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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: happyg on March 19, 2014, 03:11:08 pm

Title: Chris Christie: I'm a 'common-sense conservative'
Post by: happyg on March 19, 2014, 03:11:08 pm
During a town hall Tuesday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie explained that the was a "common sense conservative" after he was asked by a participant whether he was a moderate.

That's the beauty of me," Christie replied, ac"cording to CNN. "Everybody looks at me and sees something different."

Christie defined himself as a "common-sense conservative," saying believed in smaller government and lower taxes.

"To me, that's a conservative. But everybody perceives 'conservative' as something different these days," he concluded.

Charlie Spiering

http://washingtonexaminer.com/article/2545913 (http://washingtonexaminer.com/article/2545913)
Title: Re: Chris Christie: I'm a 'common-sense conservative'
Post by: Howie66 on March 19, 2014, 03:15:50 pm
During a town hall Tuesday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie explained that the was a "common sense conservative" after he was asked by a participant whether he was a moderate.

That's the beauty of me," Christie replied, ac"cording to CNN. "Everybody looks at me and sees something different."

Christie defined himself as a "common-sense conservative," saying believed in smaller government and lower taxes.

"To me, that's a conservative. But everybody perceives 'conservative' as something different these days," he concluded.

Charlie Spiering

http://washingtonexaminer.com/article/2545913 (http://washingtonexaminer.com/article/2545913)
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Title: Re: Chris Christie: I'm a 'common-sense conservative'
Post by: MBB1984 on March 19, 2014, 03:18:57 pm
Christie is corrupt.  That is all you need to know.
Title: Re: Chris Christie: I'm a 'common-sense conservative'
Post by: Relic on March 19, 2014, 03:23:19 pm
Christie is corrupt.  That is all you need to know.

Christie is a Bill Clinton style politician. Everything is negotiable, and nothing is off the table, as long as Chris Christie benefits from it.
Title: Re: Chris Christie: I'm a 'common-sense conservative'
Post by: Rivergirl on March 19, 2014, 03:28:36 pm
More liked Obama than Bubba.   He's a bully with no conscience at all.
Title: Re: Chris Christie: I'm a 'common-sense conservative'
Post by: mountaineer on March 19, 2014, 07:40:52 pm
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That's the beauty of me," Christie replied, according to CNN. "Everybody looks at me and sees something different."
That's not "beauty." That's a man who has failed to make it clear what (if anything) he actually stands for.
Title: Re: Chris Christie: I'm a 'common-sense conservative'
Post by: evadR on March 19, 2014, 08:22:40 pm
That's the beauty of me," Christie replied, according to CNN. "Everybody looks at me and sees something different."
That's not "beauty." That's a man who has failed to make it clear what (if anything) he actually stands for.

He's right. I look at him today and see one thing. Then he speaks or does something and I see him entirely differently.

Whatever it is, it ain't beautiful. I'd call it flip flop.
Title: Re: Chris Christie: I'm a 'common-sense conservative'
Post by: massadvj on March 19, 2014, 09:34:04 pm
Whenever a politician calls himself a "common  sense conservative" what he really means is he is "not a conservative." Ditto "compassionate conservative."