Chris Christie's brother says the New Jersey governor is still not running for president -- despite increased calls for him to enter the race and former New Jersey Gov. Tom Kean lending credence to the notion that he's considering a bid.
"I'm sure that he's not going to run," said Chris Christie's brother Todd, a prominent GOP fundraiser, the (Newark, N.J.) Star-Ledger reports. "If he's lying to me, I'll be as stunned as I've ever been in my life."
Chris Christie delivers a speech tonight at the Reagan Library in California and has said repeatedly he would not run.


Let's face it...
Governor Krispy Creme couldn't run across the street if someone was offering a Free All You Can Eat Lobster Buffet!
The dude is a walking heart attack!
Gov Krispy Creme ...lol
Heheheh...
I can't help it, but I imagine Feisty looks a lot like Gov. Christie in black-face, eating bon-bons on the couch! (with her slippers on!)
Sorry (hehehe) I can't help it!
LOL!
"Honk if you have Groceries"
-2012 bumper sticker
Sick of the Bickering -
After reading your posts for a while now, I'm kind of curious how you came up with your screen name. Were "Let's Start Bickering", "Thrives On Bickering" and "It's Only Bickering If It's Liberals" already taken?
Thank you ...JoAnne ...i thought it was only me who saw this same psychopathic profile emerging ..
Hey JoAnne...
Just like the word 'titanic'... you might want to look-up the words sarcasm and irony! :-)
I'm sure that he's not going to run,"
That's because physically, he can't run!
President Chris Christie? Good grief, I can hear the jokes now.
"When the president sits around the White House..."
The GOP is grasping at Slurpee straws. 'Is this as good as it gets?' We're all asking that, including the GOP. The Tea Party, however, is happy with Perry.
The job creators - which is to say - the money givers are not happy with any of them.
The BIG GULP no doubt! lol
Say it ain't SO - I don't suppose you'd care to profile Fiesty now would you?
Yeah, I caould see how you might not want to.
What makes you think i haven't ..then you can check my friends list ! I usually know what people are thinking.... long before they do !
Feisty...
hmmm, so Christie is large...and you are a redhead...a feisty one at that
...are you sure you should be throwing so many stones?
Maybe you're in denial...maybe you have nothing else to say...maybe it's a bad case of penis envy...but what's with the personal attacks?
Funny point - Christie's a load. Now you can't not hire fatties, cause that'd be discrimination and all, even though they cause your health care costs to go up, as do smokers and folks with DUIs. Fact is there are a million reasons you get jacked on company health plans.
So Baylor, a large hospital and health care company now says it will not hire smokers. Smoking, like stuffing your pie hole with twinkies, is perfectly legal, so we can all expect a lawsuit of two. Hell I gotta wonder if the smoker in chief will get Holder to go after them?
Anyhow, it's a good development and highlights how absurd national health care is. Everybody should be free to eat, drink, smoke as they please, unless and until I am asked to pay for their health.
If I gotta pay then I want diet and exercise programs and the like. Now any of you libbies up for that?
Christ how many people on this board have high BMI and are fatties/obese themselves?
So Fiesty old gal, what where you saying about Governor Krispy Creme? And is that better or worse than President Marlboro?
How many heart surgeries has Former President Big Mac had?
Red curtains, brown carpet= cranky
Libs....The party of civility!
Is t really a surprise at all that the tea bagging republicans are unable to be happy with a candidate? Let alone themselves? They seem to live and breed in the hate in which they create and long for. These same folk claiming to be Christians refuse to except the teaching of there own lord and savior. Clammering with applause for putting innocents to death. And openly swelled with joy at the thought of people dying from accidents because they are uninsured. I suppose it is true that the right truly want's to move this country backwards. Back to a time they say. Back to the dawn of the dark ages where it is not all for one and one for all. But every man for themselves.
I tend to believe that they feel they will thrive in the quest for fire once more. As cavemen hunting and gathering. Because without government you do not have society. And the other nations in the world will be happy to take our countries place at the head of the table.
Is it really a wonder Christie wants no part of this? Hmmm ;]
Cheers
Todd's at least pitching for his brother to stay out. If Christie does run, then Todd become sa very uncomfortable cockroach in a spotlight with seriou potential legal problems.
As for the rst of what can be said - it has been, already, on the first FR thread of the day.
Happy to oblige!
It's good to see you just couldn't keep me on ignore... you little fibber you... ;o)
You got a BAD case of the Feisty Fever...
Tell you what, kids. If you don't like us picking on Christie, talk Palin into tossing her hat (toque?) into the ring. I gaurantee you, we will leave him alone in droves.
JoAnne in PA,
OMG! That was the best post of the day! LMAO! Now to go get something to clean off my monitor.
rickster...
