The Right Blames Rachel Maddow For Chris Christie’s Record Low Approval Rating

[babylonsister]

The Right Blames Rachel Maddow For Chris Christie’s Record Low Approval Rating
By: Jason Easley
Monday, February, 24th, 2014, 4:27 pm


According to the latest Monmouth University Poll, Chris Christie’s approval rating has hit a new low, and some on the right are blaming Rachel Maddow for his decline.

The poll found that the trouble is only growing for Gov. Christie. His overall approval rating has dropped nine points since January and stands at 50%-44%. Christie has lost 12 points of support among Republicans (89%-77%), eight points with Independents (62%-54%), and seven points with Democrats (38%-31%). Overall, Christie’s approval rating has dropped 20 points in the last year (70% to 50%).

Some on the right have decided to blame MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow for Christie’s decline.

On HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, this past Friday, Charles C.W. Cooke of the National Review accused Maddow of taking Christie down in order to carry out her political agenda.

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Cooke said, “A lot of more conservative Republicans thought, ah, this is our chance to get rid of him, and so did MSNBC. I mean why don’t we just come clean, What you have been trying to do for the last two months is trying to get rid of Chris Christie from the race.”

Not surprisingly, Republicans have been howling about liberal bias and how the media is trying to force Christie out of the race. After Christie’s epic press conference didn’t make the scandal go away, Karl Rove said on Fox News Sunday, “The amount of attention paid to Chris Christie makes the coverage of Benghazi, at the same time, the coverage of the IRS, pale in significance.” (PunditFact rated Rove’s statement as false.)

In the Republican mind, Rachel Maddow is to blame for Chris Christie’s sagging poll numbers. They want so badly to make Christie’s downfall someone else’s fault. They can’t handle the fact that their best hope for 2016 self destructed all on his own.

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[Gothmog]

1. Facts and Reality have a well known liberal bias

-Stephen Colbert

[longship]

2. If I were Rachel, I'd wear that as a badge of honor.

But as Rachel has repeatedly said, it was local print media who broke this story.



R&K

[leftyohiolib]

3. isnt one of their big complaints of obama is that he blames other people for things that happen

[Squinch]

4. And long may she reign.

[malaise]

5. Extreme weather pics in UK - amazing photos

To think that all of Fox couldn't stop Obama - Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Go Rachel - take that crook down.

Charlie Cooke is a useless wuss!! Nate Silver ate all their dinners.

[TexasTowelie]

6. Aren't Republicans supposed to be the party that advocates personal responsibility?

The only person to blame for Christie's fall from grace is Christie himself.

[SummerSnow]

7. I thought that Christie voters and supporters didnt watch Rachel Maddow?

Rethugs never accept responsibility for shit they do.

[Dirty Socialist]

33. PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY

From the right is BS. Good observation!

[Control-Z]

8. That's the kind of thing

that would make a person like Rachel proud, I would bet! She's probably crowing about being blamed.

[C_U_L8R]

9. Blaming the messenger again?

Someone needs to get the GOP a mirror.

[sheshe2]

11. I doubt they would see their reflection...

after all they are bloodsucking Vampires!

[C_U_L8R]

12. True

or it would shatter in repulsion.

[sheshe2]

16. Yup!

[mulsh]

10. They're rightI bet Rachel sent Christie a memo outling what to do. Poor innocent

Chris Christie, he totally reminds me of the guys who I grew up with who weaseled out of every thing by loudly proclaiming innocence. It was never their fault and the present situation is clearly only of interest because busy bodies like Maddow won't STFU.

well I say shame on Rachel Maddow for picking on such clearly innocent, well meaning, good to his mother, saint like boy Chris Christie. Bill Maher is right she should lay off this story. It this keeps up things will only end badly.

[thesquanderer]

13. Impossible. Bill O'Reilly says nobody watches MSNBC. (n/t)

[Springslips]

32. We can only conclude

That since Christie's approval ranting dropped 12-points among Republicans there is a shitload of republicans that watch Rachel Meddow, and are strongly influenced by her.

