RW relative is PRAISING Gov. Christie for the job he's doing.

[BattyDem]

When I mentioned that President Obama and Gov. Christie were working very well together and the POTUS was also doing a great job, RW relative said, "Well, he's just doing what the President's supposed to do, but Christie has been wonderful!"



The Republican Governor does the job he's supposed to do and he gets high praise.
The Democratic President does the job he's supposed to do and he gets no credit at all!

ARRRGGGHHHHH!!!

[Skittles]

1. it is so cool seeing bipartisanship

and sad that it is so exceptional

[BattyDem]

4. It's been great watching them work so well together.

It's the way government is supposed to work! It doesn't matter which party you belong to - we all want the same thing! Why have the Republicans turned politics into a freakin' war zone?

[ProudProgressiveNow]

16. +1 nt

[Auntie Bush]

5. Do you think ReThug Congress critters will get the message?

[Skittles]

7. no

they'll just attack Christie

[BattyDem]

10. They already started doing that.

Didn't take long.

[Skittles]

12. they care more about the GOP than they do about America

[Aerows]

23. Exactly

I don't love Christie, but I'd take 435 of him instead of the Republican crop of House idiots that are determined to work with no one.

[Angry Dragon]

2. Time to get a new relative

[BattyDem]

13. Funny thing is ...

he's a great person! Friendly, funny, always there when you need him. Unfortunately, he listens to talk radio and has been brainwashed into thinking that Democrats are destroying the country. Even when I point out that it's the GOP policies that have hurt him and the country most, he just refuses to see it. Somehow, it's always the fault of the Democrats!

[Angry Dragon]

15. You need to do an intervention because he is addicted to the false news drug

[BattyDem]

18. Believe me, I've tried.

I can't get through to him and I don't want to start WW III in my family, so I try to avoid politics. Honestly, I wasn't trying to have a political discussion today. He mentioned Christie and I agreed, then I mentioned Obama and his great working relationship with Christie. I didn't think it was a big deal. I should have known better.

[Angry Dragon]

20. Well, you have a nice day and evening

[BattyDem]

25. Thanks, I will ... as long as I avoid political discussions with certain relatives!

[markpkessinger]

22. I have some relatives like this ...

... People I love and care about very much, who are great people in so many ways, but a combination of a very provincial worldview, as a result of spending their entire lives in a tiny central PA town, and the fact that they really don't make much of an effort to inform themselves beyond the major networks, Fox, and the local newspaper, results in their embrace of a very unfortunate politics.

[Lilyeye]

3. Forgive me, but your relative is a real asshole

I can't stand Gov. Christie, but I give him a lot of credit for how he has been working. It has done something to me to see him and the President working together. I guess I miss the feeling of knowing the leaders in my country are working together for the common good instead of destroying the country for political power. Sadly many republicans are so blinded by their vicious hate they can't see past anything that doesn't confirm their hatred. It truly makes me sick.

[Auntie Bush]

6. + 1000

Make me sick too.

[BattyDem]

8. I agree.

I've never had a nice word to say about Christie until now. He's done a good job and I'm so glad he put partisan politics aside for the good of the state. It would be so much more difficult for everyone affected if Christie and the POTUS weren't able to work together.

[markpkessinger]

24. Agreed...

I really cannot abide Chris Christie. But when I saw that joint news conference by him and the President, I saw a man truly stricken by what had just happened to his state. There was none of the usual bombast and bluster. And when he said, "I don't give a damn about presidential politics right now," it rang absolutely true, as did his expression of appreciation for the President's help.

There was one other occasion when I had to set aside my general disdain for Christie and give him credit he legitimately deserved, and that was one he stood to the anti-Muslim bigots in his own party in defending his appointment of a Muslim judge.

There is still far more I dislike about the man than I will ever like, but I believe in giving credit to anybody when it is genuinely deserved (as it is by both Christie and President Obama in their handling of this crisis).

[LynneSin]

9. At least he's not throwing Christie under the bus

Free Republic has been especially vile on Christie thinking he's sold out the party.

[mercuryblues]

11. I have a 1 word response to your relative:

Katrina.

[BattyDem]

14. I said that.

Even mentioned that "Brownie" criticized Obama for responding too fast! The response: "Oh that happened years ago! It doesn't have anything to do with this." (Translation: Let's not talk about anything that makes a Republican look bad.)

[alcibiades_mystery]

17. If you want to know the experience of being a black professional in 2010's America

You have it right there in a nutshell.

There's something deeper than partisanship here. It's the basic refusal to recognize African Americans as equals, regardless of their work or accomplishments.

"Watta ya call a black brain surgeon?"

Well, you know.

[treestar]

19. +1

OP's relative puts it in a nutshell. Black person - just what you are supposed to do. White person - gets credit.

[BattyDem]

21. That's just ... horrible.

What the hell is wrong with some of the people in this country? It's like they're stuck in a time warp and never evolved!

[mercuryblues]

26. that would be your RW relative

in a nutshell. Katrina wasn't so fucking long ago as he would like to think. Almost 2,000 people died because of the depraved indifference of bush and his selected officials.

[BattyDem]

27. I know ... and I don't understand it.

We have the same relatives, same life experiences, same middle-class lifestyle, we grew up in the same middle-class neighborhood ... so wtf happened?

[mercuryblues]

28. No 2 people are alike

Instead of trying to understand it, make him own it.