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Morning Joe Crew Discuss Chris Christie’s Issue With Huntsman: ‘I Question His Integrity’

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On Monday, the folks over at Morning Joe took a look at presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman‘s rising success in New Hampshire… even despite some people’s (like, say, New Jersey governor Chris Christie‘s) questioning of his loyalty and/or his integrity.

After noting that Huntsman had his “best moment in any debate” on Sunday, New York magazine’s John Heilemann recounted how Huntsman deftly responded to rival candidate Mitt Romney’s criticism of Huntsman’s service under the Obama administration with a two-prong hit: He insisted that he puts his country first, above any given administration or party, before pointing to Romney’s attitude as being detrimental and divisive.

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Host Joe Scarborough wondered whether Huntsman’s response — that he’s doing this for his country, rather than simply for one party — would have played as well in any state other than New Hampshire. Panelist Mike Barnicle agreed that many in New Hampshire would simply like to see such attacks cease altogether. “The Romney camp slipped and fell,” he added, “when they continued that argument yesterday. It’s a non-winner for them.”

Moving back to Christie, host Mika Brzezinski introduced a clip from last night’s town hall meeting with the Governor, where he opined that he’d be “pissed” were he in Obama’s place and someone ostensibly “representing my administration” in China had been planning on running for president the entire time. “So,” he continued, “I wonder a little bit about Huntsman’s integrity.

RELATED: ‘Really?’: Chris Christie Amused By Protesters Chanting ‘Christie Kills Jobs’

Scarborough weighed in on the clip, opining that the line about integrity might have gathered applause in South Carolina or northwest Florida, but was met with complete silence by those in New Hampshire.

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  • Anonymous

    I thought Christie was a reasonable guy, compared to the whack-jobs. 

  • Anonymous

    Huntsman claiming it is ROmney that is the divisive one and not Obama is laughable.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Christie is so 2011. The bloom has long been off the blubber. And, his argument is specious. Ambassador Huntsman served his nation, not the Administration. And, he served well. President Obama clearly found the best person for the job, untethered by partisan purity, and we were clearly beneficiaries of the unique skills and talents the Ambassador bought to his job. A shame, really, the Governor Girth had to resort to a petty partisanship analysis to defend Willard Mitt. Willard Mitt doesn’t warrant it.

  • Anonymous

    I think Christie is a gross slob, both in appearance and his talking points…He tries just to hard to push his “jersey guy” image…He reacts badly to Snooki, I put him in the same category  of wanting attention and publicity any way he can get it….According to his actions, he would eat guys like Romney for lunch for days a week, not wallow all over them….

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Tina, Tina, Tina, our resident saltine. Ambassador Huntsman was demonstrably one of the candidates best-suited for the China desk. Our President overcame partisan confines to appoint him. Willard Mitt ran to the partisan dump to roll in the refuse. Your statement is merely an opportunity to denigrate our president and is wholly lacking in any substantive truth.

  • Anonymous

    Are  you really suggesting that Obama is not divisive?  Bwahahahahaha

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Many of you have been asking for my debate scorecard. Find the same below.

    ABC                                                             

    Dr. Ron Paul: B-                                             
    Willard Mitt: C+                                              
    Sanitarium: C
    Newton Leroy: C-
    Huntsman: C-
    Tollbooth: D-

    All were lackluster. Tollbooth made a couple of serious gaffes with reference to Iran/Iraq which “distinguishes” him. Shooting range?

    ABC set and technical: B, George: C-, Diane: D.

    Time to try to get this right guys. Diane, stop playing the silly willy.

    NBC/MTP

    Huntsman: A
    Newton Leroy: A-
    Sanitarium: B-
    Dr. Ron Paul: C-
    Tollbooth: D
    Willard Mitt: D-

    Huntsman’s China service/sons in USN argument was very good, and Newton Leroy framed some excellent arguments going to the heart of Willard Mitt’s appalling lack of honesty in his “not a politician”, Bain and Super PAC talking points.

    NBC set and technical: B+, Gregory: A-.

    Best debate so far. Gregory surprisingly strong and skilled.

  • Anonymous

    Was being the key word. Lots of love lost with Christie here. 

  • Anonymous

    Thank God. Now I can stop clicking “Refresh”.

