Buyer's Remorse in New Jersey?

[babylonsister]

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2010/04/23/buyers_remorse_in_new_jersey.html

Buyer's Remorse in New Jersey?


A new SurveyUSA poll in New Jersey finds Gov. Chris Christie (R) with a dismal 33% approval rate after just three months in office.

Nearly twice the number, 63% disapprove.

[DainBramaged]

1. That doesn't count those of us who didn't want this fuck in office to begin with

All those dumbasses who were pissed at Jon Corzine because he shorted them on the property tax rebate put this clown in now they have NO property tax rebate at all, their school aid is being eliminated, yet the charter schools and the rich remain untouched. A typical Puke, but they wanted a no nothing Bush piglet and they got him.

[babylonsister]

6. Then you're going to hate this, or like it...

Are rethugs this tone deaf? Why yes, they just might be.


Chris Christie, GOP dark horse for 2012?

The conservative media has fallen for New Jersey's new governor. It's too soon for him to make a move ... right?

By Steve Kornacki



Suddenly, you can't go a day without stumbling upon a new glowing profile of Chris Christie from a conservative writer.

On Thursday, George Will described Christie, New Jersey's new chief executive, as "the nation's most interesting governor." Fred Barnes, in the latest Weekly Standard, devoted 1,741 words to him. And in the Wall Street Journal last week, columnist William McGurn praised Christie for "offering the voters a dose of Reagan Republicanism -- with a Jersey twist." And then there's Rush Limbaugh, who recently treated his listeners to a dramatic reading of Christie's budget address to the state Legislature.

"Is it wrong to love another man?" Limbaugh asked. "Because I love Chris Christie."

On one level, the reason for the right's sudden infatuation with the Garden State's governor is obvious. New Jersey is one of the nation's most liberal states, a place where it’s long been assumed Republicans could only win by moving to the left on social issues and cozying up to the powerful public employees unions -- and even then, they'd still need to get lucky. This was the basic blueprint used by Tom Kean and Christie Whitman, who were the only two Republicans to win statewide elections in New Jersey for 36 years -- until last November.

That's when Christie, a pro-life, anti-gay marriage Republican, unseated Jon Corzine by four points -- a landslide by New Jersey Republican standards. His victory was mainly a referendum on Corzine -- there's the getting lucky part -- but since taking office, he's happily picked a fight with the state's public school teachers, slashed the state budget by gutting local aid, and refused to extend the state's "millionaire's tax." National conservatives have never seen anything quite like this in New Jersey, so of course Christie has caught their eye.

But there's more to it than that.

more...

http://www.salon.com/news/2012_elections/index.html?story=/news/feature/2010/04/23/chris_christie_2012_gop_dark_horse

[DainBramaged]

7. Rush Limpballs loves him some Christie Christie because they'd be the new tag team

Dumb and Blubber.

[KharmaTrain]

2. Maybe A Message Here

Too late for New Jersey, Massetchussets and Virginia, but maybe a canary in the coal mine for other states where "disgruntled" voters are looking to the GOOP for answers. Here's hoping these asshats remind a majority why they were kicked out of power and how bad things could get with these shitstains with their hands in the state till.

Not that some Democrats deserve to face tough times or lose their seats, but people need to be reminded how destructive things can be if you let rushpublicans anywhere near the levers of power.

:hi:

[babylonsister]

4. Hopefully, and hopefully enough people are paying attention.

Now there, I have grave doubts. :hi:

[CTyankee]

11. Joey Scar was talking Christie up as the GOP prez candidate for 2012

last week on Morning Joe. Enough to make you choke on your Cheerios...

[babylonsister]

14. Yep, see post#6. Scary prospect, but maybe not for us. We've

already got plenty of ammo to use against this clown.

[DainBramaged]

19. Joe Schmo needs to stop drinking the Puke Kool Aid, but that won't happen

[Cassandra]

23. Stop drinking it?

Joe helps manufacture it!

[DainBramaged]

9. Democrats will think it not nice to bring up how bad of a job these asshats are doing

Who are we kidding?

[KharmaTrain]

12. You Can't Hide A Turd...

For the most part Democrats didn't win as much as rushpublicans have lost. Democrats did precious little to stop the DeLay criminal enterprise when it ran the House or Frist diagnosing Terri Schaivo from the well of the Senate or all the criminal activities that went on in the White House...it was people seeing how abusive and corrupt the GOOP was that did the job many of us had warned for years...even decades of what unbridled rushpublican power could do to the country.

I'm actually seeing some strategy at work here...one that may not be everyone's cup of tea, but Democrats breaking out of the box thanks to the HIR "victory" and now using the bank reform and immigration to box the rushpublicans into a real corner. You better believe there's a big shiver going through the Hispanic community today that is going to energize into votes in the near future as well as similar shivers in the black community as well. These people aren't shown on the cables...neither are the many moderates in this country who are turned off by all the political verbosity but they will be paying attention in October and November.

The putrid odor of the booosh regime still lingers now mixed with the arrogance and outright dangerous and repressive turn the GOOP have taken. Methinks they read their own press clippings. This doesn't mean Democrats won't suffer losses in November, but I see plenty of self-inflicted rushpublican wounds as well.

Cheers...

[DainBramaged]

13. NJ is in the top five of Liberal/Blue/Progressive states, and we STILL voted this asshat in

Three failed Democratic governors in a row gave NJ a bad taste. MAYBE if we finally get a decent candidate (Corey Booker) NJ will end the madness.

