After a Long, Heated Exchange Gov. Christie Calls Vet an "Idiot"

[my2sense]

Source: NBC

Governor Chris Christie mixed it up with a Rutgers University law student at one of his signature town hall-style events in Florence Township, N.J on Thursday.

Christie got into a heated exchange with 34-year-old William Brown, who is unhappy with the governor's plan to merge Rutgers University's Camden law school with Rowan University.

The exchange began when the former Navy Seal questioned the governor's plan to merge the two South Jersey schools. It ended with the governor berating the Mount Laurel man, who attends Rutgers-Camden and interrupted Christie several times before being escorted out.

The governor said, ``Let me tell you something, after you graduate from law school, you conduct yourself like that in a courtroom, your rear end's going to be thrown in jail, idiot.''

Read more: http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/-Gov-Christie-Calls-Ex-Navy-Seal-an-Idiot-142069993.html

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The video is a must see. Can you imagine this man in the WH?

[onehandle]

1. I can't believe anyone thinks this buffoon will ever be on any Presidential ticket.

He makes Cheney look civil and classy.

[okieinpain]

5. while he's going to give hilary a run for her money in 2016. n/t.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

10. Buffoon is a good description

[nanabugg]

30. He doesn't have the temperment to lead a nation.

I don't dislike the buy but he thinks more highly of himself than he ought.

[obamanut2012]

41. I dislike the guy

A whole heck of a lot.

[proud2BlibKansan]

61. He doesn't have the health

He looks like walking death. I doubt he'll even still be alive in 2016.

[sharp_stick]

2. Does anyone else

get the urge to hit the TV whenever Christie is on it?

I think I would viscerally enjoy shoving his teeth down his throat, he's such a smarmy shithead.

[southernyankeebelle]

3. What a rude SOB. I don't think he live long enough to see the white house in 2016.

He'll have a heart attack because he is so mean.

[Spirochete]

4. That's just because

"Who cares what you think?" had already been used...

[bayareaboy]

6. This guy is just a ... ...

RePUG idea of Ralph Cramden.

I mean we all like Ralph Cramden but most folks like his ability to soften himself up. RePUGs seem to think that wrong with that and would like Christie to be mean to the extreme.

[dennis4868]

7. By 2016...

he won't be able to get out of a bed....

[billybob537]

8. Someone should

stick a Redwood up his ass and make a shit popsicle.

[patrice]

14. Why a Redwood? Do they have redwoods in New Jersey?

[billybob537]

21. becouse its a BIG tree

[patrice]

27. Interesting choice, given other BIGs that could have been at least as relevant as a redwood >

- BIG cell-phone tower, for instance, relative to his invasion of privacy/"wire"-tapping and entrapment history.
- Super-sized subpoena, for his lucrative selective use of deferred prosecution arrangements.

...........................

I think citizens should be aware of how their posts here can cast negative &, on the average, damaging allusions upon certain groups who are struggling for their Civil Rights, such as the LGBTQ community. We have no way of knowing whether allusions are intentional or not, so we must rely upon individual awareness, conscience, honesty, and autonomous action which, of course, applies to ALL of us here.

[Lasher]

31. Do you find redwood trees less appropriate in this case than cell phone towers?

I don't understand what you are saying. And how did this inspire you to lecture about civil rights?

[patrice]

35. I find cell-phone towers more directly relevant to the subject at hand: Chris Christie & why we

might have more substantive grounds to disagree with his politics than just that he is a fat ill-mannered person.

[Lasher]

39. That doesn't make any sense.

Why is it more appropriate to stick a cell phone tower up Christie's ass than it would be to use a redwood tree? You say towers are more relevant. Please help me understand why that could be. To me it looks like you are trying to goad billybob537 into a fight over this and I honestly don't understand where you are coming from.

From reading some of your other replies in this thread I suspect you might be upset about some kind of slur against gays or fat people but I don't see it. You are saying we should focus on Christie's policies and not on his stature as a fat ill-mannered person. But I believe you are the first who mentioned or implied in this thread that he is overweight.

[patrice]

43. Sissy don't play that game. You can google it. nt

[awoke_in_2003]

47. yeah, but they are the wrong size...

just ask Mitt

[woodsprite]

23. It's NJ - wouldn't it be a loblolly pine? n/t

[patrice]

28. Oh, but the words "loblolly pine" do not contain the word "wood". nt

[patrice]

15. Are you a tree-hugger? An environmental activist?

[patrice]

16. Or is there some other part of this metaphor that applies to what happened to this citizen?

[patrice]

19. hello? hello?

[patrice]

9. That gambit of pretending to talk with/listen to you, but taking ALL of the TINY little bit of time

you have in an extremely controlled situation, is a LIE and when you try to do anything about it, like being more aggressive about what your question is, or by reacting to what Christie's "answer" is, YOU are the one at fault. Christie proved this with TTE "I'm governor; you listen to me" and by trying to demonize this citizen, rather than seek some mutual point of understanding.