I'll bet Feisty follows Barry even after he's ousted next year. A sort of political groupie...
News Flash:
Christie brother places dime in jukebox, selects "He ain't Heavy, He's my Brother".
Hollies collect another 25 cents in royalties.
Brother? What brother? That's just a left-wing conspiracy like walking on the moon. Christie is going to run I tell you. And finally the Teapublicans will have their candidate...for about three weeks. A heart beat away, hmm, could be material for a VP conspiracy theory...
drive by...
not fond of the fat man jokes but to steal a phrase from Larry the Cable Guy...
"That there was funny!...I don't care who you are..."
TruePatriot: then, just in time for the 97th Republican debate, Mitch Daniels will enter. Two weeks later, right before the 100th debate, Sarah Palin. Finally, immediately on the last day to get on the ballot, the last remaining savior of the Republican party, JEB Bush, will enter the race.
I always enjoyed the clowns at the circus, this elections Republican presidential race is no different.
Well, that means there will be one less clown in the circus this year.
The outlook wasn't brilliant for the GOPville 8 that day.
The score stood one to nothing with but one inning left to play.
But with Romney stuck on second and Bachman struck out flat,
That left only Perry and Christie left to bat.
Perry swung three times and missed,
His message had gone flat.
A hush fell over Gopville, their hero was "all hat'.
But they still had one more chance to win, with Romney still on base
When Christie, mighty Christie, stepped up to the plate.
Now Christie was no Reagan, but a mighty man was he
With rhetoric and talking points and a belly you could SEE
He was the man to hit a homer sure
The first pitch sailed across the plate, but Christie did demur.
"Strike One" the umpire yelled but Christie didn't blink.
The next pitch likewise went unmet, "STRIKE TWO" the umpire squeeked.
A hush fell over the Gopville fans as the pitcher hawked and spit,
They almost gasped as he ground the leather stitching into his hip.
The pitcher cocked his mighty arm, let the base ball fly...
But Christie let that one go as well, "I'll not run, sez I"
Somewhere the birds are singing, the tune is light and gay,
Somewhere the sun is shining and somewhere children play.
But clouds hang over Gopville, they won't have any fun
For Christie, mighty Christie sez, "It's not my time to run."
(Final Score Obama 1, GOP 0)
Obama/Biden 2012
skip..
Funny...very funny
But isn't Barry still losing against the imaginary republican candidate. He's an empty suit one-termer for sure. What's his approval rating up to these days...36-37%
Gawd, you Obamabots will follow your Savior anywhere, won't you...right down the toilet. I'll bet you and most of America wished you dems had put Hillary on the ticket. She has more brains and bigger cajones than your messaih.
rickster...
I also wonder why Feisty doesn't get suspended for a day or two...I've seen many others get the wrath of Sally and Tyler for less venom than she spews...?? Go figure...this is an MSNBC vine, I suppose. A little left leaning...ya think?
Feisty, I don't know anything about you and what I'm reading here about what a terrible person you are, but that was funny as hell.
Feisty,
I am very much a conservative. At first, when I started viewing this vine, I could hardly stand your comments. I would glance at them and start to steam. You have been wearing on me lately. I think I am beginning to really appreciate your extremism. You are an OK lib. I would love to debate you one on one sometime. It would be a great time. I apologize for my ill intended hostility towards you in the past.
Have a pleasant day.
PS. I will never accept your positions, but it would be fun to agree to disagree.
Bohemian...
but wouldn't it be scary to get a glimpse inside that head?
No actually it would be a good time. I have a previous life where that was a daily occurance. After 28 years I finally gave up. I think Feisty would be priceless to debate.
He isn't going to run because he's afraid to run. He has so much fun bullying people he doesn't want to give that up. This man is a giant pig and he's going to explode. I have absolutely no respect for someone who obviously has no self control or cares so little for his health. You can see that in the way he loses his temper so easily. He's irritated all the time because his shorts are tight.
Bohemian...
I salute you...you are a better man than me.
When my eyes start rolling around in the sockets like a sick cat, I give up. Saw her posts on an earlier vine...same old tired stuff.
nwnative...
no respect for obesity? You must be one disrepectful human since half the population is obese. Have you looked around? Do you have any fat people in your family...? friends? still no respect? Or is it just because he's a successful conservative governor who is doing a fine job for his state and could defeat Barry easily if he decided to run?
Bohemian Rhapsody:
What you wrote may be the most courteous thing I have seen recently. You have my respect.
cantake,
Some like nwnative are the type that if they want you to know how stupid they are they just open their mouths. It is a bad habit of theirs. It is like they look in the mirror and can't stand what they see so the way they make themselves feel better is to trash those that intimidate them. Can't do anything to help them. They are just a lost cause of body matter. Ignore, next.
new,
Thanks. It just seems that we are lost in civility. No need preaching, but I am one to think, no matter how hardcore our beliefs we, as humans, really do want to be understood and appreciated for who we are and not necessarily our message. You may not like the message, but we should find a way to like the messenger.
