Comments on: Christie is toast https://habitablezone.com/2014/01/31/christie-is-toast/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 03:45:24 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2014/01/31/christie-is-toast/#comment-29586 bowser Sun, 02 Feb 2014 00:32:18 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=42657#comment-29586 He might be roast pig, but not toast. He might be roast pig, but not toast.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2014/01/31/christie-is-toast/#comment-29580 ER Sat, 01 Feb 2014 15:36:07 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=42657#comment-29580 They made him an offer he can't refuse. They made him an offer he can’t refuse.

]]> By: SteveS https://habitablezone.com/2014/01/31/christie-is-toast/#comment-29579 SteveS Sat, 01 Feb 2014 15:28:11 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=42657#comment-29579 <img src="http://www.billdamon.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Horsehead.png" alt="" /> Wildstein's wake up call.

Wildstein’s wake up call.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2014/01/31/christie-is-toast/#comment-29578 ER Sat, 01 Feb 2014 14:18:21 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=42657#comment-29578 He don't put up with no shit from nobody. He's a hard-charging, take-charge kind of guy. He cuts right to the chase, he don't pussy-foot around. He tells it like it is. He'll tell it to your face. He kicks ass first and takes names later. He cuts through the red tape. He doesn't suffer fools kindly. He's not above smashing a few heads together when he has to. I could go on, but I think you see the pattern. Americans want a strong leader, someone who will make things happen, someone with authority and respect. They have only contempt for caution, deliberation, patience, dialogue, compromise, finesse. Introspection, subtlety and nuance are just fancy words for indecision, cowardice and appeasement. Empathy is just another word for weakness. Listen to Rush sometime. Listen closely. Can you hear the vitriol, the hate, the sneer, the cruelty? Oh sure, he may be just an aberration, he may even be just doing it all for show and not take it too seriously himself; but the point is <em>people listen to him</em> and they shiver with delight at what he says, and especially, how he says it. Lots of people listen. Americans talk a lot about freedom and liberty and independence, but they really crave the strong hand of the authoritarian leader--the Tough Guy, Boss, Big Brother. We used to play baseball, now we watch the NFL. He don’t put up with no shit from nobody.
He’s a hard-charging, take-charge kind of guy.
He cuts right to the chase, he don’t pussy-foot around.
He tells it like it is.
He’ll tell it to your face.
He kicks ass first and takes names later.
He cuts through the red tape.
He doesn’t suffer fools kindly.
He’s not above smashing a few heads together when he has to.

I could go on, but I think you see the pattern. Americans want a strong leader, someone who will make things happen, someone with authority and respect. They have only contempt for caution, deliberation, patience, dialogue, compromise, finesse. Introspection, subtlety and nuance are just fancy words for indecision, cowardice and appeasement. Empathy is just another word for weakness.

Listen to Rush sometime. Listen closely. Can you hear the vitriol, the hate, the sneer, the cruelty? Oh sure, he may be just an aberration, he may even be just doing it all for show and not take it too seriously himself; but the point is people listen to him and they shiver with delight at what he says, and especially, how he says it. Lots of people listen.

Americans talk a lot about freedom and liberty and independence, but they really crave the strong hand of the authoritarian leader–the Tough Guy, Boss, Big Brother. We used to play baseball, now we watch the NFL.

]]> By: BuckGalaxy https://habitablezone.com/2014/01/31/christie-is-toast/#comment-29577 BuckGalaxy Sat, 01 Feb 2014 08:57:52 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=42657#comment-29577 Using Sandy money as a slush fund? Firing prosecutors going after his allies? What else!? NJ politics, gop or dem, has been corrupt forever. Christie's national profile is bringing this into view. There will be a lot of fallout before the dust settles here. Jeb Bush or Scott Walker are looking like better choices for sane republicans. Using Sandy money as a slush fund? Firing prosecutors going after his allies? What else!? NJ politics, gop or dem, has been corrupt forever. Christie’s national profile is bringing this into view. There will be a lot of fallout before the dust settles here.

Jeb Bush or Scott Walker are looking like better choices for sane republicans.

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2014/01/31/christie-is-toast/#comment-29576 bowser Sat, 01 Feb 2014 07:30:52 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=42657#comment-29576 His administration fostered an "us against them" attitude. It was filled with people who were not interested in serving the people, but punishing "enemies". Reminds one of Bush-Cheney. One thing about Democrat Presidents is that they had people who would give them every side of a situation, not "yes men". His administration fostered an “us against them” attitude. It was filled with people who were not interested in serving the people, but punishing “enemies”.

Reminds one of Bush-Cheney. One thing about Democrat Presidents is that they had people who would give them every side of a situation, not “yes men”.

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