One week after announcing he would not seek the Republican presidential nomination despite pressure from Republicans disappointed with the current crop of candidates, New Jersey governor Chris Christie on Tuesday endorsed former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney.
"America cannot survive another four years of Barack Obama, and Mitt Romney is the man we need to lead America, and we need him now," Christie said at a Romney campaign event in Lebanon, New Hampshire.
Romney "brings that great private sector experience and he brings that experience as governor of Massachusetts knowing how government works," Christie added, telling reporters that his decision to back the Massachusetts governor was "easy."
Mitt and Ann went to Christie's house in New Jersey on Saturday, a senior Romney campaign adviser told CBS News. It was there that Christie said he would endorse Romney.
Suggesting that Romney was the most electable candidate in the field, Christie said that "as Republicans, our number one goal this year has to be to preserve our American way of life."
Romney "has laid out the most detailed economic plan of anybody in the race," Christie said, adding that Romney "is not someone who is deciding to run for president off the back of an envelope."
As far as I have been concerned it was always going to be Mitt Romney in the end.
The Teabaggers can fantasize over the Texas dimwit, masturbate over the Congressional bat-shit crazy chick, and hide their racism while pretending to support the token black pizza delivery man, but ultimately is was always going to be Mitt "I can't connect with people worth a shit" Romney.
Of course it was never a fair contest you know. After all Mitt has magic underwear!
I don't even know why they would bother to have the debate tonight, but I'll be watching. It is going to be comical to see the rest of the field trying to attack Romney, and take away his lead, without mentioning that they believe his faith is a crazy non-Christian cult.
Hmm, I wonder if this SNL bit had anything to do with Christie's decision?
I love this. The Evangelical crowd will never support a Mormon. Let the fun begin!!!
ReplyDeleteWow, I see a lot of mad angry pee-mails coming his way;)
ReplyDeleteWonder if any Republican candidate will ask the half term governor for her support?
ReplyDeleteSo far, everything I've seen and heard about Romney involves how he stood for ONE thing, before, yet now is adamant that he's now against it.
ReplyDeleteHis whole demeanor is that of a not very good used car salesman.
Is it THAT which makes him the "reluctant" choice of Republicans?
Or is it that he doesn't convincingly have anything to offer to the fringe, like that he'll pass a law that everyone has to be a Southern Baptist or face imprisonment? (With an amendment attached to let Mormons slide on this)
Of course Mitt is their saviour. After all he has 5 adult sons who all proudly served their country - oh, wait, NO none of them served. Neither did Mitt, he was in France on a mission for his church.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Mitt is having a set of magic underwear made for Christie in size XXXL??
ReplyDeletePossibly clueless question, but why can't/ won't the other candidats mention "that they believe his faith is a crazy non-Christian cult"? This is EXACTLY what dominionists believe, and any candidate who says it straight out will get more cheers from them than Ron Paul did for saying the guy without insurance should die.
ReplyDeleteRead on Oz Mudflats about stupid Sarah's idiot comments about North Korea, comments to which South Korean government officials have already had to respond in order to avoid pissing off N Korea further. Seriously, why does the Secret Service allow this woman out of the country?!
Ha! Christie thinks he's going to be the next Vice President.
ReplyDeleteToo funny.
And, did you notice???.? Not a single flying Alaskan monkey dropping anywhere... Talk about fading away in a jiffy !! POOF !!! Toast..........
ReplyDeleteHas this insipid woman gone completely and utterly mad?????
ReplyDeleteTHE KOREA TIMES
10-11-2011 18:39
Palin ‘looks forward to NK regime change’
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said she “looks forward to regime change” in North Korea while calling on South Korea to help the North when its regime is finally ousted.
“Being under the thumb of a dictator, the first victims of his regime are his own people,” said Palin during a keynote address at the 12th World Knowledge Forum in Seoul, Tuesday.
Palin, who was the vice presidential nominee of the Republican Party in 2008, made the comment in a Q&A session with Ritz Kahn of Al Jazeera English immediately after her speech.
The theme of this year’s forum is “The New Economic Crisis: Reforming Global Leadership & Asia’s Challenge.”
Regarding Palin’s remark, the Seoul government showed a cautious response.
Jo Byoung-jae, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said flatly “regime change is not a policy goal or the objective of this government.”
