED)


IOKIYR:

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It's amazing that this guy's approval rating is at 15 percent. Who are those people?

UPDATE: Twitter has fun --







Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Another Rage-gasm At The Republican Sh*tshow


Clearly, after first night bug- eyed rants by the likes of despicable Rudy "Noun, Verb, 9-11" Giuliani, speakers on the second night of the Republican National Convention Sh*tshow also forgot to take their thorazine.  Just two examples should suffice.

Ben "On Meds?" Carson:
“One of the things I have learned about Hillary Clinton is that one of her heroes is Saul Alinsky,” Carson said.  
Alinsky has been a popular target for the right and his ideas have been tied to President Obama and Clinton. Carson said Alinsky acknowledged Lucifer in one of his books.
That's Ben "On Meds?" version of six degrees of Kevin Bacon, except he cut out four degrees.

Then, Donald "Rump" Trump's personal valet and Big Mac fetcher Gov. Chris "Krispykreme" Christie:
Christie said “every region of the world has been infected with her flawed judgment,” citing Clinton’s resistance to adding Boko Haram to the terrorist watch list. 
“What happened because of this reckless action by the candidate who is the self-proclaimed champion of women around the world? These terrorists abducted hundreds of innocent young girls two years ago,” Christie said. “These schoolgirls are still missing today.
Debunked!

Krispykreme also led the frothing mob in call- and- response chants of "Guilty or not guilty" over delusional examples of Hillary Clinton's ethics.  That's from Mr. Bridgegate.  Or, as Hillary herself puts it:
 BONUS:  As usual, Charles Pierce nails "Big Chicken."

BONUS II: To quote Big Chicken, "We are about to be led by not only a strong leader but by a caring, genuine and decent person". But enough about Hillary Clinton. Bada boom.

BONUS III:  Rude Pundit reviews Big Chicken and Il Douche, Jr. (salty but appropriate to the occasion).

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

They Said It! (Cont.)


Here's the latest installment in our on- going feature capturing Republican "presidential" candidate dog- on- dog action (our emphasis throughout).  Enjoy!

Neo-fascist fartbag Donald "Rump" Trump on Sen. "Tailgunner Ted" Cruz:
“Republicans are going to have to ask themselves the question: ‘Do we want a candidate who could be tied up in court for two years?’ That’d be a big problem,” Trump said when asked about the topic. “It’d be a very precarious one for Republicans because he’d be running and the courts may take a long time to make a decision. You don’t want to be running and have that kind of thing over your head.”

Trump added, “I’d hate to see something like that get in his way. But a lot of people are talking about it and I know that even some states are looking at it very strongly, the fact that he was born in Canada and he has had a double passport.”
Yes, it would make Rump very sad to see that happen to old pal "Tailgunner Ted"!

Gov. Chris "Krispykreme" Christie on Sen. Marco "Glug Glug" Rubio (R-MIAmi):
I just don’t think Marco Rubio’s going to be able to slime his way to the White House,” Christie was quoted as saying. “He wants to put out a whole bunch of negative ads? Go ahead. I hope that he will acknowledge at some point that I couldn’t care less.” 
Well, when you're a gusano, you tend to produce slime.

"Tailgunner Ted" Cruz's spokesman on Sen. Rubio:
“So Rubio’s foreign policy and national security strategy is to invade Middle Eastern countries, create power vacuums for terrorist organizations, allow their people to come to America unvetted, give them legal status and citizenship, then impose a massive surveillance state to monitor the problem,” Alice Stewart, a national spokeswoman for Cruz, said in a statement to the Guardian.

I’m trying to figure out if it is more incoherent than dangerous or vice versa.”
How about both?

Sen. Rubio's spokesman Alex Conant on "Tailgunner Ted":
“No amount of false rhetoric will cover up the fact that Cruz voted for Rand Paul’s isolationist budget to slash military spending and gut US intelligence programs. Cruz might talk tough, but he would endanger America by partnering with rulers like Assad and Putin. Marco has consistently fought to strengthen America’s military, intelligence programs and border security, and as president his top priority will be to keep Americans safe.”
Extra credit for dinging Sen. "Ayn" Rand Paul (R-Dudebro) and "Tailgunner Ted" in the same sentence!

