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By Charles P. Pierce
at 4:35pm
One of the pleasant byproducts of Dan Balz's new book about the 2012 campaign is that, unless they're all on mushrooms, the Democrats who had even the faintest stirrings of a man-crush on Chris Christie will now understand quite clearly what the guy is about. He's got an ego bigger than his waistline, and the only time he remotely cares about any progressive policy is when half his state is being blown out to sea.
Play my masturbatory video or, quite literally, I will fuck up your convention. I wish they'd called his bluff. His speech was a catastrophe anyway. The odd "fuck" thrown in there couldn't have hurt. But I was more intrigued by the collection of human offal that was encouraging the Jersey Barrier to run.
Balz reveals how pervasive the effort to draft Christie into the race became during the summer of 2011, when figures including former President George W. Bush and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger contacted the popular New Jersey Republican, entreating him to throw his hat into the ring. In addition to Bush and Kissinger, former first ladies Barbara Bush and Nancy Reagan and billionaire businessman David Koch also pushed Christie in the direction of a run.
It's past time for any association with the Kochs to be made as poisonous in our politics for Republicans as ACORN was made poisonous to Democrats. (More so, because the Kochs have done actual damage.) Chris Christie's national ambitions seem as good a place to start as any.
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/Chris_Christie_And_His_Friends
graham4anything
(11,464 posts)He has no path anywhere near 270.
NJ is a blue presidential state and senator state. NY, CT, Mass. Delaware, RI, Maryland, DC
where can CC get electoral votes?
He would be a pitbull in the VP debate but in the end, Hillary is going to beat any/all contenders.
Hey, he would have to be a democrat to have any chance at being elected as VP.
IMHO
thanks n2doc
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)chose an open hardliner, not a closeted one like Christie.