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Chris Christie on 2016 Presidential Run: ‘If It Comes…I Will Be More Ready’ Than I Was in 2012

Dec. 20, 2012 8:56am Billy Hallowell

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie made it clear that 2012 wasn’t the right year for him to make a run for the American presidency. But with the dust now settled following President Barack Obama’s re-election win and with eyes beginning to set on 2016, it seems the Republican leader has a more positive take on a potential future candidacy.

In an interview with Steve Adubato, host of “Conversations at NJPAC,” Christie talked about his potential rise to the national stage. In addition to speaking about personal preparedness, he also gave his take on the crisis facing the Republican Party.

“I wasn’t ready to run for president this time,” the governor told Adubato.

While he made no definitive statements about the next presidential race, Christie did note that he would be more prepared for the opportunity should it inevitably arise.

Chris Christie Says He Will Be More Ready for Possible Presidential Run in 2016

Photo Credit: “Conversations at NJPAC”

“If it comes, I know that I will be more ready for it than I would have been this year,” he told the host.

But Christie’s own career wasn’t the only subject on the table. Larger issues like the Republican Party’s future and preventing gun violence were also discussed. As for the GOP’s current status, Christie shared a perspective that many on both sides of the aisle have embraced — the notion that the movement’s messaging isn’t resonating with the American populace.

“We lost two national elections in a row,” he admitted. “We’re not connecting with Americans on the issues that matter most to them. We haven’t had the best candidates.”

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (Photo Credit: AP)

This comment is curious, of course, because Christie supported Romney. The governor did, however, say that the Republican, who lost to Obama in November, “is a good man,” but he reiterated that “he simply didn’t connect with Americans.”

Christie also defended his praise of the president in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, essentially calling his comments a non-controversy.

(H/T: NJ.com)

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AbrahamsSheepdog
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:59am
Did I miss his apology or should he be asked about stimulus $ or disaster $??? Or springsting tickets? Ask him about the twinkie too.

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- joey g
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:58am
  this fat ass is a RINO period…..i would vote for anybody but this creep
  
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- UMMAH GUMMAH
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 11:55am
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  Will he be running as a democRAT?
  
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- Trigus
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 12:16pm
  Does the Republican Party have any real winners – Really – He will be ready in 2016 – Lets just do away with the Party system, or even switch over to Democrat (that would be funny.)
  
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- JohnnyinthePedros
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 12:27pm
  We may be looking at the final fat little nail in the GOP coffin.
  
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- turkey13
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 12:54pm
  If – If the biggest word in the world.If hurracain Sandy hadn’t happened and Christ Christy hadn’t had his nose stuck up Obamas rear so far – Obama wouldn’t have been elected even with all the cheating. Look at the close up pictures of Christy, you can see two brown racing stripes on each side of his brown nose.
  
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- banjarmon
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 12:59pm
  NO WAY RiNO NO WAY!!!
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 1:25pm
  No fricking way will I vote for Christy. He is fiscally conservative, yes, but he is a pro union prog on everything else. RINO for sure. Another east coaster.
  
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- zman173rd
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 5:54pm
  Just another run of the mill politician. The same type who got us into this mess to begin with. I am so tired of the standard we’ve set for ourselves. Mediocre, middle road, what’s in it for me, hustlers. It’s over folks. Someone said if A. Lincoln were running for office today he wouldn’t make the initial cut. I believe that. How can anyone with high morals win against a population who’s majority has none? What’s that saying, ” It ain’t over til the fat lady sings.” ? Well dress him in a pettycoat can call him Ertha Kit !
  
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- ltb
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 6:04pm
  Chris Christie… isn’t he the guy who helped screw up the 2012 election by paling around with, and singing the praises of, Barack Hussein Obama a few days before the 2012 election? Yeah, thanks but no thanks Chris.
  
  BTW Chris, how’s all of that FEMA aid coming? What’s that? FEMA is nowhere to be found and Barry won’t return your calls now that the election is over… Well! I, am, shocked!
  