  • Anonymous

    That’s a surprisingly dumb talking point from Christie and it’s not going to go anywhere. I don’t think he really even believes it, he is just stumping for Romney.
    He is sounding more like a typical politician every day.

    Also, his weight has actually went from distracting to hilarious.

    He is comically fat now.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jj-Wisniewski/100002654075475 Jj Wisniewski

    I like Christie, but he’s in the wrong camp. Christie is backing a guy who’s the phoniest politician I’ve seen in my 43 years of voting. He’s trying to read Huntsman’s mind. I could care less that he was thinking about running for president while in China. There is nothing wrong with that and I don’t think that lacks integrity. It’s his candidate who lacks integrity because I have no idea what fruck he’s about. I just don’t see any connection between Christie and Romney. It’s beyond me why Christie is supporting this fraud.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    To be sure, he is hated by Crackers throughout Amerika, some of the present company included, but being hated by racists and extreme rightists doesn’t make our President divisive. After all, that would be like unto asparagus being divisive because fatties dislike it.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Sorry for the delay, but pleased I could help.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    In less politically correct times when Austin was 20% the size it is now, we had two notable town drunks, Ruby and Donna, and two notable town fatties, Earlene and Snowball. Christie rather reminds me of Snowball.

  • Anonymous

    Did Christie miss the memo?  When Huntsman was named ambassador to China the press was drenched with stories about how Obama was trying to neutralize a possible 2012 opponent.

    Aside from that fact, when you are backing Romney I don’t think you should be talking about someone being disingenuous.

    Chuck Todd had the best critique of Huntsman, saying that it took him 10 hours to come up with a rebuttal.

    I can imagine the conversation on Saturday night after the debate.  Huntsman probably said, “No.  I’m going with idiot store.”

  • 12voltman1

    Key phrase “Compared to the whack-jobs” (that are running).

  • 12voltman1

    Keep Austin weird!

  • Anonymous

    It’s open for interpretation.

  • Anonymous

    Did he compare Romney to Obama or is it just you doing it?

    I think his valid point is that working with the Obama administration to serve his country is how it’s supposed to work, and implying that any cooperation is a betrayal of conservatives is a false partisan talking point.

  • OSTL

    bosque is doing his best!

  • Anonymous

    He’s responded to criticism about his weight in a true New Jersey way, gained even more, that’ll show them!!  He is now actually grotesque.  I can hear the huff and pant behind every miserable word.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    I’m doing my best. Lunch today will be arugula, fig and Brie on sprouted wheat with a Carta Blanca.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    You actually can, can’t you? He can’t get out a sentence without taking a breath half-way through.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Might I ask what the value in your post is, Jeff?

  • Anonymous

    Huntsman is a sleazeball with no core. Imagine having to see his reality show daughters prancing around the WH for 4 years.  Yeesh. Huntsman is pathetic, holier than thou and a whiner.

  • Anonymous

    Christie was looking at the mic like a corndog

  • 12voltman1

    Yummy.

  • 12voltman1
  • Anonymous

    Look at Mike stare longingly at this loudmouth goomba – and the same toad who used a government helicopter to ferry him to his son’s game.

    And he won’t run for office because he’s got a lot of Joisy skeletons in waiting.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Vicky-Done/100003036285582 Vicky Done

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    family and other reasons, I do not believe in the idea of “fall in love
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    chatting. come join us.

  • Anonymous

    Christie is so fat the TLC Channel is giving him his own show.

    Seriously, this lardass is putting his health at risk.

  • Anonymous

    How is that ESL course working out Tiny?

    “This nation is divided because of attitudes like that.”

    Where should I send the “Hooked on Phonics” to, anyway?

    You should point out how Huntsman claimed anything, aside from the small space in your stem that isn’t used to use basic utensils.

  • Walt

    Tina_Tampa, I want you to think about this every time you see Chris Christie.  I want you to think about his backside.  Do you have the image in your head.  Good.  Now I want you to picture that image of Chris Christie’s backside naked.

  • Anonymous

    Its nice there is at least one Republican out there willing to put country before political party.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Maybe Tina’s an extreme chubby chaser.

  • Anonymous

    I think we all question his diet!

  • WiddleBabyDanielson

    Might I ask which one did have value?

