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elfin

(6,262 posts)
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 01:20 AM Jan 2014

The divorce between Christie and MSNBC - Times article

For Christie and MSNBC, a Messy Divorce Plays Out in Public View

It was a match made in moderately minded Northeast Corridor heaven.

Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey needed a TV network that would burnish his bipartisan bona fides and showcase his gleefully contrarian style. MSNBC craved a Republican who cut against the party grain and lit up the screen with his everyman-ish, Springsteen-loving spontaneity.

An on-air romance blossomed, forged over chummy strolls along the Jersey Shore and heart-to-hearts in the studio about everything from overeating to education, embodying the aisle-crossing aspirations of this partisan era.

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Off camera, the governor developed close ties to anchors like Ms. Brzezinski, even showing up at her book signing not long ago. Immediately after Mr. Christie concluded his apologetic news conference about the controversy last week, he spent 15 minutes on the phone with Ms. Brzezinski as he prepared to face Fort Lee, the small community crippled by gridlock from the lane closures, she said.

On Sunday, Ms. Brzezinski still spoke fondly of Mr. Christie and his wife, Mary Pat, “whom I have the biggest admiration for,” she said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/20/nyregion/christie-and-msnbc-a-messy-divorce-in-public.html?ref=nyregion

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The divorce between Christie and MSNBC - Times article (Original Post) elfin Jan 2014 OP
Mourning Joey Scar should be good tomorrow!!!! winstars Jan 2014 #1
why is he called Krispy Kreme? Skittles Jan 2014 #3
You bet your a$$, Christie.. Cha Jan 2014 #2
Mary Pat is a weirdo... ChisolmTrailDem Jan 2014 #4
what a couple of assholes Skittles Jan 2014 #5

winstars

(4,219 posts)
1. Mourning Joey Scar should be good tomorrow!!!!
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 01:38 AM
Jan 2014

And can't Meeka use a word other than "biggest" to describe her friendship wit Krispy Kreme...

Enough with the fat jokes, OK!!!

Cha

(296,893 posts)
2. You bet your a$$, Christie..
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 03:23 AM
Jan 2014

"Over the weekend, Mr. Christie, who has appeared on MSNBC many times since taking office, angrily denounced it as a “partisan network” that is “almost gleeful in their efforts attacking” him. Christie aides have called it a “feeding frenzy.”"

Almost gleeful? Look at what you've done, genius.. you created this Culture of Bully and you're either the most incompetent buffoon on the Planet or the nearly the Vile. Take your pick, gov crispy.

And, we don't need any fucking lectures from Colin Reid of this Missive to Mayor Steven Fulop of Jersey City..

This is what Colin Reid(Crispy spokesman) had to say to Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop about the "yanking of access".. I saw it on Rachel's show, paused it, and copied it down. It's disgusting..

"Mayor Fulop's words and actions must be viewed through the lens of partisan politics and his attempt to advance his own political agenda."

Can you imagine Mayor Fulop's reaction to that? Shit like this is precisely why Revenge for the Culture of Bully's ACTIONS is going to be so SWEET.

"Mr. Christie, who is known to be sensitive to slights, appears to be genuinely stung by the network’s coverage." a river Just like a bully.. now he's the victim

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=edit&forum=1002&thread=4355066&pid=4355324

thanks elfin~

 

ChisolmTrailDem

(9,463 posts)
4. Mary Pat is a weirdo...
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 04:18 AM
Jan 2014

she always seems to be smiling at times which I would consider inappropriate. The photo below isn't the only time I've seen her do that.

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