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Margie| 9.9.10 @ 10:31PM
ooh baby, gotta love it! Mucho thanks for always posting these clips, guys! I'm almost sad that we moved out of NJ.
Christie can talk. And reason and argue well. Can he fight a war? I'm thinking Presidential material.
Eric Cartman| 9.10.10 @ 9:13AM
Ditto, Margie. I would love to see Christie dress down the little Kenyan boy who the Liberals say is "the smartest President ever . . . ever, ever. And will be fofever . . . and ever." The teacher, wearing her smuggy Liberal hirsute, got a shave! THIS is who Republicans should be, instead of bumbling George and his Merry Band of Me Too Compassionate Conservatives - they need to go! Either we destroy the Republican Party completely or we rebuild it with as many Christies as we can find. They can either surrender peacefully and go home, or be crushed. Pick one, GOP "leaders".
Margie| 9.10.10 @ 2:39PM
Oh man Eric, can you just picture the Presidential debates bet. him & the lil' Kenyan? I picture Obama feigning illness at the last minute.
And yes, there's nothing that thrills me more about a politician than one who stands up to a sniveling Liberal with gusto and aplomb. Awesome!!
stu| 9.10.10 @ 6:59AM
I love that guy!!!
ggoblue| 9.10.10 @ 7:00AM
he is exactly what we need in a leader...someone who will not take his demonization while lying down...someone who will dish it right back with intelligence.
too bad 2012 is almost upon us...the presidential campaign starts in only 8 weeks...
ggoblue| 9.10.10 @ 7:02AM
i also have to laugh at how he turned the teacher into the adolescent student..."are you going to stand there and listen? yes or no?" and made her answer and then stand there and take it....awesome teachable moment from mr christie.
Bruce Berger| 9.10.10 @ 9:13AM
It is clear that any conservative politician that aspires to greatness must have courage. A conservative will be pilloried in the press until the cows come home, but ultimately will win respect from voters.
Christie seems to have it and he is winning people over, even those who normally wouldn't be too enthralled by his type. I saw an interview he did with Matt Lauer a little while back. You could tell that Lauer actually liked him.
bill capron | 9.10.10 @ 9:20AM
Gov. Christie has proven that the problems of government aren't too complicated if dealt with head-on. Shilly-shallying around the truth because of political correctness and the fear of offending is a sure road to failure. Hip him horray to the governor of New Jersey
JohnD| 9.10.10 @ 9:47AM
I love that Christie looks like a mob enforcer, or the guy who shows up driving the tow truck when your car breaks down on the NJ Turnpike (who could also be a mob enforcer).
He also looks like the type of guy who would have no qualms going to the UN and grabbing Ahmedinejad by the lapes, slamming him against the wall and saying, "Leave Israel alone, or I'll pay you another visit, and believe me, you don't want that."
Julie| 9.10.10 @ 10:05AM
He's too fat. We need a more physically fit President like Governor Romney who can get off the couch instead of being the couch.
Warrior | 9.10.10 @ 10:54AM
You must have hated FDR, damn wheelchair was a hinderance to exercise. How did you feel about Slick Willie? He had some girth about him. Were you a Hillary supporter? She of course has a little junk in her trunk. Julie, you must have been a huge fan of George W. Bush who has been widely acknowledged as the most physically fit President.
Purple Lips| 9.10.10 @ 11:49AM
Then you must love our President; he's every gay man's dream (Check his pecs!). And I am sure that by your standards Churchill didn't fit the bill. I think it was Hitler and his merry band of Germanic health nuts who called Churchill a fat old alcoholic.
But don't feel too bad. President Bush was partial to physical fitness over competence. His first questions to people who applied for high posts concerned thier excercise regimen, and not thier ability to thier job.
And going down memory lane, an obese (I mean orca fat) Russian General by the name of Kutuzov got the best of Napolean in 1812. That huge peasant had the nerve to fall asleep during his war-conferences! But he could win wars. Who cared if he could eat an entire fowl and drink 3 bottles of wine at one sitting?
Go Christie, you fat lard. No matter what our health nazis say, many of us think you're doing a great job. Have a double-whooper with cheese. Send the bill to Julie.
Sheila| 9.10.10 @ 10:25AM
Get off your high horse, Julie. A little bit of the ruling class snobbery there, perhaps? I choose substance over style (were you one who was wowed by Obama's purported pecs?), and although I vehemently disagree with Christie over immigration, I like the guy. Anyone who can so excellently school a teacher (oops - how profane of me, substitute "professional educator") gets my support.
JimH| 9.10.10 @ 10:58AM
'Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much: such men are dangerous. ' I think Shakespeare was right. Give me a fat guy. I do sometimes confuse Christie with Rex Ryan though.
Purple Lips| 9.10.10 @ 11:54AM
And I think it was Sir John Falstaff who answered Bardolph's insult of being "out of all compass" (meaning obese) thusly:
"Amend thy face and I will amend my life"
NJ Kay| 9.10.10 @ 12:43PM
I agree with Julie, Gov. Christie's physical appearance is an embarrassment to this state. He is too fat and untelegenic therefore I'm voting for Romney too.
Mormon Girl| 9.10.10 @ 12:46PM
Second the motion, vote for Romney, the handsome, telegenic and physically fit candidate instead of the fat guy from Jersey.
Purple Lips| 9.10.10 @ 5:00PM
And who says that women are not fit to vote? Rescind the 19th Amendment!
Sheila| 9.10.10 @ 6:23PM
Bull's eye, Purple Lips!! Women are generally such airheads, and do not deserve the franchise. I will gladly give up my right to vote if only someone could guarantee to restrict voting to male property owners over 21 (or soldiers in a combat MOS).