Been struggling with that a bit myself, Bohemian. It is hard to not respond in kind. I am sure that you and I would see politics very differently, but I have a feeling that we could enjoy a discussion and part friends. But, thanks for posting that...gives me hope.
New,
I am sure we could find common ground on some things. We all have certain ideas that guide our lives. I think sometimes our own ideology, whether just believed or acted upon does trancend party lines. It should not be spewed with malice towards those that believe differently. I guess maybe the flowered bus I drove around in my early years has kept a bit soft to the hardness of criticsm.
Have a great day as well.
You have a deal & thank you for your kind words!
Have a wonderful evening!
PS: you had me with the flowered bus... ;o)
Feisty,
I have to confess. It didn't have flowers on it. But the life was the same. It was nice to be in a simpler time. Where dialogue was sensical and for the most part civil. You could leave your house and car unlocked and not worry that you stuff would be missing. We, as a culture, have lost some of our most basic roots. It would be nice to regain the civility we so desperately need as a society.
You on your side, and me on mine. Should we take off our bedroom slippers, and have good discourse? Would be my choice.
You do make me smile with your tact and wit. Some just have an issue with the dryness of one's humor. I find it fun.
Will Christie run with brother Todd's checkered past?
http://www.politickernj.com/humorme/28755/chris-christies-closet
I wouldn't if I was him.
Too bad. Next?
President Cristie? On the world stage, he would be the epitome of the European image of the American: A fat, arrogant, blowhard!
Christie is smart enough to know to stay out of this race and go for the next one.
I can see it now Christie's elected and "Pres. Piehole is born"!
And just what do we have now? A POTUS with a big pie hole...a nasty smoker at that. C'mon folks, can't you do better than that?
Maybe Todd Christie will run. I mean, if you can't get one Baldwin brother for a part, you might try another.
LOL Amy - when I first read the headline, I was wondering why it was news that Christie's brother is still not running!
Oh, and sorry, but if you can't get Alec, you'd probably better quit before you get to Daniel or Stephen!
I thought Alec Baldwin did a pretty good Rick Perry on SNL.
Says Todd: "If he's lying to me, I'll be as stunned as I've ever been in my life." Notice he tacitly admits that his brother could be lying to him.
Nobody will join the clown procession of Republicans who doesn't have the money and time to waste, because the Republicans ARE NOT REALLY RUNNING. They have opted out of this campaign in every way but the most superficial, just as they did last time. They do not want, cannot manage, cannot steal from the til, this time around. This fact if observed would destroy the circus the media intend to make of the coming election. Nobody can beat Obama and they know it.
molly cruz
You might be on to something. I think it's working out well for Republicans (in their minds) not to have the Presidency while the nation recovers from the Bush decade. Better to be on the outside, throwing stones, while Obama tries to pick up the pieces.
Molly, give us how Obama is going to win and in what 10 swing states you think he will win to carry the electoral vote? Its really the opposite in that this should be the easiest election since Reagan beat Mondale to win and the GOP seems to not have their act together in a manner that would make it easy for them. Right now they are likely to win regardless of who they put up because and even with the lack of real GOP candidate enthusiasm just because the swing state independents are so disillusioned with Obama and his failed policies. So explain how he is going to win the necessary electoral swing states for me?
Contact your congressman: Re-open the Todd Christie Wall Street illegal trading investigation !!
"So explain how he is going to win the necessary electoral swing states for me?"
My name's not Molly, sorry, but here's how I think he'll do it:
He'll do what the rest of us are going to do: sit back and watch more of the repub 'debates'. Those should go a long way in helping him win another term.
Kirk, Republicans thought the same thing about John McCain.
Republicans are talking a lot of trash about President Obama, and yet President Obama has a truck load of more cash than Republicans.
Drive by--no the debates will have zero impact because your mind is already made up and those debates are meaningless for the national election. In a national debate, its going to be really tough for Obama no matter how skilled he is when he really doesnt have any popular (with independents not you) positions to run on. Is he really going to debate Obamacare when over 60% want it repealed. Is he really going to try and debate unemployment and class warfare issues when those are huge losers if the economy hasnt returned.