He said he is not criticizing Palin or her statement, but just stating as clearly as possible what the North Korea policy of Seoul is, adding, “I think it is safe to say that it is also not the policy goal of the U.S. government either.”
Palin’s statement drew attention as it came at a particularly precarious time for South and North Korean relations amid lingering tension on the Korean Peninsula.
Kim Tae-hyo, Cheong Wa Dae’s deputy national security advisor, said Friday that North Korea could conduct a long-range missile or third nuclear test if ongoing preliminary talks with South Korea and the United States fail to restart the long-stalled six party talks.
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So let me get this straight… Palin goes to South Korea as a guest to speak about global economy and ends up encouraging the people at this conference to overthrow the neighbouring countries’ government because she doesn’t happen to like dictatorships. This same ‘dictatorship’ has nuclear weapons poised at most western democracies and it’s taken many acts of diplomacy among several high-ranking world leaders to draw the North Korean leaders away from discharging those weapons and into constructive peace talks – which she in a span of about 20 minutes may have dangerously undermined… Did I leave anything out?
Is she freaking insane????
http://ozmud.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/palin-unhinged-in-south-korea/
Running a guy who lost the last primary cycle is a non-starter.
ReplyDeleteThere's a reason he didn't make the cut last time, and if he's making it this time the only reason is the rest of the field is more weak than the last losing field.
4 MORE YEARS!
@Bill, I imagine the Republican candidates will be willing to pay Palin to NOT support them :)
ReplyDelete@DomEscapee, Perry got one of his waterboys to say just that in Dallas on Friday -- the pastor of the First Baptist Church came out saying that Mormonism was an anti-Christian cult. Seems to have backfired on him, as even the delusional Texas voters recognize pandering crap when they see it.
Also, I do not think that the Secret Service can control who leaves the country -- that would be the State Department. And yes, I wish Hillary would confiscate Palin's passport, but she'd never feed into Sarah's victimology by doing so. She is a SMART female politician.
Mitt's magic underwear is the reason it is still NOT over - Mormonism is weird, and enough Republicans are uncomfortable about it to prevent Romney's nomination from being a done deal.
ReplyDeleteSarah's remarks overseas may be stupid, but as for me, I'm glad she doesn't need official permission to travel in and out of the country - I prefer to live in a country where you don't need government approval to travel.
"Our number one goal this year has to be to preserve our American way of life." Same as the Occupy Wall Street protesters!
ReplyDeleteNow that he's no longer the next would-be great white hope, who cares about Christie's endorsement? He's been almost as disappointing as that grifter lady from the last frontier.
Busy, busy!
ReplyDeletehttp://live.feedjit.com/live/theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/0/
Romney has gone from being pro-choice to being so anti-abortion that he says he'd support a 'life begins at conception' constitutional amendment.
ReplyDeleteI wonder which he believes and why either side of the women's health issue should trust him...or any of the new GOP. At least Romney is a politician using religion rather than the even worse religionist using politics.
perry has crashed has burned because he cant hide how corrupt stupid and bizarre he really is.
ReplyDeletebut dont think for 1 second that the establishment didnt want perry and still wants perry.
christi is just doing the sane thing but remember christi is entirely a creation of the right wing establishment.
what exactly has the guy done that after 1 year as governor that he was pushed for president??
always look to motive..in politics and what the guy being pushed can be counted on to do if elected.
Speaking of crazy people...
ReplyDeletehttp://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/10/8257796-glenn-beck-protestors-will-come-for-you-drag-you-into-the-streets-and-kill-you
Didn't the Romney sons "serve" in an air-conditioned RV crisscrossing Iowa?
ReplyDeleteFortunately, Seamus The Sh*tting Setter wasn't strapped in his carrier on that brave mission...
Why do people think that Chris Christie endorsing Romney maters more than a shit a hitting the toilet water? GOP primary voters are going to be divided into two groups: the Romney crowd and the I-can't-fucking-stand Romney crowd. The only thing Romney has going for him is that he's one person and the I-can't-fucking-stand Romney is divided between four candidates. THAT'S ALL
ReplyDeleteDid the Tea Partiers really throw Honey Buns at Cristie?