  • Anonymous

    Yeah, Mika loves this guy, but you’ll notice her pill popping gaze at other times too.
    She’s basically catatonic except for a few moments of brain activity scattered through the show.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Vicky, you do realize that by reason of your sentence structure, you are saying you are 40 possibly because of age, but also possibly because of divorce, children, family and other reasons? You are 40 solely because of your age, dear.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_IC7HRBJRXKA7IKTTZS5W3UIECQ Agent of Truth

    A disgusting pig like Christie who has absolutely no personal integrity is questioning someone elses intedgrity.  Typical republican mindset.

  • Anonymous

    oh did she ask you out?

  • “Extreme White Wing” -Sharpton

    Chris Christie on Barack Obama:

    “He doesn’t do angry well. He understands that the American people are
    angry and they’re scared and they’re worried about the future. So he’s
    decided, in the most cynical reelection strategy that you could ever
    think of, that he doesn’t care if you’re angry, he just wants you to be
    angry at somebody else.”

  • “Extreme White Wing” -Sharpton

    TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A new poll shows New
    Jersey voters continue to like the job Gov. Chris Christie is doing
    even while they kept Democrats in charge of the Legislature.

    The Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday shows Christie’s
    job approval rating at 56-38 percent
    , unchanged from a month ago.

    What’s Obama’s poll numbers, lol?

  • ticleve2

    For Chris Christie to question anyone’s integrity is an embarrassment to integrity questioning. Chris Christie is a thug, fat with self-servitude.

  • Anonymous

    Obama’s approval rating is 45 % … LOL!!

    and that’s against the economy.. wait until he runs against a fraud aka Mittens.. LOL!!

  • OSTL

    cheering “45%” nice “standards” you got there

  • Anonymous

    The fact that 45% people approve is pretty unbelievable for any President OSTL.. Especially in this economy.. Heck 45 % is pretty good in any economy.. 

  • Anonymous

    I’ve seen that one-”600 Pound Governor”.

    Remember, all the people who moon over Gov. Krispie Kreme are the same ones who hate the First Lady for trying to get kids to eat healthier…

  • Anonymous

    unless she travels at relativistic velocities!

  • “Extreme White Wing” -Sharpton

    Cite the latest Obama poll, your word isn’t good enough.

  • OSTL

    must be all gov’t workers

  • OSTL

    Monday, January 09, 2012

    The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows
    that 23% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack
    Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-two percent (42%)
    Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating
    of -19 (see trends).

    The president earns Strong Approval from 47% of Democrats and Strong
    Disapproval from 78% of Republicans. Among those not affiliated with
    either major party, 19% Strongly Approve and 39% Strongly Disapprove.

  • Anonymous

    56% – 38% = 18%. 
    qed

  • Anonymous

    Rasmussen: Jan 3 -5  2012: at 45% 
    November December 2011: 43%
    August September October 2011:  41 %

  • “Extreme White Wing” -Sharpton

    Monday, January 09, 2012

    The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows
    that 23% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack
    Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-two percent (42%)
    Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating
    of -19 (see trends).

    The president earns Strong Approval from 47% of Democrats and Strong
    Disapproval from 78% of Republicans. Among those not affiliated with
    either major party, 19% Strongly Approve and 39% Strongly Disapprove.

    Overall, 44% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the
    president’s job performance. Fifty-five percent (55%) at least somewhat
    disapprove.

    http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

  • “Extreme White Wing” -Sharpton

    OUCH!!!!!!!
    Even though this is a political news event, you can bet your house MediaiteMatters won’t write anything about this:

    Poll: Americans, 2-1, Fear Obama’s Reelection

    January 9, 2012

    RSS Feed

    Print

    When it comes to how Americans view President Obama going into the new year, there appears to be very little spirit of Auld Lang Syne.
    Instead, according to the new Washington Whispers poll, many voters
    aren’t forgetting what they dislike about Obama and want him out
    office.

    In our New Year’s poll, when asked what news event they fear
    most about 2012, Americans by a margin of two-to-one said Obama’s
    reelection. Only 16 percent said they fear the Democrat won’t win a
    second term, while 33 percent said they fear four more years.

    http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2012/01/09/poll-americans-2-1-fear-obamas-reelection?s_cid=rss:washington-whispers:poll-americans-2-1-fear-obamas-reelection

  • Anonymous

    Oh you laugh at your own writing, too. Class act you are.

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