American Girl--no the GOP didnt think the same thing with McCain. McCain was behind in Virgina, NC, Colorado, close in Florida, Ohio and Penn at the time and had to run on bad economics (sound familiar?) Now Obama is losing to all the GOP candidates by varying ranges in all of the swing states except Michigan and could be losing there too and will have to run on a bad economy unless it turns around. The progressives on here who love Obama no matter what will have no bearing on this election. The independents wont vote based on the passions espoused by John A and the punish the successful arguments of David Walker, John B and Anna Molly and independents hate the personal attacks such as those by Fiesty etc --they will vote based on how they feel economically--I would bet not so good
Kirk- good points, but I think all he will have to do is have ads produced and run by the DNC that show those income discrepancy charts from the 60's and 70's up to the present.
Repeatedly.
See, those might not illustrate HIS record, but it will sure illustrate the GOP's! (and, might even let the people know not only that there IS INDEED class-warfare, but just who has been waging it against whom.)
Drive by--that wont work because most americans want to move up and most arent jealous of the salaries that Lady Gaga and the successful make. The tax class warfare really doesnt resonate because that really has been debunked in terms of who pays taxes etc. What hasnt been debunked is the tax loopholes and the various tax gimmicks, subsidies etc that continue to plague our tax code. Obama would be far more popular if he took a more populist position on reforming the code to eliminate all tax welfare for corporations and individuals. A simple, fair and progressive tax code that applied to everyone equally in a fair manner would gather more steam than taxing Buffett. In reality, Obama's proposals go after people making more than 250 and the working comfortably wealthy already pay close to 50% in income taxes more than their fair share and yes really hits small businesses. These people make up 70% of all consumer spending. People dont vote based on history they vote on today.
President Obama will win it again. I'm leaning toward 293 for the President and 245 for the Republican-Tea Potty. Of course I will make my prediction two weeks before.
The last time in 2008, I was 100% correct.
Kirk: Polls say the overwhelming majority of Americans think people making more than 250K should pay a higher tax rate.
They don't get it, Kirk.
Obama can't debate the unemployment rate down- or the almost seventeen million people who are unemployed away.
He can't debate GDP into growing.
He lost the debate on Palestine demanding recognition as a state.
It would be wonderful if he could debate the debt down- but he's inflated it by almost five trillion dollars in two and a half years, so I really don't think it will work.
He could, possibly, try debating the American people, who now have the lowest faith in the federal government in, well, ever, and think that D.C. wastes $0.51 out of every dollar spent- but I'm pretty sure he is the cause of that belief, and will probably lose that debate.
Fore crying out loud, he could not even come up with a campaign slogan- they trotted out WTF, and most people agreed that was how they thought about his presidency; then there was "I need four more years to finish the job", which was an unfortunate reminder of what most people feared- so they settled on a bumper sticker that just reads"2012".
I wonder what Biden makes of that message.
Job1- how'd you do in 2010?
TO: no joe, no bo, nj who wrote:
It never ceases to amaze me how little some folks know, or when they make totally bogus statements about things they know nothing at all about.
TO: rickster69 who wrote:
I'm still waiting for Republicans to answer for their policies and failures under the Bush Administration, why did they lie us into war in Iraq (it seems pretty obviously it was for the oil) and where did they hide all that money.
Gosteelers--of course most people want someone else besides themselves to pay more tax. The people making over $250k already pay virtually all the income tax and please dont tell me about payroll taxes because the progressives on here already say thats my pension I am entitled to it and you cant take it away. So payroll taxes are your contribution to your retirement and you get it back plus 10 times more. Since people making over $250 will already have their taxes raised by Obamacare in 2013 by 3.9% and at that point will be paying 50% or more of their income in taxes, how much do you want to punish their success? What is their fair share? Stop using the Buffett silliness on the super rich and applying it to the working wealthy or upper middle class.
A majority of Americans say Barack Obama is “about the same” or “worse” than George W. Bush as a president, says a new poll out Friday.
Asked to compare President Obama to former President George W. Bush, 56 percent said that Obama was either “worse” (34 percent) or “about the same” (22 percent) than Bush, said a USA Today/Gallup poll.
And with Obama....his numbers get worse and worse. For the progressives it's like a nightmare that never ends
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0911/64289.html#ixzz1ZBAbu0Pf
Governor Christy? Mitt Romney? Perry?
It really doesn't matter who goes up - they get a straight pass right into the White House.
This election will be about the Failure that is Barack Obama. End of Story
Geez, Rob. Y' think? All those disaffected Americans wanting to return to the policies that put them where they are in the first place??
I guess it COULD happen......
DBO,
Looks to me from the poll I just cited Americans would be more than happy to return to those Bush year's. Just need to get rid of Barney Frank and the other criminal democrats that helped destroy the housing market by ignoring the Bush Administration's warnings.
IF THE COUNTRY WANTS A RETURN TO THE BUSH YEARS, HERE'S YOUR GUY.
