Chris Christie Is Going To War With MSNBC

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http://www.businessinsider.com/chris-christie-msnbc-hoboken-mayor-dawn-zimmer-2014-1



In response to new bombshell allegations from Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer (D) aired on MSNBC Saturday morning, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's (R) office blasted the network as overtly "partisan."

Zimmer alleged in an interview with MSNBC's Steve Kornacki that the Christie administration held Sandy relief funds "hostage" as leverage for a development project she said top Christie Administration officials — Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno and Richard Constable, Christie's commissioner of community affairs — pushed her to support.

In a statement Saturday afternoon, Christie spokesman Colin Reed said that the governor and Zimmer have had a good working relationship throughout both of their tenures. But the first part of his statement focused on MSNBC, and how "gleeful" it has been in attacking Christie as controversies have popped up in his administration over the past two weeks.

Reed noted the bizarre ad produced and aired this week by MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell, which attacked Christie over the burgeoning scandal involving lane closures on the George Washington Bridge in September.


***good luck with that, mr christie. good luck, you're gonna need it.
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[malaise]

1. Big mistake

Watch Up now

[bemildred]

2. "Never argue with a man who buys ink by the barrel."

I concur.

[malaise]

4. Poor Bramnick is totally confused about Legislative Rules

I thought there were clear rules re the number of persons on all committees based on which party controls which branch.
Now he wants a bipartisan hearing.

[Squinch]

16. That is a GREAT quote!

[ewagner]

22. Politics 101

...and Christie doesn't know it.

[mwooldri]

26. Or in this case

someone who has a stranglehold on your cable tv and internet.... maybe time to test those new net "neutrality" laws?

[Matariki]

32. Was just going to post that quote!

This should be interesting.

[bemildred]

33. It is a cliche, really, but appropriate. nt

[lostincalifornia]

5. What he is hoping for is that people will "admire" him for standing up to the "liberal" media. What

happens is when someone blames the media for all their problems, the other news outlets usually pile on.

Unless, the charges are false, which by all accounts it does not appear to be since the mayor in question was actually a christie supporter, he is going to find himself digging the hole very deeper.

The one thing that concerns me if this is a rove trick that somehow they will distort things to such a degree like they did the bush AWOL with Dan Rather. I don't see that happening, and supposedly there is a paper trail with emails etc.

[flamingdem]

30. An article stated that Christie "reached out" to Carl Rove

last week so you're on to something.

[lostincalifornia]

38. I hope not, but roves strategy is distraction and lies and

The msm is usually sheep, however Rachael will not let this slip between the cracks

[Bluenorthwest]

3. Such good news for MSNBC!

Go for it Chris!

[Walk away]

29. It's a ratings Bonanza!!!! Poor foxsnewz will be devastated! nt

[Gothmog]

6. This may play well with the GOP base

The GOP base get all of their news from Fox which is not covering this story. The base is going to back Christie because they will not get the facts

[truebluegreen]

41. The GOP base doesn't like Christie,

the money people do...or did. Not so much now I'm thinkin.'

[Gothmog]

42. But they really hate MSNBC and the media

Hatred of liberal media may trump their hatred of Christie. In addition the base really hate Hillary Clinton

[truebluegreen]

45. All of that is true, but I think Fox will not defend Christie

if the money boyz abandon him. I haven't been keeping up with their reaction but it seems to me that they are standing on the sidelines at the moment, not mounting a full-throated defense.... I bet that is exactly what the Christie camp is trying to provoke though, by casting themselves as the victims.

We'll see, but I think Christie is done. If more allegations come to light, and dots are connected, nobody is going to want to touch him.

[Gothmog]

46. If the money types abandon Christie, then the RGA will have a bad year

Christie is expected to raise a ton of money for the RGA. It will be interesting to see if the money types will fund the RGA

[truebluegreen]

47. Yep. Wouldn't that be sad? nt

[Gothmog]

48. As a Wendy Davis supporter, I would also be sad

The Texas GOP does not need help from the RGA

[safeinOhio]

7. Next he'll go after

Bruce Springsteen and Jimmy Fallon.

