Why Chris Christie’s whining is wrong

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Why Chris Christie’s whining is wrong

By Steve Benen

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) threw an odd tantrum yesterday, blasting President Obama for the failure of the congressional super-committee. I ordinarily wouldn’t much care, but since the media loves Chris Christie, his complaints generated a fair amount of attention, and it’s probably worth taking a moment to set the record straight.

Calling Obama “a bystander in the Oval Office,” the outspoken New Jersey governor said the White House spent the weekend tossing out a whole lot of “spin” about the supercommittee’s inability to come to an agreement before the Nov. 23 deadline.

“I was angry this weekend, listening to the spin coming out of the administration, about the failure of the supercommittee, and that the president knew it was doomed for failure, so he didn’t get involved. Well then what the hell are we paying you for?” Christie said during a press conference in Camden, N.J. “It’s doomed for failure so I’m not getting involved? Well, what have you been doing, exactly?”

Part of the problem here is that Christie isn’t quite as smart as he thinks he is, and bombast can only go so far in covering up ignorance.

Did the administration say the president kept his distance from the talks because Obama knew the process was doomed to fail? No, the governor appears to have made this up. As for what the president has been “doing, exactly,” Obama’s the one who’s offered Republican lawmakers a series of overly-generous debt reduction plans — to the chagrin of his own party — only to see the GOP reject every proposal.

Is Christie not aware of this? If so, why did he try to deceive the public yesterday? If not, shouldn’t he have gotten his facts straight before popping off to the press?

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Christie is whining because he has no coattails!

[Proud Liberal Dem]

1. In honor of Barney Frank

On what planet does this guy (and Republicans in general) spend most of his time on?

:wtf:

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[Gidney N Cloyd]

3. Boy, do they want it both ways on this.

The thugs demanded Obama stay clear of the process but then it's his fault it failed because he, um, stayed... clear... of.. the... um, process...

[Proud Liberal Dem]

4. Yeah

I love how they declare him to be a bystander AND an evil socialist freedom-taking dictator at the same time. :eyes:

C'mon guys (and gals), which is it? Inquiring minds need to know!

[jenmito]

5. When they played that clip on Morning Joe, I immediately thought, "That's not true!" But after

they played it, Mika and Joe seemed to LOVE that Christie apparently was speaking from his kitchen, and Mika said that she REALLY wants Christie to come back to Morning Joe, that she's been trying to get him to come back. They seem to be in love with him at Morning Joe. They had no problem with what he said. Nobody on the set even questioned it. :eyes:

[SmittynMo]

6. Another idiot

How he got voted on the island is beyond me. He nothing but a blowhard. Gotta love the republicans, eh?