Saturday, January 2, 2016

With Chris Christie, Familiarity Breeds Contempt


Gov. Chris "Krispykreme" Christie (R-Toast) is another Republican "presidential" candidate occupying the so- called "establishment" Republican lane (where, we hope, he's displaying the "Wide Load" sign on his caboose).  He's challenging front- runners Donald "Rump" Trump, Sen. "Tailgunner Ted" Cruz and Sen. Marco "Glug Glug" Rubio in New Hampshire, aided by the endorsement of the state's long- time wingnut propaganda rag, the Union Leader.  Lucky for Krispykreme New Hampshire Republicans haven't had the privilege of his stewardship, because
New Jerseyans, it seems, positively hate the job he’s doing for the state.
On Sunday, our @issue section featured our own annual gubernatorial report card on Christie, as well as the results of a reader survey conducted by the Asbury Park Press, our sister paper, as well as this newspaper. He received little more than Cs and Ds from us on a variety of issues, and he flunked in a few areas for 2015, when he has essentially checked out to run for President.
But from the readers’ perspective, we were generous. More than 1,300 people responded and they found Christie to be a failure across the board, the majority giving him Fs in every policy area. It is a remarkably negative assessment that also reflects recent polling that shows Christie’s approval rates in the state at all-time lows[snip]

He’s been a disaster on the environment. He took the easy way selling out to ExxonMobil on a pollution settlement, and bowing to corporate powers on pipeline proposals. He’s done nothing about transportation funding and has been embarrassingly weak on gun control. On education he has been far too focused on criticizing public schools that consistently rank as among the best in the nation.  [snip]
Christie is trying to convince a national audience that he’s the right man to lead the country and become one of the most powerful people in the world. Yet his own home state mostly hates his performance as governor. There’s no way to turn that reality into a point in his favor.   (our emphasis)
Another of the Serious- Pundit- deemed "deep bench" of "qualified and talented" Republican charlatans crooks demagogues failures candidates!

(Photo:  "'Wide Load' -- haha, I get it!  Hey, that's a nice bridge you got there; shame if anything happened to it.")

Friday, November 20, 2015

Morning Reading - The Party Of Fear And Loathing


As we note in the post below, the rhetoric on the right has surpassed ugly and has entered darkly dangerous territory.  Here are a few worthwhile takes on this phenomenon (more here).

Paul Krugman on Republicans fleeing into their panic rooms:
What explains the modern right’s propensity for panic? Part of it, no doubt, is the familiar point that many bullies are also cowards. But I think it’s also linked to the apocalyptic mind-set that has developed among Republicans during the Obama years.

Think about it. From the day Mr. Obama took office, his political foes have warned about imminent catastrophe. Fiscal crisis! Hyperinflation! Economic collapse, brought on by the scourge of health insurance! And nobody on the right dares point out the failure of the promised disasters to materialize, or suggest a more nuanced approach.  [snip]
The context also explains why Beltway insiders were so foolish when they imagined that the Paris attacks would deflate Donald Trump’s candidacy, that Republican voters would turn to establishment candidates who are serious about national security.
Who, exactly, are these serious candidates? And why would the establishment, which has spent years encouraging the base to indulge its fears and reject nuance, now expect that base to understand the difference between tough talk and actual effectiveness?  (our emphasis)
Since they're indulged in their fears and don't understand the difference between political posturing and effectiveness,  the Republican base's fear and loathing pleasure points will continue to be deep- massaged by the despicable charlatans running for president on their side.  Meanwhile, the Richmond Times-Dispatch tells those who would react in such a way to "get a grip:"
Americans like to think of themselves as brave and strong. But a good portion of them are acting very weak and frightened.
In response to the Paris attacks, many want to bar entry by Syrian refugees — all of them, including even (as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie put it) orphans under 5. This despite the fact that refugees undergo exhaustive scrutiny before being permitted on U.S. soil.  [snip]
Never to be outdone in the lunacy Olympics, Donald Trump is leaving open the possibility of forcing Muslims — including not just refugees but U.S. citizens — to register with the government as such, and perhaps even carry special ID. (No word on whether that might be a yellow star or crescent.)
Instead of taking those suggestions, perhaps America should — oh, maybe stop the bed-wetting, for example. Then pull up its big-boy pants — and get a grip.  (our emphasis)
It's gotten so bad even a Christian right leader is shocked:
Russell Moore, the president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, told BuzzFeed News on Thursday that he was shocked by the “overheated” rhetoric being employed by high-profile politicians in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris.
“Donald Trump is saber-rattling about shutting down mosques in this country, which, as somebody who works every day on religious liberty, I’m astounded that we could have a presidential candidate of either party speaking in such a way,” Moore said
“Evangelicals should recognize that any president who would call for shutting down houses of worship … is the sort of political power that can ultimately shut down evangelical churches."
Moore was also critical of candidates like Ted Cruz who are now arguing that the U.S. should only accept Christian refugees from Syria, not Muslims.

