Rupert Murdoch: Chris Christie Must 'Re-Declare' For Mitt Romney 'Or Take Blame'

[onehandle]

Source: Huffington Post

Publishing titan Rupert Murdoch sent New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie what appeared to be a warning message on Friday, telling Christie to reaffirm his support for Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney "or take blame for next four dire years."

The admonition, by way of a tweet from the Murdoch's verified Twitter account, was presumably in reference to the warm relationship Christie, a Republican, showed with President Barack Obama this week, as the two toured New Jersey in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

Christie has been one of Romney's highest-profile campaign surrogates, and delivered the keynote address at August's Republican National Convention. As recently as last week, Christie was on the campaign trail, berating Obama as an ineffective leader.

That partisan posturing seemed to disappear entirely as Hurricane Sandy bore down on the East Coast.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/03/rupert-murdoch-chris-christie-romney_n_2068630.html

[CanonRay]

1. I love to watch them eat their young

Let the blame game begin...

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. Christie will certainly feed the republican masses

no one will go away hungry.

[fightthegoodfightnow]

73. Too funny.

[zonkers]

85. They will still try and steal it though.

[MADem]

93. I'd like to see Murdoch try to take a bite out of Christie--I have a feeling Christie would win that

food fight!

The Tea Party nuts are on the ropes--appearing to be the first guy willing to behave in a sane fashion puts Christie first in line to be considered for the GOP nod in four years.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

96. Christie...more than a mouthful

But now it seems he's not just empty calories.!

[DCBob]

2. let the blame games begin!

this could get ugly.

[CanonRay]

11. I certainly hope so

nobody can do ugly like a disappointed Republican.

[wordpix]

108. already! And Vo-mitt hasn't even gone down in flames yet!

[barnabas63]

3. what a drama queen.

Honestly, doesn't that man have something else to do besides mettle in other countries affairs????

[TahitiNut]

28. Murdoch is a naturalized American citizen.

God help us.

[mwooldri]

55. who in theory could have his citizenship revoked.

AFAIK, a naturalized citizen can still have their citizenship revoked and be stateless (though Murdoch would automatically regain Australian citizenship if he hasn't denounced it anyway - funny British-like laws where your place of birth will never let you go stateless). I don't know what the procedures are, and this is all hypothetical anyway.

[marias23]

58. Traitor

He is also a "traitor" to England.

[LeftishBrit]

98. He's not English at all - just uses us.

Most of our newspaper owners are either non-citizens, or choose to live elsewhere so as to avoid taxes. One or the reasons for the dire state of our media.

[barnabas63]

66. I thought he was Australian...my mistake. nt

[question everything]

74. Probably dual citizenship

I think that he had to be a citizen to be able to purchase all those media outlets.

[cosmicone]

51. This will piss Christie off even more.

If Murdoch knew anything about Christie, he wouldn't have issued an ultimatum.

[GreenPartyVoter]

53. Yeah, I don't think that will go over well.

[appacom]

60. Methinks the same

[calimary]

87. Welcome to DU, appacom!

Good to have you with us! We need you! This election is NOT won yet. Remember what Mad-Eye Moody always told Harry Potter: "CONSTANT VIGILANCE!!!!!!!" We must NEVER drop our guard.








Now get to work.

[LynneSin]

5. I can't believe how these assholes play politics on a natural disaster

It's shameful.

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. I thought you meant Mitt.

My bad

[LynneSin]

9. All of the fucking asswipe GOPers outside of Chris Christie (and Bob McDowell of VA)

Look, don't get me wrong - I'm not about to support either of these 2 members of the GOP for any office anytime soon. But both of these East Coast republican governors whose states were impacted by Sandy recognized this was not the time to be campaigning against Obama but working together with him to help get their states cleaned up.

Shame on the GOP to put politics before the lives of people.

[TheCowsCameHome]

14. Absolutely agree.

Those two did what was right. Very refreshing, indeed.

