“Some say this bully can’t be beaten. I’m Barbara Buono and I say that’s up to you,”

[kpete]

EXCLUSIVE: Christie Rival Called Him ‘Bully’ in Unaired Ad
Ad knocking Christie's temperament was cut before latest scandals, but never ran
By Mark Halperin @MarkHalperinJan. 20, 20141 Comment


The political world has suffered whiplash watching Chris Christie go from anointed Republican presidential frontrunner to a man in existential career crisis in just about two months. The New Jersey governor garnered the cover of TIME and a flood of speculation about how formidable he would be in 2016 after winning a smashing reelection in November. Now the George Washington Bridge scandal and its spin-off controversies threaten to end not just his White House hopes but his place at the top of the Republican hierarchy nationally and in the Garden State.

Christie’s overmatched Democratic opponent in his 2013 reelection campaign, Barbara Buono, is telling anyone who will listen now that she clearly saw the very traits in Christie that have laid him low now. At the top of Buono’s list was the notion that Christie is a “bully” who lacks the temperament to be an effective leader. The Democrat made that case on the stump, citing both the famous YouTube videos of Christie berating various constituents and the book I wrote with John Heilemann, Double Down, which features scenes of Christie acting ever-so tough. But, as with the rest of Buono’s message, she lacked a megaphone big enough to burn the argument in with the voters.

TIME has obtained a television ad produced by the Buono campaign but never aired that accuses Christie of being a bully. “Some say this bully can’t be beaten. I’m Barbara Buono and I say that’s up to you,” the candidate says.



Read more (plus see ad): Chris Christie Rival Barbara Buono Cut 'Bully' Ad Before Scandal | TIME.com http://swampland.time.com/2014/01/20/chris-christie-barbara-buono-bully-ad/#ixzz2qxDBihlF

[flamingdem]

1. bully = thug

Bully implies schoolyard fight, thug is the word for someone who would allow people to perish in traffic or go homeless for power and $

[jsr]

2. Recommend

[hrmjustin]

3. K&R!

[Little Star]

4. All those Dem's who stood by Christie should hang their heads in shame. They should..

have been there supporting Barbara Buono. Wonder what was up with that, cause it stinks to high heaven.

[rurallib]

7. that is one of the saddest parts of this whole pile

Democrats deserted one of their own - a good democrat - for someone who stands in almost 180 degree opposition to what democrats are supposed to stand for.

[loudsue]

5. That is actually a remarkably good ad!

Maybe she could have played the bully thing into thug, as well, as some here have suggested. But actually, that was a great ad.

Tell me again WHY the Democratic Party didn't stand behind this woman? Who was taking what from the Christie people?

[gaspee]

6. But

He's just being a manly-man!