Chris Christie calls Jerry Brown ‘an old retread’

Inside Bay Area ^ | 8/27/11 | Josh Richman

[SmithL]

Media including the Los Angeles Times are reporting on New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s tirade against California Gov. Jerry Brown this morning as he addressed California’s delegation to the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla.:

“California made the bad choice by going with an old retread,” Christie told California’s delegation to the Republican National Convention here, a crowd that lapped up his message. “Let me tell you this – I cannot believe you people elected Jerry Brown over Meg Whitman. … Jerry Brown. Jerry Brown? I mean, he won the New Jersey presidential primary over Jimmy Carter when I was 14 years old.”

Christie said the 74-year-old, three-term governor told him that he’s not trying to raise taxes, that he is allowing voters to decide by putting a tax proposal on the ballot.

“Man, that’s leadership, isn’t it?” Christie said.

Seems like my story in today’s editions about California being a popular GOP punching bag was timely, no?

A few observations: Christie governs a state that doesn’t require two-thirds majorities of both houses of the Legislature in order to raise taxes. California’s GDP grew by 2 percent last year, while New Jersey’s shrank by -0.5 percent. And Meg Whitman now presides over Hewlett-Packard, which last week reported its largest-ever quarterly loss – $8.9 billion – and is stumbling dangerously, according to the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg Businessweek.

[jessduntno]

As Linda said when she left him,”Jerry,you know that sometimes less really is less...”

Of course, even a Boeing 757 looks small flying through the Grand Canyon.

[Wyatt's Torch]

That was my first reading. I was only a little surprised Christie was that blunt. Accurate. But blunt.

[SMARTY]

Another ‘old hippie’.

I remember her anti-America rant... it didn’t do her any good, either.

These old celebrities who think they can revive their careers by hopping on the ‘I hate America’ bandwagon make me laugh.

[Carriage Hill]

THAT'S Linda Rondstadt??????????????????

O.M.G!

[MplsSteve]

I sometimes think Christie’s speech might be the highlight of the convention.

I wonder if he’ll yell out the words “Bada Boom Bada Bing!” at some point during the address or point at some media cameraman and say “What are you looking at?”.

[ScottinVA]

THAT’S Linda Rondstadt??????????????????
O.M.G!

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Quite a case of “hitting the wall,” eh?

[vette6387]

Ole Linda has problems of her own:

http://forums.firingsquad.com/t5/Off-Topic-In-General/US-singer-Linda-Ronstadt-kicked-out-of-casino-for-praising/td-p/27254

Now if the California Capitol was just a casino, maybe we would have something!

[Opinionated Blowhard]

The real question is who is fatter? Chris Christie or Linda Ronstadt?

[kenavi]

Look at private sector employment instead. Since recession, CA down -6.77%, NJ down -5.24%. Only energy states are up: Texas, N. Dakota, Louisiana, Alaska. Oh yeah, DC too.

http://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/on-numbers/scott-thomas/2012/03/texas-north-dakota-are-rare-states.html?appSession=407100376616276&RecordID=&PageID=2&PrevPageID=&cpipage=6&CPISortType=&CPIorderBy=

[Carriage Hill]

This is how I remember her:

[DarkWaters]

Considering how fast and loose old Jerry is driving his state into the ground, I imagine quite a lot new retreads. Treads as in the marks left by those monster truck competitions. Just image a giant(think mountain sized) Big Foot or equivalent driving over everything in the state leaving chaos and lunacy behind.