Think Progress:
The former Obama donors are helping the former Massachusetts governor lock up Wall Street dollars as Romney races to financially outpace primary rival Texas Governor Rick Perry in advance of the Sept. 30 third quarter deadline for campaign fundraising.
Romney has raised $2.3 million from the financial sector, while Obama has raised about $850,000.
The financial industry’s support for Romney should come as no surprise. After all, he has made attacking the Dodd-Frank financial reform law — aimed at preventing a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis — a centerpiece of his campaign. Likening financial regulators to “gargoyles,” Romney has called for the complete repeal of Dodd-Frank (even though he’s admitted that he’s not sure what’s in it).
Romney spent his business career in the financial sector, working at a private equity firm that caused thousands of Americans to lose their jobs. He has also appointed the chairman of a Wall Street front group to be one of his policy advisers. That’s evidently a perfect recipe for pulling in piles of Wall Street cash.
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As Jon Stewart said, it's not the GOP politicians that are the problem. It's the people who vote for them.
Yup.
How are those protests coming along down @ Wall Street? Is Romney protesting by any chance?
Of course not. He's part of the problem.
Gov. Christie is a loud mouthed bully.
Senator Brown here in MA had a lot to do with the watering down of regulations.
What a guy. Go Elizabeth Warren.
As bad as a President as Bush was especially dealing with foreign policy and fiscal spending, I would think most independent voters and nonidealogues (in other words none of the Progressives on here) feel that they were better off for the 8 years under Bush than the last 3 under Obama. Yes, the financial crisis started at the end of the Bush's term but we have had economic cycles in the past with serious financial issues such as the end of the 70s and early 80s, but Obama has done nothing to turn us around and most people as the polls indicate feel he has made it worse. Not surprised in the face of 3 years and likely more years of failed Obama policies, that people want a change.
Ah, Drive By - if only it was "as bad" as it was under Bush.
And therein lies Obama's problem - it's far worse than it was, AND he said he'd fix it and failed.
Now why would anyone re-elect someone who, by his very own standards has failed?
Of course no one one. Except you all in the rock star cult.
Oh and the Wall Street Protests. Yeah, those are totlaly rocking. But seriously what exactly are they protesting?
Ah, never mind, no one outside of Firedoglake and Kos even has any idea it is taking place.
Actually Kirk, President Obama has done quite a bit.
It's the GOP Congress who refuse to work for the American people. Ask John Boehner where his jobs bill is. He doesn't have one.
You want to keep the GOP in, go right ahead. Just stop complaining about the losers you elect. The GOP has never done anything for average working class families in this country.
Yet you keep voting them in.
You ARE the problem.
You are more than happy to give GWB 8 years of lies and wars and corruption.
Obama gets two to fix it.
Two years.
Voters in this country ARE THE PROBLEM. They don't pay attention until it's too damn late.
Generation after generation.
dream on pat.....Senator Brown is one of the highest polling senators in the country with approvals much higher than Teddy ever dreamed of.
And Warren probably won't even win the primary.
Rob in MA -
The first sentence in your own link doesn't back you up:
"PRINCETON, NJ -- Asked to compare Barack Obama with George W. Bush, Americans are more inclined to say Obama has been a better (43%) rather than a worse (34%) president, with 22% seeing no difference between the two."
If you want to get your 56% by adding the "worses" to the "sames", then I'm sure you would agree with me - and the poll - that adding the "sames" and "betters" to get an even higher percentage (65%) is equally valid, right?
Gotta wonder about the 22% who see no difference either way, though......of course, as your link also indicates, this poll was just among people 18 and older. Not "likely voters", or even "registered voters", just alledged adults over 18:
"Results for this USA Today/Gallup poll are based on telephone interviews conducted Sept. 15-18, 2011, with a random sample of 1,004 national adults, aged 18 and older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia."
Oh, and while we're talking polls in general, even Gallup admits that:
"In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of public opinion polls".
In short, take it from someone who's worked in the public opinion industry for over 40 years - polls, like pretzels, can be twisted in any number of different ways. And like the best pretzels, they always need at least a few grains of salt.
Bravo, Pat Boston!
Our number one priority is to make President Obama a failure - a one term President. Yep it is really easy to work with that group - RIGHT?????????
Our number one priority - not to help America - but to help the GOP party.
Yeah, Rob. A little more Bush is a great idea. After all, he left the country in GREAT shape and cheerfully skipped off to write his coloring book of memoirs!
What the hell happened to our educational system to allow people with this kind of vacuum between their ears to walk freely among the rest of us?
And as impressed as I am with the giant intellect of Jon Stewart I think your best bet is not to qoute him.
Nice try, Spanky. Name one thing the GOP has done to HELP Obama fix anything. Obstructionists and demagogues of the worst kind, they are. Do you think nobody sees that?