[Dustlawyer]

39. It used to be the norm to behave that way, now it's a shock to their system to see one of theirs

state the obvious, that Obama and his team have done well. Also the fact that they worked together. Maybe Christie could reel the moderate Repugs back from the brink by showing they could work with us some? Na, never happen!

[blackdiamond62]

17. That's all

the Republican party have done for the last four years. They put their party's political agenda ahead of the needs and concerns of the American people by refusing to work with the President and the Democrats. The Grand Old Party ain't so grand. Double shame on the GOP.

[calimary]

86. Welcome to DU, blackdiamond62! Remember their "America FIRST!" backdrops in 2008?

Yeah. The "America FIRSTers," alright.

Glad you're here. We need you to help us keep these bastards as far away from power as possible. TRULY to put America FIRST.






Now get to work.

[Voice for Peace]

46. Mitt is an unnatural disaster.

[Kolesar]

7. He has to pray a rosary made of tar balls supplied by BP and Saudi Aramco...eom

[chuckstevens]

8. If They Blame Romney's Loss on Sandy...

If they blame Romney's loss on Hurricane Sandy, will anyone dare say it was "God's will because of the immorality of the Republican Party?"

[oswaldactedalone]

10. This is a good message that we should spread far and wide

to shove their shit back in their asshole faces. And memo to Rupert, "Go Fuck Yourself"

[CanonRay]

12. I love it, plus 1000!

Cmon Pat Robertson, where are you when we need you...

[svpadgham]

40. Nah,

God just knows Rmoney isn't fit to be President.

[calimary]

89. Maybe we should point out that it sure did look as though The Almighty wanted Obama to win.

Look at the series of events that unfurled as voting time got closer.

Hoping so, fervently!!!

[coalition_unwilling]

103. Another DUer on a different thread said he or she was waiting for the first Fundy preacher to

say it was God smacking down the Rape-publicans for nominating a Mormon.

[wordpix]

109. hahahha!

[Aviation Pro]

13. Go fuck yourself, mate....

...and keep on fucking yourself back to your fucking island.

Then you can claim the first penal injected outboard motor.

[imanamerican63]

15. The republicans never liked him anyway!

I admired him for looking out for the people of his state! It funny when Katrina, 9-11 and other disasters happen there was bi-partisan, now Sandy happened, Obama and Christie are working together, along with others, but Christie is the only one getting criticized! I don't like his politics, but he has a good job in getting thing back to the way it was!

[Ian David]

34. And THIS time, Christie isn't vacationing in Disney World with the family. n/t

[tanyev]

16. I don't think Christie gives a crap what Rupert Murdoch thinks.

[ramapo]

18. I don't think my governor likes being threatened

I'm no fan of Christie but I think his reaction to Murdoch will be a resounding 'go fuck yourself'.

[Wednesdays]

19. What did I tell ya?

What did I tell ya?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1674526

[stillcool]

20. How juvenille is that

where is he tweeting from, his tree house? These people are either scaring the shit out of me, or, reminding me of boys in grammar school.

[Setsuna1972]

21. that didn't take long !

3 days until the Election, and they're already going at one another !

[calimary]

90. Welcome to DU, Setsuna1972!

Time is so short!!!!!! And this thing is NOT won yet. Glad you're here! We need you! Your President needs you, too.






Now get to work.

[Anthony McCarthy]

22. Or he'll hack his cell phone?

Rupert Murdoch should be divested of citizenship and shipped back to Australia. Or Britain. They created that human cesspool.

[OKNancy]

23. Oh good grief, Obama was going to win even without

Christie's kind words

[Pachamama]

105. Agreed - and Christie cares about NJ andbeing re-elected or at least leaving a postive legacy...

All else can fuck itself from Christie's perspective....

I dont believe he was kissing up to Obama...I believe he was doing his job and being an American, which everyone else in the GOP seems to not be capable of....

Yeah, Obama was going to win regardless of Sandy, regardless of Christie having kind words....

