Posted on 11/14/2013 4:53:11 PM PST by Kaslin
WASHINGTON -- They are at it again. They are again telling Republicans and conservatives how dreadful their political condition really is. I am speaking, of course, of the voices of the Kultursmog, and to hear them tell it we are in a hell of a heap. We lost the governorship of Virginia. Even worse, we won the governorship of New Jersey. What dreadful news.
Of course, in Virginia the Republicans lost to a congenital liar, backed by the most famous congenital liars in American politics, the Clintons. It is only a matter of time before he is in deep do-do. Governor-elect Terry McAuliffe's campaign was an amalgam of lies as flagrant as his lie in his memoirs. There, for no reason whatsoever, he lied claiming The American Spectator charged Bill Clinton with ordering "the murder of political opponents." When I asked him about this lie he did not simply shut down or ignore my inquiry. He actually initiated a series of puckish letters to me never admitting that he had lied but constantly caviling with me on some obscure point that he raised. The upshot of our correspondence was that he could never identify where it was that The American Spectator said Clinton had asked people to commit murder. McAuliffe performed similarly against Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, and if it were not for the fact that he had the funding to outspend Cuccinelli by two to one I have no doubt he would have lost. As it was, once Cuccinelli began tying him to Obamacare, McAuliffe's lead dwindled from double digits to just a margin of 2.5 percent.
In the New Jersey race the Republicans won and with 61 percent of the vote. Yet, according the Kultursmog, they really lost because the victor, incumbent Governor Chris Christie, is a "polarizing force." He offends the tea party, and that means he can never win higher office, for instance, the presidency. But wait a minute. Is not the tea party's major concern the fiscal health of the Republic? It was in 2009 when the tea party was getting started. Back then if a candidate brought up the social issues that candidate was doomed with the tea party, according to the voices of the smog. Well, as Christie told the New York Times this week, "I've cut taxes, cut spending, reformed pensions and benefits. ... My record is my record. I'm proud of it. And it is a conservative record, governing as a conservative in a blue state." As for the dreaded social issues, he is opposed to abortion and to gay marriage, though he called off a legal challenge to gay marriage in October perhaps seeing it as a futile fight. President Barack Obama might do the same with his monstrosity, Obamacare.
Doubtless there are people who do not like Governor Christie and think his star has risen far enough. Yet I will tell you he is as conservative as he says he is, and that it is a winning combination with funders, ordinary citizens, and even with journalists. Back in 2010 when I had him to a large American Spectator dinner in New York City he was a hit with just such a crowd. He was the complete gentleman, suave and amusing. He talked about economies in government, lowering taxes, and balanced budgets. He is not polarizing at all. Once again the Kultursmog is in the dark about Republicans and conservatives.
Yet we are told he cannot beat the Kultursmog's "inevitable candidate," Hillary Clinton. In the New Jersey exit polls she trounced the governor. So let me give you another set of polls. According to the Rasmussen poll,Hillary polled highest when a sampling of Democrats was asked "which candidate they would least like to see with the nomination." A WSJ/NBC poll found that she had fallen from an April favorable rating of 56 percent to 46 percent and her negative rating was on the upswing to 33 percent. Doubtless, there will be more. She was the least popular first lady in history.
I do not know if Christie is going to run for the presidency. Nor do I know if he could win, but I believe he is a contender and if he runs he will be contending for the nomination in a very competitive field of Republican candidates. As for the Democrats, they have Hillary right now and, possibly, Joe Biden. The Kultursmog is desperate.
His North pole and his South pole and all that’s in-between. (Poor Chrissie; not his fault HE IS AS FAT AS ASS-CLOWN IN THE CIRCUS.)
Christie needs to stop slamming Republicans. He comes across as just another McCain. I yearn for the Reagan years. Can you hear me, Gov Christie?
Gee, I don’t know. Maybe someone should ask his buddy Obama.
Yet I will tell you he is as conservative as he says he is,
He’s my governor, but I must say: he is a caricature of a New Joisey buffoon.
BTTT
Christie is what decent democrats used to look like but he’s to the left of Sam Nunn
Geez ... have to fast around here. You beat me to it.
He's a statist RINO putz? (Which of course endears him to the media and other communists, at least till he secures the nomination)
I apologize even though it isn’t requested. Butted in on a thread that’s not my business. Just like some Tex-uns always do on South Carolina-related threads. Exit...that way ->
He’s a damned democrat. Next question.
Chris Christie is a tax-cutter and gubmint-shrinker; he is a TEA Party (Taxed Enough Already) candidate in the purest sense, who is also unabashedly pro-life. Until someone has spent the last 25 years here in NJ, they’ll never understand his popularity. As for presidential material, I don’t think he’d do well, but here in NJ he has all the right enemies.
Geez I dunno...he’s white so it must be his weight. People who don’t like politicians are all prejudiced about something, you know.
Anybody who has his own field of gravity would necessarily br polarizing.....
Christie, Slick Willie’s wife, and Rimshot “Gabby Hayes” Joe Biden. America’s top picks for the presidency? We’re in even deeper **** than most of us thought we were. That’s the best we can do?
Before the chorus of conservative outrage hits you with full force, I say bravo to you. I am a fan of Governor Christie as well. I spent the last eight years under Mitch Daniels, so I know what it’s like to have a wonderful conservative governor who is inexplicably loathed by outside forces - especially now live under the inept confederacy of dunces of Pat Quinn in Illinois and have experienced what “liberal” really means.
Christie, bless his heart, just loves publicity.
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