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Chris Christie: Born to Run?
- Posted on October 20, 2010 at 2:34pm by
Meredith Jessup
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NBC’s Today takes a look at the conservative phenom — his family, his politics and his potential as a future GOP nominee for president (h/t: Townhall):
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Comments (85)
ConservativeFeminist
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 8:01pmChris Christie for President! Herman Cain for Vice President!
Report Post »faires
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 8:14pmHear, Hear!!
Report Post »Boldnfresh
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 7:45pmrun to Dunkin Donuts
Report Post »DMD
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 7:38pmI love him
Report Post »How about that for the carrot up Michelles ass program?
ConservativeFeminist
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 11:07pmDMD – that comment was inappropriate and disgusting.
Report Post »PatriotBren
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 7:33pmChristie needs to do much more in NJ in the next two years. Get NJ out of RGGI. The 10 state (northeast) cap & trade scam we now participate in. The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative must be pulled apart and killed. Also, when he’s ready to be president, I might be ready to vote for him.
Report Post »Daragon29
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 7:22pmI love this man. I hope he does run for president. This is exactly the kind of person America has needed for a long time. A guy who knows how to get things done and says things bluntly rather then all boring like an old dried up lawyer.
Report Post »chazman
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 6:52pmChristie, if he wants to go for it, better make a move right quick. I really don’t know anything about him. And as for Sarah Palin, well, I adore her, but not enough to vote her in as President or Vice-President. I won’t vote for just anyone … our country is too important.
Report Post »faires
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 6:40pmChris Christie Rocks__HeTells it like it is, was, and will be, and I- love- it!!___CHRISTIE FOR PRESIDENT 2012!!!!
Report Post »Helen-of-Joy
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 6:39pmOh, what’s not to love? His shoot from the hip style reminds me a little of Ronald Reagan.
Report Post »Inuyasha
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 6:28pmChristie/Palin 2012. I’m on board. Christie talks it, and so far walks it. Palin is a regular person and has common sense, and that is what I’m looking for. @ CM Sackett – And I like Allen West also. I would take any combination out of those three names.
Report Post »honor007
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 6:25pmHe needs to be on the ticket!!!!
Report Post »2012~
i want him to slash the government of the United States like he has in New Jersey!!!!
bloodhound
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 6:14pmI’m all about voting in christi but palin????? Ehhh. She‘s a great entertainer but that’s it!
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 6:12pmSo close to being agreeable then you spin into paranoia and name calling. AMERICANS voted progressives in, they may vote them out. This never happens in a socialist government, if a truly socialist government even ever existed. Typically despots with better public relations teams call themeselves socialist/ marxists to pretend they are the will of the people.
Report Post »CM Sackett
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 6:09pmChristie has a spine, for sure. But for the WHOLE PACKAGE (Character, Courage, Integrity… and more ready-to-hand knowledge of the Constitution than ANY other person in the arena):
Allen West.
GOWEST 2012 (google it… check this man out).
CM Sackett
Report Post »Helen-of-Joy
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 6:29pmYes, I will be voting for West!
I am not sure what it is about Palin but though I like her well enough, something is just turns me off.
I say Christie yes. Marco Rubio is just as honest and a little more polished.
Report Post »koyettsu
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 6:05pmlol awesome I would vote for Christi or Palin, I just want someone who understands what work actually is and has common sense.
Report Post »YouShallNotPass
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 6:02pmToo early to tell, he’s definitely fighting hard in NJ, might be more needed to finish the job there and to prove he can. I don’t want a meteor for a president, i want someone who will fight and win the whole way through
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 5:59pmcannot force him to Run and didn’t he already tell us he is not interested [yet?}… wish he would think about 2012 tho. we need him, AMERICA needs him.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 5:04amA lot can happen in a year…. he doesn’t need to decide for 10-12 months.
Maybe by then he will feel more ready.
Christie/Palin would be an AWESOME ticket.
Report Post »NHABE64
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 5:33pmChristi/Palin 2012!! Hooyah!
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 3:40pmI think we should get this election over with before worrying about the next one – obviously you haven’t seen the latest polls!! http://maboulette.wordpress.com
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 7:58pmI saw them and they worry the heck out of me. All we can do is get the message out and drag as many people to the polls as possible.
Report Post »CollateralDamage
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 3:39pmLove that guy. I hope he goes for it.
Report Post »neverending
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 4:59pmFinally a politician that speaks the truth – actions speak louder then words and he has proven he means what he says by his actions. A MAN with some backbone, integrity, intelligence, no nonsense, and NO YELLOW stream running down his back and oh did I mention HE LOVES AMERICA!!!!
