This should tell you nearly everything you need to know about Chris Christie:

This week’s edition of the Glens Falls Chronicle features an interview with Larry Bulman, former Saratoga County Democratic chairman and a South Glens Falls native who, in his new job as political director for the United Association of Plumbers, Pipefitters and Steamfitters recently got 90 minutes of face time with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

The conservative Republican called in Bulman to thank him for a donation the union made to Sandy relief efforts in the state, and they chatted about where Christie likes to eat near Lake George as well as his neighboring governor, Democrat Andrew Cuomo.

[Bulman] said when he told Mr. Christie he is from upstate New York, “he said, ‘I’m not much different from Andrew Cuomo. I probably agree with him on 98% of the issues.’ ” Mr. Bulman said Gov. Christie “sees value in the building trades, which are private sector unions. He complimented us and said he uses us as an example of a pro-business union.”

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Mr. Bulman, asked if he thinks Gov. Christie will run for president, said, “I don’t know, but he talked about Israel, and he wanted to make sure we knew he had been traveling abroad.”

(h/t: Political Wire)




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173 comments
Alex
Alex

Good Lord, he's saying this stuff? Give Christie the boot and make it permanent, I don't care what Ann Coulter says about this RINO blob.

mikeinidaho
mikeinidaho

Truer words were never spoken, Fatboy! You're just another Eastern liberal idiot like the rest of them. A pox on all of you and the Left Coast, also.

Larchmonter445
Larchmonter445

He's not much different than any Jersey BS'er. A perfect ticket would be Christie with Doomberg. They could carry NY-NJ and lose the rest of the nation. Of course, voting in the Sandy-hit areas would be difficult since by 2016 those suckers (victims) would still be without homes, and polling would have to be cancelled since they have no real addresses any more. But Christie rides high. Stupidity reigns in the East. The people are getting what they deserve.

Christie is about ME. No different than Obama. An opportunist riding a one-trick pony.

Susan Mitchell
Susan Mitchell

Besides all the voter fraud, this fat pig is a main reason the election went the way it did. Christie just about got on his knees and serviced Obama after Sandy hit because Obama said he was going to help all his servants in NJ & NY. He told Romney to stay away because "we don't need politicians, we need help" They still need help today, but hey....What does it matter now who is responsible?

Richard
Richard

Big mouth, fat ass, arrogant NJ politician. Don't even consider supporting this guy for president.

white531
white531

I did love the man, at one time. I really did. No more.

JohnCraven
JohnCraven

Did anyone break the news to his girlfriend, Anne Coulter?

John Craven

New Orleans

Daniel Compton
Daniel Compton

He is nothing but a liberal in conservative clothing. I will not vote for him when he runs for president. There is a reason the liberal media is pushing him so hard. its like letting a thief pick your security system.

james1051
james1051

Joisey Socialist.

Hopefully, the GOP will elevate him. And hopefully, the TP will know what to do when that happens.

codenametimna
codenametimna

When push comes to shove I think Chris Christie is more like a Democrat than a Republican. He simply adores Obama after Obama gave New Jersey multiple billions of dollars in aid after hurricane Sandy. Which in essence was a big fat 'bail-out' from the federal government off the backs of the American taxpayer.

Christie is basically letting the federal government do the job that he himself has thus far failed to do during his time as Governor. Living on the Jersey shore or in other potentially high risk areas necessitates precautions such as house and flood insurance in case of disasters like hurricane Sandy. If homeowners are too incompetent to insure their own house and belongings it follows suit that Chris Christie has NO business demanding a big fat bail-out for his state due to his citizen's own mistakes. People should obtain their own house and flood insurance, and therefore, they shouldn't have to be 'bailed out' by anybody and least of all by the federal government. Since it is the federal government which is bankrupting the country and spending us into oblivion.

Christie also failed to accumulate a substantial 'rainy day fund' for his state when disasters do occur. Instead he cried to the Obama administration to bail him out of his own predicament (because of his own shortsightedness to be financially prepared), and consequently, it reeks of impropriety and also of mismanagement. His other hair-brained actions such as bear hugging Obama a few days before the 2012 presidential election have made matters worse. And now he is comparing himself to one of the most liberal Democrats in our nation's history and a person who, in my opinion, is in the process of ruining the state of New York.

It is becoming quite apparent that Chris Christie is neither a conservative nor a true Republican. Just a person looking out for his own political interests if you ask me.

America's national debt is $16 1/2 TRILLION and counting (besides the $78 TRILLION in unfunded liabilities such as Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, etc.). Therefore, every politician who becomes part of the problem instead of the solution, e.g. participates in the decline and bankruptcy of America, should be thrown out of office during the next election cycle. And in Barack Obama's case impeached. Christie's abrasive approach toward people and politics in general and his recent subservience to people and ideals that are undeniably ruining America, has most likely sealed his fate and he will likely NEVER become President of the United States. At least not as a Republican any way.