At least we on the left don't watch Fox News and/or let it influence our views at the very same time we blame them for doing so.

It's good to be a part if a party that is actually SANE!

[sheshe2]

14. The Right is Wrong!

The blame is all on Christie's shoulders! He built this, he owns it!

Thanks bsister.

[ProSense]

15. It's probably even worse

Momouth is a right-leaning poll.

[babylonsister]

20. Now to find a left-leaning one. He's sinking fast! nt

[warrprayer]

17. Way to go, Rachel!

good for him!

[BarbaRosa]

18. I'd give credit to Rachel Maddow For Chris Christie’s Record Low Approval Rating.

Although the guy did most of it on his own.

[GP6971]

29. Christie misjudged

Rachel & Steve. I honestly believe he never saw this freight train coming......too many "journalists" were in his pocket

[Laxman]

19. Nothing Is Ever His Fault....

he looks around and points the finger for his own failings at everyone else. The party of personal responsibility-if something goes wrong, somebody else is personally responsible.

If this were unforeseeable or a singular mistake these missteps could be excused. However, when this is viewed for what it is-a part of a greater pattern of behavior-its time for some accountability from the Christie administration. Trying to lay blame at the feet of everyone else is not only unseemly, it virtually guarantees that nothing will get fixed. Recovery from a disaster of the magnitude of Sandy is an enormous and incredibly complex undertaking. Governor Christie was obsessed with the opportunity for power and the chance to burnish his image as a strong leader that Sandy, and its billions in disaster aid, represented. However, he has proven that he and his administration were not up to the challenges posed in this recovery, either intellectually or morally. That may be a tough charge, but it has been earned.

The backlash is starting to really take its toll. Is so much more than Bridgegate.

[City Lights]

21. So much for the "party of personal responsibility."

The GOPee is a friggin joke.

[spanone]

22. of course they do. they are ignorant in every way possible.

[Cirque du So-What]

23. Guess what, Wingnutz?

I had already made up my mind about your bloviating sack of protoplasm long before I heard the first word from Rachel Maddow about him. It was nice that you consider Ms. Maddow so powerful & influential, but this tale of corruption and abuse of power had taken on a life of its own long before she helped spread the word.

[Thinkingabout]

24. Chris Christie was thrown under the bus by the GOP, only a few came out in his and

Quietly. They have not liked him since Sandy though Christie would probably gotten more Democratic votes than any other candidate.

[rhett o rick]

25. I think it was Karl Rove. I think Gov Christie got too big for his britches (sorry not intended to

be a fat joke) and the BFEE took him out. Jeb will look good next to Christie Creams.

Karl Rove's job is to conspire and manipulate elections. So keep an eye on Karl.

[riversedge]

26. Alert-@GovChristie brought HIMSELF down. This is a joke coming

from the folks who demean out of work folks and telling them to take personal responsibility.

[drm604]

27. When they attack the messenger rather than the message,

that probably means that they have no defense.

[libdem4life]

28. Oh my, an intellectual, gay female. Well, Shiver me Timbers. LOL.

[Fearless]

30. So?

[democratisphere]

31. C2's record low approval rating was achieved all by himself.

[Kablooie]

34. In a way they are right.

Rachel has been doing a true journalist's job of communicating verifiable information as it becomes available.
This has increased the awareness of Christie's difficulties.
If the press didn't do it's job to inform the public, Christie would probably have higher approval ratings because no one would know what was going on.

Essentially they are complaining that a free press is the problem.
And that it is when politicians break the law. A free press is certainly the problem, for the law breakers.

[gopiscrap]

35. Good, I hope she continues to trash that fucker!

[Cha]

36. Thank you Rachel and intrepid local reporters.. but most of all Thank you

chris Christie for all the fucking arrogance of your stupid staff that finally exposed your corrupt ass.