Posted on 03/30/2011 6:35:40 AM PDT by Astronaut
Again, fine, throw a half vote to Satan himself.
There is no such thing as half a vote.
“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.”-- President John Quincy Adams
I agree
It is certainly your right to vote as you wish. I hope you do not reside in a competitive state. I, for one, would vote for Attila the Hun if it meant getting Barry out.
How generous of you. /s
I hope you do not reside in a competitive state.
All the states would be competitive if your party had any allegiance to principle.
I, for one, would vote for Attila the Hun if it meant getting Barry out.
Well, your party will probably give you that opportunity.
I might as well because, honestly, I could take the time to write out a long post explaining my reasoning for what I've said, and explaining how you're wrong, etc. etc.
But I seriously doubt you would even bother to read more than a sentence or two before you shot off with some half-cocked non-answer that didn't even address anything I had said, and would have been addressed, had you had the patience or respect to bother reading what I wrote.
I know this, because I've made the mistake of granting you that much of my time before, only to have you waste it by showing me that you obviously weren't actually interested in hearing what I had to say about whatever it was that was being discussed at the time on the thread.
So, really, posting cute pictures of kitties simply saves me time, and is probably more at the level of what you'll be able to "get" anywise.
All I ever saw was that he refused to use the issue as a political football. When did he change his position and come out in favor of it?
So, can you explain to me how you can trust the words of a politician that they’re “pro-life” when their “conversion” suspiciously coincides with their decision to run for office, and yet they still support pro-baby-killing left-wing politicians like Mike Castle?
Bravo! You caught that!
We are in the opening stages of the pollsters and the MSM defining the "front runners" for the GOP for 2012--IF we let them.
If you are suffering from deja vu all over again, it is because it is the same tactic which got Duh Won elected.
Use the scattergun approach to get a pile of marginal candidates out there, some with name recognition, a few newbies, but all with critical flaws, and decry those who have some meat on their bones as "unelectable". Then pick the worst three and back them as 'front-runners' to define who gets exposure, face time in the media, etc.
Then trounce them in the election by falling at the feet of the MSM candidate of choice in 24/7 adoration ad nauseum.
Here we go again, but only if we get on the ride.
Technically, yes.
Fact is, Chris Christie is about as pro-life as he is svelte.
The following threads may be of interest to you:
N.J. Gov. Christie meets with Mitt Romney at governor’s mansion
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2663132/posts
Muslim Picked for New Jersey Bench [Gov. Chris Christie appointee]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2657006/posts
Gov. Christie signs ‘Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights’ (more “gay rights” laws)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2652399/posts
Half Cocked: Chris Christie Won’t Fight for Gun Rights
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2649169/posts
Now, if you can find me an actual source where he supports or endorses the mosque then I'll agree with you.
I didn’t say he had stated he supported the mosque. However, his statement was far from objecting to it.
Please see my post #73. Christie may be the right governor for New Jersey, but he’d be the wrong president for this country.
I like Sarah, but I could vote for Christie ...
Christie is a RINO. He is good for his state, but not the nation.
If he rids us of obami, I’m all for him and anyone else who can do the same.
Positions on issues
Abortion: Christie is against abortion: "I am pro-life. Hearing the strong heartbeat of my unborn daughter 14 years ago at 13 weeks gestation had a profound effect on me and my beliefs."[46] He has stated, with respect to his opposition to abortion, that he would not use the governor's office to "force that down people's throats", but does favor restrictions on abortion such as banning partial-birth abortion, requiring parental notification, and imposing a 24-hour waiting period.[47] "There were commentators in New Jersey (and nationally) who said [Christie's pro-life views] would do him in — that only a pro-choice Republican (like Christie Whitman or Tom Kean) could win in socially liberal New Jersey."[48]
Drugs: Christie supports the notion of medical marijuana, but opposes New Jersey's proposed medical marijuana bill, which would allow state-registered patients suffering from certain medical ailments to grow marijuana plants for personal medicinal use or purchase the drug at a licensed center.[49]
Education:
Christie, whose own children attend Catholic parochial school, is a strong supporter of the state granting tax credits to parents who send their children to private and parochial schools.[50]
He also supports the introduction of state-funded vouchers, which parents of students in failing school districts could use to pay the tuition of private schools, or of public schools in communities other than their own which agree to accept them.[51] Christie has stated his intention to increase the number of charter schools in cities.[51] Christie supports merit pay for teachers.[52]
Energy and environment: Christie has stated that he believes that the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is too big and is "killing business" with permit delays and indiscriminate fines. He announced that, if elected, the agency would be his first target for government reduction: he would reduce its workforce and strip it of its fish and wildlife oversight.[53]
Christie has stated that he intends to simultaneously spur growth in the state's manufacturing sector and increase New Jersey's capability to produce alternative energy. He has proposed a list of policy measures to achieve this, including giving tax credits to businesses that build new wind energy and manufacturing facilities, changing land use rules to allow solar energy on permanently preserved farmland, installing solar farms on closed landfills, setting up a consolidated energy promotion program, and following a five-to-one production to non-production job ratio in the creation of new energy jobs.[54]
Guns: Christie has said that he supports strict and aggressive enforcement of the state's current gun laws.[47]
Illegal immigration:
While serving as U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Christie stressed that simply "[b]eing in this country without proper documentation is not a crime," but rather a civil wrong; and that undocumented people are not criminals unless they have re-entered the country after being deported. As such, Christie stated, responsibility for dealing with improperly-documented foreign nationals lies with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, not the U.S. Attorney's Office.[55]
Christie has been critical about section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, enacted in 1996, which can be used to grant local law enforcement officers power to perform immigration law enforcement functions. Christie's running mate, Monmouth County Sheriff Kim Guadagno, on the other hand, applied for and was granted approval under 287(g) to have officers at the county jail deputized as immigration agents.[56]
Organized crime:
Christie says that as United States attorney he was always tough on organized crime, though it did not rank as high among his priorities as public corruption, terrorism, violent street gangs or human trafficking did. He added that he stands by a 2007 comment he made that "the Mafia is much more prominent on HBO than in New Jersey." [57] Public employee pensions:
In his campaign, Christie opposed any change in pension benefits for firefighters and law enforcement officers, including "current officers, future officers or retirees". He described the pension agreement as "a sacred trust".[58]
In 2010, as Governor, Christie supported and signed into law a bill that abrogated the prior agreement and decreased pensions of public employees, prompting a lawsuit by the police and firefighters' unions.[59] Later that year he called for further cuts, including the elimination of cost-of-living adjustments for all current and future retirees.[60]
Same-sex marriage: Christie has said that he favors New Jersey's current law allowing same-sex couples to form civil unions, but would veto any bill legalizing same-sex marriage,[47] saying, "I also believe marriage should be exclusively between one man and one woman.... If a bill legalizing same sex marriage came to my desk as Governor, I would veto it."[46]
Taxes: Christie has promised not to raise taxes. He has also vowed to lower the state income and business taxes, with the qualification that this might not occur immediately: "I'm not saying I'm cutting taxes in the first year. The first thing we have to do is get our fiscal house in order, and that's going to be tough." He has not yet taken a position on the state's property tax rebate program.[47]"
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Imho, if the people of New Jersey are happy with him, good for them. I hope he doesn't run for president.
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