Rachel Maddow showed this clip last night and I was kind of moved by Christie's story of his friend, because I have somebody in a similar circumstance.
However despite what seems to be Christie's heartfelt opinions on this matter, and his recognition that being pro-life extends beyond the womb, I am still very distrustful of any solutions he might introduce to solve the problem.
Don't forget Chris Christie is still a very Right Wing guy, and anything that he suggests as a fix would undoubtedly only make the problem worse.
No one is all good or all bad... not even $ar(vomit)ah Payme.
ReplyDeleteI'm willing to listen to what Christy has to say about a very important issue. People are dying.
thanks trackmark
DeleteIt's interesting that you say you're willing to "listen" to Christy. Is he saying things that you haven't heard before?
DeleteMany, many, MANY people are saying the same thing without being a complete asshole in every other aspect of their lives. I'm glad Christie has a reasonable take on addiction, but I'm not going to "listen" to him.
Meanwhile, Christie has said if he's elected POTUS (haha), he's coming after Colorado legal marijuana laws. So, he's still an unreasonable asshole about the reality of drugs when it comes down to it.
Can you imagine how fat that lardass would be if he smoked weed? Cheetos stock would go through the roof. He is an evil man, don't forget that.
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Yeah, they'd better keep something like enclosed and protected. One can easily imagine, if it were outdoors, it could become a status thing getting yourself photographed pissing on it.
DeleteDoes someone want to temp ISIS to attack? It is going to cost a fortune to protect a damn statue of the most hated evil doer our country has known.
DeleteWe will be paying for his warfare forever, now another expense for the guy that needs to be in prison for life plus a few more lifetimes.
Dick Motherfucking Cheney is the LAST person thete should ever be a statue for. Isis wont have time to tear it down. Too many USA citizens will trash that worthless pile of crap.
DeleteWheel GHWB up to the 'iron ass' statue and let him start the take down. Something shock and awe. The video would go viral and Jeb could use it in his campaign ads.
DeleteWell, plus you have to be a fool to believe that bridge closing nonsense happened without his awareness, and from there, you know he's never stopped lying about it. If he finishes out his term, fine, but his days in public office should end with it.
ReplyDeleteHe lies with the best of them.
DeleteThe kind of person that votes for him has a very short attention span and limited retention.
DeleteThey'll vote for him again and when asked say "what bridge?".
Kind of like the person that votes for a Clinton.....
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DeleteI don't trust Christie but it is great he is saying this. If people will listen and care it would get better.
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DeleteBINGO!
I will never listen to Christie. The fewer people that listen to him the better it will get.
DeleteEven if Christie were a decent candidate, he is just too damn big to last one term as POTUS. He would croak from a heart attack midway through. McCain's health is better than his is.
DeleteOccasionally Chris Christie says something that makes sense. Still, no one should trust him farther than they can throw him.
ReplyDeleteOnce in a while, even a blind squirrel finds a nut.
How much weight have you lost since you got a stomach clamp, Chris?
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DeleteI like this response about the squirrel. I never heard it before and it is quite apt!!
This was a moving tribute and made him actually seem human, however, I have no idea what he is proposing the government do. The friend he describes had all the advantages yet still died due to his addiction. His wife was a doctor and best friend the Governor. He said he tried several stints in rehab. I'm glad to hear a pro-life Republican say that they should care after the first 9 months though. Seems typical that people only really start to care when the problem starts to affect people like themselves (like when the Aids epidemic got out of the Gay community.) Addiction is terrible but I didn't hear any ideas he has to combat the issue. Doctors do need to stop pushing pills so easily. Maybe its mostly about removing the criminal aspects and stigma so people will seek help sooner. Maybe help provide education and training for those willing to work in underserved areas to combat addiction to solve the shortage of qualified staff.
ReplyDeleteDoctors do need to stop pushing pills. Big Pharm is BIG and it is not likely to happen even with all Republicans saying the right things. Wasn't GWB's pal in the pharmacy business?
DeleteThe military is the worst drug pusher. How would they cure PTSD and send soldiers back to die or get blown up? If you want to control the gullible, drug them and stay in control of what they need.
Isn't that Jeremy Morlock's story? He needed to come home to heal and they doped him up and sent him back to kill. I hear that Sarah turned her back on him and the Morlock family.
I can't believe that whatever went on with Track Palin in the service that it helped his drug problems to go into the Guard or Army or what ever he was in.
