Christie put-downs aim to deflect bad news (not Krugman . . . . local NJ columnist) [View all]
David J. Rosen, the Legislature’s veteran budget analyst, is a cautious, silver-haired technocrat who prefers to stay in the background until summoned by lawmakers to share his forecasts for the state’s fiscal future.
Governor Christie’s spokesman says comments made by Christie that seem over the top are simply responses to over- the-top criticism.
But last Wednesday, a clearly irritated Governor Christie tagged him as the Legislature’s “Dr. Death,” the bearer of a gloomy revenue report that threatened to kill Christie’s promised income tax cut.
“So they [Democrats] needed to call in the Dr. Kevorkian of the numbers,” Christie said to a group of transportation industry officials, referring to the Michigan doctor convicted of second-degree murder for assisting patients to commit suicide. “Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?”
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Christie deflects trouble by scalding his critics or messengers who bring bad news with a sensational, made-for-YouTube remark. Make those critics, those who challenge him, the topic of controversy, not the governor. Put their name — or their unflattering new nickname — in the headlines.
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