Also, Christie would just reinforce the "all Americans are fat" stereotype.
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Also, Christie would just reinforce the "all Americans are fat" stereotype.
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Who cares?Originally Posted by Hooahguy
"And if the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war and not popularity seeking. If they want peace, they and their relatives must stop the war." - William Tecumseh Sherman
“The market, like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they do.” - Warren Buffett
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Not sure, but if the answer is "a few thousand mugwumps in Ohio and Florida" then Christie comes up a cropper in a general election. Both states are important in the college and both are often decided by fewer than 50k worth of votes.
Obama is NOT a commie. He is a left-wing, big government, democratic semi-socialist. In Europe, his politics would probably be viewed as no more than mildly left of center and, I suspect, there would be more than a few who'd label him a tad on the conservative side by European standards. A communist? Not hardly.
Florida in 2k was decided by a very small margin, Gelcube, but subsequent recounts done by media outlets confirmed that the votes were slightly in Bush's favor. On the other hand, if even 25% of the fruit-bat left who voted for the Greens (Nader) in that election had held their noses long enough to pull a lever for Al "the internal combustion engine is evil" Gore, then Gore would have been President and W would have returned to baseball.
"The only way that has ever been discovered to have a lot of people cooperate together voluntarily is through the free market. And that's why it's so essential to preserving individual freedom.” -- Milton Friedman
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule." -- H. L. Mencken
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Exactly, if. Speculation can run wild, but to dismiss Christie solely because of his weight is silly imho.
"And if the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war and not popularity seeking. If they want peace, they and their relatives must stop the war." - William Tecumseh Sherman
“The market, like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they do.” - Warren Buffett
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Granted. On the other hand, sizism is one of the "acceptable" bigotries -- more so even then religion bashing -- so it may well be that it would harm Christie's chances.
"The only way that has ever been discovered to have a lot of people cooperate together voluntarily is through the free market. And that's why it's so essential to preserving individual freedom.” -- Milton Friedman
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule." -- H. L. Mencken
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It's certainly a disadvantage, but a surmountable one. He's a political heavyweight either way.
"And if the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war and not popularity seeking. If they want peace, they and their relatives must stop the war." - William Tecumseh Sherman
“The market, like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they do.” - Warren Buffett
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All I know is I want to see the next American President travelling around the world meeting national leaders on a mobility scooter.
At the end of the day politics is just trash compared to the Gospel.
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Why does a man have to apologize for another mans actions (who by the way not everyone reviles as much as you). I think you have the issue if you think that's a necessity.Maybe, maybe not. So much of the evidence was destroyed or mishandled.
But you know what? I never liked Gore much anyway. The Bush Administration could have been something entirely different, if 9/11 hadn't prompted them (and everyone else) to jump over the deep end. If a Republican candidate (looking at you Mitt) would come out and say something like "Yo, don't judge us by Bush. The wars were a costly mistake that destroyed our economy and ruined an entire generation, but because of them you never got to see us at our best. Sorry for that, we'll be smarter next time" then I'd be quite moved.
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