"...had all the advantages..."
DeleteThe several stints in rehab were probably paid for with gold-plated health insurance. Does Christie think we should all get that kind of health insurance? Paid for with what? Tax Dollars?
Good doctors don't push pills. In fact, it is now much harder for good doctors to get pain meds for their patients. The crook doctors have ruined it.
DeleteI'm in health care and I'm a consumer. I'vee seen patients dischargd after major car accidents who are told to go to their local doctor ofor pin mediations - they will only give patients ONE DAY of say percocet - they don't want to be responsible . It is a disgrace. This happens at the Christiana De. HCS. People wth terminal cancer sent home with nothing and told to follow up with local oncologist when admitted for a complication of their disease when on vacation...even if local oncologist is in FLA. It is reprehensible and we need to find a middle ground. I understand both sides, but it is getting ridiculous for average non addict in pain to get help.
My feeling is consumers are getting forced to go to qiack pill pushers for relief.
He'll always be a FAT, SWEATTY BULLY.
ReplyDeleteYour comment certainly contributed to the discussion.
DeleteAs did yours 616. It's always so refreshing when Miss Manners makes an appearance.
DeleteI watched Rachel too and had the same impression. Finally, someone on the right saying the being pro life means for life, not just for birth.
ReplyDeleteCan we do away with the death penalty now?
Christie is ok with abortion for rape, incest, life of the mother. So his pro-life cred is probably not going to hack it with the fundie's.
DeleteAnd, until Christie defines exactly the hoops he thinks a women has to go through to "prove" rape, I think he's just hiding his misogyny with convenient phrasing.
If I am raped without witnesses, I don't want an idiot like Christie deciding whether I qualify for his permission to make a decision about my body.
"Can we do away with the death penalty now?"
DeleteI'd settle for requiring gun locks in households with toddlers.
He should know about addiction. Food is just as addicting as heroin if not more so. Lardass has no room to separate himself from the addiction quandry. He's as hooked as any other junkie.
ReplyDeleteYou've got that right.
DeleteWhat is Rachel Maddow doing giving air time to this lying rightwing bully? He supports defunding Planned Parenthood. So while he is just FULL of compassion for drug addicts, he couldn't care less about women who desperately need the health services provided by PP. FUCK HIM AND HIS FAKE COMPASSION!
ReplyDeleteEvery idiot that wants to defund Planned Parenthood should have to state precisely how the women served by PP are going to get ALL their reproductive health needs met. Governor Christie bleats about addiction treatment, but the guy has obviously never has to think about how to deal with a serious yeast infection when you are poor and there is NO clinic.
DeleteThere's nothing wrong with agreeing with someone when you believe them to be correct. Your comment magnifies how our side is starting to be just as bad as the wingnuts.
DeleteThere is nothing wrong with pointing out the deficiencies of a hypocrite. "Our side" is not necessarily what you think.
DeleteMaybe it shouldn't be what you think it is. Being as closed minded & quick to dismiss everything someone who doesn't share your views isn't the best thing for the country.
DeleteAddiction is a choice. Anybody who CHOOSES to shoot up with heroin and snort cocaine or freebase crack makes the chose to use an illegal drug that will fuck up their lives. Christie has compassion for these self-abusers who chose their own destruction of their own free will and now expect society to help them pick up the pieces. All well and good. But what about the women who have no place to go to get referrals for pap smears and mammograms, if Christie gets his way, and it ends up killing them? I repeat - where is his compassion for them? Nowhere, that's where. So I repeat -- FUCK HIM.
DeleteAnd fuck Rachel Maddow for helping soften his image! I am sick and tired of fawning over this piece of shit!
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Delete"Being closed minded"
Well, you certainly know how to engage and persuade. With that intro, you'll get hoards of people to listen to you.
Just because Maddow is gay doesn't mean she isn't a republican. Ever heard of mary cheney?
DeleteWhile it is true that some gays are Republicans, I hardly think Maddow is one of them.
DeleteShe has said publically she is not an Obama supporter.
DeleteAddiction is a choice.
DeleteTell that to those that get hooked after an injury and inappropriate pain medication prescriptions.
