Posted on 01/10/2014 2:13:13 PM PST by NYer
RUSH: All the media can't wait to go destroy Chris Christie. What the people in the media don't understand... Well, maybe they do and they're just it is not taking the chance.
What they don't understand is that Chris Christie probably dealt himself the fatal blow by walking the boardwalk with Obama.
My guess is that people inside the Beltway have long forgotten that and think that, oh, that's gonna be such a distant memory. That's not gonna hurt Christie by the time the 2016 primaries come around. And this is another example of how genuinely out of touch people inside the Beltway are, 'cause I'm telling you for, I don't know how many, but it's a sizable number of Republican general election and primary voters, Christie ended his chances one week before the 2012 elections by embracing Barack Obama. And that's not something people are gonna forget.
This Bridgegate thing, the Democrats are not taking any chances. You know what's driving Bridgegate? There are two polls that show that only Christie defeats Hillary in 2016, and that's it. There are two polls and I can't even name the polls for you. I think one of them might be Gallup. But remember these people live and die, because the polls are them, they do the polls, and to them the poll equals news. The poll is not public opinion and a reflection of it. The poll is news to them. They go out and do a poll, they look at the results, and that happens to be reality in their world.
So they have two polls, the media does, that say -- and there are other polls that don't say this, but those are thrown out and not considered. There are two polls that suggest the only person that can beat Hillary on the Republican side if the election were today is Christie, and that's why they're going to try to take him out now on Bridgegate. That's it. That's the only reason. Well, it's not the only reason, but it's the 99% reason. The other one or two percent is just what they do. Republican scandal? Great, let's take 'em out, let's destroy 'em. It's just what they do, like lions kill wildebeests.
The media sees a Republican in a scandal either unreal, fake, or genuine, and it's, "Okay, let's stay on this until the guy's finished." So there's that element, plus the fact that they are in fear because they have two polls that show Christie as -- Those polls are worthless and meaningless, but that's all they've got and they're not taking any chances. As far as Bridgegate's concerned, I have no clue.
Is Bridgegate gonna be something that impacts Christie's presidential fortunes in 2016? Far, far, far less than walking arm in arm with Barack Obama one week before the 2012 election when you did the keynote for Romney at the convention and you didn't really do that well. This is what they don't see. I guarantee you, the people inside the Beltway, they think that's nothing, I mean, people forget about that. They're worried that Bridgegate, simply 'cause it's the latest, is gonna be the determining thing, and I have no idea how Bridgegate's gonna come out. I'm like everybody else. If he told the truth and he didn't know about any of this, the only thing you can say is, "Well, why not? I mean, why didn't he know?"
There's another question besides that. This aide of his that he fired, the woman who sent the e-mail: "Okay, time for traffic problems in Fort Lee." The fact that that meant what it meant means that there is a culture there. If I, in my normal day, let's say I got an e-mail: "Okay, time for traffic problems." I wouldn't have the slightest idea what to do with that. But somebody did. They knew exactly what that meant. That, to me, is quite telling, on both ends. The aide sends the e-mail, and the recipient of the e-mail knew what to do with it. Okay, time for traffic problems in Fort Lee.
Okay, well, what kind of stuff like that went on before that that was essentially the education? 'Cause I doubt there was ever a meeting, "Look, there may be a day when we'll send you an e-mail, and it'll say 'Time for traffic problems in Fort Lee.' What that means is, you close down three lanes or two lanes for a month and you cause all kinds of traffic so that we can end up blaming it on the mayor there." I doubt that meeting was ever held.
So what the e-mail means is, whoever sent it -- well, the woman that sent it and the recipient knew that that means the mayor of Fort Lee is a scumbag and it's time to get even with this scumbag, and we're gonna pay this scumbag back by ruining traffic in his town. So there's a culture there. Eventually somebody will get on to that. Right now they're just focused on whether or not he lied.