Report Post »NHABE64
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 3:03pmMy God, after watching that video I have to say one more time:
CHRISTIE/PALIN 2012 YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Captain Courrageous
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 7:09pmFrom your keyboard to God’s eyes!
And John Bolton for Sec of State!
Report Post »BocaBaby
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 9:34amokay, I could get excited about him……….with her on the ticket……
They are both movers & shakers we need Palin….she is tough and courageous, and driven by acomplishment. We need TWO that will absolutely have the passion and drive to fix the crap that is destroying us.
But I also echo the comments above. Unless we have GOD in this thing….we are sunk. But with much prayer, and seeking God’s help, like Glen say…….we could see HUGE miracles.
Report Post »Rogue
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 10:40amCan you imagine a Christie vs. Obama debate leading up to 2012? How about a Palin vs. Biden debate as well? Oh my goodness….. the POTUS and VP would probably wet themselves on national TV if they had to defend thier positions against these two.
Report Post »WestOfThePecos
Posted on October 23, 2010 at 9:13amChristie/Palin might work. Palin is the one who will have to make adjustments though. Christie will not budge.
Report Post »Sunnyr
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 3:02pmGov. Christi, if you can do anything about your bridge Toll Takers, who start at a base salary of almost $76,000. per year and end up, after perks, bonus’s etc, with $356,000.00, you will be a NATIONAL HERO! You have another Bell, California going on in New Jersey. The corruption in our state and federal government is shocking. You really did inherit a mess and we have complete faith that you can clean it up. The DemocRat you replaced must have been totally brain-dead not to know all this crap was going on during his watch. As much as I would love to see you run for President, your state will go right back to business as usual if you leave too soon. UNLESS another strong Republican takes your place. We need you and as many more like you as we can find to clean up the CESSPOOL than Washington DC has become. I am as conflicted as you must be as to the solutions needed to achieve the impossible. We must get it done if we are to survive. We need the “perfect storm” of like-minded, strong public servants to come forward and get to work. I will pray this happens soon.
Report Post »magdala
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 3:20pmPraying with you.
Report Post »neverending
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 5:00pmAnd me too – only GOD can fix it but he needs a great leader.
Report Post »uneedmorekoolaid
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 10:36pmunderstand wanting him to stay but if the rest of the country goes to hell how stingie are you going to feel.
Report Post »NHABE64
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 2:55pmI have always admired someone who can talk straight, go straight to the point and be prepared to talk down the fools. Chris Christie is simply amazing. One thing he must understand CLEARLY. Chris has put himself out there for the public and the public wants him to run. A Presidential Candidate, why not ? He is not an insider or a beltway boy. Sure, someone out there would dig deep and I mean deep to discredit but such is life and so be it. In the end, Americans will choose who they want and boy do we need someone who can stand tall for the occasion and do some serious house cleaning in DC. No more deals with Russia or anybody else, no more bribing North Korea not to attack the South. If they do, kick their ass once and for all. No more deals with the Hamas, or anybody else n the Middle East that is not our friend. Its time for America to let the world know we will be respected. Not feared, that’s what Iran and other evil countries live on, I mean respected for being a great and fair country that wants to be your friend, but stand by if you tread on us. CHRISTIE/PALIN in 2012. Why the heck not ? Hooyah!
Report Post »neverending
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 4:57pmChristie/Cain
Report Post »ritetrack
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 2:50pmcould anyone tell me why the end of this video clip about Chris Christy is “tarnished” and completely ruined with b.o. announcing that ‘healthcare is the law of the land???!!?”…. WTH is up with that… you had me until this “pitiful ending”…
What’s UP BLAZE?????? what the hell did ‘obama announcing that ’healthcare‘ is the law of the land’ have to do with CHRIS CHRISTIE???!!
Report Post »OK3Wire
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 4:07pmLooks like some bad editing. That was probably the intro to the next section.
Report Post »neverending
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 4:54pmDid the Blaze start drinking the koolaid???
Report Post »usmcflyr
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 6:07pmYeah, what the hell?
Report Post »gramma b
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 2:48pmI want to know about his position on the social issues — abortion, gay marriage, etc.
Report Post »DimmuBorgir
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 2:54pm…they’re bad?
Report Post »BoilitDown
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 3:27pmDimmuBorgir:
Bad in what way?
Bad for the majority of Americans? or …
Bad for the minority of special interest groups?
