Chris Christie vows to punch the national teachers union ‘in the face’ because they ‘deserve’ it

[DonViejo]

Source: RawStory

DAVID EDWARDS
02 AUG 2015 AT 10:27 ET

Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie said over the weekend that the national teachers union deserved a “punch in the face” because it had become the most destructive force in America’s education system.

In an interview that aired on Sunday, CNN’s Jake Tapper reminded the New Jersey governor that he had advised people to punch bullies “in the face” during his first term as governor. “At the national level, who deserves a punch in the face?” Tapper wondered.

“Oh, the national teachers union,” Christie replied without hesitation. “They’re not for education for our children, they’re for greater membership, greater benefits, greater pay for their members.”

“And they are the single most destructive force in public education in America,” he added. “I’ve been saying that since 2009. I’ve got the scars to show it, but I’m never going to stop saying it because they never change their stripes.”

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/chris-christie-vows-to-punch-the-national-teachers-union-in-the-face-because-they-deserve-it/

[world wide wally]

1. Hey everyone!

I'm as much of an asshole as Trump is!

[CTyankee]

2. A race to the bottom by the two biggest loudmouth jerks running for prez...

Most people in this country send their kids to public schools and they certainly don't want their kids' teachers "punched in the face."

Who wants a president who goes around saying other Americans should be punched in the face?

[hedda_foil]

23. More like the two biggest loudmouth jerks who have EVER run for president.

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[roguevalley]

20. I'm a retired teacher, Christie. Try and punch me in the face, you fat fucker.

I have been a union president, secretary, vice president and state secretary. FUCK YOU, you colossal fucker. Just try it.

[navarth]

21. best let my wife do it.

She's a little over 5', weighs about 110 lbs and taught pre-school special ed for 30 years. She'd put him on the floor.

[CTyankee]

24. I'd aim a little lower than his face...maybe a knee to the guys prunes...

[christx30]

29. Got to aim carefully to hit such a small target. n/t

[CTyankee]

40. yeah, well that pic of him in that baseball uniform was pretty "informative" , ahem...

it,uh, didn't impress me too much (if at all).

Sorry. I won't elaborate...

[ejbr]

45. If he does, can I come watch?

I'd LOVE to see someone flatten this fuck!

[Hassin Bin Sober]

69. You need to make a YouTube video. Seriously.

Some retired teacher needs to call him out.

A video of a little elderly (not saying you are elderly) school teacher challenging him to a fight would be hilarious.

It could go viral.

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. ugh. what a thing to say

[gregcrawford]

36. What? Ringin' his bells...

... or simply remarking on the difficulty in finding them and the tiny tinkling sound they'd make?

[Liberal_in_LA]

37. what christie said

[gregcrawford]

48. Oh.

[rocktivity]

4. Get thee to the Christie Crime Digest!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026612563

He IS aware, isn't he, that he's running for president of the United States and not auditioning for a remake of the Sopranos? It sounds like HE'S the one who's been punched in the head too many times!


rocktivity

[lancer78]

31. Christie's theme

Maybe his mama did tell him he would be the "chosen one".

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

5. Hello Folks

Last edited Sun Aug 2, 2015, 08:18 PM - Edit history (3)

You can see me in my boxer shorts in the pic'y in the article !

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http://www.newrepublic.com/article/116601/chris-christies-rise-and-fall



Oh go ahead and look anyway !





Hello folks Gerad here- dollars to doughnuts if Chris Christie needs to find a profession to cross over into, believe me he won't have to look too far for too long.

https://s.yimg.com/fz/api/res/1.2/roxtRB1KKI4G.AfT0ahiJg--/YXBwaWQ9c3JjaGRkO2g9NDkxO3E9OTU7dz03MzY-/

It ain't over until it's over.


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I don't come out dressed to kill very often,but when I do I always drink Hindsight ,stay thirsty my friends !

[Turbineguy]

6. Teachers are dangerous.

Good ones cause you to be educated.

[tularetom]

7. You know what union deserves to be "punched in the face"?

The Baltimore police union who was so butthurt by the fact that the States Attorney went ahead with charges against the six slugs who killed Freddie Gray, that they refused to actually do their jobs and stop crime even when they witnessed it.