“I don’t think we ought to have a religious test for our refugee policy,” Moore said...
With the cooperation of attention- seeking, puerile media at all levels, Republicans are likely to continue to play to the fears of the public (it's guaranteed that, if you are watching even your local news, it's been featuring those "how safe are we?" pieces).  Irresponsible behavior is expected on the right;  for them, it's all about changing the narrative, driving down poll numbers for Democrats and fatuously adopting the mantle of the national security party (with dumbasses like Trump and Carson? "Tailgunner Ted?"  J.E.B.!?  please).  It's clear that indulging this fear mongering and intolerance is both factually and morally wrong.  Will they get away with it?  We'll see who has the courage to stand up and face them down.

Monday, August 31, 2015

How's That Hispanic Outreach Coming Along? Chris Christie Wants To Track Immigrants Like Packages


Largest rock in the Republican presidential candidate box of rocks Gov. Chris "Krispykreme" Christie is working overtime to grab some attention away from front- runner and classy, gold- plated rock in the Republican box Donald "Rump" TrumpHe's got a plan to track immigrants that would make Heinrich Himmler proud:
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey said on Saturday that if he were elected president he would combat illegal immigration by creating a system to track foreign visitors the way FedEx tracks packages.
The way FedEx tracks packages, of course, is with an imprinted bar code system.  So, like a tattoo?  Or maybe a microchip implant like for a pet?  This guy Christie is a big (and we do mean big) thinker stinker and another example of a "talented," "well-qualified" Republican candidate in their "deep field!"

BONUS:  As Tengrain notes, if Christie were a FedEx package, "there would be extra shipping charges."  Rimshot!

(Photo: Chris Christie - A block, a stone, a worse than senseless thing!)

Thursday, July 2, 2015

On Chris Christie: "Don't Believe A Word The Man Says"


Tom Moran of New Jersey's largest-circulation paper, the Star-Ledger, has some memorable thoughts and a warning about anger mis-management case study Gov. Chris "Krispykreme" Christie (Thug- NJ):
Most Americans don't know Chris Christie like I do, so it's only natural to wonder what testimony I might offer after covering his every move for the last 14 years.
Is it his raw political talent? No, they can see that.
Is it his measurable failure to fix the economy, solve the budget crisis or even repair the crumbling bridges? No, his opponents will cover that if he ever gets traction.
My testimony amounts to a warning: Don't believe a word the man says.  (our emphasis)
Moran goes on to catalog some of Christie's more notable lies.  Fortunately for all of us, he's just the latest Republican who's lining up for the privilege of getting crushed by Hillary Clinton.  Good reading, though.

BONUSThe Jerk Store called - they're running out of Chris Christie.