ReplyDeleteHi Griffin long time lurker...I think that a worthwhile project for you would be to build a comprehensive electronic timeline - put all of the photos, interviews, emails, any news accounts etc IN CHRONOLOGICAL order, with links...and footnotes and annotations. for those of us who don't know the timeline, snippets here and there are not nearly as persuasive as the entire case would be. start with the ginormous pic of her preggers early on...
ReplyDeleteoops meant to post that timeline comment on your earlier post. oh well. hopefully you are reading it now.
ReplyDeleteWell, wonder if palin will reconsider her 'not running' decision.
ReplyDeleteShe may give it a go if the choice is between a black man and a 'not a real christian'.
Those poor republicans.
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Their poor little heads must be exploding.
Do you think that Christie is applying early for the VP job?
ReplyDeleteThe RWNJs in my local paper are scoffing at the Christie endorsement...A RINO endorsing a RINO, they say.
ReplyDeleteHey, I'm all happy with that. If Romney gets the nom and all the radicals either stay home or vote for some third party weirdo (Hi, Ron Paul), well, then Obama gets his second term!
O/T
ReplyDelete“Today, in my country, particularly in the last few years, a new seductive idea has come on the scene,” she told the World Knowledge Forum, hosted by the Maeil Business Newspaper in Seoul. “It involves the growing collaboration between big business, big finance, big government and big union bosses.”
You'd almost thing she was exposing herself for let's say 'Mat-Maid' to name one -- you know, that 'Crony Capitalism' she's spewing about.
Notice her reference to 'last few years' - hmmmmmm - does Halliburton ring a bell with anyone? Oh but that's Rethug crony capitalism and doesn't count.
Upon return to U.S. -- arrest and lock the bitch up for terrorism!!! Better still - someone get her to the border and push her into North Korea. Let them lock her up for life!!
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/11/palin-takes-crony-capitalism-fight-to-south-korea/
Anonymous 2:26
ReplyDeleteMy hunch is if Romney is nominated he will choose an evangelical to run with him. I do not think he would pick a northern Catholic such as Christie to run with him. A Mormon and Catholic both from the northeast would not play well with the base.
2:26...possibly, but our gov, Bob McDonnell has been interviewing for the VP job since last year. He recently hosted a Perry fundraiser. VA limits governors to one term, so Bob needs a new job by 2013 anyway. Like Christie, he has pretty much done nothing since he was elected, but somehow is another GOP darling.
ReplyDeleteThe only reason VA has relatively low unemployment and a budget surplus are due to the vast amount of government, military, and feral contracting jobs here.McDonnell hasn't created one job, and unemployment is creeping up even here.
My money is on Romney picking Christie for the VP slot. I have to say, that would be a much smarter pick (pun intended) than the McCain choice.
ReplyDeleteI would like Obama to win a second term certainly, but we don't know what will happen. Better Romney and Christie than the other lunatics out there.
Moongal6 said...
ReplyDelete"Ha! Christie thinks he's going to be the next Vice President.
Too funny."
Bingo! We have a winner.
I have read today that the Mormon Church is advertising the "normalcy" of its members in several states. The only purpose of such advertisements is to build support for the two Republican presidential candidates who are Mormons. Such direct involvement of a religious body in politics is dangerous. In terms of separation of church and state we have come a long way since 1960 and it is not good.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Griffen for that clip!!! I loved it even though I live in NJ.
ReplyDeleteHad read that Mitts grandfather was born in Mexico.........a place the family went to carry on their polygamous traditions..........
ReplyDeleteHe knows Romney will not win. He wants to run in 4 years. This was a smart move. Perry has a small chance of winning. Romney has NO chance. Christie will look like the good guy and be all ready to go in 2016.
ReplyDeleteMoongal6 said...
ReplyDeleteHa! Christie thinks he's going to be the next Vice President.
Too funny.
.................Or he is planning to run in 2016, after President Obama's 2nd term!
Now that's an odd couple, Mitt as Pres and Christie as VP.
ReplyDeleteAfter what Christie's done to New Jersey,(after losing federal aid for schools by not filling out the forms properly and filing them in a timely manner) and his anti union stance.... yeah, the teavangelical rebiblicans are gonna vote in droves for this team.
Go Obama!
Anyone see that Cain fella's pre-emptive "Don't ask me about the names of different countries and leaders, cause none of that matters when it comes to running a country" jab at possible media questions?
