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Title: Christie: I’m Ready To Be President Because I’d Do ‘Exactly What Ronald Reagan Would Have Done’
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RawStory
URL Source: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/11/ ... ronald-reagan-would-have-done/
Published: Nov 10, 2013
Author: David Edwards
Post Date: 2013-11-10 18:24:28 by Brian S
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Views: 5248
Comments: 10
Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Sunday argued that he had the right temperament to be president because he was like conservative hero Ronald Reagan. Following his expected landslide re-election, the New Jersey governor spent his Sunday appearing on at least four news shows, fueling the speculation that he was gearing up for a presidential run in 2016. But Fox News host Chris Wallace pointed out that Christie had demonstrated a “short temper” over the course of his career. “Do you have the patience for — you call it the garbage — the parlor game of being picked apart by the other politicians, being picked apart by us in the media for two years if you decide to run for president?” the Fox News host wondered. “Listen, I’m the governor of New Jersey,” Christie declared. “And if you don’t think that being governor of New Jersey tries your patience then you haven’t spent enough time in my state, Chris. I am absolutely confident in my own ability to lead, and obviously so are 62 percent of the people the state of New Jersey who re-elected me on Tuesday night.” “At the end of the day, Chris, here are what people in Washington, D.C. don’t understand,” he continued. “If you want to win a vote by that kind of margin, if you want to attract a majority of the Hispanic vote, if you want to nearly triple your African- American vote, you need to show up, you need to go into those neighborhoods, you need to campaign in places.” Christie recalled that he had done a town hall in Essex County in 2009 and more people showed up at the event than voted for him in that city that year. “That’s the way the Republican Party will make itselves [sic] more relevant to a whole much broader group of folks,” he insisted. “And the fact is, that’s exactly what Ronald Reagan would have done and did do when he was campaigning for president. I did that campaigning for governor because I believed it’s what’s right to do as governor when you represent all the people.” Watch the video below from Fox News’ Fox News Sunday, broadcast Nov. 10, 2013. Poster Comment: imo Christie could run the table on old satchel-assed Clinton but the teabaggers are to stupid to realize their flock of knuckledraggers candidates haven't a hope in hell of election in the general.
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
Christie is a piece of shit. I'd rather spit a big hocker on his face then vote for him.
Perry is "severely conservative" too, like Mitt!
1994: Donated to Planned Parenthood; opposed public donation. (Jun 2012) 1996: Switched from pro-choice to pro-life. (Jun 2012) Homosexuality is not a sin; people are born that way. (Jun 2012) Homosexuals are born that way; they're not sinners. (Jun 2011) 1994: Pushed for faster construction of county jail. (Jun 2012) Blocked implementation of medical marijuana laws. (Jun 2012) Drug treatment rather than non-violent offenders in prison. (Jan 2012) New Jersey is being short-changed on Hurricane Sandy relief. (Jan 2013) Jersey shore for tourism instead of offshore drilling. (Aug 2011) More control over state commissions. (Apr 2011) We already have too many firearms in our community. (Jun 2012) 2009: No right-to-carry cross-state reciprocity. (Jun 2012) Favors gun control measures from law-enforcement perspective. (Jun 2012) Patriot Act OK to monitor library book selections. (Jun 2012) We ARE the leader in Libya; we MUST be the world's police. (Jun 2011) I've never been opposed to tuition equality for illegals. (Oct 2013) 1996: Working poor hurt by limits on childcare subsidies. (Jun 2012)
Shouldn't this be a humor thread?
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
Shouldn't this be a humor thread? That goes without saying on any thread on el Pee or it's subsidiary, el Pee Lite.
Another reason I'm starting to like the guy. Hell, who knows...I might even get to vote republican next go around. I know damn well that it will be really difficult for me to support satchel-assed clinton.
Never swear "allegiance" to anything other than the 'right to change your mind'!
Another reason I'm starting to like the guy. You like him cause he's a piece of shit?
We used to be a land where we gave up our lives to protect our freedom. Now we give up our freedom to protect our lives.
No not THAT however the fact that Stone doesn't like him is a good indicator that I probably can... ;)
Never swear "allegiance" to anything other than the 'right to change your mind'!
My dad, a NJ resident, likes Christie.
An amazing amount of people I've talked to support Christie both dems/reps/indies. Woman especially like him. If the teabaggers would allow him the nomination he would trounce hillary satchel ass but they would rather put in one of their 'kooks' and hand keep the WH in dems hands.
Never swear "allegiance" to anything other than the 'right to change your mind'!
#2. To: Brian S, *Neo-Lib Chickenhawk Wars* (#0)
The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote Third Party
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#3. To: Brian S (#0)
#4. To: Brian S (#0)
#5. To: sneakypete (#4)
#6. To: A K A Stone (#1)
Christie is a piece of shit.
#7. To: Brian S (#6)
Christie is a piece of shit.
#8. To: We The People (#7)
#9. To: Brian S (#8)
#10. To: Fred Mertz (#9)
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