The GOP just cant handle losing, so they have to blame and throw someone under the bus. But Christie is going to be fine....its the GOP that looks pathetic....and anyone who supports the GOP...

[dicksmc3]

24. Ruppies dis...

Was a real thing to watch when Christie shut the Fix and Fiends 3 clowns up the other day when Steve Douchebag asked him if he'd be attending a Mitt Rmoney promotion in Jersey.. Like him or not, Christie says what's on his mind. He just may have to convert to and Independent after pissing Ruppie off!!

[Webster Green]

25. Why is this asshole allowed to influence US elections?

Propaganda isn't enough? Now he's making threats?

[KansDem]

26. Why is he still walking freely?

Didn't he commit a crime with his hacking of emails and eavesdropping on private phone calls?

[proverbialwisdom]

64. You don't say.

http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2011/07/alleged_computer_hacking_of_nj.html

Alleged computer hacking of NJ company by News Corp. subsidiary gets new attention

july 18, 2011
By Eliot Caroom

http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2011/07/lautenberg_asks_fbi_to_investi.html

Lautenberg asks FBI to investigate case of NJ company that alleged News Corp. subsidiary hacking

July 20,2011
By Eliot Caroom

[perdita9]

38. Good point!

I hate bullies and that's all Murdoch's empire is: bullies with microphones.

[Dustlawyer]

41. Because he has money and a network, so he bought influence! We need to revoke Fox's use

of our public airwaves!

[calimary]

91. Welcome to DU, dicksmc3!

I loved when douchey was smacked upside the head by chris christie. Maybe he WILL convert to Independent. Wouldn't that be something? I still wouldn't trust him any farther than I can throw him.

Glad you're here. We need you. This election is not won yet.






Now get to work.

[byeya]

27. Murdoch should not have been allowed to become a US citizen. Simple as that. It was one

of Clinton's worst mistakes.
No citizenship, no media ownership.

[thucythucy]

29. Murdoch became a US citizen in 1985,

while Reagan was president.

[Samantha]

36. I thought we had Reagan to thank for that so I took a quick look and found this

"Australian-born Murdoch became a US citizen in 1985 just so he could own more media here. The Reagan administration appears to have fast-tracked his citizenship, and Reagan started the relaxation of ownership rules, allowing a few media giants to own more and more stations and newspapers. In return the corporate media, Fox being a major culprit, conducted a long-running and ongoing campaign to make this very bad president into Saint Ronald. Later on, News Corp. told the IRS that it was foreign-owned (to save on taxes) while telling the FCC that it was true-blue American (since it couldn’t own all its stations if it were otherwise). The GOP success in the 1994 elections derailed a possible congressional investigation."

http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/07/23/rupert-murdoch-american-citizen/

Clinton did make his share of mistakes (as well of course achieving a good deal of success in other areas) so it just seems appropriate not to blame Murdoch's citizenship on Clinton when it looks like it was Reagan who greased the wheels for that as well as taking steps to allow media giants to own more and more stations.

Sam

[byeya]

50. Thank you very much. I feel better knowing that I was wrong and the Clinton had nothing to do

with it.
You can bet I won't be repeating that untruth again.
Reagan! Now I know and can add another stain to the blot's name.

[Samantha]

81. You are very welcome

Maybe you can do the same for me sometime! Ronald Reagan deserves all the "credit" for his legacy issues, and many of them endure to still impact our lives. A great example of that is Murdock.

Sam

[calimary]

92. That's exactly what happened. reagan got rid of the ownership restrictions toward the end of his

reign of nightmares.

It used to be that any one corporation or person or entity could only own THREE media properties in any one market (metro area). So it usually meant an AM, an FM, and a TV station. Then all of a sudden, the brakes were off. And this greedy buying and vulture-ish acquisition was unleashed. Ma and Pa stations were being snapped up by corporate carnivores who assembled big networks of stations that then started laying off masses of people and cookie-cuttering the programming, cloning it in multiple markets. Cheaper! Saved money! All those salaries and benefits you didn't have to pay anymore! Whoopeeeeeee!!! I was still working on radio then and a lot of my friends started losing their jobs. You'd have the same damn syndicated shows everywhere with no local radio and local personalities and surprise and uniqueness and experimentation in the programming. Diversity, they said! YES this will serve the local listeners beautifully! No problem!

