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Christie doesn't hold back.

hypocritexposer

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Wouldn't it be nice if all politicians were this straight forward?

Education
NJ Gov. Christie Clashes with Teacher at Town Hall


New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is known for telling it like he sees it. At a town hall meeting yesterday in Raritan, NJ, he made sure to bolster that reputation. The fireworks start in the beginning and go until about 1:53.

The rest of the video is worth watching, however, as Christie explains how the teacher‘s union in the state refused to compromise to save the state’s crucial education dollars.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkuTm-ON904&feature=player_embedded
 

Steve

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we had a tough primary last election in New Jersey...

Christie was the weaker candidate and propped up by the media and (liberal) moderates..

I am glad Christie grew stronger in the primaries,..

Someone must have told Chris Christie he's just about the only moderate who will be voting in the New Jersey Republican primary June 2.

That was the only logical conclusion after Tuesday evening's debate on NJN television. On issue after issue, Christie lurched to the right in a blatant effort to pander to the New Jersey Republican primary electorate.
If there had been a conservative on the panel -- me, for example -- Christie would have been forced to answer the question he has been ducking since December:

The other guy was alot tougher..

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

Steve

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Steven M. Lonegan, a former mayor of Bogota, N.J., sought the Republican nomination in the New Jersey gubernatorial primary but lost to Christopher Christie on June 2, 2009. He also made an unsuccessful bid for the nomination in 2005.

Mr. Lonegan, who mounted a classic insurgent campaign from the party's right flank, pointed to his 12 years as mayor of Bogota, in Bergen County, where he cut spending, lowered taxes, antagonized unions and led his outnumbered local Republicans to 11 years of political control.

In the first debate with his rival, Christopher J. Christie, who had the support of the Republican Party's moderate establishment, Mr. Lonegan emphasized his conservative philosophy and promised fundamental change. He called for the demolition of large parts of state government, the layoffs of "at least 15,000" state workers, and an end to what he termed the "immorality and discrimination" of New Jersey's progressive income tax.

As mayor, Mr. Lonegan once demanded that McDonald's remove a Spanish-language billboard, and tried to make English the official language of his small New Jersey town. Then he sought to deputize his police force to crack down on illegal immigrants.

He then launched something of a political revival. First, he helped to defeat a ballot measure in November 2007 that would have allowed the state to borrow $450 million for stem cell research. He then found a new mission as Gov. Jon S. Corzine's bête noire. As Mr. Corzine toured the state to convince a skeptical public that sharply increased tolls could help fix New Jersey's fiscal woes, Mr. Lonegan was his constant shadow.

Lonegan was even arrested for peacefully protesting against corzine raising tolls again..
 
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