Video: The obligatory “Christie tells teacher to find a new job if she doesn’t like her pay” clip
posted at 5:50 pm on May 26, 2010 by Allahpundit
Via Cubachi. Yeah, we covered this last night, but (a) a daily allotment of “common sense porn” does a body good and (b) this is so awesome that it might — might — replace Humpbot as the official Hot Air victory video. I’m not promising anything. I’m just sayin’.
You know what the best part of this is, aside from the teacher congratulating herself for doing it for the love after she just spent two minutes haranguing Christie about money? Apparently — if it’s the same Rita Wilson — she already makes in excess of $86,000. Perfect.
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I think we have found our next George Washington, Ben Franklin and Abraham Lincoln all rolled in to one and he from New Jerry
tjexcite on May 26, 2010 at 6:23 PM
Christielicious!
NoLeftTurn on May 26, 2010 at 6:24 PM
ill dressup like the bot
blatantblue on May 26, 2010 at 6:24 PM
Wow. Seeing the video tells you so much more than just reading the transcript. That woman is a piece of work. She bitches about her salary, then says she does it because she loves it? Geesh.
Jim-Rose on May 26, 2010 at 6:25 PM
Completely agree, but once he’s done what he needs to, I hope he pays attention to national politics.
Esthier on May 26, 2010 at 6:26 PM
One sided hate
William Amos on May 26, 2010 at 6:26 PM
*blinks*
So, basically you’re saying you want to hump AP’s leg?
Bee on May 26, 2010 at 6:26 PM
!!!
Pics or it didn’t happen!
Abby Adams on May 26, 2010 at 6:27 PM
christie’s
and tape it
blatantblue on May 26, 2010 at 6:27 PM
I’ve never had a man crush before.
But this could be the start of one.
Dominion on May 26, 2010 at 6:27 PM
There is such a sparsity of threads on Obama on Hotair that I am beginning to suspect there is some kind of semi blackout on him. So very many items to further expose him on and we get a bunch of sidebar diversions. What a way to run an army.
Yes, I know if I don’t like it I can go elsewhere. Well actually I am and I doubt I am the only one.
KentAllard on May 26, 2010 at 6:28 PM
Lady, your awesome experience and education should leave you plenty prepared to seek employment elsewhere.
It never ceases to amaze me how people will whine and complain about how ‘unfair’ their jobs are instead of finding a new one. It’s a big ol’ country there hag.
Oh, she’s union?? Well then she’s entitled to it.
BigWyo on May 26, 2010 at 6:28 PM
Wouldn’t it be amazing to see Obama take on an unfriendly town hall like that?
ctmom on May 26, 2010 at 6:29 PM
Have you guys seen his Lt. Governor? She is as tough as Christie!
cubachi on May 26, 2010 at 6:08 PM
cubachi: The KOOL_AID is wearing off!!
And,that is wear its going to hurt them,cut back
on government expenses and budget freezes,that way
there cutting right into the Liberal payoffs and
bribes!!!!
canopfor on May 26, 2010 at 6:29 PM
Link
terryannonline on May 26, 2010 at 6:30 PM
Hell, if I was getting paid upwards of $90K a year plus benefits with all the union perks and shorter work year, I’d love the job too!
catmman on May 26, 2010 at 6:31 PM
“Obama to military commanders: Get ready in case North Korea makes a move”
“Obama to deploy 1,200 National Guardsmen to the border”
“Obama schedules awesome oil spill photo op in the gulf for Friday”
“Study: 94% of businesses believe ObamaCare will hike costs”
“Obama approval rating drops to 47% in CBS poll”
“Obamateurism of the Day”
all on the front page
blatantblue on May 26, 2010 at 6:32 PM
It’s so tempting to want to rip a few of them from their current positions and urge them to run, you know? I hate to think we might fudge up 2012 and have to endure another 4 years of himself. Difficult choices. I can’t see anyone out there now I’d like as president. Perhaps Fred! again… :)
Bee on May 26, 2010 at 6:32 PM
2004 Rita O’Neill-Wilson $61,481
She got 33% in raises in 6 years.