Hey, did you guys read the article over @ Think Progress about how stock traders are hoping for another recession? It's what they dream about.
That's how they make their dough.
Rob in ma-3189632
"DBO,
Looks to me from the poll I just cited Americans would be more than happy to return to those Bush year's"
And Spank:
"Ah, Drive By - if only it was "as bad" as it was under Bush."
Gosh, guys- haven't you heard- we are not supposed to mention Bush. I was, in fact, thinking more along the lines of Reagan... I mean, that IS when 'trickle-down' was born, right? That IS when the middle class 'shrinkage' began, and all.
Yeah Pat, Obama has done a ton to fix unemployment. Wait, he said he needed $1 trillion to fix it. We gave it, now he needs another $500 trillion. Not even Reid is buying that one.
Pat has he done anything about Fannie or Freddie? Pat, why would he ignore one of the driving forces of the recession?
Oh and Pat, when he said in 2009 it was "Recovery Summer" was he just flat wrong, or lying?
Also Pat he cut taxes just 8 months ago, yet now talks about raising them. A tad inconsistent, eh Pat?
Oh and finally gang, wasn't Reagan and the Bushes super lucky that there was no opposition to anything they sought to do?
Too bad Obama just isn't that lucky. Of course now he's got to deal with Harry R.
So in summary, yes a little more bush is always a good idea. Who doesn't love Bush, particularly a neatly trimmed one?
Well repealing Obamacare was a Jobs Bill in of itself and that passed the House didnt it? Passing a bill the required a balanced budget (thus creating fiscal sanity and increasing the future standard of living for our children and grandchildren) certainly is a jobs bill. So not sure what you mean. I realize there is a complete difference in philosophy where Obama feels that government spending, huge deficits, government controls over large segments of our various industries rather than more of a free market approach creates jobs. He has tried for several years and it hasnt worked. The fact that you philosophically differ doesnt mean the GOP is wrong. I dont want to vote Bush in as he was as bad of a fiscal spender as Obama. I want Reagan or Clinton era fiscal policies with real incentives for businesses to grow and expand. I dont want to take money out of the market and give it to government to spend as why do we need to continue with an experiment that has historically never worked. I can actually critically think and say there are many things about the GOP I dont like including Bush era policies but still like many of the fiscal positions that are espoused by guys like Christie, Romney, Kasich and the true fiscal conservatives.
JoAnne, PA. Nice job of debunking Rob in ma. Great line, pretzels with a grain of salt!
"Also Pat he cut taxes just 8 months ago, yet now talks about raising them. A tad inconsistent, eh Pat?"
Wait, Spank- I thought it was BAD to stay with the same plan, once you see it doesn't work??
Something here smells, well, inconsistent.
Are you kidding me. The current President is a lawless, do nothing, and blames everyone else for his failed policies. The republican led house passed over 500 bills and the democratic led senate passed 150 of them. Many of them where designed to help the economy but Harry Reid shelved the majority of them. The president is asking for civility and cooperation from the house but fails to remember that his party controlled both congress and the senate for two years. There has not been one serious peice of legislation to come out of the Obama administration since he took office. The guys has to be voted out or we are all in trouble.
We really shouldn't make fun of Christie because he is fat, it's too easy and it overlooks the bigger (yes, that is possible) concerns.
Chief amongst those concerns for a general election candidate is that Gov. Christie is a, well, it ryhms with m@!$%#. That pig may fly in Jersey, but I doubt it will work in the rest of the country.
Also too, once the Tea Party folk hear about Christie's stances on the issues I don't think they'll want him.
I'm sure many on the left would LOVE Gov. Christie to run. The optics alone... Hey, if the GOP wants a fat m@!$%# as their candidate I doubt the Dems will complain.
Of course he's Running...to nearest Cracker Barrell!
Molly, I agree.. the Republicans don't really want this, just like last time. Then they'd have to clean up the mess they largely created.. and that has never been their strong suit..
Now I'm not sure. I heard the Christie's had a guy out at the White House trying to figure out if they could widen the doorways.
Then I heard that NASA found the missing satellite orbiting Chris Christie.
Chris Christie claims to have a special relationship with the China. He has more chins than a Chinese phonebook.
Moron. What would you say if someone were to post something stupid like this about Obama? Libs and hate speech. Hand in hypocritical hand.
Obama Lies, LOLOLOL!! WTF are you talking about?!?! People say a LOT worse stuff about the President all of the time. Most of us liberals just ignore it because we know one can't argue with crazy people.
John Mack, good one and true.
Obama lies, what lies are you referring to.
Oh, Chris Christie...Hep us! Hep us! Please save the GOP from themselves. They've had four years to produce a viable candidate from a dozen different choices in the worst Bush economy since the Great Depression, and they still have NO ONE.....yikes!
