Chris Christie's Endorsement Power

For whatever reason there are some people in the political world who believe that you need to know who they support so that you can make the wise (in their mind) decision and follow their lead. Some call that a political endorsement.

I call that arrogance and an insult to your intelligence as a voter.

Chris Christie has thrown his support behind Mitt Romney in the GOP race for the 2012 Presidential nomination.

Camp Romney welcomed this endorsement by Christie with open arms. (Yeah, wide open.) That has lead to talk about Christie leaving New Jersey in the rear view mirror and heading to Washington and the national stage as either Vice-President or Attorney General is Mitt Romney were to be elected President.

If I were Romney, I wouldn't count on a Christie endorsement as a driving force to push him across the finish line. Let's look at a couple of Christie's other endorsements.

Chris Christie Backs Delaware GOP Senate Candidate Mike Castle Over Tea Party Favorite Christine O'Donnell

The result? O'Donnell won the GOP nomination.

NJ Governor Chris Christie says Jets will whip Giants in battle of the Meadowlands

The final score? Giants 29 and the Jets 14.

As a sidenote, Christie has also strong armed most of the GOP in Trenton to jump through the Romney hoop and declare their support. Fortunately not all are blindly following this Christie Commandment. Assembly members Alison Littell McHose and Michael Patrick Carroll have yet to publicly endorse any of the GOP Presidential candidates.

However, Christie's endorsement of Mitt Romney does help clarify the question of just how dominant the RINO gene in Christie actually is.

A Confused Chris Christie

It's bad enough when Chris Christie talks before he thinks (and his druids applaud his every utterance). But when he channels what Obama says about something, where does that put his so-called Conservative standing?

He's equating a movement that believes in everything the U.S. Constitution preserves and protects (The Tea Party) with a group of mongrels who encourage anti-social behavior, the destruction of America's historic systems and promote violence.

Chris Christie Channels Obama On Occupy Wall Street

Chris Christie The Great Conservative Presidential Hope?

The latest GOP Presidential candidate debate once again brought to the surface a new tradition. That’s the sudden increase in reports that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is reconsidering a run for the 2012 GOP Presidential nomination. The timing of these “leaks” leads one to suspect that they’re done on purpose by Christie flunkies in order to keep their boss in the spotlight. These “leaks” also timed well with Christie’s national speech tour this past week.

While many dismiss all of this as ego feeding, there are those who say that Chris Christie is the winning ticket for Republicans in 2012. This voice is primarily made up of the northeast republican establishment and many former members of the George W. Bush administration. Their claims are that Chris Christie is the conservative who would unite the party establishment and the Tea Party while attracting independents.

Conservative?

Chris Christie?

Are we talking about the same Chris Christie who has more people on his staff earning one hundred thousand dollars a year or more than former Governor Jon Corzine had?

Are we talking about the same Chris Christie who nominated Democrat Paula Dow to be his Attorney General and quickly sacked the most conservative member of his administration, former Education Secretary Bret Schundler, after a school grant application imploded thanks to Christie’s last minute involvement which cost the state over three hundred million dollars?

Are we talking about the same Chris Christie who during his time as U.S. Attorney picked up the nickname Gun Grabber Christie due to his stand on gun control?

Are we talking about the same Chris Christie who supports the construction of the Ground Zero Mosque, attacks those who are against it and claims that he should have no input in the discussion, ignoring the fact that 674 New Jersey residents were killed in the attack on the World Trade Center?

Are we talking about the same Chris Christie who lied about why New Jersey didn’t join the multi-state lawsuit to block Obamacare, saying the state didn’t have the money while in fact it wouldn’t have cost a penny, and then later happily accepted federal funding for the early parts of Obamacare?

Are we talking about the same Chris Christie who has stated that crossing the border into America illegally isn’t a crime?

Are we talking about the same Chris Christie who has been silent on the practice of sanctuary cities, which includes Trenton among them?

Are we talking about the same Chris Christie who believes that global warming exists and mankind is the reason for it?

Are we talking about the same Chris Christie who calls for smaller government but then orchestrates the state takeover of Atlantic City?

Are we talking about the same Chris Christie who yells about patronage positions in government but then gives his campaign driver and chiropractor special state board positions?

Are we talking about the same Chris Christie who added a new $75,000 official Facebook status poster and Tweeter to the already staffed communications office?

