Posted on 07/26/2010 9:13:08 AM PDT by Nachum
When Ronald Reagan was sworn in as president in January 1981, the country was at low ebb. Jimmy Carter had spent the four previous years running the nation into the ground, leaving unemployment above 10%, inflation above 15%, Communist operatives laughing at our perceived weakness, and Iranians holding 53 of our fellow citizens hostage for 444 days.
When Republican Chris Christie was sworn into office as governor of New Jersey earlier this year, the situation he faced was somewhat similar. His predecessors, among them Democrat Jon Corzine, had run the state into the ground. Because of this, Christie literally inherited one of the highest combined tax rates in the nation and a state government that was dominated by union thugs.
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Christie has a fatal flaw in his support for amnesty for illegal aliens.
He needs to change that if he hopes to get on the national stage.
Good grief...
No, NO, HELL NO!
We need him here for two terms! There is too much for him to do in New Jersey.
America can have him afterwards!
America can have him afterwards!
Ha. I understand completely, but if we do not get a person like Mr. Christie in Washington in 2012, there may not be much left of the country or New Jersey by then.
Christie is also anti-gun.
But if he wants to run in 2012, he has to get in now and, in so doing, it would be a major, and possibly even a terminal, distraction from turning the state around.
There is also the very real thought process of northeast libtard voters-- they will occasionally elect a GOP governor when the poop is so thick in their state that they can no longer stand it. But they will still vote for RATs in national office as they figure the cost of p*ss*ng in the nation's water supply is spread thin enough that the pork and bennies their rat bastard libtard will bring home will more than compensate.
I have been almost speechless with admiration for Gov. Christie in his handling of the disaster in New Jersey.
But I have read things about his stand on illegal immigration that just piss me off. He better bring himself up to snuff on this issue, and not just for his political image, but because it is the RIGHT way to handle this.
AMNESTY HAS BEEN TRIED MULTIPLE TIMES AND IT DOES NOT WORK, GOV. CHRISTIE.
He’s also a gun grabber. Which is even a greater fatal flaw. A fat version of Rudy.
He’ll never make it in the rest of the country. He’s for illegals.
When has he “grabbed” any guns? He has time and again stated his support of the 2nd amendment and the enforcement of current gun laws. Is that, somehow, bad? Fatal flaw my *ss...
NJ is a gun grabbing state, big time. They still have the AWB, for starters.
I voted for Lonegan in the primaries. I voted for Christie in the general. I’m not disappointed.
He's already said, in no uncertain terms, he doesn't want it. At all.
He likes his life and sanity too much.
I saw a little bit of the Christie interview on ABC’s “This Week” yesterday and found it impressive. I agree on the illegal alien issue. But, he did say that securing the border had to come first. Let me also say that this is the last time I will watch “This Week”. I refuse to watch any show that Christine Amanpour hosts.
Support for New Jersey gun laws is a fatal flaw in a national election. He's got a record going back to at least 1995 of attacking other Republicans for opposing gun control.
I am wondering if there is ANY Republican north of the Mason Dixon line who understands the illegal immigration problem. Rudy doesnt. Christie doesnt. Scott Brown doesnt.
Do you have do be closer to the border to realize the magnitude of the situation?
BEGINNING OF EXCERPT.
HANNITY: Are there any issues where you are, quote, moderate to left as a Republican?
CHRISTIE: Listen, I favor some of the gun-control measures we have in New Jersey.
HANNITY: Bad idea.
CHRISTIE: Listen, we have a densely-populated state, and there's a big hand gun problem in New Jersey. Now, I don't support all the things that the governor supports by a long stretch. But I think on guns — certain gun control issues, looking at it from a law-enforcement perspective, seeing how many police officers were killed, we have an illegal gun problem in New Jersey.
HANNITY: Should every — should every citizen in the state be allowed to get a licensed weapon if they want one?
CHRISTIE: In New Jersey, that's not going to happen, Sean.
HANNITY: Why?
CHRISTIE: Listen, the Democratic legislature we have, there's no way those type of things — listen, at the end of the day, what I support are common sense laws that will allow people to protect themselves, but I also am very concerned about the safety of our police officers on the streets, very concerned. And I want to make sure that we don't have an abundance of guns out there.
But listen, the issues in this race are taxes and jobs and spending.
END OF EXCERPT.
Like I said, a Fat Rudy.
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