Christie is quite full of himself, isn't he? he, he, he . . .

Another narcissistic fascist Palinesque mediocrity getting by on money and bullying.

[ann---]

11. Christie is a

rude, obnoxious man trying to compensate for his horrible appearance. He's just what the GOP loves. Heaven help us.

[Roland99]

12. The Seal's lucky the Gub didn't try to eat him.

[Islandlife]

13. The video is incomplete

Watching the video, I can't tell whether or not Christie's response was warranted. Can you?

[patrice]

17. Very very interesting point. Hypotheses, anyone?

[my2sense]

18. The clip looks like clips

But whatever the case, there is NO TIME a elected official should behave in such a manner.

[Judi Lynn]

25. Absolutely. There is NO excuse for it. He's wildly out of line, and should be called on it. n/t

[got root]

59. censored - who cares what the 'little' people think

[BlueStater]

63. It doesn't matter how the guy behaved

Christie is a politician and should be prepared for situations like these. The fact that one person in the audience got him angry enough that he resorted to yelling, name-calling, and minor profanity ("damn&quot doesn't make him look professional at all. And this guy is being touted as being presidential material? You think Obama would have reacted this way if this happened to him?

What happens if Christie becomes president (terrifying, I know) and Vladimir Putin gets him angry? Does he call him a jerkoff and yell and swear at him?

[Iliyah]

20. Ummmmmmmmm a Navy Seal

and the governor, oh my. Never did like this guy.

[bluestateguy]

22. Republicans will only respect a certain type of veteran

He has to meet all of their standards:

Conservative, very militaristic in foreign policy, fundamentalist Christian, crew cut, heterosexual, married to a woman, with children.

If he doesn't fit into all of those checkboxes, then such veterans will be treated about as respectfully as Max Cleland and John Kerry.

[Lasher]

33. They support the troops

but not the vets.

Hell, they don't even support active duty soldiers. Support the troops! was heard loud and long during the GWB years. This jingoistic slogan is easily translated into Don't question Junior's wars!

Has anybody else noticed that Republicans stopped chanting Support the troops! ever since Obama became Commander in Chief?

[The Wizard]

56. Support the troops

was code for support Bush's military aggression. They like to hide behind the troops. That's why the loudest ones never put on the green suit, boots and steel pot and picked up an M-16.
Punks by any other name. There are no tough guys in the NDP(night defensive position). Imagine Christie in an NDP.

[Lasher]

58. Who served?

I suppose you must have seen this before:

http://www.awolbush.com/whoserved.html

Most of the neocons didn't serve. In most cases nobody in their dynasties did either.

[The Wizard]

67. All that bluster

is a cover for small or inoperative man parts.

[hamsterjill]

24. "Damn, man, I'm GOVERNOR...can you just shut up a bit?"

That's the part that bugged the shit outta me. Sounds way too much like Rick Perry.

The "I'm governor so I'm better than you" stuff is disgusting to me. It's more "you are governor and you WORK for me" in my opinion.

[Major Hogwash]

26. Christie is just a bloated version of Limbaugh.

That fat fuck wouldn't even be able to outwalk Mr Brown, let alone outargue him.

What is funny is his comment about conduct in a courtroom.
Christie thinks he is a judge with the final say.
However, we had 2 colleges merged by an idiot asshat Republican many years ago.
And that decision was reversed by a much smarter Democrat just a few years later.

Christie's reasons for merging those 2 schools are flawed.
And the people of New Jersey will come to see that in the near future.

[CanonRay]

29. "bloated version of Limbaugh

Wow, that's hard to picture.

[blm]

37. HAH!!!!

.

[Tom Ripley]

32. Moby Dickless

[Auntie Bush]

45. He is just an angry frustrated man because he can't find/reach his.

IThe little fat thingie wiggles all around and makes a mess...so he has a good reason to be angry.

[bitchkitty]

34. Christie is an asshole

but it really brings me down to see the weight-related insults in this thread. I'm a skinny minnie, but there are lots of big people in my family, and it's as insulting to me to see fat jokes or comments about a person's weight, as it is to see racial comments or sexist jokes.

[awoke_in_2003]

48. +1...how've you been, BK?

[bitchkitty]

60. Sick, baby

but things are getting a little better.

[awoke_in_2003]

66. Hope you feel better...

the only sickness I have had lately is fountain pens and fountain pen ink- I can't stop buying them. I got the granddaughter interested so grandma will let me buy more

[LynneSin]

36. Henry Rowan is a big republican donor looking to buy name recognition

Rowan University is a Division III school that is barely known outside the state of New Jersey.

Rutgers University is a Divsion I school that is known throughout the country.

Henry Rowan, who Rowan University is named after because he donated 100million to Glassboro State School, wants to increase the prestiege of the school. Rutgers Law School isn't Harvard but it's a respectful and highly rated Law School. Mind you Rutgers School of Law has locations in both Newark and Camden - that's handy for those who have to work their way thru school that they could attend the Law School closest to their home. The Camden Law school also gets alot of students from over in Philadelphia.

