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Beacool

(30,250 posts)
23. I live in NJ, his record sucks.
Tue Jun 30, 2015, 02:36 PM
Jun 2015

And his charisma sucks even worse. He's a bully, offensive and thin skinned. He's not presidential material. He and Trump can shake hands on the "charisma" front. Two a-holes.

As for his record....

Jobs Lost – New Jersey Falling Behind:

•7th – New Jersey has the 7th highest unemployment rate in the country at 9.3 percent – the worst rate in the region (April 2, 2013)
•15.5% – New Jersey residents who are underemployed (The Wall Street Journal, 7/30/2012)
•47th – NJ’s economic growth ranking (The Times of Trenton 3/4/2013)
•41st – New Jersey’s business climate ranking (CNBC, 7/10/2012)
•35% –the amount of jobs NJ has restored since the recession (The Times of Trenton, 3/4/2013)
•45,000 – Number of permanent jobs Christie cost New Jersey by killing the Access to the Region’s Core tunnel project (The Star-Ledger, 10/28/2010)
•6,000 – Number of construction jobs New Jersey lost when Christie decided to end the Access to the Region’s Core tunnel project (The Star-Ledger, 10/28/2010)
•7,000 – Jobs that could be lost if Christie succeeds in privatizing New Jersey’s state lottery (Asian American Retailers Association, 12/12)
•174,100 – Net private sector jobs lost (NJ Spotlight, 7/23/2012)
•10,000 – Teachers and school employees laid off in 2010 due to Christie’s budget cuts (Daily Journal, 12/29/2010)
•16,600 or 2.8% – Public sector workers laid off (NJ Spotlight, 7/23/2012)

http://www.onenewjersey.org/christie-by-the-numbers/


Unspinning Christie’s State of the State

In his State of the State address, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie exaggerated some figures and boasted about progress that doesn’t look so impressive when compared with national trends.

◾Christie boasted that New Jersey’s unemployment rate has dropped from 9.7 percent when he took office to 6.4 percent (as of November). But New Jersey was doing slightly better than the national average when he took office, and is now doing slightly worse.
◾The governor touted the creation of 150,000 private sector jobs. But New Jersey’s rate of private sector job growth is less than half the national average; in fact New Jersey ranked 49th out of 50 states in private sector job growth.
◾Christie crowed about New Jersey being “No. 4 in per capita income.” The state is actually third in per capita personal income, exactly where it was the year before Christie took office. It ranked second for more than two decades before that.
◾Christie said that state property taxes “increased more than 70 percent” in the 10 years prior to him becoming governor, and that they’ve increased by “less than 2 percent” in each of the last four. That ignores the impact state rebates have played in lowering the property tax burden before he was governor, and the impact of the rebate cuts he implemented as governor.
◾Christie made the misleading claim that “taxes were raised 115 times in the eight years before 2010,” the year he took office. But that list includes fees, not just taxes, and the governor himself proposed 23 fee hikes in the 2015 budget.

http://www.factcheck.org/2015/01/unspinning-christies-state-of-the-state/


MEMO: Chris Christie’s Terrible Economic Record

Tonight, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will deliver his State of the State address. We hope he uses this chance to come clean about his serious money problems: his credit has been downgraded eight times. He hasn’t saved enough for retirement. And his security detail is costing him 18 times what it did 5 years ago.

Why should he talk about his money problems during the State of the State? Because they have nothing to do with his bank account – we’re talking about New Jersey taxpayers’ money here.

Since Chris Christie took office in 2010, he’s been playing fast and loose with taxpayer money. He has mismanaged the budget, resulting in New Jersey’s credit has been downgraded eight times – no New Jersey governor had ever presided over that many downgrades. He’s spending 18 times more on his personal security today than when he took office, for a total of almost $1 million, or nearly $33,000 per month. He’s cut $2.4 billion in pension payments he promised to make because his budget projections were wrong.

https://americanbridgepac.org/memo-chris-christies-terrible-economic-record/


Bring it on, Christie. Your record stinks and your personality is even worse.


