Chris Christie apologists are singing the praises of this guy, even going so far as to claim (on Fox News, of course) that this is just another one of those feminist plots to bring down guys who act like assholes — 
because we all know that acting like an asshole is the natural state of men, and women who complain about it are just too touchy-feely and sensitive.
Apparently, this micro-manager who has his nose in everyone’s business in every other regard was supposedly completely unaware of what his closest personal staff was doing, even when he met with them while the whole Bridge blockage was happening. Yeah, no one is buying that, and polls show that people just aren’t that gullible.
Is this the most serious scandal in the world? Of course not. But I am more interested in it because it shows what kind of person he is, and that is something we all need to know if he wants to run for higher office.
Hey, remember when the Romney campaign considered having Christie as the VP but ran as far as possible once they began the vetting process? Yeah, that was funny!
Anyway, we all know that if you’re a powerful person (say, a governor) you have a staff of people you have chosen — and one thing a staff does is want to please the boss. Do we really believe that his staff would do these things if they didn’t think he would approve? Even if he didn’t directly give them the instruction to do this, clearly they were following his example and taking actions that would please him.
And if you believe otherwise, I have a bridge to sell you.
Just don’t try to cross it.
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Not that I like this Christie guy – I really don’t, but for completely different reasons. Anyhow …
Mike, you wrote, “… because we all know that acting like an asshole is the natural state of men, and women who complain about it are just too touchy-feely and insensitive.”
That IS kind of how things are. (Though it’s not just women being PC and bleeding-heart, as I know some women that also act like men/assholes, and they tend to be the higher/top performers and easier to work with than the “non-assholes” – especially when WINNING MATTERS, like it does in real life.) Most of the successful people in the world have a little “asshole in them” because it’s a dog-eat-dog world. Nice guys finish last. You know the old agates. Competition is fierce in this world. Being a bit of an “asshole” has it’s merits. I’ll take a high-performing asshole any day-of-the-week over some nice guy that doesn’t accomplish much. (We all know too many lazy “nice guys”.) So yeah, people that have a serious problem with winners/people that are harsh, forward, and not PC…well, they are just too touchy-feely and sensitive to play with the real winners in life – the tough souls.
Again, while I don’t like this guy for many reasons, you actually stated something about him that I agree with here.
One more example … most of the good musicians that I’ve played/worked with are all pretty much assholes in their own way. Why? Because the good talent in the world quickly tires of dealing with the losers, so we become assholes to compensate. Assholes have higher standards. Assholes work harder. Assholes tend to share a degree of higher thinking. Otherwise, we just kind of get pulled-down to the lower standard held by the those people that think “being nice” is more important than being productive, or WINNING. (Yes, to have meaningful winners, you also have to have losers. That’s life. This “everyone gets a trophy” world that has developed in the US over the past couple of decades is pretty lame.)
“It’s not weather you win or lose, it’s how you play the game.” Now there’s a statement written by someone that, well …
…didn’t win. LOL
(Please take all of this with a grain of salt. It’s all food for thought, and just a different way of looking at things. Being an “asshole” isn’t necessarily a bad thing.)
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My comment was aimed at the ridiculous idea that this attack on him was a “feminist plot” simply because he is too much of a “man’s man.” Well, no, it’s an attack on him because he used his political power to exact revenge on his political enemies while hurting the very people he took an oath to protect.
As I have said in previous posts, strong leaders sometimes have to be assertive and aggressive — but that’s not what the criticism of Christie is here. For Fox to say it IS about that is what is ridiculous.
Please go back and reread the article with that in mind.
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Mike, fair enough and well taken.
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Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?
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