Are we talking about the same Chris Christie who is a proponent of costly alternative energy ideas which experts estimate will add billions to the costs New Jersey residents will have to pay for electricity?

Are we talking about the same Chris Christie who had his State Assembly flunkies remove the most conservative member of the Assembly Budget Committee and had her replaced by a tax and spend moderate?

Are we talking about the same Chris Christie who nominated attorney Sohail Mohammad, a defense attorney who defended many Muslims arrested due to their ties to terrorist organizations, to a state superior court position?

Are we talking about the same Chris Christie who appeared at a mosque in Passaic County to publicly embrace Mohammad Qatanani, a man facing deportation for laundering money through his mosque to Hamas and is a public supporter of The Muslim Brotherhood, and pronounced him “a man of great good will.”?

Is this the same Chris Christie that the Karl Rove’s, Ann Coulter’s, Bill Kristol’s and others are swooning over?

These people and others cheer Christie’s “major accomplishments” of two balanced state budgets. Here’s the reality check on that. First, the state constitution said he had to. Second, all Christie did was call for the obvious fiscal actions that his predecessor refused to do. Christie’s budget “accomplishment” was the equivalent of the three year old at a tee ball game whacking the ball off of the tee and knowing which way to run to first base...or in Christie’s case, take the helicopter to first base.

Chris Christie ran for Governor of New Jersey with one plank in his platform. “I’m not Jon Corzine.” That got him to the dance. His ability to lead the band when it comes to cutting state taxes, reducing property taxes, job creation, transportation improvement, education funding reform and other major issues has been a series of sour notes.

When it comes to leading the band in the Chris Christie Concerto, he excels at that as evidenced by his once again departing from the state and his duties this past week to give political speeches and bask in the adulation of the news media.

Chris Christie as a political leader? His grade in that class is incomplete. How could it be anything else with his experience merely consisting of a year and a half as governor and before that one term as a county Freeholder.

Chris Christie as the best conservative presidential candidate in the class? Given what’s required in experience and intelligence to be president, Chris Christie hasn’t even had his first day of kindergarten.

Chris Christie The RINO: First In A Series

The swooning by Republicans over the prospect of Chris Christie running for the GOP nomination for President continues. He's been the lead vote getter in straw polls. Conservative voices such as Glenn Beck, Ann Coulter and Laura Ingraham have blindly sung his praises for what Christie has said, completely overlooking the absence of any substantial accomplishments.

This is the start of a specific point by point study of Chris Christie in order to provide a wake up call for Republicans and, more importantly, Conservatives.

Christie Fact #1

Candidate Chris Christie stated that if a foreigner sneaks across the border, that's not a crime.

This was a response to a question at a forum hosted by a New Jersey church with a heavy Hispanic attendance. This was the second and lesser noted statement from that event. Christie also said that being present in the country illegally isn't a crime. He was actually right in that matter. After news stories and people like Lou Dobbs went after Christie for that, his campaign staff issued a statement explaining that Christie was correct and how it reflected America's lax immigration laws.

That brings us to a big BUT. (That's But. NOT Butt)

But Camp Christie never corrected his misstatement about how the action of crossing the border illegally isn't a crime. "Improper entry by an alien" as it is called, is a violation of Title 8 of the U.S. criminal code punishable by a fine of between $50 and $250 and/or a maximum of six months in jail.

That's quite a significant point of confusion by a then-U.S. Attorney who is now the Governor of New Jersey. It also reveals two RINO issues regarding Chris Christie.

First, as I presented in an earlier column about how Christie embraced a radical Muslim in order to win favor with the Muslim voting community, he'll say what he thinks the people he's talking to want to hear so they'll like him.

Second, in a state where illegal aliens cost the state billions of dollars and where the capital city of Trenton (among many others) is a Sanctuary City, Christie's presented less than enthusiastic concern about illegal aliens give cause to be concerned about his intentions on addressing the issue.

More to come.

The Bully Loses The Battle

When he made his cuts to state aid for New Jersey schools, some questioned whether his plan would withstand a court challenge. Christie was more than willing to tell anyone who would listen (and those who really didn't want to) that he'd be able to get his school aid cuts past any court.

Guess again.

