Did Christie jump the shark with his vaccine comments?

[yellowcanine]

I think he did. Someone who carries as much baggage as he does cannot afford one more example of why he really doesn't have the temperament to be President. His latest vaccine comments ("we need balance&quot are the intellectual equivalent of "teaching the controversy" of evolution or global warming. In other words, he wants to be able to dog whistle the anti-vaxxers while hanging on to the people who want science to inform public health policy, not superstition. This on top of his over the top effort to play doctor with Ebola makes Christie look like a first class pandering schmuck. Stick a fork in him. Chris Christie is done.

[AlinPA]

1. There are a lot of stupid people in this country who will look past his statement and vote for him.

[blkmusclmachine]

2. The 1%'s secret, black box vote "counters" have his back. So that's all that matters.

[cheapdate]

3. Nope. His point of view gets him respect

from people who have little respect for science or academia, and who fancy the idea of "individualism", etc.

[Wounded Bear]

4. He couldn't jump over a donut...

Sorry about the weight joke, but . He seems like more par for the course, someone who will probably lose his home state, but would get lots of Repub support from around the country. They seem to like assholes.

[HappyMe]

5. Anybody that says that kind of thing

about vaccines has jumped the shark. He will get respect amongst the anti-science crowd for this.

[winter is coming]

6. What's his demographic?

'Cause if he needs seniors, he's toast. Too many of them remember what it was like before we could vaccinate for so many childhood diseases.

[pstokely]

8. fundy anti-vaxers

one's who the vaccines are made from aborted fetuses or think Gardasil causes mental retardation

[rtracey]

7. I think its simple

I think he lost on that comment....Proves he is out of touch....

[lame54]

9. you'll need a really big fork