The only things scary about the governor are his shoot-from-the-hip decisions. His Ralph Kramden presentation skills neither serve this state nor how it’s viewed by the nation.

lol......Who designs these poll questions? How does Christie's "tone" translate to "no shouting in government"?

How about this be the poll:

1. Is Christie's tone appropriate for the position he puts himself in urban town hall meetings?

or

2. Are puppies nice?

The answers to "Does Christie's tone scare you?" is yes or no, not some spun tilt add-on phrase.

Funny coming from a teacher who probably screamed "Kick Christie in the Toolbox" at the last convention!

He needs to be kicked!!

Typical Hollywood drama. We need Christie to scare people off and to put this state back on track. Stop whining and crying because he is stern. We need a strong governor who does not bow to drama nor sensitive people. Grow a thicker skin and grow up. She is a teacher for God's sake.

Typical heated townhall and city consel meetings, people shouting ...talking over the speakers not giving others a chance to speak getting ejected.. and now lately... OWS people barging in screeching getting draged out by police Typical gov Chirstie meeting......Chirstie shouting back..

If you read the link, this story is fishy. No one knows the woman's name, not confirmed she was a teacher, and she brought two kids and a DOG to the meeting, left early without talking to the media. She says she wanted her 3 year old to meet the Governor -- then was shocked at his tone. I haven't heard he did anything more shocking than a hundred previous media clips, what does she live in a vacuum?

It was a setup. Bring your doggie and a three year old to see the meanie governor. We a scaredddddddd........ Probably stuck a pin in the kid so he would cry.

Christie is exactly what the whole country needs, tough love!

As the governor noted, for decades the NJEA has been using its money and manpower to bludgeon any pol who didn't support their positions. For the first time we have someone who is fighting back on behalf of parents, students and taxpayers and now teachers are "scared?!" Too bad, it's about time.

Maybe if you demanded more of your union leaders, like real cooperation on tenure reform, school aid funding reform, etc., as opposed to the prevailing attitude of, "give us more money & benefits, and don't even think about touching tenure and seniority rights," more people would side with your membership.

People want change, and the governor is leading the charge.

Only thing to be afraid of is him eating you. Lighten up Numbnuts, it's not a classroom the Governor operates in. He needs to show some strength as the NJEA throws another $11 million at him this year.

He's a bully....he tries to intimidate others for precisely that reason. He WANTS people to be afraid of him so that no one will question him because as it is with most bullies, he's afraid of being seen and judged for what he truly is. And no, I do not have any scientific, quantitative data to back up that statement. It's just my opinion.

Teachers are ripping off Taxpayers??? Really?? WTF rock have you been living under! Teacher's are SEVERELY underpaid for the undisciplined brats that run the public schools...there are no consequences at home so why should there be at school??? What about all that LOTTERY MONEY that says "Support our education"...yeah, right!! That money goes NO WHERE's near the education department!!! So sad the Governor wants to take away from our already underfunded schools so he can have the most expensive set of employees to DATE! FACT!!! What about cutting our property taxes like he promised and give the schools the money they deserve!!

So, this scaredy woman brings her two kids, including a 3-year old, to see the Governor, and is scared. What, he is going to jump off the podium, run across the room, and attack her and her 3 year old?

They could always run.

Actually, that chase would get a ton of hits on Youtube.

All due respect for People who think's he's a bully he is exactly what we need in Jersey. We can't have unions walking all over us. I support Christie 100 percent.

All the governor has done has been to blame the public employees for the state's problems when in actually it is the politicians fault (both dem and rep) for not making pension payments and not going after the real reason that your taxes are skyrocketing... HEALTH BENEFITS! If any politicians had some stones, they would start to limit what the health insurance companies can make off of sick people. It sickens me that the Horizon CEO (of a non-profit) makes millions off of others illnesses. That is where your true ire should lie... The health insurance companies are the true lobby you should be scared of.

WHY are we plunking down HUNDREDS of MILLIONS of dollars into Private School aid and colleges and universities that ALREADY charge a tuition! REALLY??? Then make those schools who are getting MY money PUBLIC otherwise do not use PUBLIC money for a private entity!! That is absolute BULLSH**!!!

Actually, he was quite nice after he ate the Twinkie I gave him, seemed to settle him down.

I don't find his tone scary, just extremely unprofessional and indicative of the stereotype that people from NJ are all a bunch of low class thugs.

I met Gov. Christie at the Bridgewater Townhall meeting back in January. I asked him what I thought was a difficult question and he answered the best that he could. The Governor and I may disagree on some issues, but he seems like a nice guy to me; nothing for anyone to be scared of. In my opinion, we are better off than if Jon Corzine was re-elected.

Christie loves a good debate. I've been at his townhall meetings. If you have an interesting point, a rant, whatever, he will listen. But when it is his turn to answer and explain his position and you keep interupting and YOU won't listen, he will call you on it.