Friday, May 1, 2015

Walker And Christie Feeling The Heat


Billionaire Koch-brothers-endorsed Republican Gov. Scott "Koch Head" Walker (R-Kochland) is engaging in the "nothing to see here, move along" strategy when it comes to answering questions about the criminal investigations into his 2012 recall campaign operations:
Two career prosecutors--one a Republican, one a Democrat--just called Scott Walker a liar, and not a single national newspaper took notice.
The comments came after Walker, an unannounced candidate for president, used an appearance on an Iowa radio show to publicly attack a bipartisan criminal investigation into his campaign as a "political witch hunt" with the aim of "trying to intimidate people."
The Special Prosecutor leading the probe, Francis Schmitz--a Republican who voted for Walker in 2012--fired back, stating, "these recent allegations are patently false."
"His description of the investigation as a 'political witch hunt' is offensive when he knows that the investigation was authorized by a bipartisan group of judges and is directed by a Republican Special Prosecutor appointed at the request of a bipartisan group of district attorneys," Schmitz said.  [snip]
The current criminal investigation into Walker involves serious allegations that the governor and his campaign disregarded the state's campaign finance laws during the 2012 recall elections.
Or, 
As former Milwaukee District Attorney E Michael McCann told the Center for Media and Democracy: "If you've got the facts on your side, fight on the facts. If you've got the law on your side, fight on the law. If you've got neither, fight the DA."
Meanwhile, the Bridgegate scandal involving Gov. Chris "Krispykreme" Christie (R-Toast) and his closest staff  has taken an ominous turn for the Narcissist from Newark:
Gov. Chris Christie's high-school buddy and former Port Authority of New York and New Jersey appointee, David Wildstein, has pleaded guilty to plotting to create a 2013 traffic jam on the George Washington Bridge as political payback against a Christie opponent.
But Wildstein isn't the only fish in the net:
In addition, Bill Baroni, the former deputy executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and Bridget Anne Kelly, a former deputy chief of staff to Mr. Christie have been indicted by Paul J. Fishman, the United States attorney for New Jersey. Those indictments include "multiple counts of conspiracy to commit fraud, including 'knowingly converting and intentionally misapplying property of an organization receiving federal benefits.'" You can read the full indictment here.
Krispykreme's continuing to employ the Sgt. Shultz (his mustachioed Doppelganger) defense, which should in and of itself disqualify him from further consideration as a presidential candidate.

(Image:  Walker and Christie - "If we end up sharing a cell, I get the bottom bunk.")

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Disqualifying?


The editorial board of the once great Washington Post Bezos Bugle says this about the recent statements on vaccinations by Gov. Chris "Krispycreme" Christie and Kentucky Sen. "Ayn" Rand Paul (Nut-Self Certified):
TWO POTENTIAL Republican presidential candidates, Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, have made irresponsible comments about vaccines at a time when measles has reappeared in the United States. Their remarks call into question their judgment and their fitness for higher office.
Ya think? You can add these items to the mounting evidence of their unfitness as well:

During Krispycreme's "disaster" (Economic World) visit to Great Britain this week, the conservative Daily Mail reported the anger- management- challenged Christie had this exchange (via Washington Monthly):
‘Is there something you don’t understand about, “No questions”?’ Christie snapped when a reporter asked whether he’d discussed the Islamic State group during his meetings with dignitaries during the visit to the Globe [Theater].
There's also this piece of patronizing condescension by "Ayn", who doesn't exactly exhibit Presidential qualities when speaking to this reporter (via Rachel Maddow Show):



That these two thin-skinned egotists would appear on any organization's list of potential Presidential candidates only makes sense when you consider it's the Stupid Party we're talking about.

Monday, January 5, 2015

"Don't Leave Me Hanging! D'oh!"


Who was that orange balloon floating in on the right in Cowboys owner Jerry Jones' box at yesterday's Cowboys-Lions playoff game?  Why, none other than New Jersey Gov. Chris "Krispycreme" Christie, who apparently has been a Cowboys fan his whole life (rather than a Giants, Jets, or Eagles fan as most football fans in his state would be).  After the Cowboys' winning touchdown, here's Krispycreme being denied a high ten from the Cowboys one-percenters he so slavered after (amusing related tweets from his anger-bear brother and others here):



UPDATE: Looks like there might be more to this relationship than just jock worship.