NJ Judge Finds Christie's Cuts To School Aid Unconstitutional

I wonder how all of those Christie-maniacs will react when their boy has to step up and tell them how he has to step back from what he was going to do about school aid. Just one more example of how Christie's mouth races to the the buffet without a plate.

Camp Christie Responds(?) To The New York Times

I could use your help in trying to figure something out.

Earlier this week the New York Times featured an article that compared some of the statements and claims Chris Christie has made with the facts of the matter that were on the record. That article showed a vast difference between what Christie said and what in fact existed or took place. The reporter tried to get an interview with Christie for any clarification he may have wanted to offer. Christie's office turned down the request.

Today, National Review features a rather long article which is set up as a response to the points made in the New York Times article. I've read this article a few times and as best as I can see, it actually demonstrates how the New York Times got it right. The bulk of the retorts by Camp Christie are simply a series of "Yeah, but" attempts to reshuffle Christie's words.

Here's a link to the article. By the way, the head line is National Review's, not mine.

Chris Christie's Correction To The New York Times Is As Big As He Is

One of the things I find interesting is that Bid Bad Christie chose to try to defend himself via a platform that lets him preach to the choir rather than go to the source (the NY Times) and try to convert who he believes are the confused.

I always thought RINOS were big and strong.

Christie's Words Come Back To Bite Him

The NY Times this morning featured a front page article which took many claims and statements Chris Christie has made in order to support his actions and compared them with the facts of recent history. The result brings about much more contrast than you might have thought.

Christie declined to be interviewed for this article and a press flunkie basically said that he's in the ballpark of the truth when he spouts off. It looks like Christie's passion for one YouTube Moment after another has come back to haunt him since he will be unable to claim that the article took what he said out of context.

Governor Christie's Talk Is Not Always Straight

Chris Christie's Praise For A Radical Muslim

Usually when we think about a Republican, we think about someone who believes in the focus and methods of the War On Terror. The ideas of unearthing threats to America and stopping them in the fastest most effective ways possible is a given.

One of Chris Christie's judicial nominees runs very counter to the Republican path.

Sohail Mohammed is an attorney who Christie has appointed to a New Jersey state Superior Court judgeship. An attorney poised to become a judge doesn't seem like much of a stretch. That is until you look at the track record of this particular attorney.

Mohammed worked as a defense attorney for a number of Muslims who were arrested after the 9-11 terrorism attacks due to their ties to terror organizations. A standout case from his defense efforts is his work to stop the deportation of Mohammed Qatanani, the imam of the Islamic Center Of Passaic County, who is also a member of the American Muslim Union. That organization has strong ties with and has raised money for the terrorist group Hamas. Qatanani has also stated that he has been an active member of Hamas and stands as a supporter of The Muslim Brotherhood.

It was during the deportation trial that then-U.S. Attorney Chris Christie got involved. Rather then make a phone call or write a letter of support, Christie spoke at Qatanani's mosque where he embraced him and called Qatanani, "a man of great good will."

Is that the kind of "unscripted moment" Christie believes Sarah Palin needs?

Why would Christie take steps like this which runs counter to his Mr. Law & Order image? Simple. He wanted to get elected Governor Of New Jersey and he believed that to do that he needed to bow to the state's sizable Islamic community.

Since Christie LOVES to talk about the things he's done, I'd LOVE to hear him spend even just five minutes trying to explain this one.

Something About Chris Christie Is Shrinking...His Voter Approval

A new poll from Rutgers-Eagleton brings a counterpoint to the praise that national media talking heads are giving Chris Christie.

In brief, New Jersey voters don't think Christie's all that.

The standout numbers are how only 42% rate Christie's job performance as either excellent or good while 56% rate him either fair or poor.

Click the link for the complete poll

Christie Support Declines

Palin 1 - Christie 0

During his recent appearance on Face The Nation, Chris Christie was sharing his views of the various potential Republican Presidential candidates. When his focus turned to Sarah Palin, Christie said that she needed more "unscripted moments" to prove that she's a viable candidate.

On Friday Christie learned that it's dangerous to play with the Mama Grizzly as Palin fired back.

Palin Jabs Christie

Here's a thought for Chris "I Don't Want To Be President But I'll Go Everywhere To Talk About Me" Christie. You need actual achievements and accomplishments instead of the bad guy pro wrestling bluster performance you're trying to sell people in order to prove that you're viable in the job the people of New Jersey hired you for.