Chris Christie Ain't Shit:

[warrior1]

http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2013/11/chris-christie-aint-shit.html

Post-Sandy, there was never any doubt that New Jersey would reelect America's angriest yoga ball, Chris Christie, as governor. He could have been caught fucking a calzone while smoking crack, and he still would have been reelected. Why? Because New Jersey likes assholes? Because he reminds Jersey residents of their psychologically abusive fathers, always screaming at you and pointing his fat fucking finger in your face? Because New Jersey really hates abortion, teachers' unions, and large, job-creating public works projects? Yes, yes, and no. Why "no" on the third question? Ah, there is the more important story of the New Jersey evening.

The results of the referendum on a minimum wage hike in New Jersey are a bit confounding. What passed was not just a $1 raise, from a brutal $7.25 an hour to a slightly less ass-reaming $8.25. No, it was an amendment to the state's constitution that ties the hourly rate to the cost of living, with hikes possible every September, depending on inflation. Here's the fun part. Christie beat Democrat Barbara "Ignored by Everyone" Buono 60.5% to 38%. The minimum wage referendum passed 61% to 39%. That means that at over a third of Christie's voters supported it.

The real fun is that Christie himself opposed tying the minimum wage to the cost of living index. He vetoed a bill to raise the stagnant wage this year and mocked those who would bring it to the voters to amend the state constitution in that charming Christie way: "[It's] a truly ridiculous idea. That is just a stupid way to do it." He actively campaigned against the amendment. And yet, well, shit, we know how it all turned out.

Let's add one more fun fact to the supposed Christie anointment last night. Dude's got no coattails, no juice, no big mo, nothing. The legislature remained firmly in Democratic hands, with no seats lost in the Senate and just two lost in the Assembly. That includes counties where Christie won handily.

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[VanillaRhapsody]

1. He's a paper tiger...

with I suspect a few skeletons in his closet....It will be up to him whether he wants to air dirty laundry in public. I suspect that is what kept him from running last time.

[Brigid]

2. "[Christie's] victory speech last night was bullshit."

The Rude One does it again!

[flamingdem]

10. Unconvincing and very local in scope

He plays well in Joisey, rest of the USA? Not so much, I bet

[Pretzel_Warrior]

3. Very good points. I don't think Christie does well across the U.S.

And he hasn't faced a tough primary. It will get ugly for him.

[monmouth3]

8. He won't play well in Peoria, that's for sure....

[uponit7771]

4. He has a really bad sense of impulse control... he's most likely a jerk in private

[Freddie]

6. Will be an interesting contrast

To the *always* cool, calm and collected Hillary.

One thing people are forgetting about Christie is the lack of Dem opposition. In 2009, Jon Corzine was poison (isn't he in prison now?) and our party basically gave up on Buono long before the election. As noted with the minimum wage issues passed, NJ is still a deep blue state.

[warrior1]

5. Rude always nails it

[katmondoo]

7. His wife may be a problem

She was so gleeful while Christie was dressing down the teacher. When he gets nasty she will be applauding and smiling.

[monmouth3]

9. She may be conditioned to do that. If you have to live with a bully you have a certain look on your

face that's both empathetic and "he's really only kidding"...Either that or she's just plain dumb...