[Vision2020] On Chris Christie . . .

[Ted Moffett]

I wonder if Christie is running interference for Gov. Perry after his
floundering debate performance, keeping media focus on Christie's
potential bid for the presidency, while Perry can re-group and his
scary debate performance fades a bit from public memory.  Of course,
all the media focus on Christie can be used for his advantage in many
ways, as he insists that he does not know what else to do to convince
people he is not running for president, short of "suicide."

If W. Bush can ascend to the presidency with the skeletons that were
in his closet, Christie might be able to overcome his associations
with corruption etc.

Probably a moot point, given Christie is not running...
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Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett

On 9/30/11, viva stowell <vivastowell at gmail.com> wrote:

> Christie is a Republican from New Jersey, which translates as too liberal to
> run as a Democrat in Idaho.  New Jersey has very strict gun laws including a
> beebee gun permit.  Would the NRA stay quiet about this?   Sure he is acting
> like a fiscal conservative or should I say cutting the education budget.
>
> Christie has a past, however and it has been barely be talked about.
>
> My latest favourite a Madoff connection!
> http://www.theawl.com/2011/09/the-chris-christie-madoff-attack-ad-that-writes-itself
>
> As AG of New Jersey, he grabbed headlines by going after corruption.  Now
> this is not that difficult in NJ. Oddly they mostly were Democrats, but I am
> sure that that is simply a coincidence.  Perhaps you remember the arrests
> and persecution of former Newark Newark Mayor and state Sen. Sharpe James,
> or Essex County Executive James Treffinger, or past state Senate President
> John Lynch and Hudson County Executive Robert Janiszewski - just to name a
> few.  I think that the fact that lived in New Jersey might be showing
> through.  Lots of people were arrested, dragged out of there offices and the
> moneys that passed hands was the joke of the day.  "Really, you could buy a
> mayor for that little?"
>
> The real issue that surrounds Christie is ethics.  That strange smell in NJ
> does not just come from Elizabeth and the Meadowlands.  Trenton and the
> local governments emit a smell that I think  locals answer with "What can
> do?"....
>
> Here is a taste  of what has been charged.
>
> http://njelection.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/christie-corruption-chris-christie-investigated-for-blackmail/
>
> Just imagine if people really looked into his past, case by case, client by
> client.  If he was to run, it would be great
> for investigative journalists and the Newark Star Ledger and the Jersey
> Journal.  Unfortunately for Christie, many of these journalists are out of
> work and have a lot of time on there hands.
>
> So when he says he in not going to run, I think he is telling the truth.
>  But he will still show up and collect the fee for speaking.
>
>
> ----Viva
>