Why Chris Christie should not run -- the media just want someone else to tear down
By: Patrick Roberts | Published Tuesday, November 1, 2011, 7:14 PM | Updated Tuesday, November 1, 2011, 7:14 PM
Chris Christie is coming under intense pressure to throw his hat in the ring for the 2012 presidential race.
The New York Times is reporting that a high- level gathering of Christie aides are meeting this weekend to plan a strategy.
The Times reports that those pushing Christie to run include the media mogul Rupert Murdoch, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Nancy Reagan and the conservative columnist William Kristol.
To which I say don't run Chris.
Like all the other candidates before like Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry in particular, the media is trying to lure you in in order to start tearing you down.
The media has the attention span of a nano-second and with Perry foundering they are distraught at the idea that they will spend the next year covering the bland Romney and the buttoned down version of Obama.
Christie isn't bland, he's big bluff and controversial, in other words a media man's delight.
He screams, he hollers, he interjects. great stuff for media coverage.
But reality bites.
Christie has left it too late. He is unexposed with less than two years on the national stage.
He is not ready for prime time yet-- and he knows it deep down.
But it is highly flattering when major moguls and legendary GOP types are coming knocking on your door.
But he should remember he's only 49 with a lot of politics ahead of him.
He should resist the poisoned apple and stay where he is.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.eiriamach | Oct 04, 2011, 02:54 PM EDT
seanomelbourne nailed that one: "crawl back . . . and leave the world to those who care." Yeah, it's encouraging to know that some/most at IC do care.
seanomelbourne | Oct 03, 2011, 06:22 PM EDT
2B!! maybe you should crawl back into your tralier with a bottle of moonshine and leave the world to those who care.Turn on your radio(you probably cannot afford a TV) and listen to The doyen of bullsh--t Rush Limbo.
merefalow | Oct 03, 2011, 05:06 PM EDT
with people like the regans and kissinger behind him,no way,i,d rather vote for jack the ripper,isnt there any decent straitforward honourable man out there to vote for,apart from martin of course,oh no,i forgot,they are all polititions,i guess irish ones are no different from yankee or brit ones,that other geezer you voted prime minister,teshaw,yaw yaw,whatever,brian leninham? something,nonentity,w''''r,looked like a frog,jeesh,you only had to look at him to know he was a walking disaster.was he better than brown at getting you into financial disaster? what the hell is wrong with you ireland,mind you we elected thatcher,blair,grin a minute,and gordon the jovial,so we are just as dumb,god help us all,mind you gaddafi is out of a job,how about him./?oh yes while i am ranting,that alex salmon,scotland the brave,awesome dude,should have been in brave heart,he makes mel gibson,ie wallace look like a lukewarm patriot..
KatherineZ | Oct 03, 2011, 11:16 AM EDT
give the guy a break already will ya?!! he said he's not ready for that position & he wants to finish the job he started as NJ's gov. (not like another gov who left their state & it's totally screwed up now! & no i am not talkin' about Palin)but i do think he should run in the future. i like his way of thinking (so far).
warlocks | Oct 03, 2011, 12:32 AM EDT
I Have to agree chris is not ready to run. the press needs to gather more Grit & Dirt on Chris lol. lets face it the press would crucifi Jesus Christ if he were running for president. they love to Publish trashy False information.
2BorNot2B | Oct 02, 2011, 08:37 PM EDT
Spoken like a true entitlement addict. Pigs at the slop trough become 'wild boars' if the farmer tries to pull them back from bursting their gut and/or breaking the farmer's bank account with their unrestrained gluttony.
JoePatAl | Oct 02, 2011, 08:08 PM EDT
I firmly beleive that 666-tie should run! That would give this former NJ-ite a second chance to check "NO" next to his name. Of course, having him in DC rather than Trenton, would give the Garden State a bit of good luck. Getting him out of the Third State would give those High Point to Cape May folks a real 4 Leaf Clover!!!! Also, the Supreme Court may force him to be unable to get his own way non-stop if he winds up in the White House.
cindyohcindy | Oct 02, 2011, 07:49 PM EDT
wall street wants him to run..
2BorNot2B | Oct 02, 2011, 07:42 PM EDT
Hey seanO'Malborn - why don't you go stifle yourself. Find another humpable kangaroo in your own land willing to listen to your meddling ways as you whisper sweet nothings in his ear while inserting your unwanted opinion in 'his business.' Take care of Irish and Aussie matters down under, and lay off those of the US which do not concern you and no one appreciates.
pilib04 | Oct 02, 2011, 06:44 PM EDT
Christie should take the next four years to drop about 100 pounds so he doesn't look so ridiculous "running" for President. He is terrible example to our youth!
seanomelbourne | Oct 02, 2011, 05:48 PM EDT
Christie another right wing hack.