Christie is pro-CHOICE. He wants to make the choice and gives not 2 freaking shits what a pregnant woman would choose. His friend got 3 stints in rehab for drug addiction, but a raped woman is supposed to deal with a pregnancy. What a slimy bag of trash he is.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget he is running for office. He is very likely just pandering and would cut the drug budget in a heartbeat.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing Christie is running for is top increase his market value for book deals, speaking engagements and lobby/think-tank employment.
DeleteThe Christie campaign is pure, simple greed.
“Marijuana is against the law in the United States and it should be enforced in all 50 states,” Christie said in a Fox News interview last month. “That’s the law,” he added, “and the Christie administration will enforce it.” Hypocrite. He's pandering to his base.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.politicususa.com/2015/11/04/bernie-sanders-introduces-senate-bill-lift-federal-ban-marijuana.html
DeleteWhere did all the concern trolls come from?
ReplyDeleteThey came from the planet Chrispy Creams.
Delete7:06 How dare you smear the sanctity of the Krispy Kreme delectable-when-hot donut empire.
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How can Sarah Palin hop on this band wagon?
ReplyDeleteIt is clearly a hit and turned things to the better for Christie. It could be a come back for Sarah. This is a topic she can be an expert on and she can't say a word about it. That must be hell for a wannabe politician.
Look what happened when she was advocating that PTSD treatment and she brought her personal into it. Saying that Track was a counselor or one of those Palin fantasies. Instead the family drinks and drugs together and they were busted when the police couldn't cover up the whole thing.
There is this, does Sarah want to remind us of the love affair with someone awarded an honor medal?
Michael Moore’s gutsy new film: Our military has not won a war since World War II
http://www.salon.com/2015/11/04/michael_moores_gutsy_new_film_our_military_has_not_won_a_war_since_world_war_ii/
Where is Sarah on this ? She lost her Dakota Medal, she is now cool with Michael Moore ? How dare he say our military hasn't won a war since World War II.
She needs to get in on relevant topics. What say Sarah about the War on Drugs?
Sadly, Christie has forever tarnished his image with his heading of one of the most corrupt governments in history. Pretty tough to do, being the most corrupt New Jersey governor in history, but he's making a good stab at it.
ReplyDeleteIf he's so concerned about living citizens, let him take care of all the poor and homeless citizens that will be seeking shelter in his city in just a few days as winter closes in.
Christie may be eliminated from the next debate according to Fox's evolving criteria.
ReplyDeleteChristie may be Koch Bros. # 1 man after Scott, my IQ is 49, Walker dropped out.
ReplyDeleteIreland is set to legalize small amounts of drugs for personal use but still keeps dealing illegal. That way users do not go to prison for years. Smart move. next step is to legalize it fully, tax it and set up recovery clinics with the tax dollars.
ReplyDeleteIf you have to use tax dollars to set up recovery clinics, what is damn point of legalization?
DeleteThe damn point of legalization is to not lock up people for using drugs. The vast majority of people who take drugs don't need recovery clinics.
DeleteYour comment makes no sense.
Should we make alcohol illegal because a minority of alcohol users may need to get tax-funded help for alcoholism?
"I am still very distrustful of any solutions he might introduce to solve the problem. Don't forget Chris Christie is still a very Right Wing guy, and anything that he suggests as a fix would undoubtedly only make the problem worse."
ReplyDeleteGryphen's opinion remained largely unchanged.
Yeah, big surprise there.
Is there something you don't understand about judging people on balance, based on their track record?
DeleteI had a friend, she had it all, big house, good job, nice car, everything and anything she wanted. Married to a man who treated her like a queen, they had two kids, nothing to write home about, just average kids. Anyway, she was morbidly obese. What people call a "closet eater". Despite pleas from her doctors, husband, kids, friends and family, she tried weight watchers, gained it all back and then some, then went "Dr shopping". This was before Obamacare and it was considered "elective surgery". Anyway, she found a doctor she could afford, and despite losing over 150 lbs, she died from a blood clot.
ReplyDeleteYeah, we're all flawed human beings, but the prison corporate structure isn't built with rehabilitation in mind, so warehousing these people isn't the answer. And I hate to admit it, but Christie's right on this one. Something needs to be done to help rehabilitate prisoners or they'll end up doing what got them there in the first place and they become a burden to society.
Christie is right and so are all the liberals and progressives who have been saying the same thing for decades.
DeleteAnyone can die from a blood clot. You can get one from sitting too long on a plane without moving. I got one. What does that have to do with what Christie said?
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