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Chris Christie: Too Hot for TV?
Feel free to curse me privately for that headline.
Chris Christie has yet another viral video making the rounds, this one featuring a dustup he had with a radio show caller criticizing his handling of public pension and health benefits. Because the media has such a short attention span — and because the novelty of Christie’s pugilistic style has worn off — many viewers may have forgotten just how nimble the big man can be in a fight. Here’s the clip:
Now, I know many Ricochet members have hangups with Christie — and I share a lot of them. But let’s imagine for a second that he manages to secure the Republican nomination. Here’s the question: what’s the net effect of this kind of bravado? Are we better off with a guy like this who doesn’t shy away from a fight — a more blue-collar Newt Gingrich? Or does this combative style poison the well with an electorate that we’re told chooses presidents on the basis of who they’d rather have a beer with? What do you think?
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Feel free to curse me privately for that headline.
How about publicly? “Curse you, Banzai! Don’t you know what you’re saying?”
@CaptainPower-Re post 25-Thanks. I was on my phone when I posted comment 24 and couldn’t link to the debate video.
If someone can fight for and win the support of the right wing (republicans, moderates, conservatives, tea party goers, libertarians – real and otherwise), then they should be the nominee. We need to adjust the process to reflect that. When members of the party feel that a candidate was chosen for them based off what can win that year, we lose support and open ourselves up for infighting when it goes wrong.
If someone could win the support of those groups, they could win the rest of the country as well.