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No surprise here. He said "no" six times or more. The last one at the Reagan Memorial Speech. He basically said there, look at the political site that has several minutes of me saying no before. That's your answer.

People tried to spin that as a "non-answer", I watched him say it and it seemed very clear to me.

Some folks want to try and force Christie on us. Christie is not a true conservative. He may be as close as New Jersey can get at this time and he would certainly be far, far better than Obama or any DNC candiate.

But, although on defense and some economic issues he may do well, on other economic issues and on the social issues and their ipact, he, IMHO, would not be good for the country. I could not support him in the primaries and would do all I could to see him lose the nomination.

I would vote for him over Obama...but, like many conservatives I suspect, would not have my heart and soul into it like I would for a Palin, or Cain, or someone who is much more conservative than Christie is.

The MSM knows this as do the libs, and they continue to try and hold out this idea that he should run for that very reason.

Now on with the real job at hand...defeating...

THE MAN WHO DESPISES AMERICA

>> No surprise here. He said "no" six times or more. The last one at the Reagan Memorial Speech. He basically said there, look at the political site that has several minutes of me saying no before. That's your answer. People tried to spin that as a "non-answer", I watched him say it and it seemed very clear to me. <<

The fact he's said "no" about 4,764 times hasn't stopped a bunch of freepers from insisting "he's running" and spreading lies that he's "he's a pro-abortion social liberal" ever since he was elected Governor.

If it wasn't so pathetic, it would be kinda cute that the Perry supporters feel to the need to constantly lie and claim Al Gore was a "pro-life conservative Democrat" when Perry endorsed him (in order to make Perry look better than he is), and the Christie bashers feel the need to constantly lie and claim Chris Christie is a "pro-abortion social liberal Republican" when he's has one of the best records fighting Planned Parenthood in the nation and a very outspoken pro-life Catholic. (in order to make Christie look worse than he is)

In both cases, the fact's about Gore's ultra liberal record in 1988 and the facts about Christie's strong pro-life socially conservative record have been posted on the internet about a zillion times, but that hasn't convinced the liars to stop touting their B.S. as "facts". Christie will continue to be tarred and portrayed as an Arnold Schwartzenegger clone until the RATs are back in power in NJ

If he had run, maybe the mods could arrange a truce on FR where we'd agree to stop telling the truth about Perry if they'd agree to stop spreading lies about Christie. They get the better end of the deal since we're already being honest. ;-)

I think Christie has been one of the best governors in the nation, but I agree with sickoflibs in that I'm glad Christie's NOT running, if only because A) This is NOT a good time for him to run... an 11th hour entry into the Presidential race during his first term as Governor could kill his political career, and B) If he jumped in, it would be a feeding frenzy and the liars would be out to force to drag his name thru the mud. He's a good man I don't want to see that happen, nor would I be able to visit all the Christie threads and debunk the "socially liberal Christie" B.S.

Of course Christie has said and done things I don't agree with and there ARE geninue areas where his conservative credentials are weak, but I also would probably rank him over Perry (but probably below Bachmann, Santorum, or Cain). Taking apologetically conservative positions when you're in a liberal state and having the guts to stand up for your beliefs and fight to reform your state goes a long way in my book. I admire that alot more than taking conservative positions because you're in a safe GOP state and it's "popular" to do so, then upholding the status quo after you get re-elected.