Big News! Chris Christie is a Blue-Collar Republican!

A "blue collar Republican"....what is that? (0.00 / 0)

is that someone who doesn't want to tax the super rich? is that someone  who takes helicopter rides to his kid's baseball games?  What is a "blue collar Republican"? Does anyone know? Would love to get Frank Luntz' definition

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by: Senator Loretta Weinberg @ Tue Aug 23, 2011 at 02:29:17 AM UTC

Hm (0.00 / 0)

Wondering if this characterization really has more to do with Christie affecting a "Jersey Guy" persona. Is this just the way Frank Lutz sees anyone with a Jersey accent, northern or southern?

"We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior." - Friedrich Durrenmatt

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by: KendalJames @ Tue Aug 23, 2011 at 02:38:59 AM UTC

I think (4.00 / 1)

Frank Luntz is smarter than that. I think it's his deliberate way to recast a weakness (sucking up to the rich eventually pisses off voters) into a strength (even if it's a lie) simply by calling it something else and repeating it often enough until it latches on.

Beware, media.  

It's not a particularly snappy signature, but here's what I think we need in the next NJ Democratic State Chair.  

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by: Rosi Efthim @ Tue Aug 23, 2011 at 03:23:42 AM UTC

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Yes, exactly (0.00 / 0)

Nothing but propaganda.  Plus, fair or not, his girth gives him a bit of "blue collar" cache.

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by: 12mileseastofTrenton @ Tue Aug 23, 2011 at 13:12:47 PM UTC

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Luntz (0.00 / 0)

Luntz never met a lie he wouldn't tell. And keep repeating.  

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by: pyounghouse @ Tue Aug 23, 2011 at 14:16:24 PM UTC

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There's a lot of Blue Collar Rs who don't (0.00 / 0)

hate women's rights. So it's a bit unfair.

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by: DSWright @ Tue Aug 23, 2011 at 04:00:53 AM UTC

Compared to What? (0.00 / 0)

Maybe compared to the rest of the GOP crowd he has the  bluest collar. That collar is still sent out to be pressed and ironed before wearing.  

This moniker is kind of like getting the congeniality award on a pirate ship.  

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by: firstamend07 @ Tue Aug 23, 2011 at 10:23:45 AM UTC

Christie is about as likely (0.00 / 0)

To become a blue-collar worker as a one-legged man has of winning a butt-kicking contest.

I'm also not ruling out the distinct possibility that he would be the target of a butt-kicking contest by his new union colleagues, should he magically become a blue-collar worker.  

"We are the leaders we've been waiting for." - Paul Wellstone

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by: Stephen Yellin @ Tue Aug 23, 2011 at 10:27:38 AM UTC

French Blue collar w/ platinum cufflinks from Cartier, perhaps. n/t (0.00 / 0)

activist for hire.

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by: Jay Lassiter @ Tue Aug 23, 2011 at 13:36:21 PM UTC