Rude is rude CNN and you would not have said' known for his candor' if Obama

[malaise]

has responded this way to Neil Munro.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/30/gov-christie-to-reporter-are-you-stupid/
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, known for his candor, snapped at a reporter Saturday while taking issue with his question at a press conference.

Reporters were told the governor would only answer questions about a major problem at a water treatment plant, according to the Newark Star-Ledger.

Yet one reporter proceeded to ask an unrelated question involving the state legislature, as seen in video of the press conference from Monmouth County.

Christie, cutting him off, said: "Did I say on topic? Are you stupid? On topic, on topic. Next question."

As the reported tried to follow up, the Republican governor again interjected and ended the press conference.

"Thank you all very much, and I'm sorry for the idiot over there. Take care," he said before walking away.

[PCIntern]

1. RW motherfuckers are "known for their candor"... Liberals OTOH

Are "arrogant" "rude" and "inappropriate". Didn'tja know?

[bluestateguy]

2. I'd love to see Obama treat a sniveling little Fox News reporter that way

Reporters by and large ARE idiots.

[Fawke Em]

3. I was a reporter for years and I'm not an idiot.

Quite contrary. MOST reporters are not idiots. The reporter in question in the story was simply doing his job: asking questions.

The idiot is that bloviating excuse of a governor, Christie.

Oh - and Faux news "reporters" aren't really reporters. They're paid shills.

[louis-t]

4. God, what an ass. repugs reward this kind of behaviour....

when it's a repug. My favorite assinine question of all time from a reporter is, and will always be:
As Ted Kasczynski was being led away from the courtroom in chains, a reporter yelled out "Sir, sir, are you the unabomber?"

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

5. Could they have really meant to write "known for his candy"?

Christie never goes anywhere without filling his clothing with several pounds of snacks, including several dozen candy bars in his shirt, prune danishes shoved into his suit pockets, licorice sticks shoved into his underpants, etc.

[surrealAmerican]

7. ... or perhaps he's "known for his condor".

I could easily picture a vulture-like bird following him around.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

10. No doubt to eat the remnants of road kill carcasses Christie disdains to finish off

[lonestarnot]

9. And cheese sticks up his ass no doubt.

[demwing]

6. Little known definition of candor:

can·dor (kndr)
n.
1. Frankness or sincerity of expression; openness.
2. Freedom from prejudice; impartiality.
3. The ability to fit 10 Twinkies in one's own mouth while simultaneously yelling rudely at others, without spitting out any Twinkie in the process.

Damn! I always forget about that third definition...

[lonestarnot]

8. The pigliCON came out. Not surprising.

[RZM]

11. I don't think the president is 'known for his candor'

He doesn't have a track record of behavior like this. So it would be pretty odd to describe him this way. If he did what Christie did, it would be out of character for him and that fact would probably be noted in the story

Christie, OTOH, is known for for being rather brash/shouting people down, etc. It's not the first time he's done something like this, hence the 'candor' remark. You can argue that 'candor' isn't the best word, but I think it's simply a way of noting that this isn't unheard-of behavior from him.

If it were the president, the behavior would be unusual.

You're criticizing CNN for not saying something, in a story they didn't write, covering an event that didn't happen. While such hypotheticals are sometimes useful, that's not the case here. I would hope CNN wouldn't say the president is 'known for his candor,' because he really isn't.

[spanone]

12. he's a BIG asshole

[lsewpershad]

13. NJ deserve

this idiot. After all they voted for him.