SENATOR BOOKER’S TALES COULD MAKE HIM VULNERABLE

Human Events ^ | April 14, 2014 | Mark Impomeni

[neverdem]

With all that dirt available, Booker was elected to the Senate? If the NJ GOP couldn't back Lonegan, then the NJ GOP needs to clean house, IMHO.

[Mouton]

Quick scan of the article left me with the same impression of another guy from the midwest who ran for that state’s senate. Cannot recall the name, just that he had big ears which matched his ego and his pension for lying.

[Obadiah]

Toricelli
Lautenberg
Menendez

Pffft... this is New Jersey.

[cotton1706]

Oh boy it would be sweet if the democrats had to spend money in NJ to protect Booker. I’d like to see them spread as thin as possible!

[neverdem]

Ping

[ScottinVA]

This will damage Booker for sure... instead of winning by 35 pts, his margin of victory will drop all the way down to 30.

[Defiant]

The story is true. T-Bone has been located:

[Black Agnes]

One could hope. The real question is will his replacement actually be any better. Or just sneakier with the corruption...

[JeffChrz]

Does that mean Newark is as big a craphole as it was before he was mayor?

Wow—standards are low for the media when it comes to liberal politicians.

[jjsheridan5]

This will damage Booker for sure... instead of winning by 35 pts, his margin of victory will drop all the way down to 30.

He only won by 11 last time. He is not invulnerable, and certainly not a lock to win by 2 to 3 dozen percentage points. It all depends on whether the Republican nominee is "unelectable" (by GOPe standards), in which case it could be close, or "electable" (by GOPe standards), in which case Booker will cruise. But if the GOPe joins with the Democrats in attacking the Republican nominee (which they usually do when their chosen candidate fails in the primary), then Booker will cruise, regardless.

[PghBaldy]

As an aside - there is lying, and padding a resume, then there is making up people named “T-Bone,” who the heck does stuff like that? So incredibly bizarre.

[Cyber Liberty]

Isn’t Booker the one who’s best buds with Fatboy?

[Dr. Ursus]

He’s a two-fer!

[kearnyirish2]

“Lonegan ran a pugnacious campaign, attacking Booker’s stewardship of Newark directly while Booker put forth a lackluster effort noted more for the time he spent out of state fundraising than the time he spent in state campaigning.”

You’re right; when you cut through the spin, Booker won without even really campaigning. He is NJ’s Obama (though he has more experience than Obama), and oddly enough was viewed as the “white” candidate when he unseated Sharpe James (the previous king of Newark).

If ObamaCare and the economy in general can’t deliver these mid-terms to the Republicans, they may as well close up shop. NJ is in terrible shape economically, and the lies of Booker’s accomplishments in Newark (where most taxpayers would never verify them) won’t fly over the state as a whole.

[certrtwngnut]

I like the line - “noted conservative gadfly”.
In the real world Lonegan is a solid conservative and a thorn in the side of the proggs.
Thanks for the ping.

[Pining_4_TX]

Exactly. The fact that Mendendez, who paid his pimp for trips to other countries so he could have sex with children, is still in office instead of in prison tells us everything we need to know about just how far this country has fallen.

[Carry_Okie]

Cory Booker is an even more talented liar than Barack Obama.

[Kit cat]

Let’s not forget Christy Creme COULD HAVE appointed the pubbie but
FATTY chose NOT to!!!

[leprechaun9]

Why didn't Christie appoint someone like Judge Napolitano who would have served until the end of the unexpired term (end of 2014)? Why didn't Christie support Cuccinelli for Governor in Virginia?

Christie is much more comfortable with Booker in the Senate and Terry McAuliffe (Clintooon's busom buddy) in Viginia!

[Fresh Wind]

Booker has nothing to worry about.

This is the second mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking gay. I mean, that’s a storybook, man.