Krugman: Be Nice to Your Social Studies Teacher

[ProSense]

Be Nice to Your Social Studies Teacher

Chris Christie’s political success in New Jersey was based on the perception that his personal style — which involved lots of yelling at people — was a sign of his governing effectiveness. This perception may have flourished most easily in a state whose informal motto is “You got a problem with that?”

But what some of us suspected all along was that Christie didn’t yell at people because he was a get-results kind of guy; he yelled at people because he had anger management issues. And his office’s bizarre screed against David Wildstein, his former ally now turned enemy, confirms that diagnosis.

I mean, talking about things Wildstein’s high school social-studies teacher wrote about him? Now I’m worried: Did I do anything bad to my social-studies teacher? No, but I seem to remember snickering once in 10th-grade chemistry class...Also, is the official Christie position “This guy is scum. Everyone has always known that he was scum, since he was a teenager. And that’s why I appointed him to a major policy position”?

What’s remarkable here, actually, is how many pundits were taken in by the Christie persona. How could they not at least have wondered whether this guy’s bullying style reflected deeper flaws?

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http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/02/be-nice-to-your-social-studies-teacher

[JHB]

1. Wasn't Christie claiming he barely knew the guy in HS?

Or was that someone else?

Suddenly he knows the guy was "always scum"?

[senseandsensibility]

2. The pundits "liked" bushie too

They thought he was "charming" years after even republican voters knew he wasn't. I remember tweety calling bushie "popular" well into his second term when he was polling far below fifty percent. Pundits are extremely lazy and not very bright. But good column by Krugman, as usual.

[malaise]

4. Christie is a THUG - the definition of a ReTHUG

He's also a proven LIAR.
Anything else has been made up by the media.

[ProSense]

6. What did he hope to accomplish with his bizarre response? n/t

[malaise]

8. Doesn't he have a history of attacking anyone who exposes him

or questions him?
Look the bully has one approach. He knows Wildstein has the good on him and not only Wildstein.
Even the tone of his voice is different these days. It's hilarious to watch.

[elleng]

3. MY high school social studies teacher (senior year)

wrote in my year book: "The pleasure's been all mine!"
Had to share! A good, fine, intelligent liberal, thanks Mr. Gallioto!

[malaise]

5. That's so cool

We never had year books but I had great teachers and I got along with all but one of them.

[Gothmog]

7. Christie is not going to be POTUS

Relying on high school incidents is weak

[lindysalsagal]

9. Yep! The Bully's back!

[ProSense]

10. And he's going to take your lunch money.

Yikes!