Exactly Sally. I mean most of the people he's been rude too were teachers. If they prayed for my death I'd be saying a lot worse things to them and acting a lot more inappropiate then the way he's acted. Even if you don't like somebody wishing that they're dead is really bad.

It would be nice if Governor Christie could make a point without belittling his opponents. Granted, I'm making a generalization and I'm not saying he's a bad governor (or a good one) so please hold your crazy responses. The few things I've seen and heard from him are sarcastic and a little obnoxious. I believe the teacher's "fear" was not of being physically attacked, but by being shouted down and bullied by a powerful man who has a history of doing that.

By the way, I think I spelled everything correctly.

OMG; all of this because a sweet teacher told the Gov that he is scary? He actually is - and in the time of "anti-bullying" he is one of the biggest (no pun intended) bullies I know! MOST teachers don't agree with the way the NJEA started this verbal brawl with Christie and NOW, guess who is paying the price? The teachers on the front line. There is blatant disrespect, parents would rather make sure little Johnny gets to play football on a freshman team - then have decent hard working teachers? So who is to blame that we have a nation of under achievers? Certainly the Gov wont' blame parents, because they vote too, and there is a lot more parents then teachers. Instead he bad mouths the entire profession, all the while - when he ran for election, he had said that NJ schools are some of the best in the Nation and that "I am a product of NJ public schools." What a difference power makes, huh? Now he would like nothing more then to create hundreds of Charter schools, without the same rules as the public schools have to abide by, then truly get down and work with the actual teachers in the classrooms. Actually see what they do. As for the NEW way to evaluate - is nothing more then holding teachers to the TEST and an administrator's opinions, yeah that's fair. Because we all know they are all really fair people, and don't have favs!! Maybe he needs to scare some parents to get their acts together and actually be sure their kids do homework, go to school everyday and behave!!

I have been to two town hall meetings and have nothing but respect for Gov. Christie. I didn't feel the least bit intimidated by him.

Chris Christie reminds me of Patti Stanger from "Millionaire Matchmaker." He needs to "tell people off." It's so unbecoming of a Governor. Don't like Obama? At least he's a total gentleman. Obama wouldn't have stood behind the backstop at his child's baseball game, directly behind the catcher, in a bright yellow sweater. Christie is arrogant, for no good reason.

you think christie is arrogant!! it's amazng how many people obama has fooled. Wow

Does anyone remember the original question?

Okay, these comments are kind of my whole case in point. No, I'm not *scared* of Christie's tone, but it's truly not appropriate to yell at your constituents, even if you vehemently disagree. Everyone, on both sides, really, REALLY needs to learn to breathe, take a step back and remain civil.

He is bullying people around. Interesting he vote against it and he is the first to do it and gets away with it.

Christie is amazing at these events -- I have heard adamant foes say he won over the room. He lets every questioner speak their piece -- he does insist on then speaking his, probably a leftover from the courtroom.

So he does 1,000 hours of these and there are 4 minutes on YouTube of out-of-context confrontations with people that probably deserved it, came to disrupt and followed through.

Gordon, your governor is a bully, a want to be tough guy, and will stop at nothing to prove otherwise, he is a bafoon, and if you really watch him when he speaks, a slob. he has worked very hard his whole life to get were he is. Because he was bullied and laughed at his whole life. When police and fire have to respond to his address they will take the long way around. Unless he get private service like he does for his kids teachers.

I support Governor Christie. He only attacks when attacked.
I hear from my relative the mis-truths and FUD that the teacher's union spreads to their members to get them so emotional. If you have watched any of his meetings or listened to any of his "ask the Governor" call in shows, he is always very civil when people try to talk. But when special interests try to shout him down, he shouts back. Good for him.

No but this is.

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The fact that you even posted this question is absurd. This is possibly the worst news reporting website ever constructed. The writing is literally god awful, consistantly filled with grammatical errors and spelling mistakes, not to mention the article choices are in poor taste and at times classless.

Does anyone find it odd that that many teachers pay for school supplies out of their own pockets yet, the NJEA spends millions of dollars in advertising against Chris Christie? It seems like there is an answer there. What could it be? What, oh what, could it be? Hmmm...

Katrina

You think it's odd that teachers speak out about what they feel is right.

Do you think that teachers should just keep quiet about what they believe, and have no rights of expression? Then governor will release all the funding they need for supplies. Hmm.

Where does the NJEA get the money from? Hmmm. (The same place the teachers get their out of pocket supplies from.)

Independent thinkers teach independent thinkers. Lemmings teach lemmings. I sent my children to school to be independent thinkers, not lemmings.

Simply put , enough is enough. NJEA is not interested in Children, unions are only interested in protecting the union and teachers. The Gov. echo's what most people feel , enough is enough.

@Bob Boyle: Well said.