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You'll miss me, Jersey! And with that, Chris Christie's just getting warmed up
Newark Star-Ledger ^ | January 7, 2018 | Matt Arco

Posted on 01/07/2018 1:38:56 PM PST by GuavaCheesePuff

The first time I asked Gov. Chris Christie a question we were 2,000 miles from New Jersey. I was a year into my first newspaper job in southeast New Mexico. Christie, just eight months into his first term, was there to stump for Susana Martinez's campaign for governor.

Noting the candidate's law-and-order record, Christie played up the Jersey shtick that worked so well for him.

"We invented pay-to-play," Christie joked to a crowd that treated him like a celebrity.

And then I asked the unoriginal question he'd gotten plenty already: You here to lay the groundwork for a presidential run?

(Excerpt) Read more at nj.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: chrischristie; christie; newjersey; nj; njgop
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Christie would have been a terrible AG, he doesn’t think illegal aliens should comply with our laws.


21 posted on 01/07/2018 2:41:16 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents-Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Wilderness Conservative

I live here and I agree.


22 posted on 01/07/2018 2:43:43 PM PST by majormaturity
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

GO AWAY FATSO PHONEY!


23 posted on 01/07/2018 4:00:06 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Anyone who has the nerve (and bad judgment) to hug Clown Dunce & Traitor nobama in public is a LOSER. Anyone who attended over 100 bruce springstein concerts as an adult and cried when bruce wished a happy birthday is a LOSER.


24 posted on 01/07/2018 4:05:37 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Wilderness Conservative

The smart ones will leave that shithole if they havent already.


25 posted on 01/07/2018 4:39:03 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: GCFADG

YES INDEED
bad times ahead for NJ


26 posted on 01/07/2018 5:26:23 PM PST by aumrl (let's keep it real Conservatives)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

I for one, will not miss the Stay Puff Man.


27 posted on 01/07/2018 5:39:46 PM PST by Renegade
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To: Wilderness Conservative

He will be missed very quickly by homeowners, businesses and taxpayers; we are one of the highest-taxed states in the country, and now have a governor-elect who has promised to raise taxes.


28 posted on 01/08/2018 3:52:52 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Unbelievably power of self-delusion.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/367825-christie-absolutely-believes-hed-be-president-if-trump-hadnt-run

...”I absolutely believe if Trump had not gotten into the race I think we would have won,” Christie told NJ.com’s Matt Arco in an interview published Sunday.

“It’s incredibly frustrating to think to yourself, ‘Wow, if this guy were not in the race, we’d win this thing,’ “ he said, while reportedly reflecting on internal polling from last year’s campaign...


29 posted on 01/08/2018 4:39:53 AM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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