StMichelob
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 6:10pmAbortion: bad for all virtuous people, including the murdered unborn, gay marriage…I STILL don’t understand how the GOP can tout “small government” and be in the business of gay individuals, but meh…If they just took that issue of “gay marriage” and left it to the citizens of the individual states to decide in referendum, we’d have a 70-80% majority in both houses and never lose a presidential race.
Report Post »Libertarian
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 6:41pmHope he has a hands off approach.
Social issues are not a role of government, however abortion is not a social issue. The main role of government is to protect life, liberty and property. Abortion is infanticide and thus it is a role of government to protect the life of a human even in his/her first stages of their life cycle.
Report Post »clhathaway
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 11:17pm“If they just took that issue of “gay marriage” and left it to the citizens of the individual states to decide in referendum, we’d have a 70-80% majority in both houses and never lose a presidential race.”
What are you smoking, stmichelob? That is precisely the Republican position. Let the states decide and don’t force it on them.
Report Post »SGTTAZ
Posted on October 25, 2010 at 8:50amI could care less about his position on social issues. They are not supposed to be regulated. They need to be left up to the voters to deicde.
Report Post »john seven eighteen
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 2:45pmMr Christie is fast becoming a phenom in the style of Sarah Palin. He sounds good, I just hope he lives up to the hype!! Go Chris!
Report Post »snowleopard3200
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 3:27pmIf he is the real thing and maintains solid to his ideals and beliefs, then vote him in.
http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm (mix art)
Report Post »JavaQueen
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 4:31pmChristie is much more articulate than the shrieking Palin–OMG if that womans runs for President we are doomed—what do you all se in her– she has learned some talking points and repeats and repeats them–I see where the men are head over heels for her she is attractive woman but Presiential material no no no!!! I think she is probably a good mom and I am even voting for sweet Bristol on DWTS because I know there are horrible dems out there laughing out there at her.
Report Post »Do not compare Christie with Palin-ugggh! Don’ t you notice how Whitman and Fiorina (sp) avoided Palin rally this week when she was in Cali—if Palin is smart than she has difficluty articlating it–and I am not saying she needed to go to Ivy League college–the Idaho State thing is fine but she is not very smart and the shrieking reminds me of Hillaries speeches-uggh!!!!
rightside
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 6:26pmChris Christie is soft on amnesty, gun control and supports Cap and Trade. He also stood shoulder to shoulder with Mike Castle and proclaimed him the conservative in the Delaware race. That doesn’t sound too conservative to me. He also supports mosque at Ground Zero.
Report Post »Chris Christie Cape & Trade:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNQWSsHswHU&feature=player_embedded#!
We Are Not Alone
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 6:46pmJAVAQUEEN: If your ♥ is for love of GOD, country and family …. I’d be happy to call her Madam President. Remember Cathy Ireland had the worse speaking voice EVER and she obviously did something about it. A small issue. If you‘re listening to her voice then you aren’t hearing her message. She is one tough lady, still standing after all is said and done. Not sure she‘s ready for 2012 but hopefully she’ll be the first Madam President.
We Are Not Alone
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 6:59pmJAVAQUEEN:
Report Post »If Sara’s ♥ is for love of GOD, family & country…. I’d be happy to call Sarah, “Madam President”. Not sure she wants to do it in 2012 but I’d love to see her be the first “Madam President”. If you are listening to her voice then you are NOThearing her message. Remember Cathy Ireland, had the worst speaking voice EVER and she changed it. Small issue. She’s one tough lady, still standing after all they have thrown at her.
You’re right she has the same talking points…. FOLLOW THE CONSTITUTION …..TAKE BACK THE COUNTRY…..FREEDOM…… JOBS JOBS JOBS….. Sounds like the right talking points to me.
mlakester
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 8:08pm@ JavaQueen: What a superficial thing to attack Sarah Palin for…her voice? Something she has no control over…a God given attribute? Forget her voice…what about what she is saying? As far as repeated talking points…she has the RIGHT talking points. Too much spending, not enough listening to the people, government has gotten too big, and the fact that we need to infiltrate GOD back into our country…does that not say it all? Regardless, I’ve been to several of her speeches, and have to say she definitely does not stick to these limited talking points, but even if she did…they are the RIGHT talking points!
Even the reason you vote for her daughter on the silly TV show is superficial…doing it because some ‘horrible democrats are laughing’ at her? It’s nice of you to support her, but again…do it because of substance…not because of some superficial emotion.
Look beyond the superficial…dive into the realm of IDEAS. Forget the voice, forget the (pretty) face, forget the democrats in the background. When it’s all stripped away, Palin is a woman of morals, values, and the right ideas to get our country back on track. I would be proud to call her my president…shrieking voice and all.
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