Chris Christie: ‘I’m a damn good Republican’ (health care, speech, party)
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Just like Bloomberg in New York. He was, and most say he still is, a Democrat before he ran for Mayor. He suddenly became a Republican in 2001. The northeastern States have a propensity for electing RINOs, such as Sen. Olympia Snowe.
Democrats know they cannot get elected if they campaigned on the issues they truly believe in. So they lie and pretend to be Republican conservatives in order to get elected to office. A classic example is Obama, who at least remained a Democrat, but still campaigned as a Republican conservative.
Hold the phone. But I thought, according the GOP, Obama was the most left President ever? They told us he was a Socialist and wanted to eliminate capitalism?
He may be one of the few Republicans out there in a sea of tea party reactionary litmus test wackos.
I disagree with this completely.
Christie is governor of a pretty liberal state and has stood to some strong republican/conservative principles to turn that state around.
I dont agree with Christy on gun control. I dont agree with him on some of his views on social issues. But he is and has been a good governor who has turned around a very liberal state and stood against liberals on a number of issues.
I am proud of his accomplishments and think your comment here does him disservice. That doesnt mean I would vote for him in a republican primary. There are too many things where we just arent on the same page.
I have some strong criticism for the bearhug of Obama after Sandy. I think there was a better way to handle that. and I think that was a pure political move on his part.
But given a choice between Christie, and Obama/Hillary/Harry Reed/Nasty Nancy/ et al..... give me Christie any day of the week.
Just like Bloomberg in New York. He was, and most say he still is, a Democrat before he ran for Mayor. He suddenly became a Republican in 2001. The northeastern States have a propensity for electing RINOs, such as Sen. Olympia Snowe.
Democrats know they cannot get elected if they campaigned on the issues they truly believe in. So they lie and pretend to be Republican conservatives in order to get elected to office. A classic example is Obama, who at least remained a Democrat, but still campaigned as a Republican conservative.
Blooming idiot and Christie are very different people. There is nothing about the sanctimonious paternalistic Hollier than thou dirtbad Blooming Idiot that comes close to Christie.
Christie has done a fantastic job as governor of NJ. He has lived by republican principles of fiscal sanity that has fixed a lot of problems for that state. That doesnt mean he is exactly what I want as president.
I'm not judging Christie on his politics (I think he's too socially conservative for me) , all I am saying is he is a normal Republican.
Because he's not foaming at the mouth with venom for the President does not make him a traitor, if anything it makes me view him more favorably than I otherwise would because it tells me he puts his state, his job and his country over party.
Christie is governor of a pretty liberal state and has stood to some strong republican/conservative principles to turn that state around.
I dont agree with Christy on gun control. I dont agree with him on some of his views on social issues. But he is and has been a good governor who has turned around a very liberal state and stood against liberals on a number of issues.
I am proud of his accomplishments and think your comment here does him disservice. That doesnt mean I would vote for him in a republican primary. There are too many things where we just arent on the same page.
I have some strong criticism for the bearhug of Obama after Sandy. I think there was a better way to handle that. and I think that was a pure political move on his part.
But given a choice between Christie, and Obama/Hillary/Harry Reed/Nasty Nancy/ et al..... give me Christie any day of the week.
The issue is moot. Christie couldn't get the GOP nomination because the wackos that vote in Republican primaries are far-right.
There is no such thing as a RINO (or a DINO). Parties in the country are not 110% pure ideology.
Keep it up GOP, you keep turning more 20-30 somethings into Democrats. I was a Republican but I won't vote for 99% of the party any longer...
Of course there are RINOs. Any jerk who switches parties just to get elected is a pretender, and that includes Gov. Perry of Texas. There is no such thing as a DINO because Republicans are not as dishonorable as Democrats and do not play that game. While Gov. Christie has not been registered as a Democrat before becoming Governor (as far as I can tell), but he is getting all his support from Democrats while being resoundingly condemned by Republicans.
The issue is moot. Christie couldn't get the GOP nomination because the wackos that vote in Republican primaries are far-right.
Well with your predictable aplomb you once again say what is not real.... At least you don’t lack self-confidence.
He cannot win the GOP nomination because the center of the party is where it has been for the past 30 years and that is a bit to the right of where he is.
Hold the phone. But I thought, according the GOP, Obama was the most left President ever? They told us he was a Socialist and wanted to eliminate capitalism?
He is. He just does not campaign that way otherwise he would never be elected. So he campaigns as a Republican conservative and after he wins reverts back to his Marxist ways. This is the ONLY way any Democrat can get elected. If Democrats were actually honest with the American people, they would never hold any elected office, and they know it.
Blooming idiot and Christie are very different people. There is nothing about the sanctimonious paternalistic Hollier than thou dirtbad Blooming Idiot that comes close to Christie.
Christie has done a fantastic job as governor of NJ. He has lived by republican principles of fiscal sanity that has fixed a lot of problems for that state. That doesnt mean he is exactly what I want as president.
I just dont feel the need to "eat my own".
No, they are the same in that they both had to lie and pretend to be Republican conservatives when in fact neither of them are.
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