[onehandle]

8. And Nixon went to war with the 'Jewish Media.' nt

[SummerSnow]

9. Big cry baby...

not Presidential material.

[mucifer]

10. He went to war with Piers Morgan:

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/piers-morgan-cold-open/n45295/

[Barack_America]

11. Care to address the accusations rather than attacking the messenger?

[Berlum]

13. OK. Christie's accusations are total bullshit.

Not a shred of validity. Total bullshit.

[Barack_America]

15. Um, I meant for Christie to address the Hoboken accusations.

You are welcome to attack him all you want.

[Berlum]

24. OK, I shall carry on

[spanone]

12. Bwahahahahahaaaa ....good luck with that gubnur

[herding cats]

14. MSNBC is going to bank off this.

Christie's aide Reed, is a fool for bring more peoples attention to MSNBC's coverage of Christie and his current scandals. It will attract more viewers and bring in more hits to their website. The actual story has been picked up by Reuters now, so it's no longer just a "cable news" program speculation.

[Baitball Blogger]

17. Based on what I already read on DU, there is no rest over the weekend as far

as news is concerned.

[beachbum bob]

18. as I predicted last week, Christie making the media the issue

is the start of the death spiral. A year from now, New Jersey will have a different Governor. The blood scent is in the air and the fear of retribution will be a thing of the pass as more politicians will step forward and will verify Christie's stronghanded tactics.

[Orsino]

19. Headline confuses war with whining. n/t

[greenman3610]

20. MSNBC ratings are up

this can only help

[Jimvanhise]

21. Give a good explanation

All Christie has to do is present a good explanation for why Hoboken only got 1% of the Sandy aid it requested. Can he?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

23. MSNBC is not "overly partisan"

and, frankly, even it is, Republicans have Fox, which, by every definition, is "SUPER-MEGA-HYPER-partisan"!

[valerief]

25. And after all Morning DI Joe has done for him.

[flamingdem]

31. Looking forward to Morning Joe tomorrow

Sad faces?

[Z_California]

27. I had Christie pegged for the wrong son

When he was playing nice with the President I was thinking Michael. Then when the videos of him berating people in public came out along with the bridge thing and some of the other stuff came out I'm thinking, no this guy's Sonny. Now, he's gonna drive the ignorant masses (Fox viewers and other "conservatives&quot toward some actual irrefutable journalism to complete the coup de grace on his political career. This has Fredo written all over it.

[CincyDem]

28. All so the Jeb-ster can be the last man standing. Who's going to be next? n/t

[libdem4life]

34. Always check Google News and right at the top was a link "MSNB is the scandal'"

Read it, and mostly it was an attack on Zimmer...non-issue type of thing. Saw the titles here on DU and went back...the link has disappeared and there is now a story about the redevelopment issue...which is the basis of the Zimmer story. This one is where the big guys fall, IMO.

They now know that someone high up is going to get immunity, and the cover up...yet again...is what will bring them down.

[jwirr]

35. Because they are too close to the truth.

[HipChick]

36. His skin looks awful...

[AgingAmerican]

40. He always looks like that

My wife says he is one ugly mofo.

[tiredtoo]

37. Christie is using the same technique as Sara always used.

blame the lame stream media. hopefully it does not work this time. But they do have control of MSM.

[lindysalsagal]

39. Funny, but the CBS NYC radio was running a story on Zimmer

so he's gonna have to nuke 'em ALL!!!

Glad I'm not a local journalist!

[JaneyVee]

43. Republicans: ALWAYS the victim.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

44. Shouldn't he be going after local NJ media, like Star Ledger because they're where

MSNBC's been getting this story from?

I have a feeling, too, than MSNBC won't allow it to go too far. Griffin is a coward. He'll be making Rachel, Kornacki, and Chris apologize before it's all sad and done.

[polichick]

49. Hail Mary! What else has he got?