Of course he won't do that because they're all tough and macho and not made up of more than 50% women like the teachers union.

[KamaAina]

8. Uh, okay, Krispy Kreme. Fire away.

Here is the National Teachers Union's face.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

16. I was just going to tell him it was led by Arne Duncan.

He seems like a punch first and check the info later kind of guy.

[pnwmom]

9. I'm still looking forward to the Trump-Christie debate of the elephantine egos. n/t

[mnhtnbb]

10. If anyone deserves a punch in the face it's the scumbag Republican politicians in NC

(and elsewhere) who are working hard to destroy public education.

Thanks to changes made by Republicans in NC, teacher pay in our state now ranks dead LAST.
That's right: worse than Mississippi or Alabama. Up until a couple of years ago, teacher
pay in NC ranked just about in the middle--which was terrific for a state in the south.

How about a punch in the face for Republican lawmakers in NC, instead, Christie?

http://www.payscale.com/career-news/2015/06/the-5-worst-states-for-teachers

[StarzGuy]

28. The great state of Arizonaee..

...isn't far behind. We now have a Koch Bros. governor and a lacky right wing legislature along with pukes holding every state wide elective office.

It doesn't bode well for teachers and students in Arizona. I was a teacher (now retired) and saw first hand the decline in public education in this state (1977-2010). Illness caused me to retire with practically nothing saved for retirement. I exhausted savings for a year. Found a job on the Navajo reservation and finally became too sick to work in 2010. I now am barely surviving on my SSDI and a small federal pension. I am now among the Arizona poorest residents.

[saidsimplesimon]

34. I wonder. How many out of state

for taxes and in state for voting are on the AZ voter purge list?

Also, our young voters don't even know the name of their mayor or governor. If you don't vote, you get what you get.

[mrmpa]

35. I know it's bad in NC...........

my very good friend has a daughter with a Master's Degree and National Certification, and when her dad showed me her contract, I was nearly sick to my stomach.

There she is, and making the grand total of a bit under $30,000 a year. Her contract was about 2 pages long, and I really lost it when I saw that she would not be paid if the school was closed due to inclement weather or other emergencies.

No chance of her becoming a Union member, because my understanding is that teachers are prohibited by NC Law from having Union representation.

[PearliePoo2]

11. Hey asshole...trying to out-Trump 'The Donald' are ya?

Not getting enough attention lately, huh? So you spew some outrageous shit from that mean mouth of yours.
Sort of a "look at me...look at MEEEEE!"
Well, I'm looking at you and you are still a bully and a disgusting, arrogant ass.

[ProfessorGAC]

58. That Was My First Thought

They're trying to "out-outrageous" one another.

[polichick]

12. Projecting his evil intentions.

[DirkGently]

13. Right! Only corporations are right when they're greedy!

They’re not for education for our children, they’re for greater membership, greater benefits, greater pay for their members.”

I love this line of reasoning. Greed is good when it comes to ownership paying labor as little as possible, because that's some kind of immutable natural law we should all celebrate. Money demanding money is A-OK.

But people -- phew, no way. If you represent actual human beings seeking their own self-interest, that is COMMUNISMS! Or possibly witchcraft, or something.

Remember when the OWS people were supposed to be hypocrites because they had computers? Because you can't be against inequality and also own anything yourself. Just like you can't receive public assistance and also be able to afford a cell phone, or a pair of shoes.

Why do we -- more importantly, why does anyone -- listen to this horse apple nonsense -- for a millisecond?

Christy, if he shouldn't be in jail for for the "Bridgegate" scandal, or the Sandy money shenanigans -- and that seems wildly unlikely -- should at least be laughed off the national stage.

The fact that he hasn't been yet is what is wrong with basically everything.

[Populist_Prole]

38. There are those that actually do believe that

And say so without a hint of irony.

I've had online forum debates with types that call labor a "special interest", but say corporations are not a special interest even when they lobby, because it's just like you say: They consider business as a kind of immutable natural law.