Soon enough, as AM turned to talk programming because it couldn't compete with the audio quality of music on FM, you suddenly found the cloning of wrong-wing extremists from coast to coast. limbaugh got started that way, and a little success always begets a whole shitload of copycats everywhere. More stupid, short-sighted, thoughtless "Me-too" shit monopolizing our public airwaves by the minute. They were smart, those corporate planners and strategists. And our Dems were busy taking nice naps while this was going on, believing the reassuring lies and just SURE the bad guys weren't REALLY gonna act like bad guys, and the carnivores were suddenly going to switch to lettuce-only diets.

Hell, we saw Obama and his campaign fall for that YET AGAIN, as recently as the first Presidential debate. Take a nap. It'll be okay. Meanwhile, the bad guys are up, wide-awake, making trouble, and planting an awful lot of poisonous seeds. And they never consider even switching to decaf.

With adversaries like this, we can NEVER afford to drop our guard, even for a weekend!!!! Look what happened when we failed to fight broadcast deregulation.

[ArchTeryx]

30. I get tired of saying this, but...

...the elephant always flies over the Stars and Stripes. Always. Did in Reagan's years, did in Bush the Younger's years, did during Obama's 4 years, and still flies high.

Party before country. And they get off calling US traitors.

[SemperEadem]

31. I thought murdick was dead or in prison in England or something...

/sarcasm

yeah, an old foreign-born, base-born man issuing threats to a sitting American governor... wow... why isn't the justice department crawling up in his decrepit ass for s&g's? I think the IRS needs to pay murdick a visit.

[Don C. Nuttin]

32. Uh ... Rupert ...

The "blame" lies with your empire's very, very steadfast support for Romney.

[Ian David]

33. I hope Christie does the opposite. n/t

[rbrnmw]

68. You can bet the bank he won't

cow-tail to this type of threat THIS is why they have nobody left in their party with morals they kick them and threaten them I am glad NJ is a blue state and they will have their Governor's back

[Zambero]

35. Change "blame" to "credit"

Christie's momentary suspension of partisan politics in favor of cooperation in the aftermath of a large-scale of disaster should be viewed as a positive event. If it does reflect well on Obama (or Christie for that matter), it's solely because these individuals were doing the jobs they were elcted to do. The performance of elected officials largely determines whether constituents decide to keep them in office, or otherwise. Staying within the tight confines of political talking points and refusing to work with those on the other side of the aisle is a recipe for failure. Fortunately, this was not the case and Murdoch et al should get over it.

[perdita9]

37. Romney Outsourcing the Blame for his failures?

Why not, he outsources everything else.

[Fed up in NJ]

42. 2016

Makes on wonder if, even though Romney's chances are dwindling, Gov Christie isn't thinking he has no chance in 2016 if Romney wins.

[diabeticman]

43. Sounds like Murdoch is pissed Christie won't "kiss the Ring" AND they are setting up the scape goat

[Paladin]

44. Hold Your Breath Until It Happens, Murdoch. (nt)

[Lightsource777]

56. and actually the opposite may happen

still time for more Obama praise from Christie

[rbrnmw]

76. YEP and He Did

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014289544

[ermasdaughter]

45. Asshat. Already pointing his evil boney finger.

[SunSeeker]

47. How f'g weak is your candidate if he can't survive a compliment to his opponent?!

[ermasdaughter]

48. That is the stupidity that marks our political system unfortunately.

Even the mere mentioned of praise where praise is due is considered wrong. It really shows the contempt these people have for the electorate. They think we are mindless sheep who can't separate our wants from our wishes. "We can't handle the truth" it appears.... Well, Murdoch is one of the jackass' who set this tone in Washington in motion. Wouldn't it be just the best if a few kind words were their undoing....?

