This is what we're up against. This is the level of Stupid that infects 'Murka.
Below the fold are two letters to the editor that appeared in today's Charlotte Observer. So, these "opinions" are representative of individual voters, not necessarily of the Republican establishment. This is why people like Chris Christie - and, for that matter, Scott Walker and Darryl Issa and Ted Cruz and George W. Bush get elected.
And this is the problem this nation must solve if we are ever to establish that "more perfect Union". But with blogs, "social media", and the mainstream media (MSM) working as much for Teh Stupid as they are for the sane and progressive, the battle is very, very challenging.
In response to “Top aides to Christie sought lane closings as revenge” (Jan. 9):
Gov. Christie’s quick action on bridge scandal praiseworthy
I applaud N.J. Gov. Chris Christie for his prompt response and quick actions regarding “Bridgegate.”
It’s rather satisfying seeing a politician actually holding personnel responsible for bad decisions and unethical behavior.
The mainstream media were all over the governor and this issue when in the scheme of things it pales in comparison to the episodes plaguing the Obama administration.
Unlike Christie, though, the president refuses to hold people accountable and the media is fine with his lack of leadership.
Floyd Prophet
Kannapolis
Good lord. It is almost impossible to respond to this level of Stupid.
Christie is worthy of "applause". His conduct is "rather satisfying". Ummm, Mr. Prophet? Hellooooooooo?
To quote the immortal Imogene Coca in National Lampoon Vacation,
Do you enjoy throwing up every five minutes Claude?
because in the mind of anybody with even one functioning brain cell, Christie's conduct is
puke-worthy, not praiseworthy.
But in Republican 'Murka, it is "rather satisfying" for an elected official to be a bully and a petty, vindictive liar, to endanger tens of thousands of his constituents and cost the regional economy tens of millions of dollars, and to lie about it?
IN WHAT FUCKING WORLD IS SUCH BEHAVIOR WORTHY OF APPLAUSE AND "RATHER SATISFYING"?
Sorry. Got carried away there for a minute.
But. Seriously. Hold people "responsible for bad decisions and unethical behavior"? I don't see Christie doing that at all, because if he were, he'd be holding the proper person responsible and he'd resign. Instead, he simply threw a few of his loyal servants who were conducting Christie's business as usual under the bus. And then he had a sad. Because he's a poor, poor victim. A VICTIM OF LOYAL ENFORCERS FOLLOWING HIS USUAL FUCKING ORDERS!!!
Oops. Sorry again.
Because Obama. Srsly. So, what "episodes plaguing the Obama administration" are the "mainstream media" not getting "all over"? From what I see and hear in the "mainstream media", they are all over everything about President Obama all the time because everything about President Obama is bad according to the "mainstream media". Also. Let's move on to the next LTTE for specifics:
‘Bridgegate’ confirmed again that media are left’s best buddy
As a solid conservative with a sizable Libertarian streak, I’m not a big supporter of Chris Christie.
However, I’d love to see the media be as aggressive toward the Fast & Furious, IRS and Benghazi scandals – which were 10 times more important – as they are toward “Bridgegate.”
But alas, he is a Republican and a true threat to Hillary Clinton’s presidential chances. So, as usual, the media solidifies their position as the left’s best buddy.
James McCall
Taylorsville
Oh, Mr. McCall? May we please commandeer that gigantic air pocket between your ears and use it to establish a windfarm to power all of 'Murka? Pretty please?
OH FUCK ME, THE STUPID, IT BURNS!!!!
Because BENGAZZZZZEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! WHEE!!!!!!!
Mr. McCall, who typed your letter to the editor? Because you certainly didn't...you don't have the level of literacy it would have required. Obviously you are incapable of reading. Because for SIX FUCKING YEARS the media has been awash with "Fast & Furious"...and for at least a year they've been awash with "IRS" and "BENGAZZZZZZZZEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!"
And, sorry to break it to you, but there are NO SCANDALS! In fact, the only "scandal" is that we are plagued with a mainstream media that are either as stupid as you are or that are pure, corrupt mouthpieces for the corporate oligarchy.