[DirkGently]

42. It's somehow permeated

parts of our cultural consciousness that heedless pursuit of profit at the expense of everything and everyone is not only fine for business, but some kind of ethical imperative, and that anything that cuts against that is omgodcommies.

I remember an online and IRL discussion of a local issue last year, where local progressive groups gathered 75,000 citizen signatures to get an earned sick leave issue on the ballot. It was argued, somehow, that while there was presumably no problem with local big business interests literally texting instructions to County Commissioners during the meeting (because they didn't want the initiative, and they of course got their way, illegally as a court later determined) AND that we needed to get to the bottom of who was providing money for the signature drive (Unions?! Communists in China?! The Kennedys??!! HOW FAR DID IT GO???)

There were charts involved. Of the insidious chain of "shadowy liberal groups," contributing to a petition drive, for an initiative to benefit workers. Because that, unlike, say texts from Disney lobbyists directly to politicians while they are conducting public hearings, is just suspicious.

No, no sense of irony whatsoever.

#thisiswhatiswrongwitheverything

[smirkymonkey]

71. Bravo!

[muriel_volestrangler]

14. In fivethirtyeight's average of polls, Christie is the only one more unfavoured than Trump

among Republican voters:



http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/donald-trump-is-the-nickelback-of-gop-candidates/

He must think he's got to go all out in the 'I hate people' stakes to get some Republicans to like him.

[Fred Sanders]

22. Even the haters do not like other haters all that much, but they pretend in irrelevant polls that they do?

[bvar22]

15. Somwhere among the Jersey Teacher's Union,

there has GOT to be an ex-boxer, football player, Marine, Seal Force 6, or other professional who should take Christy up on his proposal, but with the caveat,
"I get to hit second."


I don't believe the Jersey Dough-Boy would last long.

[jtuck004]

17. Or they send a 70 year old retiree, about 4'6". "You want to hit me?"

Great pictures for the new presidential campaign, don't you think?

[Faux pas]

18. Keepin'

it Klassy Krispie. He's a serious boil on the ass of life.

[BlueJazz]

19. I know a teacher you can punch in the face >

[forest444]

52. He'll need an Alka-Seltzer

What with all that lard and gristle!

[BlueJazz]

53. Your words are true.

[Dan]

25. Interesting

The ones in control of the nation really want to eliminate public education - vouchers for all. Of course for those not financially able, the voucher has no meaning. Wonder why they want an uneducated population? I wonder, have the powers that be decided that there are too many people - and they need to thin the herd. Gotta think about this... But Christie, he is just another clown in the clown car called the GOP.

Wonder why the Democratic party is not fighting more - fighting not only for the teachers, but the student, our children... but maybe they are, fighting this strawman that the GOP has created to eliminate public education.

[raindaddy]

26. He's a real badass when it comes to mostly women teachers..

Let him tell the Teamsters they deserve a punch in the face...

[Oneironaut]

27. Where are they now: The obnoxious, loud-mouthed bully at your school

[LeftishBrit]

30. Sounds like a juvenile delinquent, wanting to punch teachers in the face

How does he keep getting elected? (I thought New Jersey was a blue state.)

[left on green only]

32. He'll Say Anything He Wants From The Safety Of His Gestation Crate. EOM

[Marie Marie]

49. I see what you did there..

Well done and kudos.

[left on green only]

73. .

[narnian60]

33. Oh, my gosh.

No words. Oh, yeah, there are. You are a gigantic ass, Christie.

[SIU_Blue]

39. NJEA Response (NJ Teachers Union)

Here's the response from the New Jersey Education Association, the largest teachers union in NJ:

"Chris Christie has no credibility as a leader and he is an embarrassment to New Jersey. Our citizens deserve so much better. Even worse, he is a terrible role model to the children that our members work so hard to protect, nurture and educate."

"He should resign as governor immediately."

Full text here.

That about sums it up! Full disclosure; I work for the Ohio branch of this union.

[NCjack]

41. Gov. CC is a fool. He will do any outrageous act, any where, any time

to get win the GOP nomination. His language stimulates violence against himself, because he deserves it.

