http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6725620Oh my.
First, there was only one bonfire on Skins's island about this issue, but now they're being lit, and starting to burn, all over.
Hawaii Hiker (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-08-09 10:15 AM
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What's your take on the Corzine ads attacking Christie's weight
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/nyregion/08fat.html?_...
Yeah, it's mean i guess....But it isn't nearly as bad as the ads Bob Corker ran against Harold Ford in their 2006 senate race basically portraying Ford as a playboy who will run around w/white women...
Brickbat (400 posts) Thu Oct-08-09 10:18 AM
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1. I think it's uncalled for, m'self.
I don't like it, and it makes me think less of Corzine.
Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-08-09 10:22 AM
Response to Reply #1
5. A friend of mine worked VERY closely with him during his campaign for governor. According to her, he's a total sleazeball. Very ambitious and doesn't care who he shits on to get there. I'd say this pretty much confirms her assessment.
MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-08-09 10:19 AM
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2. Well christie IS a fat-****.
Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-08-09 10:23 AM
Response to Reply #2
7. Which is relavent how . . . ???????
MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-08-09 10:24 AM
Response to Reply #7
8. The ads are factual.
Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-08-09 10:41 AM
Response to Reply #8
14. Do you not understand the definition of the word "relevant?"
I ask again. How is this relevant?
NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-08-09 11:18 AM
Response to Reply #14
17. He "threw his weight around" to avoid traffic tickets..is what the ad claims.
asjr (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-08-09 10:20 AM
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3. Christie will immediately call Jenny Craig and get an advertisement of his own out of it.
LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-08-09 10:22 AM
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4. I think what was done to Max Cleland was far worse.
Frankly, as an overweight person, I don't like it. But it's small potatoes compared to the nasty shit repukes do in their campaigns. And besides, this is New Jersey.
Hawaii Hiker (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-08-09 10:28 AM
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10. Good point - I totally forgot the sleaze ball campaign
Saxby Chambliss ran against Max Cleland....That was despicable....
And of course, who can forget the Swift Boat Drunks & that awful campaign against John Kerry in 2004...
Now wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute.
The last I heard, the Swift Boat Veterans were right.
Is there something I missed?
geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-08-09 10:22 AM
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6. Politics is a rough, nasty business.
Those too squeamish to play hard should stay in the bleachers.
OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-08-09 10:28 AM
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9. I just watched the ad and I think it's very good. This guy is a sleaze. I think it aims at his sleazy behavior as much as his weight so I have no problem with it.
Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-08-09 10:29 AM
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11. The ad merely depicts chubsy wubsy getting out of his chauffeured truck?
What's the problem?
Jim__ (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-08-09 10:29 AM
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12. The ad linked to from the NY Times story doesn't seem to emphasize Christie's weight.
I'm not in the NJ area, so I haven't followed this campaign. But, just based on that ad, I didn't see anything out of line.
Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-08-09 10:42 AM
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15. I'm surprised that Corzine's research team found it would be effective
Especially given the large number of overweight Americans.
petronius (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-08-09 11:16 AM
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16. Just from the article, my response is that Corzine's coy little non-denial is more of a negative than Christie's weight. If he wants to be snarky, he should at least have the spine to take ownership of it...
