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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNicole Wallace on MSNBC now ..
is doing a number on Chris Christie and she wont take a word of his bullshit.
2nd part coming up now! Good Job! Nicole
Vinca
(50,269 posts)you're proud Trump is the president?
skylucy
(3,739 posts)nasty things I said about you in the past!! She is definitely doing great!
kentuck
(111,090 posts)She doesn't take kindly to bullshit.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,853 posts)enabler of McCain and Palin.
StevieM
(10,500 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,853 posts)in bringing Palin to the campaign with no real "vetting". After a while she apparently realized what a total train wreck Palin was, but at the beginning she unquestionably plumped for the "game changer".
Too bad her change of heart hasn't been sufficient to either cause her to leave the Republican party entirely, or to work significantly harder to bring down those currently running the show.
I do see she currently lists herself as Independent, which is a baby step.
tallahasseedem
(6,716 posts)Palin was chosen and then passed to her for prep.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,853 posts)She's even been quoted as saying, when the shit was hitting the fan about Palin's unsuitability for the VP slot: "If people want to throw me under the bus, my personal belief is that the most honorable thing to do is to lie there."
Those are not the words of someone who is going to think and behave independently. They're the words of a true believer, one who goes along with the flow, not matter how vile it becomes.
Trumpocalypse
(6,143 posts)You should go read or watch 'Game Change'.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,853 posts)She initially had zero problem with Palin and was cheerfully complicit in her selection as VP without anything remotely resembling vetting. She did end up pretty appalled at Palin, but it's not as though Wallace has in any substantive way moved very far from the Republican Party.
Actually, you might find reading her novel "Eighteen Acres" to be quite enlightening. It takes place in what I can only call an alternate universe in which the first woman President is a Republican. There are giant plot holes, large enough for the moon to sail through. And to show how little (in my opinion) she actually respects the need for people to be qualified to do their jobs . . .
PLOT SPOILER!!!!
At the end of the novel, when this woman president is getting ready to run for a second term, she's planning to promote her (I'm forgetting the exact job title the character has, so bear with me here) Press Liaison or maybe it's her Chief of Staff to. . . . are you ready for this? Secretary of State. Yeah, like that's the right background for the job. I'd normally think only someone totally out of any kind of touch with life inside the Beltway could think of something like that, but nope. Nicolle Wallace, after an adult life spent in that field. Maybe that's the essential problem with most Republicans. They don't ever bother to look at someone's background to figure out if they have the right kind of experience to do a particular job. We certainly see that at the present with all those working with and for Donald Trump. Just have the right connections and you're hired!
In short, I simply don't respect Ms. Wallace. Nice that recently she's been willing to challenge certain Republicans, but she was long part of the problem herself.
Trumpocalypse
(6,143 posts)And assumed that Palin had been vetted. But then she got to know Palin and was appalled that she wasn't vetted.
In the end, Wallace chose not to vote because of Palin. She put country ahead of party and her own self interest. That shows character. Just because someone is a conservative or republican it doesn't make them a bad person.
Demonizing someone just because they disagree with you is what they do on FAUX News. We should be better than that.
JI7
(89,248 posts)By putting a woman on the ticket.
madaboutharry
(40,209 posts)He later took responsibility for the disaster known as Sarah Palin.
tenderfoot
(8,426 posts)Not a fan no matter how many swings she takes at Trump or Christie.
skylucy
(3,739 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)who unlike that other school teacher he pushed around, would push back.
what a fucking punk
lovemydogs
(575 posts)She is very good on her program and I find her engaging. And she's also buds with rachel.
She's also not some hard core rightie.
I don't know, I just like her.
OnDoutside
(19,956 posts)LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)We even like Bush better now.
Nichole Wallace has been on dump forever. We have to believe there are still some Republicans with a soul.
I find her an excellent interviewer and quick witted. I have grown to enjoy her and the show.
Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)tavernier
(12,388 posts)But she is smart and very quick on her feet.
pansypoo53219
(20,976 posts)Ligyron
(7,632 posts)MiddleClass
(888 posts)The right wing calls them, rhinos.
But she's really right of center, and will speak out against crazy.
I love it when she hosts the 11 o'clock show for Brian Williams
Cosmocat
(14,564 posts)That is palatable.
Wounded Bear
(58,648 posts)Yeah, she's a RWer, but she's hardly crazy about important things like women's health. I can tolerate her.
TNNurse
(6,926 posts)lostnfound
(16,178 posts)I'm hoping her time at MSNBC especially with Rachel has given her some new perspectives
wryter2000
(46,039 posts)Our only hope is for sane Republicans to take back their party.
zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)We don't need them joining us. We need them displacing the whack jobs in the GOP.
mopinko
(70,097 posts)nicole and steele speak the truth about this mess.
wryter2000
(46,039 posts)n/t
tavernier
(12,388 posts)and then lived to regret it.
LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)Both Schmidt and Wallace think Palin was an error..
jaysunb
(11,856 posts)all the never trumpers are welcome imho.
OnDoutside
(19,956 posts)Lint Head
(15,064 posts)Well people came from all over the world to be on that beach with their family. Do their families not matter? That's where Nicole Wallace missed it. She should have said that. Chris Christie's family is not the only family in the world.
MiddleClass
(888 posts)She did not let him wiggle out of anything, but then said, "Governor, I like you" why don't you care about your reputation?
Then the Republican in her took over and kissed butt. Take away the arrogance he's not too bad
riversedge
(70,205 posts)kentuck
(111,090 posts)He was very involved in the campaign around that time.
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)Got the heave ho for sgt Schultz
oasis
(49,382 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,590 posts)SleeplessinSoCal
(9,112 posts)Just read this. . .
"You know, Chris Christie made the news yesterday by talking about how the meeting with the Russians probably was breaking the law. A lot of people said, well, that's revenge served up cold. Actually, Chris Christie is a perfect example of how disloyal Donald Trump is.
"Christie was the first to get out, support Donald Trump. He was used and then abused on the vice presidency. Strung out, told he would get the position of attorney general. He didn't get that."