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Anti-Labor on NBC, Labor on MSNBC

by: Rosi Efthim

Fri Jun 24, 2011 at 01:57:30 PM EDT

Yesterday, somebody asked me if they should go off somewhere and do something else, or stay glued to the Assembly vote, which was in a dramatic holding pattern for five-and-a-half hours. Stay with the Assembly, I said. It will be national news. And it is. The Assembly vote, and Senate vote before it, are not a victory for New Jersey because too many of our neighbors, fathers, and co-workers are getting screwed. It's certainly not a victory for the Democratic Party, which now faces an enthusiasm gap and loss of reliable union ground troops, with a huge election looming. No, it was a victory for Christopher James Christie, delivered perhaps at their own cost, by a new class of Christie enablers with nominal "D's" on their backs. Watch Christie step out front now, before other one-term GOP governors getting ahead on the backs of their state's working people. Comer. Hotshot. Buzzmaster. And it was only a matter of hours before Gov. Christie was on TV letting Matt Lauer talk about his 2012 presidential sizzle, feeding into that by wasting no time going after President Obama. And thanking the Democratic leadership that put him in the Today Show's exclusive interview chair, thanking his enablers inside 10 seconds after he opened his mouth.

So, in case you missed it, is Chris Christie on the morning after. Right below it, for counter-point, is CWA President Hetty Rosenstein on MSNBC's boutique, and NJ-savvy The Ed Show (MSNBC):

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Christie on The Today Show 6/24/11

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Anti-Labor on NBC, Labor on MSNBC | 9 comments

Don't want to lose my lunch (0.00 / 0)

Aside from the fact that blatant self agrandizement from such a horrific thug as Christie makes me want to blow chunks, his visage on the screen would likely cost me a monitior I can hardley afford to replace after I threw my my shoe at it.

bellicose bully as about as presidential as Bluto from the old Popeye show.

If we don't stand together, we fall alone
That didn't last long.

by: Couch Potato Politics @ Fri Jun 24, 2011 at 18:05:12 PM UTC

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Amazing how far a Republican governor (0.00 / 0)

with a 44% approval rating can go in the "liberal media."

I know his proximity to the New York studios gives him opportunities that others don't have. But the guy has gotten more positive attention with less popularity than anyone I can recall. Thanks to the, so-called, "liberal media."

by: 12mileseastofTrenton @ Fri Jun 24, 2011 at 18:06:21 PM UTC

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Good point about the media (0.00 / 0)

I find myself mentally rolling my eyes whenever somebody goes on and on about how liberal the mainstream media outlets are. Hardly. Whether because of the corporate ownership of most print and tv media or the dumbing down of news into infotainment to appeal to a broader audience, the MSM are hardly liberal and certainly not analytical or informative.

by: Alex @ Fri Jun 24, 2011 at 20:08:46 PM UTC

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Time to get it... (0.00 / 0)

Matt Lauer is as much a pig as Chris Christie!

by: nkromann @ Fri Jun 24, 2011 at 18:15:54 PM UTC

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There are either stupid, (0.00 / 0)

grossly misinformed, or partisan hacks. I used to watch Morning Joe but have been boycotting due to the love affair they have with Christie. The fawning makes me puke, which also got me thinking: If they are that wrong about Christie, what else are they wrong about?

"Only a fool would follow a bully"

by: brendanod @ Fri Jun 24, 2011 at 22:10:00 PM UTC

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Salon article (0.00 / 0)

New Jersey's predicament summarized.

Blog: http://www.deciminyan.org

by: deciminyan @ Fri Jun 24, 2011 at 18:34:55 PM UTC

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Have to take issue with this (0.00 / 0)

it may be the most significant victory that any governor in the country has scored against public workers.

Walker not only eliminated collective bargaining for everything but wages, and restricted that, but he went after the union's funding and required them to re-certify every year. That's way more than what happened in New Jersey, as bad as it was.

by: 12mileseastofTrenton @ Fri Jun 24, 2011 at 18:45:22 PM UTC

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And just the term "Victory AGAINST public workers". (4.00 / 1)

How the HELL are PUBLIC WORKERS some enemy which a governor needs to score "Victories" against?

If we don't stand together, we fall alone
That didn't last long.

by: Couch Potato Politics @ Fri Jun 24, 2011 at 18:47:00 PM UTC

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