"I'm not running for President... yet. In three - no, four more years."
In my view, you don’t want your first and last name to start with the same latter or rhyme, but Chris Christie, who essentially has the same name for both his first and last name takes it to the next level. And for some reason, every time he opens his mouth, all I hear is: “Ha mongo bargon wan chee kospah, ol Jedi. Chone manya weesh asha beecho.”*
If you haven’t already sussed this out for yourself, my opinion of the governor is fairly low. I’m just never going to get along with anyone who takes helicopter rides to little league games, which supposedly don’t cost tax payers any money somehow – oh, because fuel and helicopter maintenance is free and we usually train our guys to fly homeland security missions by visiting children’s sporting events. (I forgot all that!) Of course, his approval rating was at 53% in mid January, and if you’re over 50%, you must be doing something right… I would have thought it’d be lower (it was below 50% during the summer), so what do I know? Apparently, not a damn thing.
Wait, there is one thing I do know! Chris Christie is running for president in 2016. He’s made no announcement, but he’s done two things that are just as good as putting a “Christie 2016″ sign on his front lawn.
Christie vetoed NJ’s Gay Marriage bill
Vetoing gay marriage was genius political move for Christie and his Republican presidential nominee aspirations. Now, he can say he vetoed gay marriage in his state to the sect of his party that hates that and he can tell the sect of his party that are big on civil liberties and stats rights that he turned it over to the people in referendum (which he’s suggested for this November) to decide the best course of the state. It issue will likely pass, so he can tell both gay republicans no harm, no foul.
Christie lowered NJ income tax
Proposing to lower income tax is another brilliant move for pleasing those he’ll need to win over to get the nomination in 2016. Whether it happens or not, he’ll at least be able to say he tried to lowered taxes and ease the burden on New Jersey’s citizens, but frankly, income tax doesn’t mean squat to people who pay them in NJ – it’s property taxes that kills the NJ tax payer, and his budget proposal “provides less money for direct property tax relief than the year before.”
So there you have it – Christie is running for president in 2016 – I guarantee it.
*“There will be no bargain, young Jedi. I shall enjoy watching you die.”
Edited by Jamie Insalaco
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He needs to lose about a hundred pounds before he would be considered a viable candidate. I am not not a fan of his veto and idea that voters should decide other civil rights. The south would be a very different place right now if that standard was applied to civil rights issues in the 1960′s.
We’ve had over weight presidents before… Grant, garfield and taft…
But yeah, christie is not my cup of tea -suggesting people should vote on whether or not everyone gets basic civil rights because you don’t have the courage to tell the base of your party it sucks is pretty nuts
Yeah Jamie we also used to have Presidents with sweet beards and sideburns too. Sort of plays into my belief that I can’t trust a man without facial hair.
Fair enough – I think Obama would look great with a mustache though