JOHN FUND TO NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATIC INTEREST GROUPS: Standing up to you isn’t bullying. “A frank and candid exchange, yes. A little theatrical? Perhaps. But equating the governor’s ‘I calls it as I sees it’ style with encouraging hate speech is nonsense. The voters of New Jersey would appear to agree. . . . I hope Mr. Christie continues to confront his critics; in the end, I doubt most New Jerseyeans will mind. They’ve had too many governors who hid behind smoke screens of vague rhetoric while the state’s budget problems festered. Besides, by Garden State standards of confrontation, Mr. Christie is a Boy Scout.”