Christie insults constituent rather than answer to his failure to distribute federal disaster relief money

Chris Christie appeared Wednesday in one of the New Jersey towns worst hit by hurricane Sandy to commemorate the two year anniversary of that disastrous storm.

A constituent stood in front of him, holding up a sign for the tv cameras which called on Christie to "finish the job" of helping small business and home owners rebuild or rehabilitate their structures.

Christie -- in a video clip now gone viral -- told the man "you don't know what the hell you're talking about;   sit down and shut up."   [Note:  there were no chairs to sit down upon;  it was an outside event; but that's beside the point.]    Christie also accused the man of showing off for the TV cameras, as he himself stood there before the TV cameras in a setting designed specifically for Christie to show off.   'You're stealing my moment, dude.  Shut up and get out of the way.'

Chris Hayes had the protesting man on MSNBC's "All In With Chris Hayes."   He is a serious activist who works with an organization that tries to help people get the funds appropriated by the federal government to New Jersey.

He says that the federal government gave the state of New Jersey 2.1 billion dollars for this very purpose.   So far, only 20% of that money has been distributed to the people.  Here two years after the storm, some 5,000 people are still unable to use their homes or businesses.

The tough talking Christie plays well on FoxNews, but New Jersey voters seem to be getting tired of it.   His approval ratings went way up after Hurricane Sandy, then reversed directions round about Bridgegate;  and now his disapproval rating keeps going up and his approval rating keeps going down -- with a pretty wide negative gap now.

It will be entertaining to see him in the Republican primary debates;   but he'll never make it to the nomination, even if all the brewing scandals don't ever catch him.    Folks want a president to use the "bully pulpit," but I don't think they want him actually to be a bully -- at least not toward his own constituents.

Ralph