[Liberalynn]

49. Scum, Scum, Scum

That's what that wretched old man and most Pukes are

[Lightsource777]

52. Amazing

Murdoch is begging now.

[AnnaLee]

54. Where is the Rupert Murdock birth certificate?

[LoisB]

57. Somehow I don't think Christie gives much of a whit about what Rupert Murdoch says.

[workinclasszero]

59. "or take blame for next four dire years."

Sounds like Goebbels..er..Murdoch knows Robme is gonna lose next Tuesday.

I love the smell of filthy rich fascist fear and loathing...it smells like VICTORY for the democrats!

[proverbialwisdom]

61. GOTV!

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/11/02/new-jersey-to-deploy-military-trucks-to-serve-as-polling-places/

New Jersey to deploy military trucks to serve as polling places

Published November 02, 2012
Associated Press

<>

"There's no reason not to vote, there's no reason not to vote today, there's certainly no reason not to vote on Tuesday, five days from today," Guadagno said.

Gov. Chris Christie said that in areas without electricity, voting would again be "old school."

"You walk up, get a paper ballot, fill it out and hand it back in," he said.

With paper ballots to be counted, the governor said some races might be more suspenseful.

[Protalker]

62. Arrogance and Intolerance

When raised to Artform level gets you far in a world of sheep.

[53tammy]

63. Look at his facebook page,, right now he is acting more left than some of our own!

https://www.facebook.com/GovChrisChristie?ref=stream

????

[triplepoint]

65. Christie, You Best Not Fuck With Monsieur Vader....

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Somebody's gotta burn for this one...




Politics and disasters sure make strange bedfellows...


.

[appleannie1]

67. I doubt that went over well with Christie. He is not my favorite person in the world but

the one thing you can say for him is he is not a coward that eats crap while kissing someone's ass like Romney and Boehner. And right now he has a ton of work to do and he knows it. He also knows who came to his rescue and who he can depend on to continue to aid his state and who held a photo op. Something tells me if anyone has the cajones to stand up to Rupie it is Christie.

[KinMd]

69. Or Murdoch will hack Christies cell phone

[rbrnmw]

70. Please proceed, Mr Murdoch

Why don't you go tell Governor Christie that to his face?

[frylock]

71. a clear signal that this thing is done and they know it

[fightthegoodfightnow]

72. Hope You Are Right

[LiberalLovinLug]

75. And his news networks are "Fair and Balanced"?

Of course we all know Fox News is just a mouthpiece for the GOP and Wall Street. But has there been a more blatant and forceful public endorsement for one side by the owner of a large media corporation? He should be embarrassed. But he's not.

[Initech]

77. Fox News: We are the all singing all dancing crap of the world. Do not fuck with us.

[Politicub]

78. Tweets must be the new horse head left in your enemy's bed

But compared to godfather-like tactics, the drama value of a tweet is fairly low. At most they can be an ocassion to pop some popcorn and watch the crazy unfold.

[olddad56]

79. Christie can take the blame if Obama is elected, or a tiny bit of the credit.

It will be interesting to see what Christie does going forward. If he wants to run for President someday, by helping out Obama, he will only have to wait 4 years rather than 8 before he can give that a go. Or maybe a cabinet position is in his future. He is a career politician and will definitely make the most of this situation.

[tavernier]

80. I've long thought that this is what it would take in the end:

Republicans in the limelight who are tired of having their party hijacked by Murdock; people who believe in science and evolution and global warming, finally telling the empty heads at fox to STFU!!

All joking aside, there are some intelligent republicans out there who cringe at this tea party, murdock nonsense. Perhaps they are finally starting to rebel.

[aletier_v]

82. I did already

I can't support a party that would nominate Sarah Palin, Herman Cain or Mitt Romney.

Too too too much about the money.

All of them - Limbaugh, Beck.

MONEY
MONEY
MONEY

How much is enough?

It's never enough for this kind of sickness.