Smart move, there, Pizza man!
If he wasn't so smart, I'd call him "the african american male Sarah Palin", so I won't. ;o)
Moongal6--exactly what I thought!
ReplyDeleteTo me it looks like Christie cannot survive another 4 years of over eating.
ReplyDelete~Canuck~
The fact that seems to be going unquestioned !!! is that the Republican party is now assumed to be the Christian party. Period. None others qualify to lead or even speak for the party.
ReplyDeleteWhy is there no media loudly questioning this assumption that's grown from kinda to for sure?
That does leave all the Jews, atheists, agnostics, Buddhists, even Catholics, and those of all the various other belief systems and non-diehard fundamentalist Christians to vote for Obama. I'm okay with that.
And I thought Christie was supporting the Sara Lee/Krispy Creme ticket.
ReplyDeleteI think we're seeing Romney's VP pick. He only said it wasn't his time to run for President. His best opportunity for a future stab at the top spot would be riding in with zero personality guy which would neutralize some of his bombastic personality.
ReplyDeleteRomney is a dangerous character due to his love of big money and disdain for the working class but he doesn't scare me as much as getting an extremist evangelical foothold in the WH. Many point at Jimmy Carter as paving the way for the religious right but he is 180 degrees away from the bunch we are seeing now.
Gryphen, I hate to see snarky references from you -- on the same level as those of Robert Jeffress. I thought you believed that "Morality is not determined by the church you attend nor the faith you embrace. It is determined by the quality of your character and the positive impact you have on those you meet along your journey." I see you are willing to make an exception for Mormons and that you appear to have an unseemly interest -- shared by some of your readers -- in other people's underwear. Not everyone Mormon supports Mitt Romney, but we do pay attention to the bigotry coming from those who oppose him.
ReplyDeleteSam asks: "The fact that seems to be going unquestioned !!! is that the Republican party is now assumed to be the Christian party. Period. None others qualify to lead or even speak for the party.
ReplyDeleteWhy is there no media loudly questioning this assumption that's grown from kinda to for sure?"
The media has created this assumption, and I'll tell you why: because big mouths trump big ideas; vicious judgmentalism trumps compassion and mercy. At least, in the media. It makes ratings soar.
But if you went to a mainline Protestant website like the Methodist Church, you would see that millions of Christians are actually involved in efforts to eradicate poverty; to pursue justice; to speak up for mercy and making this world a better place to be.
There are extraordinary efforts and programs taking place with little media attention. Even if you're not a Christian, I do hope you will briefly visit the United Methodist's main website, if for nothing else than to see that the rightwing charlatans to claim the mantle of Christianity are just that: charlatan frauds. They do not speak for Christianity, even though the media only gives them the voice to do so.
www.umc.org
Anon10:10pm while many Mormon church members are nice people, the church leadership has fought tooth and nail against equality of any kind.
ReplyDeleteThey are strictly an old boy's fraternity club, with their secret handshakes and little green aprons in the temple. Did you know that women can not go to heaven unless their husband /other male church authority reaches out a hand to "pull them through the veil" after death??
Yes, Anon at 12:56 - she is freaking insane, and a lot of other malicious,bad things,too.
ReplyDeleteAbout the 1st Amendment and free speech - with respect to our country - she can say any incendiary, treasonous thing she wants - but if she crosses the line and threatens our national security - guess what, the Secret Service won't be sipping Tea with her on their visit to Lake Lucille.
And, she has NO 1st Amendment rights on foreign soil - and if Sarah Palin crosses the line outside our country to foment war and she gets jailed for it, she'll have to rely on President Obama, Sec of State Hillary Clinton, and the diplomatic relationships the US cultivates around the world to rescue her stupid ass.
If We the People had the honor to actually vote on whether any intervention should be made on her behalf in such a situation - I guarantee you - she'd rot in jail.
I, for one, do believe in just desserts, and she's way overdue to start getting some serious payback for her actions.
My mother, from Japan, used to say - if you broke the law in Japan (when she was a little girl) and went to prison, you would never see the light of day again. Sarah Palin should familiarize herself with the laws and customs of every foreign country she makes speeches in = if not for "knowledge" (something w/o value in Palin world), but to keep herself from getting thrown into jail and forcing our country to have to defend her when we'd rather celebrate her not ever coming back!