[KharmaTrain]

17. Agreed...

I'd like to see Corey in the Senate when Lautenberg finally retires. Corzine dug his own grave and ran a bad campaign...partially due to the massive drop in revenues thanks to boooshie's tax cuts to the rich. It put many states in a hole and that's taking its toll on Democratic governors who voters see as the cause, they don't follow the money further (or lack thereof). I suspect we'll see this happen in my state of Illinois and in Michigan and Pennsylvania as well.

As Tip O'Neil famously said, "all poitics is local" and this is especially the case in the races we've seen so far this year. But I also see a lot of GOOP arrogance and stupidity going on here. Stay tuned for a brutal primary in Arizona where the crazy will be turned on high...same for Nevada and Kentucky. The GOOP could come out of these battles weakened as the teabaggers either take control that will drive moderates away or become sore losers and stay home in November.

[Stevenmarc]

3. .

[amyrose2712]

5. ...

[calico1]

8. Well I guess that's what happens when you vote

against your own interests to stick it to Corzine (or whoever it is) and teach him a lesson, dammit!

Then they are shocked a few months later when the realize the person they elected is worse than the one they threw out.

Why is it voters think this will work?

[DainBramaged]

10. Christie McBurgerKing has placed political asshats in key positions in NJ

who have NO FUCKING EXPERIENCE doing anything other than be prosecutors.

And guess who is his Commissioner of Education? Bret Schundler


http://www.schundler.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Schundler

Schundler's 2005 gubernatorial campaign focused on the issue of property taxes. He proposed a series of state constitutional amendments to control state and local spending in New Jersey, with the savings dedicated to property tax reduction statewide.

As in 2001, Schundler focused mostly on grassroots campaigning. However, he also targeted Republican County Conventions to spread his message and won several county endorsements. Besides his base in Hudson County, he also won the endorsement of the Republican organizations in Monmouth, Hunterdon, and Somerset counties.

In the week before the primary election, Schundler's campaign was criticized for using a photograph on its website that showed Schundler apparently standing with a crowd of enthusiastic young supporters. The photograph, which appeared for only a few days on a web page advertising campaign t-shirts and mugs, had actually been taken at a Howard Dean rally in 2004, with Dean's image digitally replaced by Schundler's and with campaign signs, hats, and shirts modified as well. <4>Schundler's campaign responded that the photograph had been prepared by the campaign's website contractor (which had done work for the Dean campaign), and that the campaign had had the picture taken down when it learned of the miscue.

This guy is a SUPREME SCUMBAG

[DainBramaged]

15. NJ gov's office payroll goes up $2M under Christie

Nearly twice as many people are making $100,000 or more in Gov. Chris Christie's administration than were in former Gov. Jon S. Corzine's.


An Associated Press analysis has found that while Christie is proposing laying off 1,300 state workers, he is spending nearly $2 million more on annual salaries than his predecessor.

According to the Asbury Park Press online database of 2009 public payroll records, 18 people made $100,000 or more in 2009 under Corzine. According to payroll records posted on Christie's Web site April 8, 34 people in his administration make six figures - including the governor himself, who makes $175,000.

Corzine's payroll was $7 million last year for 103 employees listed under the governor's office.

Christie's payroll is $8.9 million for 117 people. That figure does not include Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, who makes $141,000 but who also serves as the Secretary of State.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/politics&id=7394213

[TreasonousBastard]

16. I almost wish I was back there to see this...

and see how those Morris County DINKS are fairing after first AT&T and the other fonecos abandoned them, then Household, and now some drug companies...

And on top of it all, after screaming how taxes were killing them, not their huge mortgages and car leases, now they got their boy in and they still can't get a break. I can't tell you how many houses I saw with no furniture after a year, but if they paid no taxes, they may have been able to afford that huge house... And his&hers Beemers instead of Volvos.

Joisey has some structural problems other states don't, not the least of which is towns negotiating teacher, police, and other contracts and then the state is obligated to pick up the tab. (Although that's so stupid, even for Joisey, that it may have changed since I left)

The 'burbs, btw, are pretty much totally Republican, but there's not enough of them to counter Union, Essex, Hudson, and a few other almost totally Democratic, and densely populated, counties, so statewide Republican officeholders are rare. They might become even rarer after this.

[bunkerbuster1]

18. I'm sorry, New Jersey, I still love you and all, but WTF were you thinking?

[LynneSin]

20. I'm so glad people vote for single issues - it really serves us well

:sarcasm:

You'll find the same thing with Scott Brown.

[old mark]

21. Rec. - thanks- Please understand this is what the GOP wants

for the whole country-cuts to public education, busting unions and professional organizations, getting rid of teachers and public employees whenever possible, increasing the pay of their friends in appointed positions, racial bigotry as law...
Look at Arizona, look at New Jersey, look at Florida and tell me why you won't vote for Democrats in November...
Remember they are only beginning - they will get much worse given time.

m

[DainBramaged]

22. THEY ARE ALIENS

[old mark]

24. I wish they were....sadly, they seem to be humans,

almost like us...

but not quite.


m

[NNN0LHI]

25. I can remember when things were much worse than they are now

Currently 99 weeks of unemployment benefits available? And more to come? Think that would be happening under a Republican Congress and President? I can remember when I felt like I was stealing something when we would get ONE 13 week federal unemployment extension after the initial 26 weeks ran out. And I was out of work for nearly 2 years working any kind of shit job I could find.

Wait and see what happens when people who think the current situation is the norm and the Republicans gain control. There are going to be some rude awakenings.

Don