June 3, 2009

Corzine vs. Christie — Game On.

Filed under: Uncategorized — Jim @ 10:10 pm

Much as I thought would happen, Chris Christie defeated Steve Lonegan in the Republican Primary yesterday. As I noted yesterday, I favored Lonegan, but Christie would be light years better than Jon Corzine. Hell, Bugs Bunny would be better.

Corzine has already launched his first salvo. He charged that “he would work better with the Obama administration and Republican opponent Chris Christie is not ‘in alignment’ with New Jersey voters’ values.”

His own record is so piss-poor that he has apparently decided to hitch his wagon to The One in hopes that the sheeple who turned out in droves to participate in the “historic moment” will turn out in November for him. As for “working better with the Obama Administration,” I would prefer a governor who would tell the Administration to piss off, particularly if it comes to taking federal dollars and surrendering whatever state sovereignty we have left to the federal government.

With respect to New Jersey voters’ values, the overriding concern of most Garden Staters that I run into is paying the murderous taxes and worrying about whether they will continue to have a job, given regulatory burdens placed on businesses, which are causing them to flee the state.

Some of Corzine’s shtick is downright laughable. He said, “We must choose to put aside partisanship in favor of results… . There is simply no time left to waste on the politics of yesterday.” Put partisanship aside? Are you kidding me? He’s counting on the partisanship of the average New Jersey voter. In addition, I’m not surprised that he doesn’t want to focus on the “politics of yesterday,” because his rotten performance as governor is the “politics of yesterday.”

To me, the funniest and most pathetic thing about Corzine’s first shot at Christie was when he linked him to George Bush. Yo, Jon. Have you been following the news? George Bush is no longer the president.

I truly hope that Corzine loses and loses big — and in a sane world, he would be clobbered, but this is New Jersey. I’ve lived here all my life, and I know the way things work. Corzine will pump millions of his own money into the campaign (as he did to win his U.S. Senate seat and the governorship), and the monster democrat machine along with the public employee unions will go into Maximum Destruct Mode.

I’m not looking forward to the campaign.

The JerseyNut has more.

9 Comments

  1. Jimbo,
    I think you really gotta move. I mean OUT of Jersey. I’ll still visit you either way.

    Comment by Jerry in Indiana — June 3, 2009 @ 11:59 pm

  2. Corzine is scum. I’ve followed his antics for quite some time. I hope he falls flat on his face.

    Comment by hammer — June 4, 2009 @ 5:36 am

  3. Thanks for the link, Jim.

    I will admit to being worried about how well, with his unlimited bankroll, Corzine will be able to spread deception about his record and unjustly smear Christie.

    Then again, with Joe Biden as his virtual “running mate” and with speeched filled with rants about George Bush and John Ashcroft, how can we lose?

    Comment by Jersey — June 4, 2009 @ 5:45 am

  4. If Corzine gets re-elected NJ deserves all the torture it will endure. Good God.

    Comment by Mr. Bingley — June 4, 2009 @ 6:21 am

  5. Jimbo,
    I say to Corzine “go ahead and try to tie Christie to Bush”. Hell, if unemployment, the markets, interest rates, the deficit all remain out of whack, the Bush legacy may look farookin’ stellar.
    Corzine is hoping that the voters suddenly gain political amnesia and conveniently forget that Corzine took us into the political porta pottie the last 3 years. He needs to hope that the Jersey voters suddenly forget the unemployment numbers, the budget messes, the revoking of rebates, the mass exodus of jobs out of state, the corruption and all of the other niceties that the Corzine Administration has wrought upon us.
    My problem is…this is still Jersey and that graveyard on the Parkway by the old brewery is still an active voting precinct. NJ is very progressive in that the Jersey courts believe that just because the voter has died, the person, no matter how dead still maintains the right to vote.
    I will not count any chickens til the court case is over. Oh yeah…unless Christie wins by more than 28%, there will be a recount in which we will find that Hudson and Union counties disenfranchised their voters and miraculously, the exact number of votes needed to beat Christie will be found in a “warehouse”.
    Christie needs to stay above the fray and keep repeating “are you better off now than you were 4 years ago”? He needs to keep hammering home about the job losses, the corruption (stay away from the Carla Katz thing, it will take care of itself through the blogosphere)and mostly keep talking about the corrupt politicians he has put in the grey bar motel.
    Once he joins a desperate Corzine in going negative, he will lose any moral authority. He needs to be a positive uplifting alternative to the failed Democratic policies of the past.
    I too supported Lonegan but Christie is our guy and he ain’t that bad. I am writing a check to him today with my regards.

    Comment by RobbieRob — June 4, 2009 @ 10:43 am

  6. Perhaps the voters of New Jersey are ready for a change. There is hope in change. May the best man win.

    Comment by Kevin — June 4, 2009 @ 1:28 pm

  7. If I was not already 67 years ole I would move to Texas! Only place in the union right now that has a state government that is not spending money like drunks in a house of ill repute

    Comment by GUYK — June 4, 2009 @ 8:12 pm

  8. Since I turned 18, I have voted in every general and local election–including school board. On Tuesday, I voted in the primary (for Lonegan)for the first time. My concern is that the NJGOP is not taking the number of votes Mr. Lonegan received seriously. While the party regulars backed Mr. Christie, they don’t seem to understand that a significant number of (very educated and politically knowledgeable) Independents changed their affiliations to support a more conservative candidate. As a born and bred New Jerseyan, I have a deep understanding of the machinations of the political system. The NJGOP is fronting a candidate who leans SLIGHTLY to the right to the front runner. While the November election may now seem to be a dog fight, it will probably turn out to be a pissing contest between two puppies.

    Comment by David — June 4, 2009 @ 10:59 pm

  9. Seems our idiot resident stoner is coming out in support of Corzine The Magnificent:

    http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20090605/STATE/90605004/Bon+Jovi+headlines+Corzine+fundraiser

    With dumbocrats, it’s always about image and “coolness”.

    Comment by JerryK — June 5, 2009 @ 9:05 am

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