Sunster
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Rick Scott is literally Voldemort
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Chris Christie is officially the most unpopular governor ever.
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Rick Scott is literally Voldemort
Raptor2155
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I wonder how low the approval rating will be for the next governor.
OG Shaka Zulu
Member
Lol He abandoned his post to fetch food for the president. I'd hate him too. I have no faith in him to lead the fight against opioid addiction.
Shadow Puppetry
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President Donald Trump is also at a historic low job approval, at 28 percent, according to the poll.
Oof.
Oof.
There's a gross number of Jersey Cowboys assholes. He's not alone.
Earthbound64
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When was this?
Probably should have said "more disapproval."
Definitely did NOT mean to portray him as well-liked before the campaign season, but degrading himself so completely for Trump in the hopes of a cabinet position was his final gambit, and it failed in the most absolute way imaginable.
Skellig Gra
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Sometime around the civil war I'm guessing
They hate him because he shook hands with Obama that one time.
Jzero
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PeskyToaster
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Actually I think his approval ratings after the hurricane were super high. I think bridgegate was a major factor in the decline.
Psychoward
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Agreed, only thing I can think of is he didn't want another Bernie or Bust situation if wiz lost
Psychoward
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Yeah funnily enough shaking hands with Obama and working with him was one of the better things he did for the state. It's the rest of the GOP that hated him for it in other states and he basically told them to eat shit and they're hypocrites for mocking him for accepting federal aid.
Then a little while later he got snarky with the victims, turned on the Dems completely and did Bridgegate not to mention all of the economic/education fuckups typical of any Republican.
He was done in poltics one way or the other. Him taking out Rubio last year was a suicide attack
IrishNinja
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thank fuck he's done, and (as yet) pam bondi isn't running
now watch us put scott in the senate, UGH
Mate you made me choke on my tea.
br0ken_shad0w
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At least we got him ruining Rubio's shit during the primary.
Psychoward
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...only for Rubio to win his senate seat anyway
We've gotta take comfort in the little things I guess
peteykirch
Member
Hurricane Sandy is to Christie as 9/11 was to George W.
Both tragic events made these two seem like heroes to the people they governed, and then the bloom came off the rose and things kept piling up bringing down their overall approval ratings.
Good lord, now there's an image...
Captain Tuttle
Member
I hate him for what he's done to my alma mater by wearing outfits like this;
Jesus haha
Earthbound64
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ftfy
Double digits is still too high for that piece of shit.
I live in NJ and one thing I do appreciate he's done is help push through the 2% cap on property tax increases. Shit was getting out of hand prior to that. Otherwise, these recent NJTransit (I commute to NYC for work) delays have been atrocious. Next administration needs to do something. What should be a 1 hour commute has been 2 hours... ;_;
Waylon Drums
Member
I hate him for what he's done to my alma mater by wearing outfits like this;
I hate that people shit on him so much for how he looks but...he really does himself NO favors.
Cesare Borgia
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And into the Trump admin?
peteykirch
Member
Exactly.
If you're someone like Christie who is portly and rotund to put it nicely, don't wear skin tight clothes. Try to hide that enormous FUPA of yours and not draw attention to it.
teruterubozu
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Yeah but all of northern Maine worship him, despite the hatred for him in southern Maine.
Skinny Pete
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As a former nj resident I agree he sucks balls.
https://poll.qu.edu/ohio/release-detail?ReleaseID=959
Look down in this September 2006 Quinnipiac poll in Ohio, and Governor Taft was 1 point lower than Christie's 15% with 14% approval.
Also, I didn't find what Taft's Quinnipiac approval rating was the previous year, but I know at least some polls had him in single digits. Lowest I recall was around 6%.
Look down in this September 2006 Quinnipiac poll in Ohio, and Governor Taft was 1 point lower than Christie's 15% with 14% approval.
Also, I didn't find what Taft's Quinnipiac approval rating was the previous year, but I know at least some polls had him in single digits. Lowest I recall was around 6%.
peteykirch
Member
How's that true? 14% for Governor Taft from the same polling institution is lower that 15% for Governor Christie. It's a State governor from within 20 years with a lower approval rating, so Christie cam't be the lowest from the last 20 years of any state.
Tell me about it. The problem is that a new tunnel would take a few years to build and there is no push to build a new transportation hub in NYC.
Psychoward
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why are people phrasing this like governors have multiple re-elections
It's amazing how much Bridgegate directly undercut all the good feelings that came out of Hurricane Sandy.
His response to Sandy went over so well because he very openly embraced Obama to get recovery efforts where they needed to - he put the good of the community over partisan fighting, which in a left-leaning state, is exactly the kind of Republican who gets voted in.
Bridgegate was blatant partisan hackery, petty in nature and hit hard on a topic dear to the hearts of every single resident, without exception: getting in the way of your shitty commute. I mean, I'm not even from NJ (NYC born) but I could still feel the gut punch of what he did. My south Jersey cousins swore him off for good after voting for his reelection.
Christie was a jerk who got stuff done, Sandy the best example. But Bridgegate undercut all that work, and exposed his jerk-ness in the worst possible light.
This has been, by the way, my absolute favorite corruption scandal in a region full of them because of how petty the act was, how much it revealed about the actors' true personalities, and how close it cut to so many people.