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Thursday's Tacky Twofer: The Scott Walker - Chris Christie Ticket



Prosecutors are still hot on the trail of two Republican governors who harbor national aspirations.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott "Beam Me Up Scotty" Walker:
Newly released documents show prosecutors are alleging Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was at the center of a nationwide "criminal scheme" to illegally coordinate with outside conservative groups. 
The documents were filed as part of an ongoing lawsuit challenging the probe by the conservative group Wisconsin Club for Growth. They were ordered publicly released Thursday by a federal appeals court judge after prosecutors and the Wisconsin Club for Growth did not object. 
One of the filings from prosecutors outlines previously unknown details about the investigation that began in 2012 as Walker was facing a recall election. 
Prosecutors say Walker, his chief of staff and others who worked for him were discussing illegal coordination with a number of national groups and prominent figures, including GOP strategist Karl Rove.  (our emphasis)
That's not aged Wisconsin brick cheese you're smelling, folks! (hat tip to P.E.C.)

New Jersey Gov. Chris "Krispycreme" Christie:
... Paul Fishman, the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, wades through the sewage of Christie’s stewardship. Two sources with intimate knowledge of the case say Fishman’s pace is quickening -- he has empaneled a second grand jury, and the U.S. Justice Department has sent assistant prosecutors and FBI agents to work the case.   
“What’s taking the most time,” according to one source, “is separating what's viable from all the bad stuff they’re finding that may not be viable.” 
Fishman’s challenge is to nail down specific criminal charges on several fronts -- the diversion of Port Authority money to fund New Jersey road and bridge projects; the four-day rush-hour closures of George Washington Bridge lanes in Ft. Lee; and a web of real-estate deals spun by David Samson, long a Christie crony, when he chaired the PA’s Board of Commissioners as Christie’s appointee. (One such deal, a stalled office-tower development in Hoboken, New Jersey, is central to a claim that Christie’s lieutenant governor told the town’s mayor that the state would withhold Hurricane Sandy relief aid from Hoboken if the mayor didn’t sign off on the development project.)  [snip] 
... Christie’s Port appointees -- not only Samson, but former PA Deputy Executive Director Bill Baroni and his oddball sidekick David Wildstein -- all face near-certain indictment and are being pressed to hand up Christie, as is the governor’s former chief counsel, Charlie McKenna.  (our emphasis)
There's a lot of air still coming out of that large balloon, folks!

The list of potential Republican/ New Confederate/ Stupid party howling monkeys candidates for the 2016 presidential election would be culled by two if prosecutions of Walker and Christie go forward, regardless of the outcome of those prosecutions.  That should warm the hearts of anyone with a heart.

(Image:  The Tacky Ticket!)

Monday, April 7, 2014

Chris Christie's Bridgegate: Key Witness Now Cooperating


From Esquire's Scott Raab:
Bad news for Chris Christie -- and very good news for the citizens of New Jersey: Esquire has learned from sources close to the investigation that David Wildstein, the former Port Authority operative who helped plan and execute the Great Fort Lee Clusterfk, is now cooperating with Paul Fishman, the federal prosecutor investigating the soon-to-be-ex-governor and his minions for criminal conduct. Fishman has also increased the number of investigators at work on the case, and has begun presenting evidence and witnesses to a grand jury in Newark.  (our emphasis)
Raab's analysis and prediction?
Chris Christie’s White House fever dream died at his January press conference, where he spent two hours wallowing in self-pity over how his aides had deceived him. Now that David Wildstein’s talking, his days as governor are numbered -- in weeks and months, not years.
The gusty winds expected over the mid-Atlantic states in the next 24 hours?  Yeah.  Krispykreme deflating.  All that lips-on-tuchas action with Sheldon Adelson was for naught?

Sunday, March 30, 2014

Sunday Cartoon - Chris Christie Gets To The Bottom Of Things


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We're far from "the bottom of things," of course.  Christie is on his innocent humble-bluster tour of teevee and Sheldon Adelson's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire's Bitch."  A brief lull until the immunity deals start dropping.  (This cartoon lends itself to the "Where does the 800 pound gorilla sit?" joke chestnut, too.)

