Posted on 11/23/2010 10:20:53 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Faced with the prospect of a President Sarah Palin, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, the Republican party’s darling from another coast, shook his head and rolled his eyes.
“I don’t know, but it’s an amazing world,” he said to Jimmy Fallon during a taping of Tuesday’s Late Night show.
Christie brought his sharp tongue to the talk show Tuesday after the two traded barbs over Twitter when the Republican governor canceled a long-planned Hudson River train tunnel.
Fallon had joked that New Yorkers would now have to get to New Jersey as they usually do — by accident.
“You think it’s funny, Jimmy?” Christie challenged Fallon on the show, which airs at 12:35 a.m. “You know what we do to people like that in Jersey?”
Christie, known by Trenton insiders for his wit and occasionally foul language, turned serious and said New Jersey shouldn’t have to pay for the tunnel while New York stands idly by.
“There’s nothing New Jersey hates more than getting screwed by New York,” he said....
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No, the “best and brightest” are elitists who oppose Palin.
Their intellect is so bright it blinds them to the fact that in opposing liberty, they oppose their own lives.
Sarah Palin is damned if she does and damned if she doesn't with you PDS'ers.
Just after the election, this board was filled with free advice that she needed to get down here in the states, fight toe-to-toe against Obama's gangster government, help get Conservative congressional candidates elected in 2010, and find some way of getting around the MSM and repairing the damage the libs had done to her reputation.
So, here she is, two years later, and having done all of that, you are now telling us that she is overexposed and should go back to Wasilla, sit down, and shut up.
It's simply incredible!!!
Ah, yet another resident troll spews forth with his usual lie...
Yes, the "hole" issue is moot. (he pulled the plug on the train tunnel plan)
He is NOT running for President; he is governing New Jersey, a state bluer than Frank Sinatra's eyes.
I believe you just did. Christie didnt “roll his eyes” when asked about Palin. He said “anything is possible” when asked if she can be elected. If you called him a coward based on what someone said he did, then that just makes you ignorant.
Where in Deus’ post (90) did he say anything negative about Sarah? Where did he say Sarah should go back to Wasilla because she is overexposed?
This thread is based on a Journalist’s claims that are not true. How is pointing that out an attack on Sarah?
Obviously, he does not appreciate her work against Obama for the last few years, nor does he care what the tea party thinks...
Because Conservatives are always fodder for Hollywood comedians, opinion makers, the MSM, and Democrats. So if a pol want to ingratiate themselves with the center left, and get good press all they have to do is make fun of Palin and the tea party Americans. (not sure if he is a Rino, but Rinos often pretend that Palin/tea party are insane..to marginalize them, and to present themselves as "sane"..Frum does is all the time)
Much like many on FR do, a supposedly conservative forum.
At best, Governor Christie ducked the question.
Rolling his eyes and saying “anything is possible” sends the politically correct message that a Palin presidency is a freak accident. But not speaking in a straightforward manner saves him the political risk of a backlash, because he knows his own support comes from Palin supporters.
Failing, on national television, to answer the most prominent question of current politics is not the action of a real leader.
There are a LOT more in his posting history if you care to check---I don't have time right now to list all of his slams against Palin going back well into 2009. You can do it yourself.
Christie was unquestionably giving the politically correct, "Isn't insane that it's even a possibility?" response to the question about a Palin presidency. And that's exactly how the crowd and Fallon interpreted it.
That's fine, if that's his opinion. As I said, I like Christie very much, but he has a bit of that "nobody could possibly be as good for the job as me" personality. Same as Guiliani.
It's a good trait to have when you've got to beat down some unions or leftwing activists. But it might be limiting in the long term.
It sells for conservatives on the east coast, anyway - where people love to see some pretentious liberal douchebags smacked around now and then.
So, because he was asked if Sarah could be President, and he said anything is possible and its an amazing world, he “obviously” doesnt appreciate her work against Obama and doesnt care what the Tea Party thinks.
Some people just seem to want to be offended.
You saying he should be a quitter?
Well, he didnt roll his eyes. He was asked if he thought it could happen and he said it was possible. Why is it important if the NJ Gov thinks a former Ak Gov can be president?
And how is “can Palin be President” the most prominent question in current politics? Wouldnt a question on how to act against North Korea, how to cut the state and federal budget, and how to react to the TSA issue be more prominent right now?
I asked how his post (90) did what you said, not whether he has said something in the past.
I am saying that a cackle of freepers swear that quitting halfway through is the smartest way to position oneself for the big-time.
I like both of them two. What I take exception to is people using a journalist’s interpretation of something to attack one person in order to build up the other.
You tell me.
I know, like a certain former Republican governor.
It's fine though. Nobody is obligated to support Palin for the presidency at this time. If she wants and gets the nomination, I'll be more demanding of Republican politicians.
That's why we have a nomination process.
Years ago, Sarah Palin met the challenge of taking on the good ole boy network in Alaska, including Big Oil. She was opposed by her own party, but kept on going because she wanted to do the right thing.
And Palin won. Corruption and cronyism were her targets, and some of them went to prison.
Then Palin became Governor. And she resigned because she knew it was her the political psychopaths wanted, not the office of the Governor itself. In resigning, she drew the fire away from the office and away from the people of Alaska. This saved the people of Alaska from defeat. (If the head of state is defeated, the people lose. Get it?)
In resigning, Palin drew fire to herself, and she fought back against the left as a private citizen.
And she won.
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