WoosterOh on May 26, 2010 at 6:21 PM
WoosterOh: Most excellent Intel Mission,when it gets closer
to Kagans Confirmation Hearing,June 28th,we can
collaberate on Intel research goodies!!haha:)
canopfor on May 26, 2010 at 6:34 PM
I approve heartily of this mancrush. I have a major soft spot for big, intelligent, conservative, hilarious, ballsy teddy bears, too! :)
Bee on May 26, 2010 at 6:01 PM
Me too.
I’m lucky enough to be married to a guy like that isn’t named Chris.
annoyinglittletwerp on May 26, 2010 at 6:34 PM
There are certain professions a person can have like a cop or a soldier where I automatically, until proven wrong, believe they are a good, honorable person who I owe respect. Teachers are the exact opposite. If I find out a person if a teacher I will believe they are a self-important drain on society and a stuck-up lib until they prove otherwise.
I’m sure there are a lot of good teachers out there, but all the vocal ones seem to be self-righteous jackasses. Your job isn’t nearly as noble as you want everyone to think.
Looking back on all my schooling I can remember 2 or 3 teachers that were really great. Now the number who were pure shite is a whole other story.
Ampersand on May 26, 2010 at 6:34 PM
Thank you.
catmman on May 26, 2010 at 6:34 PM
Are you effing kidding? Sarah Palin was a first term governor who quit the job the voters of AK entrusted her with, embarrassing many of her supporters who had hoped she would do a stellar job and re-emerge on the national stage. Christie is a first term governor of similar great promise who, God bless him, appears to have the heart of a lion. That’s a quality you want in a leader. Sexism has nothing to do with it.
And I love him. Do you hear me? I LOVE HIM!
Infidoll on May 26, 2010 at 6:35 PM
+++++++++infinity!
catmman on May 26, 2010 at 6:36 PM
Well, this isn’t an army.
Good for you.
Esthier on May 26, 2010 at 6:37 PM
Me likes everything I seen and heard about Christie so far, but I urge you all to not jump to conclusions just yet. He’s still a newbie, and the proof is in the pudding. Let’s give him a few years and see how he does. As we have seen many, many times before, he may turn into a typical politician as he experiences the scent of power. Or he may retain his testicles and become a great candidate for 2016, with proven experience on his resume.
I wouldn’t want to bet either way. Power corrupts. Very few can resist it.
Splashman on May 26, 2010 at 6:39 PM
One would think so, yes.
ya2daup on May 26, 2010 at 6:41 PM
What bothers me more is the complete lack of professionalism from the teacher. How can you take her serious when she sounds like one of her whiny students.
gator70 on May 26, 2010 at 6:42 PM
You mean in terms of ideology or shear size?
I keed, I keed! I love this guy!
Big Guy 2012!
Viewtifulgare on May 26, 2010 at 6:43 PM
Definitely, and I was a little worried with that with Palin and somewhat now feel it was wrong to pick her (even though I also believe she was the only reason McCain ever beat Obama in the polls). I just wonder what might have been if she’d been able to finish out a full two terms as governor and then entered the national scene.
Maybe it’s for the best, but I’m not convinced.
Fred! broke my heart last time when he ran a lackluster campaign and didn’t really go anywhere, but I’m completely with you. Who else is there right now? Is it yet time for Jindal or does he still need more time?
With Obama’s ratings in the toilet, this should be easy and yet, I just don’t see it.
Esthier on May 26, 2010 at 6:44 PM
If he wants to go, he should go.
Esthier on May 26, 2010 at 6:45 PM
Sorry, but with all that there is, this is overall rather piddling stuff. Try listening to say Mark Levine for a comparison. He knows where to hit. He fires 20mm. Hotair fires BB rounds and blanks.
KentAllard on May 26, 2010 at 6:47 PM
I was excited when Palin was chosen, largely because she energized his flailing campaign and I liked her prior. But, I definitely had that thought (too soon) and definitely disapproved of her quitting at the time (I understand the reasoning now, but politically I think she’s probably finished).
