The people who knows Chris Christie best don’t want him to be president. A Quinnipiac poll released Thursday found that 53% of New Jersey voters said Christie would not make a good President. And Democrat Hillary Clinton would trounce Christie 50%-39% in the Garden State if they faced each other in the 2016 election. “Even… Continue reading Poll: New Jersey Voters say No to a Chris Christie Presidency
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Jon Stewart Asks – Why Is Chris Christie Such “A Dick About Everything?” – Video
Jon Stewart said it, not me? But as usual, Stewart hits the nail directly on the head! In his latest broadcast, Stewart began by giving Texas its props. “You did a great job handling your Ebola,” Stewart said about Texas. He then took on the so-called “Ebola-outbreak” and spoke more specifically about the utter panic… Continue reading Jon Stewart Asks – Why Is Chris Christie Such “A Dick About Everything?” – Video
Chris Christie – “I would rather die than be in the United States Senate”
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie made some rather interesting comments over the weekend. Speaking to the NAACP in New Jersey, Christy said that being senator is nowhere in his future, that he would rather die than serving in that position. “I would rather die than be in the United States Senate. Okay? I would be… Continue reading Chris Christie – “I would rather die than be in the United States Senate”
Chris Christie Gets His Lowest Job Approval from NJ Voters
He wants to lead the country, when he cannot even lead New Jersey. New Jersey voters give Gov. Christie one of his lowest job approval ratings ever, as 46 percent approve and 45 percent disapprove, according to a Quinnipiac University Poll released today. This compares to a 49 – 47 percent job approval in an… Continue reading Chris Christie Gets His Lowest Job Approval from NJ Voters
New Jersey – 8 Credit Downgrades Under Christie’s “Leadership”
And he wants to do the same thing for the nation! New Jersey had its credit rating cut one step by Standard & Poor’s, handing Chris Christie his eighth downgrade, the most ever for a Garden State governor. The reduction to A, the sixth-highest level, with a stable outlook follows a Sept. 5 downgrade by… Continue reading New Jersey – 8 Credit Downgrades Under Christie’s “Leadership”
Pension Outrage
Last year, my personal investments provided over a 19% return and I paid no investment or broker fees. Under Chris Christie’s dysfunctional fiscal management, the New Jersey Public Pension fund returned 15.9% (2014) but paid $398.7 million dollars in fees (fiscal 2013). Since his term in office began in 2009, the pension fund had paid… Continue reading Pension Outrage
Chris Christie’s Failed Economy – Trump Plaza Casino Going Out of Business
New Jersey’s economy under the failed leadership of Chris Christie. Trump Plaza casino in Atlantic City, bites the dust. Atlantic City’s crumbling casino market disintegrated even further Saturday as the owners of the Trump Plaza casino in Atlantic City said they expect to shut down in mid-September. Trump Entertainment Resorts told The Associated Press that… Continue reading Chris Christie’s Failed Economy – Trump Plaza Casino Going Out of Business
Joe Scarborough – Chris Christie is “Chicken…” – Video
Thinking he can still win the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, Chris Christie pandered to the far right wing faction of the Republican Party by killing a gun bill in Jersey that would have limited the amount of rounds in a gun, he then refused to meet with parents from the sandy Hook massacre. This… Continue reading Joe Scarborough – Chris Christie is “Chicken…” – Video
Christie: State Workers Pay So Millionaires Will Stay
Remember when Chris Christie’s reelection was supposed to herald the coronation of a politician who could reach across the aisle, make deals with the Democrats and solve New Jersey’s fiscal problems, all while simultaneously running a campaign for president? November seems so long ago. The Governor’s signature accomplishment, the pension and benefits bill of 2011,… Continue reading Christie: State Workers Pay So Millionaires Will Stay
Chris Christie Danced Around His Scandals on Jimmy Fallon – Video
Chris Christie is in damage control mode. The New Jersey governor – presently involved in multiple sandals involving the closing of lanes on the George Washington Bridge and political retribution using federal Sandy relief funds – was apparently told that staying out of the spotlight and allowing the scandals to fester would harm his 2016… Continue reading Chris Christie Danced Around His Scandals on Jimmy Fallon – Video
Pension Tension
OK, who didn’t see this one coming? Governor Chris Christie says he’s not going to make the full public employee’s pension payment he promised after the Democratic turncoats in the state legislature sided with him over working people in the spring of 2011. In raw numbers, that’s a $2.4 billion dollar cut. The NJEA is… Continue reading Pension Tension
President Obama – Last Man Standing at White House Correspondents Dinner – Video
President Obama continued his personal tradition at this year’s White House Correspondents Dinner, of being the funniest man on the room. Watch, as even Boehner’s color got a laugh with this remark, “These days, House Republicans are giving [Speaker John Boehner] a harder time than they give me – which means orange really is the… Continue reading President Obama – Last Man Standing at White House Correspondents Dinner – Video