[awoke_in_2003]

83. Murdoch- go back to australia...

and shut the fuck up.

[tabasco]

84. Foreign fuck trying to subvert US elections with his propaganda channel.

Fuck him

[Myrina]

88. Shut up, Rupert, you're not even a "real" American. Jebus Criminy.

[left on green only]

94. Seems to me that having a surrogate of the caliber of Mupert Rurdoch......

..........would be more of a liability than an asset. But then Tonald Drump and Ned Tugent are certainly not prizes either.

[Don C. Nuttin]

95. Why say something like that?

It's hell gettin' old, Rupert.

[The Green Manalishi]

97. Could be a great opportunity for Obama

Say what you will but Christy seems pretty competent and not dumb. A genuine bipartisanship could result, or at least backscratching - Christie to backstab RMoney and in exchange we don't run anyone against him very vigorously..... I think that's called a 'win/win'

[proverbialwisdom]

110. Christie cut $1B from public education first thing out of the gate -

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-by unilateral executive decree, but had not campaigned that he would do so, and simultaneously vetoed the so-called millionaires tax. That was just the start.

http://www.factcheck.org/2012/05/spinning-gov-chris-christies-greatest-hits/
http://millionairesforchristie.com/

See: youtube Governor Christie's Speech at the George W. Bush Institute's Conference, April 13 2012

[The Green Manalishi]

111. Well, I didn't say he wasn't a Republican Asshole (Wait, sorry, that's a redundancy)

only that, evil or not, (whoops, Republican under discussion here, oxymoron alert!) he was at least capable of basic, 6th grade mathematical reasoning and thus figured that a quick knife to the back of obvious loser Romney and a favor owed by the POTUS ( for example, to not run a 'contender' against him next time) means a longer run on the gravy train than groveling to teabaggers)

Not that I'm cynical or anything.....

[LeftishBrit]

99. Murdoch is not the ruler of the world, if he thinks he is

Frankly, he should be in jail.

[greiner3]

100. On the other habd;

Does this mean CC will run as a D next election?

[HoosierCowboy]

101. Christie/Grayson 2016

New Jersey puts Obama over the top on November 6th and the GOP goes on a rampage against Christie. Christie changes his party affiliation to Democrat, runs for President and snatches the nomination from Biden.
Christie looses 120 pounds and inspires all the overweight people to vote him and Al Greyson.

Democratic landslide 2016

[BigPaul25]

102. Oh, if only

If only Hurricane Sandy would have just knocked down and washed away the Fox News building in Manhattan.

[coalition_unwilling]

104. Jesus, it's getting all "Night of the Long Knives" on the right wing lately. I hope

the Democratic Party of New Jersey is prepared and willing to allow Christie to join its ranks.

[Arugula Latte]

106. I'd stay out of small planes if I were C.C.

[pam4water]

107. LOL

[crunch60]

112. Rupert Murdoch should keep his mouth shut, and clean out his own filthy yard.

[K-Matt]

113. Fuck off, Rupert

You've fucked up this country more than enough!

[proverbialwisdom]

114. No surprise.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/christie_romney_critics_deserve_NAl2fjSoACVnZaBCTj2bPJ

From REUTERS
Last Updated: 6:54 PM, November 4, 2012
Posted: 5:24 PM, November 4, 2012

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie defended his praise for President Barack Obama's support after superstorm Sandy, but said he would stick with his Republican ticket and vote for Mitt Romney in this Tuesday's election.

"The fact of the matter is what New Jerseyans expect from their governor is to work for them, not to work for any particular political party," Christie told Israel's Channel 2 television in an interview broadcast on Sunday.

"I'm a Republican and I have endorsed Mitt Romney, I support him and I intend to vote for him on Tuesday," said Christie, interviewed in his home state by a visiting Israeli television reporter.

<>

[olddad56]

115. seems to me that people on the far right are big into blaming and shaming.

[FiveGoodMen]

116. GOP should re-declare for the Bill of Rights or LEAVE THE FUCKING COUNTRY