There is a joke in here somewhere. How many Republicans does it take to be President another savior is found on the horizon just not willing so far.
Jesus will show up and reincarnate Reagan.
John Bayner, they probably would if they could. Except even he would rise and fall because the GOPTP wouldn't support Reagan these days, he raised taxes many times, gave amnesty to illegals and actually believed in compromise. Nope, they prefer the myth of Reagan not the real Reagan.
Baynor,
More likely that a re-incarnated Reagan will show up as the Devil to do battle with Jesus. Reagan's policies of "no new taxes" are what have created the current mess, where we think that we can proceed without paying for anything. And where we cheer the notion that the US will "just let em die", when people become sick and too poor to afford health care. When our military servicemen are booed because of their sexual orientation. When the death penalty is cheered.
Jesus probably can't wait for that showdown. Jesus must be so ashamed....
I was wondering how long a supposedly fair-minded lib would resort to hate speech and name calling.
about 0.16 seconds... as demonstrated above.
I guess you stand on moral high ground, right? "Obama Lies?" Give us a frigging break. That sounds pretty hateful! Let me join you on your turf. All Republicans are idiots. Wait a minute, that's not a lie, that's close to the truth. That took me no time at all.
OL what was that about name calling " Moron" Pot and kettle not far apart. I am sure everyone on the right is pure as snow right? Get off your pedistal it won't hold the weight.
LOL...you teanutters slay me. Here...let me help you out with your hypocrisy:
Nobama, Obammy, Osama, Hussein, Marxist, Socialist, Terrorist, Fascist, Muslim, Kenyan...shall I go on?
OL, Just your name alone is hate speech and name calling. Apparently you seem to think you are fair minded. Don't do as I do, do as I say you should do. Kinda like you think freedom is your right to take mine away.
Sorry won't support a Norquist republican wanting to kill America for the rich.
Anyone want to take a peek at her comment #1.2? lmao!
Jeez, Obama Lies, even your screen name is hate speech and name calling.
Feisty, no doubt Sickof (CU Farley) is way over the line in 1.2.
Carianne, I call him "Dirty Barry." I made that one up myself, as far as I know.
I think his name is Obama and he hates himself.
Rumble...uh...congratulations? I hope that's not your claim to fame. Your children must be so proud.
Poor Feisty... did I hurt your feelings? Impossible since you have none... none other than hate.
No farther over that line than Feisty goes every single day!
All I did was share my vision of what Feisty might look like based upon her comments. Feisty on the other hand threatens people and makes obscene comments about their spouses. Just ask people like JAS1 and NoJo about that!
Yeah... Feisty is a real stand-up person! HA!
He probably noticed that he wouldn't even win his home state if he ran and rightly decided he didn't want to go the way of Al Gore in 2000.
This just cracks me up! Who is running the GOP these days? No...seriously...I'd like to know the name of the brilliant strategist who thought "Let's just go ahead and tell the American public that our current group of nominees is nothing but a bunch of clowns...then maybe Christie will get in the race after all." And if he doesn't? Now what, pea brains?
Are you kidding? Do you think he wants to get in and possibly lose to one of the current crop of idiots? If I was Christie, I'd sit it out and wait for 2016 after Obama's second term. If what the idiot republicants say is correct, we will be in such bad shape that Christie will be in like Flynn.
Obama's second term. That's probably the funniest thing I've heard all day...
When Bush was elected to his first term in 2004, that being after serving a term as unelected president.
It wasn't funny, it was sad, so sad.
John...no, I don't think he wants to get in there. He'd be crazy to do so...which is why I'm wondering why all of the republican politicos are throwing their current candidates under the bus. They've basically said to their biggest supporters "Uh, yeah...the guys (and gal) we have now suck. We'll see if we can find you someone else."
Carianne, well said.
BREAKIN NEWS:
The first cousin of a friend of the guy that cuts Christies grass also say's Christies not running. Film at eleven.
Save Ferris!
THIS JUST IN:
I'm not running either.
Hey, I heard you and Gov. Christie ain't running as a team. Neither is Jeb.
NEWS FLASH:
According to sources close to the guy down the street, he ain't running either. Stay tuned for breaking coverage of who isn't running.
Poor Christie, only he knows how dirty he is. He is x-persecutor, those guys dont stay clean.
I would absolutely love it if Chris Christie ran!
The pavement wouldn't...
Of course he's not running you see the size of this guy. Running burns calories.
You can blame whom ever you want to, the President , Congress, or any body in Goverment you want to, but it all come's down to it's our fault, the people of the United States. We don't seem to want to take responsiblity for our action's and the way we treat other people. We all need to Love GOD more and become the nation that our founding fathers meant for us to be One Nation Under GOD.
