Newspaper that endorsed Christie: 'Boy, were we wrong'

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

The New Hampshire Union Leader backed the wrong presidential candidate, the paper said in an editorial posted online Monday evening.

The influential newspaper endorsed New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie last November, but his endorsement of Donald Trump is apparently a bridge too far.

“Despite his baggage, we thought that as a Republican governor in a Democratic-leading state he had the skills and experience the presidency needs (and hasn’t had of late),” publisher Joseph McQuaid wrote. “We also thought he had the best chance to take on and face down Donald Trump.”

“Boy, were we wrong,” McQuaid added.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/union-leader-christie-endorsement-220017

[AxionExcel]

1. But at least this peabrain Republican Rag is consistent

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The Onion Leader is always wrong. But this may be the first time they've ever admitted it. They have been puking out and parroting the Republican BS party line for ever and ever.

[nichomachus]

4. I remember when Martin Luther King was visiting NH

The Union-Misleader ran a front page editorial that said "ML King Stay Out of Our Town."

That's the caliber of "journalism" you're dealing with.

I had a friend who, desperate for work, took a job with them. He later quit. I asked him why and he said, "Because I realized that I had to shave and I had to look at myself in the mirror every day."

[MrTriumph]

2. Newspaper endorsements mean nothing.

Except for giving a candidate something to talk about they mean nothing.

Thankfully the availability of news via the internet has curbed the influence of typically conservative newspapers.

[Paper Roses]

3. Too little, too late. n/t

[Major Nikon]

5. We are starting to see the bubbling up of what will soon be a total meltdown of the GOP

The reality is starting to set in that Trump really is going to win the nomination and he is going to lose magnificently in the general election which is going to have a big effect on all the down-ballot candidates.

[Human101948]

6. From the people of NJ: We Told You So but You Thought You Were So Smart...

You won't believe why N.H.'s top paper endorsed Christie | Moran

...Take Bridgegate. The editorial made no mention of it. "It has nothing to do with the governor," Bosse says.

It's possible Christie didn't know about the lane closures or the cover-up. But this is a governor whose cabinet members don't go to the bathroom without his permission. At a minimum, these were his senior appointees.

How about pension reform? The board in Manchester did not know that Christie broke his core promise on that by skipping pension payments. "I don't know if we went into the weeds on pension reform," Bosse said.

The editorial said he "dealt admirably" with Sandy. That would come as a shock to the actual victims, 60 percent of whom say they are dissatisfied with the state's response.

http://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/11/nh_papers_christie_endorsement_is_about_performanc.html

see also--

After 14 years of watching Christie, a warning: He lies | Moran
http://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/06/after_14_years_of_watching_christie_a_warning_he_l.html

[Eugene]

7. Six N.J. newspapers call on Christie to resign

Source: USA Today

Six N.J. newspapers call on Christie to resign

Paul Singer, USA TODAY 6:10 p.m. EST March 1, 2016

Corrections and clarifications: This post has been updated to correct the number of newspapers joining in the editorial.

Six New Jersey newspapers issued a joint editorial Tuesday calling on Gov. Chris Christie to resign in the wake of his failed presidential campaign and his subsequent endorsement of rival Donald Trump.

The six newspapers including the Asbury Park Press, the Cherry Hill Courier-Post and the Morristown Daily Record — all Gannett-owned papers that are part of the USA TODAY NETWORK — were apparently spurred to editorial outrage by a Monday press conference in which Christie refused to answer questions about anything other than his nomination of a state Supreme Court judge. Asked why, Christie replied, "Because I don't want to."

"We’re fed up with Gov. Chris Christie’s arrogance," the papers wrote. "We’re fed up with his opportunism. We’re fed up with his hypocrisy."

The joint editorial notes that Christie spent part of 261 days out of state last year and traveled out of state to endorse Trump and campaign with him after he quit the race Feb. 10.

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Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/03/01/seven-nj-newspapers-call-christie-resign/81168876/

[The Second Stone]

10. Just figuring it out now?

The whole country has known from the first time he tried to humiliate a citizen asking him a question.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

8. No shit!

[riversedge]

9. rec

[cutroot]

11. In other words, the last check bounced

[spooky3]

12. They were wrong then, and they are still wrong.

The reasons for rejecting both Trump and Christie have been obvious all along, but these writers still don't see the biggest ones.

[That Guy 888]

13. "...he had the skills and experience the presidency needs (and hasn’t had of late)"

Fuck them.