I was a huge (not literally) supporter of Christie when he was first elected and took so much heat for trying to address out of control pensions and etc. I was singing (again, not literally) his praises at dinner one time several years ago, when a friend of mine who is a very knowledgeable Republican insider corrected me. “It’s all for show” he said. He then went through the actual size of the NJ pension disaster, and compared it to the total value of the items Christie was proposing to cut. They didn’t even qualify as a drop in the bucket.
He told me that the whole fight between Christie and the unions was NOT designed to solve the pension shortfall, but it was designed by Christie’s team to set up a few small scale confrontations that involved budget items the unions could be relied upon to scream bloody murder over, but which would be hard for them to defend, and it would make Christie look tough and reasonable by comparison.
Ever since then I have thought of Christie as a fake version of what this country really needs, which is someone who is willing to take real heat for really cutting spending and protecting freedom.
In short: foe.
Thanks for the insight into this character. Please continue in the coming months to testify again and again on your understanding of the facts as the RINOs seek to ram this RINO Trojan Horse down our throats.