Yuk! SoapBox Jun 2015 #1
I can't wait for him to point his finger in my face and scream at me. onehandle Jun 2015 #2
Can you even imagine the woman next to him as First Lady? silverweb Jun 2015 #7
I most certainly cannot. 3catwoman3 Jun 2015 #35
Yes, the bar certainly has been raised! silverweb Jun 2015 #58
he is a flat out corporate thug yurbud Jun 2015 #28
Would you bite his finger clear off? Enthusiast Jun 2015 #40
Only if you want a disease davidpdx Jul 2015 #59
Oh but yes! That's EXACTLY what I want. Four years of Sit Down and Shut Up. calimary Jun 2015 #53
Didnt the largest newspaper in NJ call him a flat out liar? randys1 Jun 2015 #3
Don't forget: the media reported on W's "charm offensive" KansDem Jun 2015 #4
That was good reason to stop listening to NPR. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #41
Vote for me or I'll have someone break both your legs. Nitram Jun 2015 #5
The party should have said no BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #6
It's the Wingnut Welfare auditions-- truebluegreen Jun 2015 #13
That's a pretty good summary BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #14
that's probably it. All the wackadoodles cancel each other out and the corporate stooge wins yurbud Jun 2015 #30
There's THAT, yes. indeed n/t LittleGirl Jun 2015 #25
! Kali Jun 2015 #8
The scare vote silenttigersong Jun 2015 #9
bridge toll = one vote per car alterfurz Jun 2015 #10
Oh, God, what if he farts? Nitram Jun 2015 #12
I think he already has. Stellar Jun 2015 #15
Great. Now I'll have to get some bleach to wash THAT image out of my sight. FailureToCommunicate Jul 2015 #65
Ha! Charisma indeed. nt truebluegreen Jun 2015 #11
Charisma? I've met honeybadgers that have more charisma d_legendary1 Jun 2015 #16
No one likes him, not even yuiyoshida Jun 2015 #17
Glad to see you here, Ms Yui Blus4u Jun 2015 #31
Oh no one is chasing me away from DU yuiyoshida Jun 2015 #34
If there's one thing that this guy does not have, it's charisma. Initech Jun 2015 #18
Says what he means libodem Jun 2015 #19
Charisma? bigdarryl Jun 2015 #20
I know we are not supposed to size shame here, and this is not intended to... 3catwoman3 Jun 2015 #36
They'll need Turbineguy Jun 2015 #21
Charisma? LOL. This man is practically a self-parody at this point. Downtown Hound Jun 2015 #22
I live in NJ, his record sucks. Beacool Jun 2015 #23
great summary, thanks for sharing. eom LittleGirl Jun 2015 #29
No problem..... Beacool Jun 2015 #44
Get thee to the Christie Crime Digest ASAP! rocktivity Jun 2015 #33
Thanks. Beacool Jun 2015 #45
I'll rephrase the question, your honor rocktivity Jun 2015 #47
That's a good one to post on Facebook davidpdx Jul 2015 #60
Perhaps it would be quicker to just list the republicans that are NOT running Angry Dragon Jun 2015 #24
There are 14 so far. Beacool Jun 2015 #48
k and r. riversedge Jun 2015 #26
and meanwhile in the Trump camp - White supremacists pledge allegiance to Trump noa Jun 2015 #27
Running on his personailty MIGHT work: look at how well Mitt Romney did rocktivity Jun 2015 #32
When I try to imagine him talking to leaders of... 3catwoman3 Jun 2015 #37
The Base loves him because he's a thug. Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2015 #38
+1 You nailed it. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #42
A lot of the RWNJs in the conservative base despise him as a RINO. Jim Lane Jun 2015 #49
That was funny, they claimed he was a "traitor".... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2015 #50
I keep waiting for his head to spin around and for green slime to come flying out of his mouth aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2015 #39
Your wait is over rocktivity Jun 2015 #43
I never understood this asshat's appeal, and then it dawned on me. valerief Jun 2015 #46
Pugs like the bully types. lonestarnot Jun 2015 #54
He's just too patrician -- lofty ideas, yes, but his head is in the clouds (said facetiously) -- nt Freelancer Jun 2015 #51
Has the word "charisma" awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #52
Oh, okay so he's screwed. IrishEyes Jun 2015 #55
Chris Christie isnt himself when he is hungry. c588415 Jun 2015 #56
Who is Charisma? Rosa Luxemburg Jun 2015 #57
And the clown car DID tip over...nt ThingsGottaChange Jul 2015 #61
ENOUGH!!!! GET THAT UGLY, MEAN, CORRUPT MUG OFF OF THIS PAGE!!! N/T IS NEEDED!! vkkv Jul 2015 #62
Actually, it's my favorite pic of Christie rocktivity Jul 2015 #66
bullying is his brand. barbtries Jul 2015 #63
I'm sorry, but stereotypical Jersey doesn't play well in most of the country... paleotn Jul 2015 #64
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