Today, Chris Christie woke up. He rolled over, had a bit of difficulty breathing, used his rescue inhaler, then went to the hospital because he was still having problems. Naturally, the news media jumped on this like a stripper on Braylon's dick, but what really surprised me was the way the people commenting on the news reacted.
To say that they think ill of Christie is a gross understatement. Well over half the comments on the HuffPo story aren't only negative, they are straight hateful. Outside of the people who are generally just crucifying anyone with a weight problem (he's not sitting around, looking for pity. he knows he has a weight problem, he's busy running the state, it's cool), there were people giving breakdowns of how he doesn't deserve to live, how the medics should let him die, and every other plan to have him buried at its conclusion.
What I don't get is what the fuck he did to warrant the hate?
I don't know if you noticed, but I read current events every so often. I didn't remember anything particularly remarkable that he has done to make everyone so angry, so I started looking for the moment where Christie railed us all. Hint: I didn't find it.
I don't agree with all his politics. Actually, I would say I disagree with most of his politics, outside of trying to tame government spending (he has the right idea, wrong application), but I wasn't calling for his airways to be aspirated and then filled with cheeseburgers. I didn't exactly wish him a speedy recovery, because I wasn't thrilled to see him working again, but I didn't sit on seat's edge begging for his demise.
Maybe you guys forget, but for over a year before Christie stepped in, Corzine had less than 50% approval ratings. He also got into a car accident when he wasn't wearing his seatbelt, causing major injuries which definitely cost the government more in health care costs than an EKG and chest X-Ray (you can say maybe not, but then I must remind you Corzine cracked a couple of ribs, so he definitely had those two procedures anyway). He was also responsible for shutting down the entire government of New Jersey when he couldn't rally everyone under his tax plan (controversial, but you have to be able to get people to compromise), costing the state millions. Outside the state, if you live anywhere near Atlantic City where the casinos closed, you might remember that it completely boned the usual July 4th boost in tourism, crippling the local economy.
You shouldn't be pissed at Corzine either. These are men trying to do a job, and sometimes they can't make everyone happy. Maybe your house has a system where everyone ends up pleased at all the decisions, but when you have a state with 8,707,739 (US Census, 2009), it gets hard to make sure that every single person is happy all the time. Sometimes I'm not happy with the decisions, but I'm happy there is a system where I generally feel happy, and when I'm not I can express discontent and work to change things.
If I were Christie, I would try to become a politician in China. No one is ever unhappy over there (I read a couple blogs, totally an expert). That and the lack of Internet access keeps the retards from running amok across the web.
Really though, what did he do?
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