Trump, we all know, has an aggressive personality and explodes with invective at any setback or slight. So, who helped prepare him for his disastrous debate performance? Chris Christie, who left office in New Jersey as the nation’s least popular Governor. Christie was short-tempered, angry, and domineering. Like Trump. He had hoped that Trump would give him a big job, but Jared Kushner nixed that because prosecutor Christie put his father Charles Kilushner in prison.
Jersey Jazzman watched Christie’s tenure in office with horror. He writes here about Christie and Trump and about Trump as a negative role model:
As an educator, I want to make sure we acknowledge that the massive damage Trump has done to our country includes his corrupting influence on American children. Every day, teachers go into our schools and try to instill important values in our students: respect, honesty, integrity, civility, modesty, empathy. Donald Trump’s whole life, however, has been a wholesale rejection of every personal characteristic a citizen in a democracy should strive to embody.
Donald Trump can’t even lift himself to the level of behavior expected in an elementary school. His preening, whining, blustering foolishness would never be tolerated in a second grader. His inability to accept responsibility for his actions would earn him a conference in the principal’s office with his parents. His casual disregard for the truth would result in a string of Ns (“Needs Improvement”) on his report card.
We’ve had many bad presidents in my lifetime; not one, however, has been so craven, so boorish, so full of contempt for others that they didn’t have some positive attribute that a teacher could point to. But not this man — there isn’t a single quality in the leader of our nation that an American student should emulate.
The fact that a man of such low character holds high office makes it that much more difficult for teachers to convince their students that the hard work of making yourself into a better person is worth the effort. Kids need role models; foremost among those role models should be the president. Yet every time he opens his mouth, he demonstrates to our children how not to behave.
Second: for eight long, exhausting years, I watched as Chris Christie drove my beloved state into the ground. He was nearly as repulsive as Trump: he mocked women, denigrated teachers, pushed policies that were demonstrably harmful, indulged himself while others suffered, and just generally acted like a horse’s ass.
Christie was the most unpopular governor in American when he finally left office. Amazingly, someone thought that was the perfect guy to put on TV. And, true to form, last night he came to Donald Trump’s defense
As an educator, I want to make sure we acknowledge that the massive damage Trump has done to our country includes his corrupting influence on American children. Every day, teachers go into our schools and try to instill important values in our students: respect, honesty, integrity, civility, modesty, empathy. Donald Trump’s whole life, however, has been a wholesale rejection of every personal characteristic a citizen in a democracy should strive to embody.
Donald Trump can’t even lift himself to the level of behavior expected in an elementary school. His preening, whining, blustering foolishness would never be tolerated in a second grader. His inability to accept responsibility for his actions would earn him a conference in the principal’s office with his parents. His casual disregard for the truth would result in a string of Ns (“Needs Improvement”) on his report card.
We’ve had many bad presidents in my lifetime; not one, however, has been so craven, so boorish, so full of contempt for others that they didn’t have some positive attribute that a teacher could point to. But not this man — there isn’t a single quality in the leader of our nation that an American student should emulate.
The fact that a man of such low character holds high office makes it that much more difficult for teachers to convince their students that the hard work of making yourself into a better person is worth the effort. Kids need role models; foremost among those role models should be the president. Yet every time he opens his mouth, he demonstrates to our children how not to behave.
Second: for eight long, exhausting years, I watched as Chris Christie drove my beloved state into the ground. He was nearly as repulsive as Trump: he mocked women, denigrated teachers, pushed policies that were demonstrably harmful, indulged himself while others suffered, and just generally acted like a horse’s ass.
Christie was the most unpopular governor in American when he finally left office. Amazingly, someone thought that was the perfect guy to put on TV. And, true to form, last night he came to Donald Trump’s defense.
These school reform bozos always fail upwards (CC is probably making millions as a GOP bloviator on ABC News). What a panel, Christie and Rahm Emanuel facing off “against” each other. Two birds of a feather when it comes to hate for public schools, school deform, school “choice,” and privatization.
By the way, thanks to traitor democrats, CC got his 2nd term. Some top Democrats (sic) actually backed CC over the Democratic candidate, Barbara Buono. She was stabbed in the back by fellow democrats. I guess CC bought them off.
The other member of the dystopian debate prep team was Guiliani. Trump, Christie and Guiliani, a trifecta of disgust. Birds of a feather, revulsion together.
a really great line: These school reform bozos always fail upwards.
Chris Christie seems like Mr. Rogers compared to Ghouliani, Barr, and Miller.
Which is really saying something given, you know, Christie.
Chris Christie was a nightmare as Governor of New Jersey, and I voted against hi twice! But if he had succeeded in obtaining a Cabinet post in the Trump administration, he would probably have been the most effective ad east corrupt of all of Trump’s appointees. That’s how low Trump has set the bar. At least when Super Storm Sandy hit New Jersey, Christie was out there urging people to take shelter. And after the storm he worked closely with the Obama administration to help get federal aid for his state.
Let’s not forget fat head Rudy:
Trump’s counsel. Giuliani also prepared him for the debate. It showed.
Also remember that Giuliani’s recommendation for the NYC public schools was to “blow them up!”
Make this simple. Lock them up .
Christie for Bridge-gate
Giuliani for his role in blackmailing the FBI over the Weiner /Clinton emails . As well as his role in Ukraine.
And Trump ; where would you like to start. My keyboard can’t handle the list.
Being president amounts to a get out of jail card, e.g., Nixon. Trump will never go to jail, he has an army of lawyers to tie things up in court for generations and realize he has loaded the courts with right wingers.
Trump can pardon himself from federal crimes but not state crimes. New York is eager to pursue justice against this tax cheat.
Christie “generally acted like a horse’s ass”
Looks like one too.
Maybe that’s because he IS a 🐎’s ass.
Eight years of that massive tush smearing, demeaning and slandering the real public schools, their teachers and especially the NJEA. Keep his ass out of NJ politics, please.
N.J. Network of Catholic School Families- “The squeaky wheel gets the grease….active in every N.J. diocese…we shouldn’t be overlooked by our local and state elected officials and education offices…The Network advocates for education options…passage of meaningful school choice will continue to intensify…”
My suggestion is that the GOP talk publicly about religion and that Dems ignore it because the strategy has a track record of working
for democracy and the common good. (sarcasm).
William Barr and Leonard Leo- in the single year of 2020, Biel, Espinosa, and Little Sisters of the Poor. Looking forward to the objectivity of People of Praise’s Barrett ‘s tenure on SCOTUS.
Be sure to go to the link for the photo of these two. It’s priceless.
Christie is an extremely coarse man, so this comes as little surprise.
Chris Christie is the reason I was barely living paycheck to paycheck since 2011 and on. Trump is the reason I am going backward financially.
Was Chris Christie’s advice for when things go south, to throw a woman under a bus?