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- 2getherWeStand
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 6:18pm
  Christie would be my last choice. I’m tired of these RINO, lesser of 2 evil, Obama lite type candidates. We need a true conservative.
  
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- War_Vet
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 7:40pm
  Maybe, if he starts running now, maybe the round rino will be able to fit in the campaign bus by 2016 …
  
  Oh wrong king of running. ;)
  
  Is the power even back on yet Governor Twinkie? Why don’t ya take some more photo op pics with the Kenyan instead? Oh and don’t forget to take a lunch ..
  
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- Wolf
  Posted on December 21, 2012 at 8:18am
  Stay in Joisey, Lardass- we don’t need another commie in the White House.
  
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- JokerWatcher
  Posted on December 21, 2012 at 9:32am
  I’ll never vote for Chrstie.
  In fact, I’ll never hold my nose and vote for a RINO again. If the RINO party puts up another Dole, or McCain, or Romney, they needn’t ever worry again about buying after-win party goods; they will never see another win.
  Instead of the fil thy RINOs expecting us Conservatives to hold or noses and vote for them, how ’bout they hold THEIR noses and vote for a conservative Republican for a change,… huh,..how ’bout THAT-!!?
  
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satotbs
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:58am
This Guy thinks global climate change is manmade! Tough talk on camera but just another Billy Joel liberal.
Please run as what you really are a “Damnocrap”.

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- txswalker
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:56am
  Did you mean demoncrap? Im braging cause as far as I know I coined that term…your welcome
  Im so proud of myself
  
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AJAYW
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:57am
Fat pig is a RINO and don’t stand snow ball chance in hell.

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- naughtycal
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:21am
  It’s New Jersey New Yorks “special” liberal cousin. Christy thinks he has the Conservative base all sowed up and is not looking for support from the liberal base……He’s a politiciannothing more nothing less his only claim to fame is actually making strong statement on issues instead of sticking his finger in the wind first to see which way it was blowing.
  
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- SimpleTruths
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 4:11pm
  Not unlike the GOP in general.
  Can’t wait until 2014 and 2016, it’ll be like watching a political version of a demolition derby.
  
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Cabinessence
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:55am
After the stunt you pulled the week before the election, NOT A CHANCE.

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- SimpleTruths
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:51pm
  Stunt? Oh that’s right that little rainy day called Sandy. Yeah, what a d!ck, asking for assistance for his constituents, who the hell does he think he is, the governor?
  
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- rutitooti
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:15pm
  Two men both wanting to be Governor, one makes an unkind comment about BO, one gives a great photo op with BO, BO wins election……now “lo and behold” the first is no longer going to run against the second….yeah I would call it a stunt too “Cabin”, a very well played stunt. As “say it ain’t so Joe” said “you dance with the one that brung ya”, I just can’t wait for the music to stop
  
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RightUnite
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:48am
Meh….. Not interested, don’t bother.

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reconmarine
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:45am
If Christie plans on running in 2016 he had better run as a Democrat. He totally screwed over the GOP.

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- SimpleTruths
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:44am
  Dude, the GOP screwed over the GOP.
  What you’re going to see is a rise of the moderates in the GOP because they know that’s their only chance to win another election on the national stage. Of course that’s going to make all the Blazer’s mad as hell and break off in a bunch of splintered attempts to form a 3rd Party. With little organization or money to speak of, it’s only effect will be to siphon off votes from the mainstream GOP, causing them to lose again.
  I like what I’m seeing and I’m sure Glenn does too, it gives him a new lease on life to sell his medicine show to the rubes.
  
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- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 12:36pm
  Wrong Simple. I know you need to continue to try and feed your narrative (or rather, the one that was given to you to uphold by your intellectual superiors). Fact is, the GOP lost because most of the Tea Party sat out or voted third party. The moderates are the *problem*, not the solution.
  
  I don’t expect you to know, care or understand. I just wanted a counter to your cult dogma on the thread. Good day.
  
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- SquidVetOhio
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 12:48pm
  @GHOST
  
  I don’t normally love other Blazer’s posts. But when I do, I choose yours.
  
