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Saturday, November 17, 2012

Jersey Jazzman: Chris Christie: Massive, Divisive Hypocrite

Jersey Jazzman: Chris Christie: Massive, Divisive Hypocrite:


Chris Christie: Massive, Divisive Hypocrite

This week, Newark's teachers ratified a controversial contract that includes merit pay. As usual, Governor Chris Christie decided to take his victory lap on MSNBC's Morning Joe, where he is regularly showered with praise and insulated form any criticism whatsoever. Christie is nationally known as one of the biggest teachers union bashers in the country, which made the segment even more strange, as he was joined in praising the Newark deal by American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten.

The 12-munite segment deserves a close look, which I'm going to divide up into several posts. But let's start with something that needs to be pointed out immediately:

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Yes, that's right: Chris Christie says, "You can't expect to be the leader of all the people and be divisive."

Well...
April, 2010, CNBC:
“I love the public schools but the fact of the matter is there is excess