Fred! was always, ALWAYS my favorite and I was pretty heartbroken when he just couldn’t get traction. I think if he were to enter now, people might be more receptive to someone of his maturity and pace given that the bloom is off the Obama rose. I’d love to see him come out swinging. *sigh* Hope springs eternal, and all.
I also like Jindal. I’d like to see more of him. I have no doubt of his ability or conservative cred, but, he’s very focused on his state and, until the oil spill, I hadn’t heard much from him in awhile.
Bee on May 26, 2010 at 6:53 PM
Still here? :)
Splashman on May 26, 2010 at 6:56 PM
FWIW, the original story yesterday said Rita Wilson was an English teacher from Kearny, not a math teacher.
JammieWearingFool on May 26, 2010 at 7:01 PM
That’s too bad. You should really ask Allah to cancel your subscription. Then with the money you save, you can start your own website. You could call it “www.ThingsIwishotherpeoplewouldwriteaboutmoreontheirblogs.com,” assuming that domain name hasn’t been taken already.
RINO in Name Only on May 26, 2010 at 7:01 PM
Christie did make one mistake when he said she didn’t have to do it(implying she could wok somewhere else).Fact is she is such a dingbat that the only organization that would hire her is the public school system.No wonder Johnny can’t read…or write…or do math.
DDT on May 26, 2010 at 7:02 PM
I’m surprised by how much I agree with you.
I’m somewhat hopeful that she can come back from resigning, but I don’t at all believe it’s possible anytime soon. She needs a bit more distance from 2008.
I’d like to have a bit more hope in Fred!, but I’m worried that the lesson he took from the last election was that he just isn’t cut out for a campaign like that.
And with Bobby, he seems too interested in Louisiana to leave just yet, and while I love that about him, it’d be nice if we had a good front runner, especially in this upcoming election, where if Obama’s negatives stay where they are, I’d bet even McCain could beat him.
Esthier on May 26, 2010 at 7:02 PM
Mancrush.
AYNBLAND on May 26, 2010 at 7:05 PM
I’m tired of the teachers in NJ thinking that they are part of some privileged class and should get everything they want.All Christie asked was for the teachers to take a pay freeze and pay some of their health care tab. The teacher’s union rep here in town went before the school board when the school budget was being set and said, “Raise taxes.” That’s their response to everything–raise taxes.It is the reason my property taxes are now in the 5 digits. The board wouldn’t budge, kept the rate where it was and 32 teachers are going to lose their jobs. Cry me a river. It’s their own fault. There is no more money in the pockets of the taxpayers.
Beaglemom on May 26, 2010 at 7:10 PM
That’s funny! Why surprised? :)
Bee on May 26, 2010 at 7:12 PM
Don’t forget the summers off.
Wade on May 26, 2010 at 7:12 PM
Link
terryannonline on May 26, 2010 at 6:30 PM
terryannonline: Love the Fleetwood Mac guitar going in the
background!:)
canopfor on May 26, 2010 at 7:14 PM
Lady, you don’t become a teacher because you’re gonna be a millionaire. Same thing with soldiers/sailors/airmen/Marines, firefighters, and police officers. Yet, they all manage to do it.
GET OVER IT!
Rightwingguy on May 26, 2010 at 7:14 PM
Then leave. You won’t be missed.
MadisonConservative on May 26, 2010 at 7:18 PM
Perhaps people reserve their excitement for supporting those who are still politicians thus increasing the likelyhood of said politician’s promotion. She made a career change. Let. It. Go.
anuts on May 26, 2010 at 7:19 PM
Teachers are stupid. And fat.
fivefeetoffury on May 26, 2010 at 7:20 PM
The whiny teacher, Mizzzz Wilson, says Gov Christie doesn’t recognize her level of education or experience? Helllooo! She has a UNION that doesn’t recognize it. They don’t want individual rewards or incentives, they want group rewards. Its all about the collective and burying the individual. Apparently she’s not on the contract negotiating team.
If she had the guts to work in the private sector for a day or two she would be privy to hearing the boss tell her to find success elsewhere.
