MSNBCer Compares Chris Christie to Tony Soprano
Tamron Hall was so taken aback by Chris Christie's "none of your business" response to a voter's question about why he puts his kids in private school that she blurted the New Jersey Republican Governor reminded her of HBO's fictionalized mobster Tony Soprano. Right after playing a brief clip of Christie's "gruff" answer to the voter, Hall stooped to take a stereotypical cheap shot at New Jersey and its governor as she exclaimed: "I thought that was Tony Soprano!"
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The following excerpt was aired on the June 17 edition of MSNBC's News Nation with Tamron Hall:
TAMRON HALL: New Jersey Republican Governor Chris Christie is raising eyebrows once again today, this time it is for his gruff response to a woman who asked a question on last night's edition of PBS program "Christie On The Line." Take a look at what happened.
(Begin clip)
GAIL: You don't send your children to public schools, you send them to private schools so I was wondering why you think it's fair to be cutting school funding to public schools?
CHRIS CHRISTIE: What's her name?
STEVE ADUBATO: What's her name, guys? Real quick, as the governor is talking. What is it? Gail. Talk to Gail.
CHRISTIE: Hey Gail, you know what? First off, it's none of your business. I don't ask you where you send your kids to school, don't bother me about where I send mine.
(End clip)
HALL: Joining me now, nationally syndicated talk show host Michael Smerconish, who is an MSNBC contributor. I thought that was Tony Soprano! I mean listen, I love New Jersey but that was like a caricature, some might say – heck, I'm saying it – of, of like "none of your business." And this is the second time he's done it. He was asked about, whether he believed in evolution or creationism and he responded, "It's none of your business."
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Careful, Tamron
Submitted by Blonde on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 5:52pm.
Tony became a tad annoyed with Adrianna.
And you, Missy, are making bad decisions.
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IT IS NONE OF HER BUSINESS
Submitted by Der Alte on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 2:18pm.
Why doesn't Hall ask Barry why he sends his kids to private school?
And this guy gets into the Chris Christie mold
Submitted by Blonde on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 2:30pm.
Love these guys.
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Off topic but the perfect job for Weiner
Submitted by Gat New York on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 5:56pm.
There is actually an acting job that is perfect for Weiner in an Off-Broadway Play right now because he would not have to act.
So this is the left's plan to
Submitted by rbosque on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 5:56pm.
So this is the left's plan to get elected? They demonize their opponents? That's it? I guess since they've managed to #$@% up the economy, that's all they have, it's not like they have a great track record for actually doing their duty.
Shiocked! SHOCKED!
Submitted by Herbster on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 6:00pm.
Poor Tampon Hall. A politician gives a great response to a class envy question and this poor little affirmative action towofer is shocked. Good old Tampon. At least in her ignorance of all things political she's good for a laugh. Comparing the Governor to a fictional mafioso........I guess this is what passes for clever repartee in Tampon's little world of liberal stupidity.
ADMINS
Submitted by Radical1979 on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 8:17pm.
Really? Can we get rid of this gross post?
ADMINS
Submitted by Radical1979 on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 8:19pm.
Sorry, double post.
Bump
Submitted by stratman on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 9:03pm.
This thread needs a scrubbing.
HEY!!! Racist comments like
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 9:05pm.
HEY!!! Racist comments like that do not belong here. Take it over to Kos or Huffpoo.
Admins, please delete this idiots comment.
~Cleanup on aisle 5
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 9:12pm.
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HBO ridiculously and calously
Submitted by jdhawk on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 6:28pm.
HBO ridiculously and calously portrayed Soprano as a man trying to raise a family like any other, just that instead of selling insurance or working at the Ford factory, he thieved, murdered, blackmailed, and extorted for a living.
Governor Christie is a real family man with the job of attempting to turn back decades of socialist rule in New Jersey. By all accounts he is succesful. If he were a dimocrat, he would be showered with praise. Instead, his every effort is met with scorn.
PMSNBC is disgusting. They ought to be ashamed of themselves.
As a Jerseyian, I take issue with that.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 6:36pm.
Extortion is our 4th largest industry, after 1) jihadist hideaway; 2) illegal alien sanctuary; 3) vegetable growing.
So Tamron gets the boot from Fox News and then
Submitted by gmaniac1 on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 6:30pm.
loses her mind; that's assuming she ever had it in the first place.
