Run, Christie, Run. Please run.

Or... (0.00 / 0)

...HE COULD BE ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!!!!!

Call me crazy, but I think that if President Obama continues to allow the Republicans to run the country and its economy into the ground, he will take the blame for it and lose next November to any Republican nominee not named Michelle Bachmann or Sarah Palin regardless of how much money he raises or how good his speeches are.

If progressives and Democrats were smart, we would be organizing to get Democrats and independents to vote in the Republican caucuses and primaries and get Bachmann the nomination and we wouldn't want Christie anywhere near the Presidential nomination process.

It is bad enough that Christie is ruining our state.  Having him as President would only make matters worse.  Be careful what you wish for.

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by: Bertin Lefkovic @ Thu Aug 18, 2011 at 22:15:41 PM UTC

Not with Christie's skeletons. (4.00 / 1)

The diary argues that Christie's skeletons would be exposed nationally if he ran in the Republican primary. He wouldn't get near the nomination, let alone the presidency. His run would cause his political downfall. Maybe his resignation.  

mmgth

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by: mmgth @ Fri Aug 19, 2011 at 00:09:23 AM UTC

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Not so sure (0.00 / 0)

Dubya's National Guard skeletons only got Dan Rather fired.

Blog: http://www.deciminyan.org

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by: deciminyan @ Fri Aug 19, 2011 at 00:27:52 AM UTC

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Yes, but (4.00 / 1)

The machine that got Bush the nomination, s elected and reselected via fraud isn't there for Christie.  "records lost" by others when Poppa Bush's people did it for dubya isn't the the same as "records covered up" when it is Christies office doing it to protect himself.

Scott Garrett - on the wrong side of, well, everything.

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by: Adam L @ Fri Aug 19, 2011 at 01:10:22 AM UTC

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No way he gets the nomination (0.00 / 0)

Same things were said about Rudy, although Christie is more politically astute.  He has way WAY more flaws and would get demolished in the primaries by the competition.  If he loses his shit on Bachmann or Palin or another high profile female Republican, forget it.

He is a massive fraud and people here weren't paying any attention against Corzine but the Village pundits don't elect a President or even a nominee, no matter how hard they try.


Scott Garrett - on the wrong side of, well, everything.

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by: Adam L @ Fri Aug 19, 2011 at 01:06:19 AM UTC

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Anyone... (0.00 / 0)

...who runs for the GOP nomination could win it.  The only thing that we need to concern ourselves with is whether or not a prospective GOP nominee can beat Obama if he continues to allow the Republicans to wreck it, and at the moment, I think that includes any of them except for Bachmann or Palin (if she runs).

Skeletons and any other minutiae that we might take seriously go over the heads of your average voter.  Jobs are the only thing that will matter next November and if the unemployment rate is 8% or more, Obama will most likely lose to whomever the GOP nominates, so be careful what you wish for.

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by: Bertin Lefkovic @ Fri Aug 19, 2011 at 16:03:39 PM UTC

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The only people, besides Plutocrats, who want Christie to be president... (0.00 / 0)

are members of the NJ Press Corpse.

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by: DSWright @ Fri Aug 19, 2011 at 02:31:41 AM UTC

The media sets the narrative (0.00 / 0)

and ultimately chooses the "elected" leaders. As long as we rely on defective voting machines that can be hacked by a nine year old wanting to play Pac Man, our elections are window dressing.
Our elected officials only do the bidding for the highest bidders thanks to a flawed Supreme Court Decision, Citizens United Not Timid.
Neither Christie nor Humpty Dumpty will act in the voters' best interests. The Wall Street shysters who sacked the economy and looted the Treasury determine the laws of the land and government policy. The government overseers allow them to game the system for the commensurate kickbacks and money sent to secret off-shore tax havens.
In Washington or Trenton, elected officials only follow the orders of the wealthy elites. The voters on the other hand........

Restore democracy and the Constitution for which it stands.

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by: The Wizard @ Fri Aug 19, 2011 at 12:13:24 PM UTC