Terri on May 26, 2010 at 7:22 PM
That is about what my cousin’s wife makes (also New Jersey). My cousin makes about the same in another job. They are both raving lunatic libs (he used to be normal till he met her) that own two houses one in Jersey the other in Vermont that they drive to every weekend in the Winter. In standard elite fashion they then tell us all we have to conserve energy to save the planet. Currently they are looking to buy a farm in Kentucky so they can supply themselves with only organic fresh food and unprocessed milk.
Wilson reminds me of the dirt-bags in my high school that would spend more time telling us to go home and have our parents to vote yeas on the budget or there would be “no more school” and we would be in classes with 80 students and no chalk for the chalkboard. Later on they would complain about only being able to take one European vacation and having to spend three weeks in the Caribbean instead.
What a tough life they had.
cobrakai99 on May 26, 2010 at 7:27 PM
Eighty-Six K
Divided by 180
Divided by 3
Does this woman really have 160 kids in her class? No wonder New Jersey schools are so screwed up!
Haiku Guy on May 26, 2010 at 7:29 PM
Yeah, I remember reading about how all the above told teachers where to go if they dared complain.
This is reminiscent of the appalling attacks by the Socialist White House/Congress against Tea Partiers and other citizens speaking out.
Bullying in the name of fiscal responsibility is no better than bullying in the name of social justice.
Dr. ZhivBlago on May 26, 2010 at 7:30 PM
This parent would NOT want THAT teacher teaching his kids, no matter how great her professed “love” for her profe$$ion. Dump her, and let her find, in this recession, a job that pays her the money she thinks she deserves.
paul1149 on May 26, 2010 at 7:30 PM
Semi-Blackout? Really?
Haiku Guy on May 26, 2010 at 7:32 PM
I just can’t get enough of that Awesome Sauce.
Philly on May 26, 2010 at 7:32 PM
For every tenured, overpaid dead weight teacher, there are 4 unemployed teachers who would do the job for half the price.
portlandon on May 26, 2010 at 7:32 PM
You’re taking a third of the money from our Library…whaaaa…whaaaa!
Jesus lady, hold a friggin bake sale or something. These pathetic azzwipes that have become dependent on government make me puke.
Whatever happened to; adapt, improvise and overcome?
PakviRoti on May 26, 2010 at 7:33 PM
I truly understand the “tingle up my leg” feeling after that!!
ihasurnominashun on May 26, 2010 at 7:36 PM
Both Palin and Christie piss off the right people. And like Palin once Christie continues to make noise the Left will hunt him down too. (Maybe not moving in next door for stalking) They will smear him and they will not stop. Especially if he produces results.
The big difference is Christie is confronting oligarch Democrats. The GOP in NJ will back him. Palin confronted Oligarch Republicans in Juneau. She had nobody behind her once she engaged Obama.
Chrisin206 on May 26, 2010 at 7:38 PM
Yes, I prefer this to humpbot.
$90k, isn’t that 2-3 times the median salary in the USA?
AnotherOpinion on May 26, 2010 at 7:40 PM
So are most of their students. Must be catching.
Dr. ZhivBlago on May 26, 2010 at 7:42 PM
Go Gov Go. Simply spectacular.
Hog Wild on May 26, 2010 at 7:44 PM
What do you want to bet that the flabby, overpaid English teacher with the gawdawful accent makes fun of Sarah Palin for being an uneducated Alaskan hick?
Buy Danish on May 26, 2010 at 7:46 PM
Divide further by 5 one hour periods during the day to get 32 students per hour that she wants to be paid $3 each for. Yeah, IMHO that price is way out of wack.
AnotherOpinion on May 26, 2010 at 7:47 PM
You think the “We can’t print money” comment was directed at the general incompetence of the Jersey public…. or just a matter of fact pronunciation and clarification of National policy?
PS: I helped vote Christie in. I live in Jersey, and he’s been the ONLY reason to stay. So, you’re not only welcome- but THANK GOD to boot.
ChipDWood on May 26, 2010 at 7:47 PM
First off, this is not a Sarah thread.