This was somebody who created a traffic jam so that Bill Bradley voters couldn't show up and vote in the 2000 New Hampshire primary. The Gore operative who did this is a man by the name of Michael Whouley, W-h-o-u-l-e-y. I guess it's Whouley, might be Whouley. Anyway, know what he's doing today? He's a top advisor to Hillary Clinton -- and back then, when the story surfaced in 2000, the media said, "Ah, this is just some good clean fun among the Democrats.
This was a brilliant tactic that this guy used, a brilliant idea on the part of the Gore campaign to thwart the effort of Bill Bradley efforts to get to the polls, New Hampshire primary." There wasn't any federal investigation. There wasn't an investigation at all. It is called voter suppression, but when Hillary and Gore were doing it to benefit themselves, that's just fine. That's like Clinton lying and marveling at how good he is at it.
That's like Nina Burleigh offering Clinton a Lewinsky or two as thanks for keeping abortion untouched. Remember that, Nina Burleigh, TIME Magazine? So when the Democrats do these things, it's smart politics. It's good, clean fun, and, "Isn't that clever?"
Ping!
Christie vs Hillary, another histerical first, two chicks in a race.
I don’t care what anyone thinks, Christie’s hot (wasn’t she once married to that 2nd rate pop singer without a last name Billy Joel?)
Yeah, Christie thought the press and ‘rats would give him a pass if he spooned the Won.
I’ll bet Christie calls Barry, “Bro”.
Send the money to Jim Thompson.
I’m not sure that was the final blow, but it was a very stupid thing to do. First of all, you don’t want to give a guy like Obama a photo op he can game at your party’s and efforts’ expense.
Just be too busy to meet with him publicly. If he wants to drop by the office, great. Otherwise, pound sand.
What bothers me about this ‘traffic jam gate’ is that it’s a flimsy excuse to take Christie down. No love is lost here for me with regard to Christie, but we don’t do ourselves any service if we allow the media to take this guy down. Next time it will be someone we do like.
Too many people are willing to jump on board the good ship ‘trash Christie’ right now. He doesn’t deserve our support for his Leftist actions. It has nothing to do with traffic.
The Democrats and the media have latched on to this thing, and they won’t let go. Think of all the scandal swirling around Obama that they have to walk over as they go for Christie’s throat.
F U media outlets, and the Democrats coat-tails you slithered in on.
Unfunny Laurel and Hardy, right before the election. Quite enough!
All I need to know.
Just like McStain did...
Don’t drive into the black hole.
Did us a favor; people rise up, don’t take no for an answer; beat Hitlery with Cruz.
The media cant imagine Christy walking with Obozo as a negative so they think he is a very viable candidate. The media’s goal is to destroy or disqualify ANY potential Repub candidate they think has a chance in hell of beating a RAT. Preferably they want to destroy them long before there is even a primary. That leaves only very weak candidates for the RATs to run against.
He most certainly did.
I would vote for Hitlery before I would for this fat jerk.
And I most certainly do not like Hitlery at all, and would never vote for her for any reason, but I like traitorous, backstabbing republicans even less.
When he got wind that there was going to be a big Democratic Party rally in Harlem, he took one of their flyers, wrote "Free Beer!" across the top and plastered copies all over Harlem.
Thousands of thirsty, pissed off people showed up and ruined the whole shindig.
Now the scandals about who Obama knows are going to come to a head!
Rush’s ability to communicate never ceases to amaze me.
Yes he did. The moment he screwed over Romney, he was finished amongst most conservatives.
I agree with Rush. When he embraced the fool he did himself in. Christie showed his true colors. Just like most politicians today; it’s about themselves. I, for one, and sick and tired of their petty little childish games with each other. Didn’t their parents teach them anything about being decent and moral? I am tired of self absorbed people in politics or not. I am tired of people who think they are so much better than others they believe they can act like God. Guess, self absorbed fools, you aren’t. God is forever, you are only a mere mortal after it all washes out.
Too bad it's not a two-fer .. literally.
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