So Christie doesn't disclose why he sends his kids to private school instead of that dump known as public schools. So now he's a Soprano?
With that great logic Palin not informing the lamestream media about her bus tour destinations must make her one half of Thelma and Louise. Hmm do these liberal dolts think before they drink I mean speak;)
Soprano
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 6:41pm.
When the Democrats "get whacked" they twitter the pics.
Gruff response, why not go
Submitted by balboa on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 6:47pm.
Gruff response, why not go with Tony comparison?
bal
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 8:17pm.
I thought that was the point. She went with the Tony Soprano comparison.
Personally ...
Submitted by Newsbubba on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 6:54pm.
... I'd rather have a "connected" president than one who is a RBFSOB.
Christie gave an honest answer to a simple minded bitch asking a personal question that was "none of her business."
Has anyone ever asked the RBFSOB why his kids are in private school? Don't believe I've heard that subject discussed.
Besides, I figure that the mob could have knocked off OBL in about three days with two guys from Jersey and saved us a lot of time and money.
Hey Geoffrey: Note that Tamron Hall took it out of CONTEXT
Submitted by gopcongress on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 7:17pm.
Tamron Hall only cited the FIRST part of the governor's response. He actually cited THREE points. Had Tamron been "fair", she would have played the whole clip in which the governor completely eliminated fallacy of the straw man question.
Here is the clip to the FULL answer, courtesy Politico:
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0611/Christie_Childrens_school_.html
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Politically incorrect
Submitted by Radical1979 on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 8:14pm.
That clip is what I love about Christie. He doesn't give the "polite" but insincere answer. He's blunt. He's honest. He says what he means and means what he says.
I don't always agree with Christie, but I respect him.
I am from NJ and I am sick of the people in this state
Submitted by djwolf12 on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 7:39pm.
who complain about so-called hyperbolic, extreme vitriolic statements then say something stupid like this. Lets face it, public unions are killing this country. Perfect example: I have a friend that is a teacher here in NJ. She is pissed off at Christie because of what he HAS TO DO in order to make our budget. She is whining that she may have to move to another state of get a new profession. I told her that she should be thankful she makes 45K a year and only has to work 9 months and get the summers off. I have to work my ass off for 12 months every year, 50-55 hrs every week just to make 47K. Naturally, she now hates my guts because she has been brainwashed to believe everything unions tell her. Unions, for the most part, are not engaged in social and economic reality.
I have a few teacher friends
Submitted by Free Stinker on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 8:33pm.
I have a few teacher friends here in NJ, and they are much like your friend. "NJ is broke" doesn't matter to them.
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Something else to consider...
Submitted by Unsane on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 9:43pm.
I loved hearing Christie's response. Wanna bet the woman who asked him the question was some union plant or some teacher who was attempting to slam him on public education?
Anyways, I would have LOVED it even more if Christie would have pointed out that NJ and DC rank tops in spending per student, yet there is less and less and less bang for the buck. NJ and DC are perfect examples of why pouring yet more and more and more and more money into public education does NOT equal smarter, better equipped, more thoroughly educated students.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
In-fact, it's a guarantee
Submitted by Boudin on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 9:58pm.
NJ and DC are perfect examples of why pouring yet more and more and more and more money into public education does NOT equal smarter
Privet schools educate on usually less then 1/4 of the Dept of Education does. Their Graduation rates are in many cases are 40% higher. The Dept of Education is a fraud. They dont educate, it is built to fund the commies, and make more of em.
Chances are, if you have ridiculous property taxes, your kids are dumb as dirt. And you need to leave the libtards to it.
Which is why I would love to
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 10:01pm.
Which is why I would love to see the Dept of Education shut down. Billions and Billions of dollars wasted. Did scores improve? Are kids smarter than the ones the year before? I do not think so.
Close it down, let the States do what they are supposed to.
Liberals' impulse on education...............
Submitted by djwolf12 on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 10:53pm.
Throw as much of other peoples money at it as possible. It won't fix the problem, but we can buy tons of condoms for our youth!
→ No kidding, dj
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 10:57pm.
Wouldn't want any teachers getting pregnant while seducing students.
→ Boudin
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 10:07pm.
It's only $18,000 per student per year in NJ public schools.
Private schools can do a much better job at a fraction of that cost. They do so regularly.
Imagine if the parents
Submitted by Boudin on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 10:12pm.