In a nutshell, what I see is a filthy rich man who is trying to buy more name recognition. Adding the Law School in Camden would do that but probably piss off the entire state of New Jersey. Rutgers is to New Jersey like any State named school is to their respective state (ie Penn State University to Pennsylvania or Michigan University is to Michigan). People want the Rutgers name not the Rowan name.

If Christie does this he will seal his fate as a one-term governor of New Jersey.

[a2liberal]

40. You mean The University of Michigan

I'm offended :-P

[ahostett]

44. George Norcross not Henry Rowan

Thanks for filling in the background issue that William Brown is fighting so passionately for.

Yes, Chris Christie appears willing to force through an unprecedented takeover of Rutgers University-Camden, a research university of about 6,000 students by the public teaching college known now as Rowan University. Although Henry Rowan, a wealthy industrialist, was instrumental in getting the name changed from Glassboro State College, he is not, AFAIK, a player in the current takeover debacle. That role is being played by Democratic Party boss and South Jersey power broker (and Christie donor & ally) George Norcross III, who is on the board of directors of the struggling Cooper-Rowan medical school and who wants to puff up Rowan (and his own financial and political interests) at the cost of the Rutgers University system.

It's crazy situation, and one we're fighting as best and as strongly as we can. To help us with our petition or our campaign to stop this unprecedented attack on public higher education, please come to our websites, listed below

http://www.saverutgerscamden.org/
http://www.r2rmerge/

PS) I'm a longtime lurker at DU and an assistant professor at RUC. Just a note to clarify also, that we do not disrespect Rowan University--we hate the idea of a state-mandated forcible takeover. Rowan does quite well in its own educational mission but it is not the same as nor is it compatible with the mission of Rutgers-Camden.

[polichick]

38. He'll never be president - there are too many moments like this.

[SemperEadem]

42. William Brown has done more for the this country than chris christie ever has

or ever will. He's put on a uniform and defended this country. christie hasn't.

end of story.

[Patrick Cox]

46. This is About More than a Rude Governor

The real story here is what the Navy Seal was objecting to.

Christie is attempted to dismantle higher ed in New Jersey, beginning with New Jersey. He is attempting to shut down the Rutgers-Camden campus and hand over its assets to some political cronies who have some bad debt. It will be disastrous for higher ed in south Jersey, and bad for NJ over all.

Brown is not the only one Christie tries to silence here. Pollsters declared this "Christie's least popular idea ever" after it got 22% approval in polls statewide, and 56% opposition. In south Jersey, where Rutgers-Camden in, 71% oppose it.

Much more info can be found here, along with 11,000 signatures on a petition to stop this insane idea. Feel free to add your own. http://www.r2rmerge.com/

And even more infor and ways to help here: http://www.saverutgerscamden.org/

[awoke_in_2003]

49. When I think of people....

that I want to call an idiot to their face, Seals are WAY down the list. I enjoy not getting the crap kicked out of me.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

50. This guy was serving his country while Christie was living to excess

What a pathetic excuse for a human being Christie is. I hope he gets crushed if he decides to run for re-election next year

[lonestarnot]

51. Christie should just stick to bus disposal.

[yellowcanine]

52. Well at least he is not a big fat idiot.

[Julian Englis]

53. Smells like burning bacon

With any luck, the fat's in the fire.

[IndyJones]

54. I didn't get to see the "heated exchange" because it wasn't on the video. But, it seemed

immature of him to continue talking at the guy and call him an idiot when he was walking out, when the discussion had ended. And then to say, "I'm governor" seemed like he has a pretty high opinion of himself there.

[NICO9000]

55. Just a big-mouthed bully

Thank God he's such a fat fuck. I see a heart attack in his immediate future.

[agentS]

57. Christie is a foolish governor

The plan is bad, just admit it Christie.

Pissing off the vets and annoying hundreds of voting age adults is NOT going to get you re-elected.

But hey, be hard-headed like always. See what happens!

The crooked hedge fund guy actually was the better choice in the end.

[aaaaaa5a]

62. Christie acts like an adult

Who as a kid was picked on a lot. And now as an adult he has power for the first time and is exacting revenge on society. The man is a pompous gerk!

[hughee99]

64. A number of people are focusing on the "vet" aspect of this,

but as it relates to the argument, I don't understand how this makes any difference. The guy was a former navy seal, but that doesn't make his opinion of the merger any more or less valid does it?

[underpants]

65. Christie was a lobbyist and a Bush fundraiser - that is why he got the DA job

he had never been in court and I am not sure that he ever has been.

[NoodleyAppendage]

68. The lifelong fat tend to go two ways...asshole or class clown. Christie went the former.

Christie projects his self-loathing onto the outside world and people. Deep inside he's an angry kid still pissed about being fat, excluded and unpopular.

J