BONUS:  It looks like Gov. Krispykreme's pilgrimage to Sheldon Adelson's tuchas didn't go off without a hitch:  in remarks to the Rethuglican Jewish Coalition, Krispykreme referred to the West Bank as "occupied territories," a big no-no especially to the assembled audience and to the Israeli right wing.  Krispykreme later "apologized" for his gaffe to Adelson, who reportedly was "satisfied."

BONUS II:  Headline over at Andy Borowitz': SHELDON ADELSON SAYS NO REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE WORTH BUYING.  

(Matt Davies, via gocomics.com)

Friday, January 31, 2014

Another Christie Bridgegate Revelation

From the New York Times, this afternoon (our emphasis):
The former Port Authority official who personally oversaw the lane closings on the George Washington Bridge in the scandal now swirling around Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey said on Friday that the governor knew about the lane closings when they were happening, and that he had the evidence to prove it.  [snip] 
The letter marked the first signal that Mr. Christie may have been aware of the closings, something he repeatedly denied during the news conference.
The air continues to whistle out of that balloon.

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Another Shoe Dropping in Christie's Fiefdom?


A lot of buzz about MSNBC "Up" host Steve Kornacki's interview today of Hoboken, NJ, mayor Dawn Zimmer, who alleges Gov. Chris "Krispykreme" Christie's goons strong-armed her during the Hurricane Sandy disaster:
Two senior members of Gov. Chris Christie’s administration warned a New Jersey mayor earlier this year that her town would be starved of hurricane relief money unless she approved a lucrative redevelopment plan favored by the governor, according to the mayor and emails and personal notes she shared with msnbc. 
The mayor, Dawn Zimmer, hasn’t approved the project, but she did request $127 million in hurricane relief for her city of Hoboken – 80% of which was underwater after Sandy hit in October 2012. What she got was $142,000 to defray the cost of a single back-up generator plus an additional $200,000 in recovery grants. 
Anyone noticing a pattern here?  This could be the opening that empowers other Jersey officials to come forward with their own accounts of other Krispykreme administration extortionist strong-arm tactics that have directly harmed the State's citizens.

Sunday, January 12, 2014

Today's Cartoon - Christie's "Bridgegate," Cont.


"Oh, the humanity! huge man in Jersey!"  Two disasters involving large, blimp-like, flammable, gaseous objects in New Jersey.  Who wouldn't make the connection?   The Christie Bridgegate scandal continues to deliver sweet schadenfreude.

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(Jack Ohman, The Sacramento Bee)

Saturday, January 11, 2014

Today's Cartoon - Christie's "Bridgegate"


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(Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Christie's "Bridgegate"


New documents released on Friday show that Gov. Chris "Krispykreme" Christie's associates  organized a cover-up to hide the true reason for the George Washington Bridge lane closures in September:
Officials loyal to Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey went to elaborate lengths to make it appear that the September closing of lanes leading to the George Washington Bridge was part of a traffic study, even though their private communications suggest the move was purely political, according to documents released on Friday.
The documents also show a concerted effort to keep their true motivation hidden, including the insistence by one official of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in an email that communications about the matter should not be conducted by email or discussed publicly.
And,
The documents also indicate that Mr. Christie’s appointees at the Port Authority had discussed the matter with Mr. Christie’s communications director, Maria Comella, as early as Oct. 2, after the second of two articles appeared in The Wall Street Journal. “Comella didn’t think much of the story. Said nobody paying attention,” Mr. Baroni texted Mr. Wildstein.
The emails also suggest the intimate involvement of David Samson, Mr. Christie’s handpicked chairman of the Port Authority, showing that he was aware of the lane closings before they ended on Sept. 13.
So, we are to believe that none of Krispykreme's loyalists told him about this, nor did he probe into it, in 4 months? Remember the lesson taught by every scandal from Watergate on -- it's not the crime, it's the coverup?

BONUS:  Here's more on why Christie should be held in suspicion.

