I just realized who would be the perfect Senate appointment for Christie: Rabbi Schmuley Boteach. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbi_Shmuley_Boteach Added bonus: Boteach is very good friends with Cory Booker, and the two have worked together on a few things, so perhaps Booker will forgo running in the special election if it’s against Boteach.
Nice!
The election will be this November, when Christie is on the ballot...realistically, he could drag whomever he appoints to a win..
"Boteach has espoused a somewhat accepting view of homosexuality: 'Homosexuality is akin to the prohibition against lighting fire on the Sabbath or eating bread during Passover; there is nothing immoral about it' " ... He [Rabbi Schmuley Boteach] supports gay marriage and recommended making family counseling tax deductible"
No thanks. The last thing we need right now is ANOTHER Republican to join Kirk and Portman in making a "bipartisan" push for "marriage equality". The liberal would LOVE that and it would give them more momentum to play up their "inevitable" talking point to get the GOP to surrender.
I know, I know, it's NJ... a bunch of freepers are going to say a RINO is "the best we can get" and blah blah blah (plus it's more than likely a RINO will be appointed no matter what)... but one of the things the media isn't talking about is gay marriage HASN'T passed in "progressive" New Jersey and Illinois precisely because social conservatives haven't rolled over for the Dems in these two states. We stopped it in Illinois this session because of a barrage of phone calls to the point where half the black caucus wouldn't endorse it, and it was stopped in NJ because Christie vetoed it and they don't have the 2/3rds vote to override him.
Anyway, aside from a freeper making a "Jew Jersey" typo a few months back, the reality is the state has only a tiny Orthodox Jewish population and most NJ voters would have a hard time identifying with an Orthodox Jewish Rabbi "representing" them them in the Senate. He's not a good fit for the state and hasn't been elected to anything. NJ isn't as RAT as people seem to think... the congressional delegation is 50% GOP now (6R, 6D)
Ideally I'd prefer an Al D'Amato type official who is conservative but popular with voters and comes from an Italian Catholic background. Of course do I think we'll get such an appointment? No.
An opportunity for Chrissy to do something useful for a change! Can Crissy delay the special till 2014? Should he? Don’t eff this up fat boy. How about you pick someone half decent who can hold the seat?
BTW the headline should read,
“Voodoo boom box runs out of batteries, long dead corpse of Frank Lautenberg loses supernatural ability to walk around.”
Or
“Frank Lautenberg 1338-2013
Earlier than expected sunrise dooms Vampiric Senator, Count Chockula to deliver eulogy.”