Got half that much. We could cut the budget in half, and get smarter more responsible, healthier, happier kids.
Don't get me started
Submitted by Unsane on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 10:33pm.
Cool Arrow, this is why I am getting SO DAMN SICK of the school districts and school teachers and so on in this state whining about the budget cuts to education. All I know is that when I suck at work, if I were to go up and demand a pay raise for me NOT to suck, I would be fired instantaneously. Yet this is what we all put up with teachers all the time.
Recently there was an ad campaign, I'm sure you saw it, with a bunch of famous people whining that Texas was 44th in the country in money spent per student. That NJ and DC top the table and churn out functional illiterates was of course left unsaid. I saw two of the ads; had I seen one more of them, my TV would have wound up in the Gulf of Mexico.
Maybe we should cut education funding further. It might force school districts to spend money wisely. You know, like the rest of us are...
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
the next time a (union) teacher complains...................
Submitted by djwolf12 on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 10:49pm.
ask them to summarize in 15 paragraphs WHY they believe they should hold their states' taxpayers hostage for THEIR benefits. If yes, what is the graduation rate/crime rate/pregnancy rate/drug rate/arrest rate/violence rate/literacy rate of their school. I would like to know what their students' "average" classroom grades are. I want to know what they are teaching every minute of the day on the taxpayers dime. I want them to explain why they need to have summer months off of school, but get payed for them. These teachers need to quit their bitching and just shut up.
And Administration
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 10:58pm.
I've got no idea why school districts require such top-heavy administrations.
Private enterprise shed its janitors and foodservice years ago in favor of contract workers. Why? Benefits, that's why!
Parents are part of the problem
Submitted by Radical1979 on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 11:08pm.
Let's start holding parents responsible for some of this crap too. I used to get notes that Sally didn't do homework because she had soccer practice and then a game. We also have junior high girls wearing bracelets that say "I (heart shape) boobies" and the parents suing for their right to do so.
Teachers where I live are ALWAYS in grad school, because for every degree they earn, they get more money. How about for every student that can pass a state exam, you get paid! Those degrees often do little in educating the kids.
→ Of course they are, Radical
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 11:27pm.
It's just too easy to look upon school as a Constitutional Right which the government administers.
Too easy to buy into the "Feels good, do it" approach to marriage and the dissolution thereof, including the child abandonment our government promotes.
I don't have the answers, but it's obvious children who grow up in an unchanging two-parent family have an advantage the Liberals would give their right kidneys to disprove.
Absolutely!
Submitted by Unsane on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 6:25am.
Absolutely. As critical as I am of teachers, there are waaaaaaaay too many parents who have boundless faith in teachers, and proceed to treat school as a day care center for kids all the way up until they are age 18. At which point the kids go to a remedial learning center called "college".
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
This generations' parents are too consumed with the
Submitted by djwolf12 on Sun, 06/19/2011 - 1:41pm.
fake medical diagnosises of ADD, ADHD, etc and just drug their kids up to turn them into zombies. Think about it. Not that long ago, A's were 100-92, B was 92-81, C was 80-72, D was 71-65, and F was 64-0. If a child got bad grades, they got left back in the same grade. If they got left back twice, they got their asses kicked by the parents. Now, they are all drugged up, walking around like zombies and get promoted to the next grade because the grading system has ben manipulated by Liberals to make sure "everyone gets fair treatment". And these teachers think they are doing a great job and don't deserve to have thier benefits payed for by themselves? What a joke.
If Christie called out this nameless M.S.S.R. (MSNBC) idiot.....
Submitted by djwolf12 on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 10:57pm.
I would say this if I were him: "What? Tony Soprano? He is a wussy that had to go see a therapist. I'd rather be considered Joe Pesci because he atleast GOT THINGS DONE before he got whacked.
Do Obama's kids go to public
Submitted by Van Halen on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 7:42pm.
Do Obama's kids go to public or private school?
Do Democrat governors' kids around the nation go to public or private school?
Do Democrat Senators' or congresspersons' kids go to public or private school?
Why don't the JounOList media ask some questions about Obama's school records which we have never seen?
Then, when the JournOList media are done wringing their hands about the important topic of Christie's kids' school, they can ask about the crashing economy, five wars, disastrous foreign policy and skyrocketing gas/food/clothing prices - all coming from this administration.