Monday, November 11, 2013

More Media Malpractice - Sunday Shows Edition


More today on the CBS/ 60 Minutes/ Lara Logan clusterf**k on Benghazi!  Benghazi!!  BENGHAZI!!!  We especially like this summation of why CBS, the great Ed Murrow's flagship, has sunk to its newest low:
CBS is running its own little wingnut grift mill to separate the rubes from their money. Unfortunately the company seems to have forgotten that people still turn to its flagship news program for actual news. This is what happens when you put a bunch of Faux News idiots in charge and they get outside the right-wing media bubble into what the rest of us refer to as “reality.”
Read more at http://wonkette.com/534010/return-of-the-revenge-of-the-bride-of-the-son-of-benghazi-the-sequel-part-eleventy#CKIGOY2zkyReVZh8.99
CBS is running its own little wingnut grift mill to separate the rubes from their money. Unfortunately the company seems to have forgotten that people still turn to its flagship news program for actual news. This is what happens when you put a bunch of Faux News idiots in charge and they get outside the right-wing media bubble into what the rest of us refer to as “reality.”
Read more at http://wonkette.com/534010/return-of-the-revenge-of-the-bride-of-the-son-of-benghazi-the-sequel-part-eleventy#CKIGOY2zkyReVZh8.99
...CBS is running its own little wingnut grift mill [Threshold Editions] to separate the rubes from their money.  Unfortunately the company seems to have forgotten that people still turn to its flagship news program [60 Minutes] for actual news.  This is what happens when you put a bunch of Faux News idiots in charge...
Didn't know ex-Faux News people were in charge at CBS?  We forgot, too.  But it helps explain things at bit better, and why the "nopology" from Lara "Lara Croft" Logan last night was what it was (which, btw, hasn't been received too kindly by media critics).

Over at Press the Meat, Dancin' Dave Gregory was having multiple orgasms tongue-bathing interviewing Gov. Chris "Krispycreme" Christie (R-Savior) and crapping on weak-kneed Defeatocrat Secretary of State Kerry.  The pundit panel over at This Week with George Steponaflagpinopoulos was also busy further inflating (hee-hee) the Governor's persona.  Virtually Speaking summarizes the idiocy:
So Chris Christie is a magical reincarnation of TR, because John Kerry did not make a deal with Iran, it proves he is too trusting, Obama use of Seal Teams, drones, bombs in Libya and threats to strike Syria, show he is reluctant to exercise military power, and if, in the next few weeks, Republicans do not suddenly change their minds and love Obamacare and start to work with the President for the first time, it will wreck the President's credibility and his entire second term. And that's the most ridiculous thing that happened this Sunday.
That's your "liberal media" right there, America.  Sic transit gloria, y'all.

Monday, August 19, 2013

Chris Christie, Man of Principle


One of the pols fighting for what passes for a "soul" of the Republican/ New Confederate/ Stupid Party is New Jersey Gov. Chris "King of Bacon" Christie.  But first, Charles P. Pierce would like to offer one recent example why the King of Bacon (ed. note: "oink?") isn't really the "moderate" of Obama- bro- hugging fame: 
Earlier that evening, a Friday night, so as few people as possible would notice, big, rough, tough Chris Christie, the governor of New Jersey, and a guy some delusional souls believe is something more than a run of the mill conservative, vetoed a bill that would have banned a deadly sniper rifle that fires rounds big enough to bring down, among other things, police helicopters. (That it was Christie's bill in the first place is merely an extraneous layer of chicken shit on the whole proceedings.) Chris Christie wants the presidential nomination of a demented political party, so Chris Christie had to veto his own bill and make sure that New Jersey residents can keep their personal anti-aircraft arsenals. I know I'll feel safer flying into Newark now. And, that night, in Newtown, all was dark. All was quiet. All was normal again. Another teachable moment in which the country learned nothing.
At his core, Christie is a bully and, as this episode reflects, most bullies are actually cowards at heart. Remember this.  And this.  And this.

He has 2016 in his (.50 cal.?) sights, so any amount of hypocritical flip-flopping that he deems necessary to advance his fortunes will be undertaken with relish and lots of loud, in- your- face chutzpah.