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- SimpleTruths
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 2:51pm
  Ghost – it’s not my narrative, it’s what’s factually happening in the GOP. Your own statement; that a lot of Tea Party types sat out or voted third party, is just recapitulating the point I made – a fractured party is why you lost and will be the reason it will continue to lose.
  
  So if I say it, I’m promoting my side’s ‘narrative’, but if you say it it’s an explanation of why you lost?
  
  Wow, I guess you told me.
  
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searching for the Truth
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:44am
Oh no your not !

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hauschild
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:43am
If this RINO thinks he has a shot at Bill-ary, he’s delusional.

There will be fewer and fewer real conservatives turning out at the polls with non-conservative candidates running as Republicans. I don’t think we need any more evidence than the past two elections.

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- truthnstuff
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:47am
  Not only no…but…HELL NO! I’m sure the RINO/GOP will cobble together another McCain and Romney loss.
  
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kat747
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:42am
The first thing ANY Republican has to do in order to win an election is to figure out
HOW TO FIX AN ELECTION.

ok…we start with the billy clubs in front of the election polls
then…you have to “fix” the computers
then…”buy” the minority votes
then…”promise” free stuff to people (you won’t have to deliver the free stuff – just “promise” it
and….”promise” the illegals that they can stay in the USA
then…”violate” the laws in the Constitution (that is, IF there are any left)
and
YOU WILL WIN THE ELECTION !!!

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Bernese2008
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:38am
Chris Christie lost my vote when I found out he was for CAP AND TRADE then confirmed when he sucked up to Obama after Sandy.

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- JohnnyinthePedros
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 12:48pm
  I was thinking he sucked down on Obama…
  
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Tri-ox
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:30am
‘Chris Christie Endorsed by Laborers International Union’

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/chris-christie-endorsed-laborers-international-union_690621.html

Christy has kicked off his gubernatorial re-election bid, by jumping into bed with obama’s union thugs – between this, and his bizarre love/lust of obama, can there be any doubt that Christie is a nonstarter for 2016? Christie is a liberal opportunist and certainly not Republican presidential material. How long will it be before Christie switches parties?

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- naughtycal
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:49am
  ding ding ding #1 answer
  
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- kat747
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:37am
  Hey siding with the enemy is on the list for winning an election.
  It worked in the last two elections….didn’t it ?
  
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DZ-015
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:23am
I’ll believe he’s serious if he goes on a diet and loses 100 lbs in the next couple of years. Who will trust a bloated man with no self control to gain control of bloated federal spending?

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- NOT A CRAZY
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:33am
  Who trust a phony RINO with the fading (R) next to his name? It doesn’t matter to me if he looks AIDS thin like the Shrunken Head in the White House or if he is so fat he makes Michael Mooron look skinny. A RINO is a RINO is a RINO.
  
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- yougottabekidding
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:36am
  He cemented my vote when he kissed hussains ****
  
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justangry
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:22am
Yeah, the GOP needs more anti-gun freaks.

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- momrules
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:25am
  Yay………you’re back. Merry Christmas Just and family.
  
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Top_Contributor
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:12am
Christie upset the tea lovers when he acted like an adult with Obama during Sandy, and you know how tea lovers feel about acting like adults.

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- sndrman
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:34am
  “adult” wish barrack would act like an adult…..but anyways……..i will not vote for for any republican again,the dems are hard hard left to socialism/communism and the reps are moving from center right to center left so what’s the point of voting for one in the same………christi believes in golbal warming,is anti- gun, and a few more lefts ideology………..so what’s the difference?
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:48am
  TOP_CONTRIBUTOR, Sounds more you plan to vote for him.
  
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- stopprintn
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:48am
  Adults ? with reps. like Rush,Johnson,Lee, Waters,Pilosi and such. Its like watchig a freak show. Politics has become a form of entertainment for us on the right. Really, its like a trip too the zoo. The democraps will be looked at like the fools they are in history books. We can see this now but unfortunately, the people who vote for them are actualy, believe it or not, dummer than they are.
  