And last, knock off the sniping at Sarah or you’ll have a band of enraged palinistas getting medieval on your sorry a$$es.
platypus on May 26, 2010 at 7:49 PM
Well if that is all they are firing, why in the world are you concerned about what their targets are?
Lily on May 26, 2010 at 7:49 PM
..instant man-crush!
Christie for Emperor of the World!
(Wait a minute. Didn’t that teacher bitch about her salary and then say, “Teachers do it because they love it”? Well, which is it, lady?)
The War Planner on May 26, 2010 at 7:49 PM
FYI -
Our Company HQ is in New Jersey. Sent a business related email to a coworker this morning, and included a p.s. – Have a serious crush on your Governor. Guy responded “My Governor!???” I replied, yes, if you’re living in NJ (some live in PA and commute). His response was “Yea, I’m in NJ. He’s certainly stirring things up.” Suspect this guy may be included in the non-public sector disapproval of Christie.
SoldiersMom on May 26, 2010 at 7:54 PM
Heh. Obowma would fold up like a lawn chair if he had to deal with anything close to this incident. Or he’d throw a conniption fit…Or sound like a flooded engine like he usually does off ‘prompter. Uh uh uh er uh um uh uhh.
lol
Battlecruiser-operational on May 26, 2010 at 7:57 PM
Why do you want to become a teacher?
June, July, and August.
Lazarus Long on May 26, 2010 at 8:00 PM
Christie is great, but getting rid of Humpbot is just crazy talk.
clearbluesky on May 26, 2010 at 8:02 PM
Fine then, do it for free.
Mike Honcho on May 26, 2010 at 8:09 PM
Racist.
RINO in Name Only on May 26, 2010 at 8:16 PM
As a teacher Rita Wilson is the kind of teacher who makes me want to puke. I bet she is the type that I see at the school where I teach in that the only thing she does is give the kids some busy work and then sits behind her desk playing solitaire all day. By the way I have a serious man-crush on Christie!
dawgyear on May 26, 2010 at 8:18 PM
Well, now. I love my job (sometimes), but I wouldn’t do it free. That’s why it’s a job and not a hobby. Hubby, cats and I gotta eat, and we all prefer to sleep somewhere safe.
Would you do your job without pay? Even if you loved it?
Mary in LA on May 26, 2010 at 8:19 PM
A minor descrepancy in the overall scheme of things. Money is so evil that you should get rid of it. I’ll help, because I’m really a charitable sort.
platypus on May 26, 2010 at 8:24 PM
OMG!, there is sanity in this world. Go Christie! America needs more people like you! Christie for prez 2012!
second digit on May 26, 2010 at 8:32 PM
With all due respect, I do entirely too good a job of getting rid of my money all by myself, thankyouverymuch! :-)
Mary in LA on May 26, 2010 at 8:33 PM
“Favorite guy who you will always have a mancrush on?
“Chris Christie”
“Did we just become best friends?”
“YUP!”
I especially love the wagging finger when when she brings out the old tried and true “teachers teach because they love it”. Well let me clue ya in on reality sweetheart. Painters paint because they love it and most of them go hungry. Who’s fault is that? Demanding to get a raise when you already make 83,000 a year and have half the summer off. If you had any brains you woulda just made your point and shut up. But ya cant fix stupid no matter how many degrees you by yourself.
mikkins on May 26, 2010 at 8:38 PM
If she wants the state of New Jersey to compensate her for her education, she could quit her job and receive welfare & food stamps!
I love Gov Christie! He holds a town hall Q&A knowing full well the kind of questions he would be asked. Great BALLS of FIRE!!!
TN Mom on May 26, 2010 at 8:39 PM
They often retire after 30 years.
30 years * 9 months/year = 270 months
Life expectancy for a women at age 52 is 28 years.
28 years * 12 months/year = 336 months
She’ll be collecting her pension for much longer than she worked.
agmartin on May 26, 2010 at 8:39 PM
On top of the higher than market salaries, job security, pensions, full benefits, public employees want us to refer to them as “civil servants”? Please.
pjean on May 26, 2010 at 8:43 PM
James Knox Polk. Polk unfortunately kept his promise not to run for a second term.
