Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
Chris Cillizza at the Washington Post is the lead writer for "The Fix" column, which is the Post's version of the D.C. media villager insider gossip at POLITICO Tiger Beat on The Potomac. The Fix column loves to waste time on campaign speculation years in advance before anyone has even announced as a candidate, weighing who is up and who is down as the front-runner in the conventional wisdom of the Beltway media villagers, who unbelievably get paid to write this crap.
On Sunday, Chris Cillizza filed this report, Ranking
the Republican presidential contenders for 2016, in which the lede was Governor Chris "Christie is clearly No. 1. Who’s next?"
The very same day, Dave Weigel at Slate filed this report on another "Christie moment." Behind That Photo of Chris Christie Wagging His Finger at a Teacher:
On Saturday, during a short reporting trip to New Jersey, I watched Gov. Chris Christie campaign in Somers Point and captured a moment that quickly got memed. Over the weekend I've seen the photo I tweeted of teacher Melissa Tomlinson being lectured by Christie get copied
on dozens of Twitter accounts and blogs. This isn't a #humblebrag—just
saying, I was surprised that "Christie takes exception to protesting
teacher" was a story in November 2013.
But here's what I saw. After the rally, Christie made his way back to
his campaign bus, flanked by low-key security guards. Tomlinson, who
had been carrying a sign and handing out fliers from her Badass Teachers
Association, asked Christie why he'd called New Jersey schools "failure
factories." Christie rounded on her, blurting out that he was sick of
"you people."
"This story—oh really? They have more money now than they’ve ever had
before. This is an old story from you folks, and they fail because you
guys are failing in those schools. Have you ever sent your child to one
of those schools?
"You portray us as the bad guys," said Tomlinson.
"Guess what, this is the most money the school has ever spent on education in the history of this state," said Christie.
"It is not," said Tomlinson.
"$9 billion in education!" yelled an onlooker.
"Yeah, and it’s down 0.1 percent," said Tomlinson.
"And it’s never enough for you," said Christie.
"All I want is money for my students and my school," said Tomlinson.
"Do your job," said Christie, turning away and heading into the bus.
Appalling treatment of rape victims in Missoula, Montana reveals what a big old suckfest conservative "values" are
Crossposted from DemocraticDiva.com
Right wingers are forever going on about how the sexual revolution has brought about the decline of civilization and has been simply terrible for women due to us no longer being able to use pregnancy to force reluctant men to shotgun marry us, among other things. But this Mother Jones report from Missoula, MT clearly illustrates how antediluvian attitudes toward sexuality and women held by the prosecutors there are causing rapists to go free, tormenting female victims, and causing some victims not to even bother trying to get justice.
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Feb 17, 2014 2:35:29 PM | Abortion, Commentary, Courts, Crime, Donna Gratehouse, GOP War On..., Healthcare, President, Religion