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Chris Christie must not have gotten that many questions about his values in the primary. He had a whole section of his website highlighting his shared values for everyone to see. Now all of a sudden, the values aren't shared and he's being asked about them all the time apparently.
The Democratic Committee has been all over Christie, sending out a press release each day reminding people of the missing values. The AP reported on June 18 that the Christie for Governor website took down the "Shared Values" section "technical reasons" and the clock has reminded people of how long it has taken for them to fix the problem.
In an attempt to make the issue go away, Christie pointed out that he has a frequently asked questions page. The problem is, the FAQ page doesn't include the same content as the shared values page.
First, let's look at the endorsements: I am honored to have been endorsed by many key prolife leaders from around New Jersey including Congressman Chris Smith, former Mayor Bret Schundler, State Senator Gerald Cardinale and State Assemblyman Jay Webber. I am devoted to giving a voice to and taking action for those that are unable to protect themselves. He's either lost the endorsements of those pro-life conservative leaders or he's hiding them like his shared values. Here's what Christie said about being Pro-life on the now missing shared values page:I am prolife. Hearing the strong heartbeat of my unborn daughter 14 years ago at 13 weeks gestation had a profound effect on me and my beliefs. The life of every human being is precious. We must work to reduce abortions in New Jersey through laws such as parental notification, a 24hour waiting period and a ban on partialbirth abortion. And here's what it says on the FAQ page:I believe in the sanctity, dignity and inherent value of all human life. Hearing the heartbeat of my unborn daughter 14 years ago had a profound effect on me. I am pro-life because I believe her life and the life of every child is precious. I strongly support protecting children and their mothers from abortion with three exceptions: rape, incest and to protect the life of the mother. And to immediately reduce abortions in NJ, as Governor, I will push to enact a parental notification law and a 24 hour waiting period. Gone is the mention of partial birth abortion and added are some exceptions that Christie has found to his abortion stand since the primary. Moving onto gay marriage, the FAQ page says this:I believe that marriage should be exclusively between one man and one woman. I have no issue with same sex couples sharing contractual rights, but I believe that marriage should remain the exclusive domain of one man and one woman. But he had a little more to say about the issue when he was sharing values:I also believe marriage should be exclusively between one man and one woman. While, I have no issue with same sex couples sharing contractual rights, I believe that marriage should remain the exclusive domain of one man and one woman. If a bill legalizing same sex marriage came to my desk as Governor, I would veto it. If the law were changed by judicial fiat, I would be in favor of a constitutional amendment on the ballot so that voters, not judges, would decide this important social question. Gone is the rhetoric about judicial fiat, vetoing a bill and pushing a constitutional amendment. Christie also appears to have lost his faith, because this paragraph isn't on the FAQ page either:Our children attend parochial school where we hope their studies will help guide them in their faith and reinforce the values we teach them at home. Experiences in my life, along with my faith, have led me to believe in the sanctity, dignity and inherent value of all human life. These "shared values" all went from being front and center with the economy to buried with his stance on the bear hunt. So you see the content is really the same, expect for the fact that it isn't.
Christie has drawn more attention to the issue of his values and positions by taking the page down than if he would have left it up. He's given the Democrats an opening to continue hammering him on the fact that he can't stand by the values he ran on in the primary. Maybe he's getting so many questions about his values because people don't believe him and don't share them.
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