Greek Fire on May 26, 2010 at 8:47 PM
He’d eat their lunch… without even taking a deep breath. The man has intellect with a spine.
petefrt on May 26, 2010 at 8:51 PM
Let’s open a Hooters just off the road from the Masjid al-Haram and see how that goes.
lansing quaker on May 26, 2010 at 8:56 PM
What most people don’t understand (and certainly this “educator”) is that unless you were in a major that required 3 or 4 semesters of calculus (science, engineering and pre-med) you aren’t being hired for what you learned in college…
Ivy Leaguers, hired for future ability sell (built in network and access to successful people). How do you make money as a history major: write interesting books that SELL, or become a sales person. Ditto for english, physch, sociology, etc. Accountants get paid for what they learned, but its no where near as much as a degree that had the second year of calculus… unless you SELL the work…
Teaching the 3 R’s… basic parenting… Masters of Education… worthless degree, just the unions method of protecting their members jobs from being lost to people with actual science, math, history and english degrees…
phreshone on May 26, 2010 at 9:02 PM
If the lady teacher wanted to make more money she should just tutor some rich kid for $90/hr… of course then she would have something like real accountability for her supposed talent.
Somehow methinks she wants the money without the accountability.
ajacksonian on May 26, 2010 at 9:05 PM
We did miss “my Power is absolute” thingy. Sorry if I missed that one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuOtkurBjMM&feature=related
antisocial on May 26, 2010 at 9:09 PM
If she wants to make a bit more coin, maybe she could fill in for Ashley Dupre as Spitzer’s whore…..oh, wait…Ashley had some marketable skills that she was getting paid to use…..unlike, well, you know….
ted c on May 26, 2010 at 9:13 PM
I’m just used to more disagreement on here, and what you wrote I could have typed almost word for word.
Esthier on May 26, 2010 at 9:15 PM
I f*cking love this guy. I’d campaign for him in a heartbeat.
ernesto on May 26, 2010 at 9:17 PM
Speechlessly happy.
FINALLY a Republican elected leader who dishes it right back out to the opposition and won’t back down!
We need to draft this guy for the national level.
Paul Ryan, too.
Maybe there’s still hope for America after all.
(Sorry to sound so dark…it’s been one of those days.)
Shirotayama on May 26, 2010 at 9:24 PM
I feel sorry for the pathetic teaching. The gubment tells them what to teach. They apparently have educated a generation of economists that are stupid. Where are the jobs Obama? I graduated in economics over 30 years ago. Does she teach that the money comes from the gubment and not the taxpayer?
seven on May 26, 2010 at 9:35 PM
In my former life, I was at one time an associate superintendent for a top ten city school system. I can attest to what you say.
petefrt on May 26, 2010 at 9:36 PM
Question: Of all of planes parked at the concourse, how can you tell which one is full of teachers?
Answer: It’s the one that still whines even though the engines have been shut down.
BTW, I was a career teacher.
oakland on May 26, 2010 at 9:38 PM
Compensating? THIS IS JERSEY!!!!!!!
BDavis on May 26, 2010 at 9:45 PM
Usually, what liberals do with a guy like Christie, they put the pressure on and force him to back-down. Most guys want to be loved so they’ll try and compromise, which seldom accomplishes anything.
The liberals are going to be in a panic because, if this plan works, the voters in California, Illinois, New York and Massachusetts are going to be looking for a governor like Christie, which means liberal Democrats are out the door. In fact, they might figure out they need a republican legislature also, ooooooooooo, that could be serious trouble for Democrats and they know it. Look for the pressure to increase on Christie and the Democrats to go into full panic mode when it doesn’t work.
bflat879 on May 26, 2010 at 10:02 PM
Dude, the fat man owns!
Inanemergencydial on May 26, 2010 at 10:03 PM
I’m really enjoying everything I’m seeing of this man.
unlisted on May 26, 2010 at 10:45 PM
“I do it for the children…..”
ROFL
tommer74 on May 26, 2010 at 10:45 PM
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