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MSNBC’s Ed Schultz Calls NJ Governor Chris Christie A ‘Cold-Hearted Fat Slob’

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/msnbcs-ed-schultz-calls-nj-governor-chris-christie-a-cold-hearted-fat-slob/

by Frances Martel | 3:56 pm, September 25th, 2010

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MSNBC host Ed Schultz launched into a fuming vituperation of New Jersey governor Chris Christie’s assertive style that had him calling the governor a “smug bully” and a “fat slob,” among many other things. This after Christie had defended California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman at a meeting, telling a heckler to calm down, while Glenn Beck is proposing a daily “Christie porn” moment on his radio show.

Schultz’s point was that the right seemed to be constantly telling liberals to “calm down” while embracing loud voices like Beck, citing an inherent hypocrisy in the fact that those two get along at all. “Christie has no business telling people to be respectful,” he argues, both because of his policies and his attitude. What’s more, Christie, says Schultz, is an “out of touch, smug bully” and, ultimately, nothing more than a “cold-hearted fat slob” who, “when he doesn’t like what he hears, he accuses the other side of shouting.” Schultz concludes that someone who opposed divisiveness should not be friendly with Beck. The alternative goes without saying. He culminated by asserting that he would not stop shouting in favor of his issues– namely, racial equality and social justice... http://www.mediaite.com/tv/msnbcs-ed-schultz-calls-nj-governor-chris-christie-a-cold-hearted-fat-slob/

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