The powers that be like the sound of "One Nation Under Exxon/Mobil" better.
I thought it was "One Nation Under the Koch Brothers"
Bill Davis. No disrespect intended to your faith or your opinion but if you're quoting the Pledge of Alligiance, "under God" didn't get added until the 50's and God isn't mentioned in the Constitution either. As for our currency, for years In God We Trust was only added during times of war, then after the wars, it was dropped. Finally, they just left it there to save money.
You're right.
Declaration of Independence.
1st paragraph.
"When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."
Thanks for playing.
The phrase "Nature's God" was a deliberate choice by Jefferson. He was a Deist, and that is how he would refer to his belief in rational thought.
Independent voters are not crazy. They might be dissapointed in President Obama but they are more frustrated with the Republican led Congress. They will be even more dissapointed if a Republican president gets elected, only a 10% chance. When we, independent voters, realize our options, they will vote President back in office. The other choice is to elect republican puppets of the tea party in office of which we will not do. Trust me on this. President Obama will be elected back in office, along with a Congress thhat he can finally work with to get our country thru the mess, yes the mess, that Republicans caused in the first place. I am an Independent, and could vote either way, the choice is clear however, I or none of my close friends will not vote Republican mainly because they have becone puppets of the one track mind ( do it my way or the highway mentality ) of the far right wing Tea Party.
You make some good points, galenwsr. I think that a good number of those Tea Party folks who won in 2010 will have a brief career in government.
I predicted the 2008 crash like Ron Paul and I am not running for president also. Ron Paul thought he was special for seeing it, I thought it was obvious.
Since the 2008 crash and while my 401K doesn't make a lot of interest money, I am not about to put it in the stock market to be stolen. I am well ahead of those who have been ripped off twice now.
The best story about Christie is when a contentious bill was being passed in NJ and there were compromises and the Democrats got what they wanted and voted for the bill. Then Christie before he signed it, did a line item veto on all the Democrats items that got them to vote for the bill. A real honorable kind of guy.
Christie would be the shiny new object for about as long as it took for the public to find out the truth about him.
Looks like Perry is your guy. It will be fun watching all the twist and turns to get there.
I agree Americans First. Like you, I recognized the signs of trouble on Wall Street in late 2007, and had my investments moved out of stocks completely--and I'm not running for President either! Anyone paying attention had to notice the extreme ups and downs in the market. If a person paid attention, they would have noticed their statements showed losses more often rather than gains.
He would totally CRUSH the competition.......and he'd probably get a lot of votes too ;P
Why don't the repub's get King Grover to run, he's the one calling the shots for them anyway, I say "Red Rover, Red Rover, send Grover on over".
Or how about rush limpsomthing, he already decides the daily talking points for republicans and faux propaganda?
Boner is already calling while rush is on the air and asking rush to tell him what to do.
TO: Rob in ma-3189632 who wrote:
Then why do you suppose they keep making all those campaign contributions, more than twice the amount Republicans have?
Republicans have been trying everything to free their memory from having elected THE WORSE PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, GEORGE W. BUSH.
My suggestion: Don't do it again, vote Democratic!
Even though I'm a health care provider I must admit that I have no psychiatric training so I can not explain the contributions and support from the mentally challenged progressives to the obama campaign.
As for his base support - I liken it to feeding a poor helpless hungry kitten. Once you do it they keep coming back. He is after all the food stamp president.
Let me guess Rob, as a health care provider, you get a government entitlement for taking care of whom, your parents?
Rob also didn't mention that 43% feel President Obama is doing a better job than Bush. But Rob does like to add doing the same and doing worse together so that he comes up with 56%.
Chris Christie would blow Obama out of the water if he ran in 2012 . Ask Cory Booker ( Democrat / Newark) what he thinks of Christie. Even the Dems will vote for Christie because he's honest and really cares about people, deficits, jobs, jobs, jobs ! The country's had enough of Obungle.
Who cares what Booker thinks of Christie. He is honest and cares about people - whew you must be eating the same donuts he does.................I'm an independent and I wouldn't vote for the loud mouth.
It is true that Democrats are more likely to vote according to who they think will do a better job, rather than blindly vote party lines like Republicans. That said, most Democrats would probably still pick Obama over Christie. At least they are both decent, honest, moderate politicians, which means if Christie did run against Obama, we're guaranteed a reasonable President.
I'd rather a normal Republican candidate run than some extremist like the others who are in the running. What if someone like Perry or Bachmann actually became President of the United States?
Most of these posts take shots at his weight. Just shows again that the ignorant resort to insults when they can't form a coherent argument.
hey deborah, I may or may not be "eating donuts" but one things for sure.....YOU ARE DRINKING THE KOOL AID.