"Fast & Furious"? You mean the continuation of George W. Bush's "Wide Receiver" program? That one? Well, gosh golly, the mainstream media hasn't been able to shut up about the alleged "scandal" for six years! Of course, the real scandal is that 'Murkin law enforcement isn't allowed to adequately track buyers of vast numbers of guns, including high-capacity and high-rate-of-fire semiautomatic assault-type weapons, and that crooked gun dealers and crooked gun manufacturers and the brazenly crooked, murderous, and complicit NRA are not held accountable or shut down.
"IRS"? Orly? What scandal would that be that isn't adequately reported? Everything I read in the mainstream media has said, over and over, and FUCKING INACCURATELY, that the IRS was being a big meanie to patriotic 'Murkin First and Second Amendment brave freedom-lovers and those DFH librul whiners were NOT PAYING ANY TAXES EVER! Oops...don't even bother to click that previous link to the mainstream Washington Post, because it is mostly a lie. But don't let anything like facts get in the way of your wet dream featuring Darryl Issa in a lace teddie, Mr. McCall.
And Benghazi? you mean BENGAZZZZZZZZZZEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE? The one that the mainstream media have been falsely reporting for a year? The "scandal" that is a scandal even when the sainted George W. Bush allowed at least THIRTEEN FUCKING BENGAZZZZZZZZZEEEEEEEEEEES?
January 22, 2002. Calcutta, India. Gunmen associated with Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami attack the U.S. Consulate. Five people are killed.
June 14, 2002. Karachi, Pakistan. Suicide bomber connected with al Qaeda attacks the U.S. Consulate, killing 12 and injuring 51.
October 12, 2002. Denpasar, Indonesia. U.S. diplomatic offices bombed as part of a string of "Bali Bombings." No fatalities.
February 28, 2003. Islamabad, Pakistan. Several gunmen fire upon the U.S. Embassy. Two people are killed.
May 12, 2003. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Armed al Qaeda terrorists storm the diplomatic compound, killing 36 people including nine Americans. The assailants committed suicide by detonating a truck bomb.
July 30, 2004. Tashkent, Uzbekistan. A suicide bomber from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan attacks the U.S. Embassy, killing two people.
December 6, 2004. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Al Qaeda terrorists storm the U.S. Consulate and occupy the perimeter wall. Nine people are killed.
March 2, 2006. Karachi, Pakistan again. Suicide bomber attacks the U.S. Consulate killing four people, including U.S. diplomat David Foy who was directly targeted by the attackers. (I wonder if Lindsey Graham or Fox News would even recognize the name "David Foy." This is the third Karachi terrorist attack in four years on what's considered American soil.)
September 12, 2006. Damascus, Syria. Four armed gunmen shouting "Allahu akbar" storm the U.S. Embassy using grenades, automatic weapons, a car bomb and a truck bomb. Four people are killed, 13 are wounded.
January 12, 2007. Athens, Greece. Members of a Greek terrorist group called the Revolutionary Struggle fire a rocket-propelled grenade at the U.S. Embassy. No fatalities.
March 18, 2008. Sana'a, Yemen. Members of the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic Jihad of Yemen fire a mortar at the U.S. Embassy. The shot misses the embassy, but hits nearby school killing two.
July 9, 2008. Istanbul, Turkey. Four armed terrorists attack the U.S. Consulate. Six people are killed.
September 17, 2008. Sana'a, Yemen. Terrorists dressed as military officials attack the U.S. Embassy with an arsenal of weapons including RPGs and detonate two car bombs. Sixteen people are killed, including an American student and her husband (they had been married for three weeks when the attack occurred). This is the second attack on this embassy in seven months.
Until,
finally, one member of the mainstream media
tells the truth about "Benghazi", and the truth is pretty much what President Obama and Secretary Clinton said it was over a year ago?
And yet the mainstream media still shrieks "BENGAZZZZZZZZZZZEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!" all the time, and continues to give lying hacks like Darryl Issa and Lindsey Graham fucking soapboxes?
No, we have a problem. A B. F. Problem.
It's called "Teh Stoopid", and the Charlotte Observer just gave a soapbox to two more representatives of that problem this morning.
And Chris Christie, liar, bully extraordinaire, and all-around piece of shit is "applauded".