Via Jim Geraghty comes this reminder that Jon Corzine, who is trailing Republican Chris Christie in the hotly-contested NJ-Gov race, is no stranger to “Macaca moments.” Most recently, Corzine decided that it would class up the debate in the governor’s race by cracking on Christie’s weight. Get it? Vote for me, the other guy’s fat! As Geraghty notes, this kind of “humor” is nothing new to Corzine, who was forced to admit during his 2000 Senate campaign that he had made multiple disparaging stereotypical remarks about Italian-Americans:
Jon S. Corzine, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate in a state where one of every four Democrats is Italian-American, acknowledged today that he had made disparaging remarks about Italians as recently as two weeks ago.
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According to Mr. Alfano, when someone in the group introduced Mr. Corzine to a lawyer named David Stein, Mr. Corzine said: ”He’s not Italian, is he? Oh, I guess he’s your Jewish lawyer who is here to get the rest of you out of jail.”
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The second time was about two weeks ago, Mr. Alfano said. He said Mr. Corzine was introduced to an Italian-American man who said he was in the construction business. As Mr. Alfano related the exchange, ”Mr. Corzine turned to the Italian-American contractor and quipped, ‘Oh, you make cement shoes!’ ”
In fairness, Corzine denied having made the “Jewish lawyer” crack, and given that Corzine is such a stand-up, honest, and classy guy, we should probably take his word that he’d never do such a thing.
I hope New Jersey Democrats are proud of going to the booth and pulling the lever for this guy on election day. And I hope the media, who covered Macaca into the ground and are more recently trying to do the same with Bob McDonnell’s (much older) college thesis can be bothered to point out the kind of campaign Jon Corzine is running.
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Oh dear...
kowalski (Diary) Thursday, October 8th at 4:24PM EST (link)As someone who lived in the Garden State for many years, I can tell you …
that they are.
People in Jersey grow awfully thick skins. You have to, because of the constant grind and the lack of soothing balms and salves.
Having said that, picking on the guy because of his weight might make for a few good chuckles while people are watching reruns of The Sopranos on their TiVos, but even in New Jersey it doesn’t have much staying power. It really shows how desparate Corzine is becoming.
I can think of a lot of people whose kitchen tables I used to sit around in Jersey who’d laugh at that first and then get serious and say: “Yeah, but Corzine isn’t a @$_@(# comedian, he’s the jerk running the state into the ground.”
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It's amazing
bk (Diary) Thursday, October 8th at 4:47PM EST (link)I thought Democrats were supposed to hate guys like him who made $400,000,000 in one day at Goldman Sachs. And now he’s using that money not to tout his long list of accomplishments as governor, but to say his opponent is fat. Great leadership there. governor!
It's not all that amazing
kowalski (Diary) Thursday, October 8th at 5:09PM EST (link)I live in Masachusetts and I know very well who the “party of money” in the liberal Northeast are.
Around the turn of the (last) century and for sometime thereafter you could look at the Northeast and say that the Republican party was the party of money, the party in control of the money, and the party that used money to make more money.
Today, almost the precise opposite is true.
Being (R) is in very many ways right now (particularly in MA) synonymous with being the New Grassroots and the underdog. I’m not sure that realization has filtered all the way up to the highest echelons of this party’s members, however. But they’d better start learning, fast.
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Roll Call did a recent tally
kowalski (Diary) Thursday, October 8th at 5:15PM EST (link)And out of the 10 wealthiest members of Congress, 8 are Democrats. John Kerry is the Richest of All and that is not an accident.
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And New York City wouldn't...
kowalski (Diary) Thursday, October 8th at 8:22PM EST (link)And New York City wouldn’t be anything like what it is today without Medicare fraud, because believe me my friend, a great deal of the new found wealth (people driving new Lamborghinis despite the recession) that you find in NYC stems directly from the Federal Government’s programs to improve people’s health, after being moved through a couple of different places, quietly of course.
This is how the Empire State now functions from almost the top to the bottom.
This is just the tip of the iceberg and believe me, nobody in New York wants to touch that iceberg, because it’s violent and explosive for an iceberg.
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Mike Bloomberg sure doesn't want
kowalski (Diary) Thursday, October 8th at 8:25PM EST (link)Mike Bloomberg sure doesn’t want to touch the iceberg. He’d rather go after the 2nd Amendment, instead. It’s easier, and it won’t get him in any trouble close to home.
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Corzine's Ad Will Backfire
crosley (Diary) Thursday, October 8th at 4:56PM EST (link)Besides that fact it’s childish and insulting to “larger” voters, it really makes Corzine look desperate, which is a death sentence in politics.
The real wild card in this race is the independent spoiler Daggett that’s running that could possibly hand the election to Corzine.
My guess is the Daggett vote will collapse on election day, with most of those votes going to Christie, but he could bleed off just enough to put Corzine over the top.
Still, New Jersey has been a heartbreaker for the GOP. I have seen close polls and when the actual ballots are cast, the Democrat wins comfortably.
Maybe this time though, New Jersey has finally had enough.
RCP average says Christie at 1.8+
Dienekes' Place (Diary) Thursday, October 8th at 6:54PM EST (link)The Real Clear Politics average is showing Christie ahead by 1.8 percent; however it does not include the Dagget factor.
Corzine, however, has been pumping up the union crowds in Atlantic City, including the AFL-CIO’s Shuler coming out yesterday stumping for him. The question will be whether they get their people to the polls.
It is curious why Christie hasn’t used Corzine’s affair with disgraced CWA-boss Carla Katz with more zeal. Though dated, their relationship is, in part, why the state is in the shape it’s in.
Should our enemies’ arrows blot out the sun, then we shall fight in the shade.
“In any compromise between food and poison, it is only death that can win. In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit.” – Ayn Rand
There goes the Soprano vote.
Third Street (Diary) Thursday, October 8th at 5:03PM EST (link)Disrespect, I tell ya, disrespect.
“Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery.” –Wilkins Micawber, “David Copperfield”
Golden opportunity
RealQuiet (Diary) Thursday, October 8th at 7:30PM EST (link)Looks like Creigh Deeds is done in Virginia. If Christie wins, it would put Obamacare and the rest of his agenda on permanent ice. Dem Congressmen will see this and get clammy. Donate what you can to Christie’s campaign regardless of Jersey’s reputation. Christie appears to be up 2-4 points.
already did give to Christie's campaign
redpens (Diary) Friday, October 9th at 5:47AM EST (link)we need to all donate to his campaign. I was in New Jersey last night and Corzine has a billboard and lots of signs. I saw only a couple of Christie signs. The Demo-commies lose Jersey, they’ll know they’re in
big trouble
NJ could Easily go to Corzine
rickz77 Thursday, October 8th at 11:24PM EST (link)Christie is not running an effective campaign … shades of Bob Dole.
It is, presently, a dead heat.
Corzine has all the unions behind him … a LOT of ‘get out the vote’ workers and money.
Christie does not present well, and as is typical for Reps, has not fought to win.
I am in NJ, and don’t want to see Corzine win another term … but, I would not bet money on the outcome.
If I Was Putting Money Down on NJ...
IJB Thursday, October 8th at 11:30PM EST (link)…Right now, I’d put money down on Corzine holding on.
But ask me again in two weeks, and I may have a different answer. (Basically, if Dagget crumbles down the stretch, as most 3rd-party candidates tend to, then Christie will pull ahead, and Corzine will be toast…)