Christie answered the
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 8:11pm.
Christie answered the question correctly, he answered a moron in the only way they understand. Tony Saprano instituted polices that worked.
Isn't that racist, to claim
Submitted by eaglewingz08 on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 8:14pm.
Isn't that racist, to claim that just because Christie is Italian he must be part of the mafia? Why that would be like the media claiming that just because a person was a muslim, he's acting just like a terrorist.
I hope Governor Christie
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 9:07pm.
I hope Governor Christie calls out Tamron on this. Comparing a sitting Governor to a mobster? Sure Tony Soprano is a fictional character but that does not mean it is any less derogatory.
Call her out on what? It was
Submitted by balboa on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 9:23pm.
Call her out on what? It was a harmless aside based on how he answered the question.
→ I see, bal
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 9:30pm.
I take it "none of your business" is a Sopranoism? Did he say that a lot? I didn't know that was such a famous line from The Sopranos.
They must have had some very insightful writers.
Yes, exactly.
Submitted by balboa on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 9:41pm.
Yes, exactly.
When are you going to explain
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 9:48pm.
When are you going to explain why you like cop killers?
That's easy ScubaDude
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 9:50pm.
His lord and savior, Obama, says they're nothing but a bunch of racists, so bal can do nothing less than support those who kill cops.
Where does the President send his children for school?
Submitted by Galvanic on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 9:13pm.
ANSWER: The exclusive Sidwell Friends School.
And nobody -- not even the members of the teachers unions -- challenges Obama's choice.
→ THAT Sidwell School?
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 9:20pm.
The school in which Barack Obama suddenly rescinded vouchers for poor black children so his kids wouldn't be exposed to what he considered human detritus?
But then again, it was Obama's runningmate, Joe Biden, who opined that black kids are stupid.
THAT Sidwell School?
→ This new Slavery
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 10:33pm.
I simply cannot believe the level of Slavery into which we go so joyfully and willingly.
We know the day will come when the government can no longer ply the working class with leeches. It will be every bit as beautiful as this Summer in Greece. NO! Even more so given we are the last domino.
Enjoy this while you can, you parasitic crybabies. You should've gotten off your nanny's tit years ago. The best you can hope for is that self-respecting Americans are drawn down to your level of income. But we will never, I repeat, NEVER, be the vile bloodsuckers you revel in being.
I tell libtards all the time
Submitted by Boudin on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 10:42pm.
No matter how bad it gets, the productive will always be better off. Some of these dimwits are in for one heck of a surprise.
→ No kidding Beuke
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 10:50pm.
The "have nots" will be begging the "haves" to buy up what little they own, only to hate the "haves" later for taking advantage of them during their time of distress.
All sorts of stuff is going dirt cheap right now because a bunch of crybabies didn't see this coming. I've been very much tuned in since 2007. I haven't seen a whole lot of behavioral change among the freeloaders, but those who work at real jobs for a living have changed their habits substantially.
Tony Soprano for
Submitted by Jack Bauer on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 11:18am.
Tony Soprano for President!
Hey, it's got to be better than Professor Flubber
All of the above Mr Obama? --- How about ALL OF THE BELOW, instead.
Yeah, of course, Tampon,,
Submitted by NJRightWinger12 on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 12:00pm.
We all, myself included, are just fat, blowheaded, mobster, ITALIAN, goombahs from Joisey, right, Upper West Side liberal elitist Hall? If ANYONE else said that about ANY OTHER minority group, the sh&tstorm would make the Wizard of Oz Tornado seem like a gust of wind! But, when its against Italians, then alls fair!
Bada Bing
Submitted by Jack Bauer on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 1:49pm.
Given his bulk, ya think Christie Sleeps With The Dishes?
All of the above Mr Obama? --- How about ALL OF THE BELOW, instead.
He will if he dont whack that broad!
Submitted by NJRightWinger12 on Sun, 06/19/2011 - 10:41am.
He shoid tell her FUHGEDDABOUDIT!
I think Chris is more
Submitted by Jack Bauer on Sun, 06/19/2011 - 6:05pm.
I think Chris is more interested in FUDGE-ABOUDIT.
All of the above Mr Obama? --- How about ALL OF THE BELOW, instead.
~I shudder to think
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Sun, 06/19/2011 - 4:22pm.
how your average NJ teacher would treat this man's children.