Posted on 05/26/2013 2:41:59 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Like most who call New Jersey home, I’m a fan of our Governor.
It’s hard to believe Chris Christie—who is prominent on cable news once again this weekend thanks to his relentless PR campaign for the Jersey Shore to kick off its first summer since Sandy—wasn’t even supposed to win against then-Governor Jon Corzine just a few years ago. Remember, the Garden State is decidedly blue. President Obama carried it by 17 points in November (and yes, Dick Morris did mention once that New Jersey “may be in play” for Mitt Romney), and no Republican has won here since George Bush (41) carried it 25 years ago (and yes, 1988 was already 25 years ago…I’m going to go run in traffic on the Turnpike now).
But Christie did win, and given the fiscal mess Corzine left behind, a budget hawk was just what Jersey needed to regain not only its credit, but it’s pride as a state that is mostly seen as a punch line by the rest of the country.
The Governor’s candor is mostly described as bullying by the scant 29 percent who still don’t approve of the job he’s doing. But for the 71 percent who do approve, they realize an unfiltered, brutally honest person is the kind of leader who truly reflects what this state is: Tough, resilient, proud.
But when you hear conservatives talk about Christie on the national level, there’s that patently-ridiculous complaint that he embraced Mr. Obama a bit too much in the days after Sandy devastated the state (along with New York and especially Staten Island). Some say Christie even lost the election Romney, which is a tough sell considering the President’s final margin of victory (106 electoral votes).
So despite the 52-year-old former state Attorney General cutting spending while creating jobs....
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Well, I guess the GOP-e should have done a better job of listening to WE, THE PEOPLE, then, shouldn't they?
Yep. And no, I don’t demand purity. George W. Bush represented as far as I could go.
Bush cut taxes for everybody, appointed conservative judges up and down the court system, and engaged the Muslim terrorists after chickensh** Clinton gave them a pass and the confidence to attack the WTC for a second time. In retrospect, Bush’s eight years look pretty decent. I can live with that, even though Bush made a few eye-rolling “compromises” along the way, especially in the areas of education and health care. But Romney? Christie?
No freaking way.
What’s your dog’s name? He’s got my vote too.
I have never sat home on election day. However, if this tub of lard is the nominee I just might. He is a gun grabbing POS.
Anyone that would vote for that socialist slob is unamerican!
We have a Communist in the White House.
Christie is not for the unions, pro limited government and prolife.
He’s an American.
This bozo helped elect Obama
I will not be voting for Christie.
Nobama’s suck up fat boy won’t get any further than he did last time, unless he “officially” jumps to dem.
Good—kick him out of the GOP—his fortunes will fall when Obama is exposed for what he is.
The wannabe gun grabbing fatso helped put the Kenyan in the office . He might be an American but he is a stupid , petty , gun grabbing one that had no problem helping to elect a communist.
No way...if he’s the VP nominee, that sets him up to be our party’s nominee in 4 years. And sets me up to leave the GOP. Again, no way.
So if he runs against Hillary will you vote for her?
Really admired that fightin spirit he showed with the Won after the halfassed hurricane. Reckon he was fightin to get 30” vacuum.
I don’t do Dem primaries
I predict his stomach stapling won’t work, so running seems like a really bad idea for his arches and he won’t get the support he needs.
Have at it you Fat FK!
That you would even entertain running without Republican support shows how self serving you really are and toothfully, you blowhard, tub-o-lard, I’d love to see you fall fat yer face.
I don’t know why but, gelatin jigglin is funny.
Too bad, so sad, buh bye....
Guess your favorite foods are Plickles and High Cream...
No, the problem is delusional thinking. You have to accept the system as it is if you really want to move things forward. Berating people of conviction for not accepting a really bad candidate will not change them; it will only drive them deeper into their convictions. I am reminded of the scene from Fawlty Towers, where John Cleese elects to give his car a “sound thrashing” when it won’t start for him. It’s just insane to think the car will change in response to a “sound thrashing;” it is what it is.
What we really need, IMHO, is a way to come to grips with the national demographics as they are and find a way to build a working coalition from that. We want the people of conviction, and we want the pragmatists, all voting for the same person at the end of the day. We need to convene a national congress of conservatives and find a way to act in unison. If we do not, we will be at a perpetual disadvantage, which will only be made worse by sniping back and forth between our internal factions, especially those that target the folks among us who actually believe in something.
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