TheOldPerfessor | Oct 02, 2011, 05:04 PM EDT
Hi 2BorNot2b - He's egotistical because he's egotistical. Just watch him bantering with the press about why he should not be flying state helicopters to see little league games (he caved later), or with a constituent about why he is gutting public education while sending his own kids to private schools. Dirty little secret - I dislike him less than I do the other Repub candidates. As for Lincoln, he based his career on being extraordinarily honest. Same does not apply for a man who spent months saying "No, not every absolutely not, not now, not for me," and now says, "well, maybe."
2BorNot2B | Oct 02, 2011, 04:46 PM EDT
How exactly is repeating a word several times in one sentence, even if it happens to be the word Reagan qualify anyone as ego-driven? Are democRATS now also dictating the rules so as to brand someone an ego-maniac on the basis of admiration to someone considered a hero? -- There's a good reason why Lincoln did not start the RAT party, he might have known in advance 'quality' among them would be non-existent. Wise man Lincoln was!
TheOldPerfessor | Oct 02, 2011, 04:05 PM EDT
The only thing bigger than this man's waistline is his ego which, if it were a landmass would qualify for the status of continent. I almost lost my dinner when I saw him eating up the attention the other night when he went for the Guinness World Record of saying "Reagan" in one paragraph. Lincoln would be turning over in his grave at the quality of people leading the party he started.
2BorNot2B | Oct 02, 2011, 02:55 PM EDT
As I said before Nicoearwax, the stupid sheeple who voted him in... attention span of a gnat.. dazzled by Hollywood manufactured externals.. you fully prove my point!
conorsmom | Oct 02, 2011, 02:01 PM EDT
Mr. Roberts- Christie should stay in the state that he represents and stop running around the country acting the part of a candidate. He might be ripped apart by the media, but if he is it will be because he is a loud mouth blowhard who says a lot but doesn't do a lot. He is a very wealthy elietest who could care less about the middle class of NJ.
Nicomax | Oct 02, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT
If you are going to be a 'front man' then you need a Darth Vader right behind you. None did it better than W and Cheney. BHO has no such person, nor did Bill Clinton, but both Clinton's needed no such figure.
2BorNot2B | Oct 01, 2011, 08:52 PM EDT
Christie, after two scant years on the national stage and not much public exposure not ready for prime time yet, you say? I wonder if you gave in to similar misgivings in the case of the sock-puppet-in-chief now fumbling through the presidency. -- How much experience, exposure, and known qualifications did that guy present to those who for their own shady purposes decided to anoint him? -- Ah, that's right... he didn't need any because he was destined to be only 'a front man' -- They knew the sheeple who are wont to have the attention span of a gnat, who are distracted by meaningless entertainment, and who finally voted him in would be dazzled by the 'charisma,' the phony attributes, and the smoke and mirrors the MSM concocted and wrapped him with. We now have the consequence of their stupidity. -- As for Christie... as unexposed as he is, he could run rings around his own ample girth, and around the inept-one's flaccid arse in the governing effectivity and decision-making depts.
2BorNot2B | Oct 01, 2011, 08:39 PM EDT
Christie, after two scant years on the national stage and not much public exposure not ready for prime time yet, you say? I wonder if you gave in to similar misgivings in the case of the sock-puppet-in-chief now fumbling through the presidency. -- How much experience, exposure, and known qualifications did that guy present to those who for their own shady purposes decided to anoint him? -- Ah, that's right... he didn't need any because he was destined to be only 'a front man' -- They knew the sheeple who are wont to have the attention span of a gnat, who are distracted by meaningless entertainment, and who finally voted him in would be dazzled by the 'charisma,' the phony attributes, and the smoke and mirrors the MSM concocted and wrapped him with. We now have the consequence of their stupidity. -- As for Christie... as unexposed as he is, he could run rings around his own ample girth, and around the inept-one's flaccid arse in the effectivity and decision-making depts.
eiriamach | Oct 01, 2011, 08:19 PM EDT
He should "stay where he is"??? Why would you wish more suffering on the nearly 9 million people of New Jersey? What do you have against New Jerseyites? Let him resign the governorship, run for POTUS or VEEP, and let the media dogs have at him! He'd get a taste of what he's done to the schools, colleges, unions and state workers. Not that he'd learn anything from the experience. People that full of themselves do not learn from experience-- they already know all they want to know.