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Chris Christie's Bullying, Revisited

Started by Admiral Yi, January 31, 2014, 06:50:26 PM

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I'm a lefty, he's a bully.
6 (19.4%)
I'm a lefty, he's not a bully.
3 (9.7%)
I'm a centrist, he's a bully.
9 (29%)
I'm a centrist, he's not a bully
6 (19.4%)
I'm a righty, he's a bully.
4 (12.9%)
I'm a righty, he's not a bully.
3 (9.7%)

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Admiral Yi

January 31, 2014, 06:50:26 PM
So I've been having a running debate with my pop (who's pretty lefty) about Christie being a bully.  I asked him for some links to videos of him bullying, this is one of them he pointed me to.

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/01/chris-christie-bullying-videos

My theory is that whether one views him as a bully is a function of one's politics.  I was hoping the good folks of Languish could help answer this question.

I'm particularly interested in the opinions of the non-political posters.

Admiral Yi

#1
January 31, 2014, 06:51:13 PM
I forgot the Jaron option. :face:

Eddie Teach

#2
January 31, 2014, 07:00:51 PM
He strikes me as a typical New Jersey resident. Course, my understanding of that is heavily colored by mob shows & movies, so he may be a bully anyway.  :P
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The Brain

#3
January 31, 2014, 07:02:47 PM
Do you count me as a lefty, a centrist or a righty?

Based on the clips I don't think he's a bully. Telling morans to STFU isn't bullying.
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Admiral Yi

#4
January 31, 2014, 07:03:35 PM
Quote from: The Brain on January 31, 2014, 07:02:47 PM
Do you count me as a lefty, a centrist or a righty?

Not sure.

Eddie Teach

#5
January 31, 2014, 07:03:43 PM
Quote from: The Brain on January 31, 2014, 07:02:47 PM
Do you count me as a lefty, a centrist or a righty?

Definitely not a lefty.
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CountDeMoney

#6
January 31, 2014, 07:11:31 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 31, 2014, 06:50:26 PM
with my pop (who's pretty lefty)

Good for him.  Now we know why you ended up the way you did.

DGuller

#7
January 31, 2014, 07:12:35 PM
He seems like a bully on all 8 of the videos.  I'll give you the reasons why I think that after the videos finally load.

Admiral Yi

#8
January 31, 2014, 07:13:49 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 31, 2014, 07:11:31 PM
Good for him.  Now we know why you ended up the way you did.

That, and the econ degree, and experiencing zero Kelvin political correctness at the Kennedy School.

CountDeMoney

#9
January 31, 2014, 07:14:00 PM
re: Chris Christie;  he's not necessarily a bully, but he is a bit of a dickhead with the media, which I would consider unbefitting of his office if he were from anywhere else but New Jersey.

On the other hand, his schtick got sour about 1 year into it.  After a while, dressing people down in public just isn't that amusing to watch anymore.

Admiral Yi

#10
January 31, 2014, 07:14:57 PM
Quote from: DGuller on January 31, 2014, 07:12:35 PM
He seems like a bully on all 8 of the videos.  I'll give you the reasons why I think that after the videos finally load.

:P

I assume "all 8" is part of the same joke?

MadImmortalMan

#11
January 31, 2014, 07:21:48 PM
I'm not yet convinced he's done anything wrong, but he's enough of a bully I wouldn't want to work for him.
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"Complacency can be a self-denying prophecy."
"We have nothing to fear but lack of fear itself." --Larry Summers

Razgovory

#12
January 31, 2014, 07:33:10 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 31, 2014, 07:13:49 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 31, 2014, 07:11:31 PM
Good for him.  Now we know why you ended up the way you did.

That, and the econ degree, and experiencing zero Kelvin political correctness at the Kennedy School.

Wait, you got an econ degree and never got past the first chapter of the General theory of Employment, interest and money?
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Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Razgovory

#13
January 31, 2014, 07:34:43 PM
I am unconvinced of him being a bully.  I talk to people like that in public.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Admiral Yi

#14
January 31, 2014, 07:39:00 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on January 31, 2014, 07:33:10 PM
Wait, you got an econ degree and never got past the first chapter of the General theory of Employment, interest and money?

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