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- mrunner
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:55am
  He kissed Obama’s backside for all that the Chosen One was going to accomplish… Flash forward and take a good look at what the MSM is NOT covering. The pathetic response from FEMA is likely worse than its response to Katrina. They have not learned from their experience. They had substantially more time to prepare and substantially more logistically accessible resources- but they failed- despite the Chosen One issuing an edict that it be handled. Typical of someone who has never worked a real job in his life- Just like the voters he represents… Obama doesn’t understand that you have to WORK if you want results.
  
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- TheePolitinator
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 3:24pm
  Top Lemming, yes adults, that sign NDAA, Patriot act and run guns to muslim brotherhood, lie, cheat trash our economy and forward an agenda, not to mention break the oath of office on a regular basis. And also understand, we know Bush was just as much as guilty. It’s when are you liberal morons going to realize it?
  
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ZAP
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:09am
It will cost a fortune to widen all the doorways in the White House

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- kaydeebeau
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:12am
  probably not – Taft was a much bigger guy – had to have a special bathtub made for the WH
  
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DougHuffman
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:07am
I’m sure that CC will be more ready after Obummer’s terms, we will be so impoverished, exhausted and depressed that Hag Hillary could win, even running as a progressive-socialist. The repugnant embrace between D&R will put CC in the same boat. Imagine bi-partisanship with a Hillary-Christie ticket. Imagine the bi-congress of the D&R Ruling Class!

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- Red Meat
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:10am
  I wish CC the best with the politics within his crumbling party.
  
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- vaman
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:09am
  This doug huffman character is the strangest guy on this entire sight.
  
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- DougHuffman
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 11:33am
  Thank you, I resemble that remark!
  
  I certainly wouldn’t want to resemble the common/vulgar/demotic |users here on DaBlasé.
  
  Good people ought to be armed as they will, with wits and Guns and the Truth. God Bless Bitter Clingers, damn know-nothings, progressives.
  
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mrunner
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:07am
Keep talking smack to the lefties and unions Christie! I find it truly entertaining. Unfortunately, over the past couple of months I have seen the other side of you (which took quite a while due to your size). I will continue to enjoy your Christie moments- but NFW are you a viable presidential candidate.

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- @leftfighter
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:09am
  Dang. You stole the thought right out of my head.
  
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- Simple Skeptic
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:36am
  Agreed. he stepped in it big time.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:46am
  Really. Please don’t waste out time, or the party’s money!
  
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mom4times
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:05am
If Barack had a son…….Moochelle would have ALOT of work to do

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momrules
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:04am
Chris Christi is another man I will never vote for. In my opinion this Islam loving, loud mouthed, rude bully would be almost as bad for America as Obama is.

Really research him and you won’t want him as President either.

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- Cavallo
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:22am
  Yeah, no thanks to Chris. Someone else. They’re going to have to pick someone stellar to champion individual liberty before I EVER vote GOP again. I’ve been let down for the last time.
  
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- momrules
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:27am
  I agree Cavallo…..
  
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purplebutterfly
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:04am
Chris Christie — a whole lot of sizzle, very little steak.

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- TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:18am
  …”very little steak.”
  
  Unless there’s an army of hungry bath salt zombies about. No wonder Christie signed legislation banning bath salts. He saw his @ss on the chow line…
  
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- Zipit
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:25am
  ‘Au contraire mon frere’! There’s a lot of beef on that boy, and enough fat to keep the pan a sizzlin for quite a while!!!!! Speaking literally of course!
  
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RIGS
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:03am
Maybe you can kiss him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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raderby
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:01am
fat boy, you are dead to me.

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- naughtycal
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:06am
  Agreed Christie is not the same person conservatives got behind…..he showed his true union colors and they are Red blooded American they’re blue blooded liberal
  
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- naughtycal
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:17am
  I meant they aren’t red blooded
  
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ResistSocialism
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:00am
forgetaboutit Christie

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Top_Contributor
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 8:59am
Don’t waste your time, Mr. Christie. The Republican party is not poised to win anything any time soon.

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SocialistSlayer
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 8:59am
Don’t bother Christie – Keep your fat Commie **** at home – We don’t want your Sorry A##

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