[Sunlei]

43. says the republican with less then one percent support from his own party.

[stopbush]

44. Playing not so much to anti-unionists, but to the willfully stupid

Who look on all education with suspicion.

It fits in with the Xian beliefs that knowledge is bad when it conflicts with things you believe on faith.

[davidpdx]

46. Maybe Ben Carson could do us a favor and surgically connect Trump and Christie

So we'd have one two headed asshole instead of two assholes.

[Skittles]

47. disgusting

what a bully

[AwareOne]

50. Take your best shot

Fatty McFaterson, then brace for the counter-punch.

[Thespian2]

51. The reason this loudmouth bully can say this

is because he was taught to read, write, and do sums by...teachers...

[BlueStater]

55. I think you're at the wrong website, buddy.

That corrupt piece of shit bully is nobody's hero.

[ck4829]

57. Maybe it's not that the public sector has too many benefits

But the private sector has too few?

Instead of trying to tear down the public sector, why not secure more protections for the private sector employees?

[Aerows]

56. I expected a link

to an Onion article.

That was about the dumbest thing, and hateful of things I have ever heard a politician utter.

[Madmiddle]

59. Governor "Camel Toe"

Would take money from old people, poor people, handicap people, but he just loves to caress the criminals of his state, with his mouth!!! Good job Camel Toe. You won't even get reelcted to your own state!!!!!

[riversedge]

60. I am amazed that so many in the US are so against teachers and

can loudly speak nasty things of them. I have niece that changed her degree last spring. She said so many people in Wisconsin just do not respect teachers--the pay in just so so and benefits are not worth it anymore.

[Sunlei]

61. Salazar had to resign when he said about the same thing to a reporter. How come a Gov. gets a pass?

[blackspade]

62. What a loathsome clown.

Despicable.

[gordianot]

63. It takes a special kind of coward to issue a physicalthreat when you know you have protected status.

He knows full well what his security would do at a physical altercation even one where he is the aggressor. Such statements show what politics have really become once again not a forum of ideas but actual body threats by thugs. You can phyically disrupt peoples lives with impunity secure in the knowledge he will face no consequences. So shut down that bridge, insult a passive protestor, get rude call people names, threaten politicians, retaliate at the slightest resistance, lie, be what you are a bully. If anything human civilization has proven many times how fragile it is and how easily humans descend into violence. As far Christie is concerned we have been warned by words and actions.

[restorefreedom]

64. yes, u.s. citizens

i definitely have the fucking temperament to be your damn leader!!

now sit down, shut your pie holes, and vote for me, you damn simps before i have to flatten all of you!!

[shanti]

65. wow

he's really showing his ass!

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

66. Still trying the TRUMP card?

[rladdi]

67. When will someone kick this ASSHOLE in the mouth. Its time it got closed. I believe

the voters will shut him down in the 2016 election. He is the biggest NJ criminal not in prison. I guess the FEDS and DOJ are afraid of Christie big mouth.

[Beacool]

68. That's my governor, isn't he classy?

Imagine him as president, threatening to punch in the face anyone who opposes him or his policies.

[daleo]

70. A country that hates its teachers

Is a country in deep trouble.

[smirkymonkey]

72. Wow. Just wow.

What a bully. Is he trying to out-Trump Trump or something?

The things coming out of the mouths of the GOP candidates just gets more outrageous every day. Even though I am a Democrat, I am truly embarrassed for this nation that these people are even elected officials. It just amazes me sometimes.

[passnobuck]

74. Is Christie a Repub candidate or a WWE pro wrestler?

And just recall, once the Republican candidates were heroic people like Eisenhower.

[roody]

75. Which national teachers union?

He does not even know what union he is talking about.

[LWolf]

76. Which teacher/s will be punched in the face this coming school year

by people who think he has great ideas?

[yurbud]

77. Christie is the thug the rich hire to do their dirty work

[Initech]

78. Republicans do not give a rat's ass about education.

Show me one that does and I'll show you an anti union hypocrite. Chris Christie is the one who should be punched in the face. Repeatedly. By Mike Tyson.