Finally, I think Christie should leave the Republican Party and become a Democrat. Because the ideal(s) he now espouses are in many cases liberal ideals that fit perfectly within the socialist Democrat Party and their ilk. Let him run for President as a Democrat and he would probably have a much better chance of winning the nomination and the White House as a Democrat if you ask me. Which is probably what he is already thinking about since his recent actions have bordered on ridiculous and are obviously neither conservative nor Republican in principle or deed. Comparing himself to Andrew Cuomo is like comparing oneself to Benedict Arnold if you ask me. Chris Christie should shape up or ship out. He is becoming an embarrassment to the Republican Party in my opinion. If he's going to walk and talk and act like a Democrat he might as well become one. Sad, very sad indeed.

FreeManWalking
FreeManWalking

I don't think it would be possible to PUSH or SHOVE chrissy cream off his Progressive Lergass Derriere.

I may have I misspelled largess.

Bob Honiker
Bob Honiker

The democrats are becoming redundant.

TxGold
TxGold

Is this supposed to be a surprise?

Chester Simms
Chester Simms

I’m not much different from Andrew Cuomo."

No sh!t, Sherlock!

aposematic
aposematic

Another bunch of "moderate" R's here in VA. Both houses are R controlled but still overwhelmingly passed a Bill to join the Feds in instituting ObumaNOcare exchanges. Its on McDonnell's desk (the R Gov.)...will he go back on his word and sign the Bill? Supposed to decide later this week...scuttle is he is leaning in favor of signing after last year saying no to exchanges. Anyway, McDonnell already is pushing for more taxes. Are there any R's remaining that can even spell Conservative? OK, maybe a handful...

NCHokie02
NCHokie02

My poor Virginia. Seems like nowadays that republicans that get elected there are like republicans that get elected in chicago or the ne......RINO's. Least just a short drive south into NC the new Republican Gov (McCrory) just signed a bill saying NC would not be joining any exchanges.

57thunderbird
57thunderbird

Far and few between in answer to your last question.

aposematic
aposematic

Hmmmm...another Rove electable NE R; Conservative not; go figure.

LibLoather
LibLoather

At least we know they both like lingiuni!

I'm giving Christie a new affiliation title, like Scarborough, Brooks, McCain, et al:

FAUX-CONS!

DavidRobertson
DavidRobertson

So far, her is the list of possible 2016 candidates according to the talking windmills:

Chris Christie

Marco Rubio

Rand Paul

Ben Carson

Am I missing anyone? Either way, I don't see Christie getting out of a primary with this group. My money is on the Doctor.

My dream ticket would be Palin/Carson. But, I guess that qualifies me as a nut job in today's world.

johnfromjersey
johnfromjersey

Oh, I'd drag my half broken butt through broken glass to vote for that ticket. Sarah Palin is the only person on the scene right now who will DO what she says she'll do. She is more than willing to put her butt on the line for America, so we the people should do everything we can to get her, and him elected next time.

Steven Valdez
Steven Valdez

So Bulman said Christie said this but we don't have Christie himself actually saying it? Did I get that right, I guess this is a question he'll be asked if runs in president, and all he has to do is deny he said that.. I dunno using something someone else said he said is pretty weak in IMO.

tsturbo
tsturbo

Actually you are not that much different than Obama, Mr. Christie.

martha chandler
martha chandler

Besides the fact that I think this guy is a democrat in Republican's clothing, I also think he's probably a heart attack waiting to happen.

Conservator1
Conservator1

Isn't it interesting that the Capitol Confidential referred to Christie as a conservative Republican? As I understand it, the Capitol Confidential reports on New York politics. IMO, this is an affirmation of the many comments posted that a North East Republican is never a real conservative. If they were, they wouldn't get elected.

cabensg
cabensg

Exactly and Brown's another example of that.

harglide
harglide

This bafoon has made some very stupid decisions, comments, and mistakes over the last few years. I just wish he would either shut, or move to the left! He has made enough mistakes to lean way over center to the left, and is getting really ridiculous to think he is in any way a conservative!

He is an ill minded individual, and needs to seriously redefine his stance on anything!

Sober_Thinking
Sober_Thinking

Alrighty then... time to flush another one down the toilet.

stage9
stage9

I don't think that one will fit. Might clog the drain.

Sober_Thinking
Sober_Thinking

And a plumber, some Draino, and a couple of plungers? :)

57thunderbird
57thunderbird

A New Jersey conservative is not a conservative by any measure.Not the same as a conservative from fly over country.I remember his love fest with Obama after Sandy.

tinlizzieowner
tinlizzieowner

Northeastern Republicans are little more than Johnson era Democrats.

stage9
stage9

Really??

Does that mean that he also supports the good Governor's INFANTICIDE PROPOSAL: "Reproductive Health Act" which calls for an "increase [in] abortion access in the Empire State by deregulation, such as allowing non-doctors to perform abortions, while trampling on religious freedom in the process"? It also allows late term abortions. It is the most radical bill on abortion ever.

http://blog.archny.org/steppingout/?p=2679

LIBERALISM IS PURE EVIL!

Libertyship46
Libertyship46

Which is why Christie may just win. He's nothing more than the second coming of George W. Bush and his "compassionate conservatism." Remember that? All that meant was that the RINOs would still spend a lot of money, only at a slightly slower rate than the liberal Democrats. Christie isn't stupid. He knows the only way of getting the over 50% of the people who voted for Obama is by saying that he isn't much different from Obama. THAT makes him more palatable to the low-information voters out there. But the country will still go broke, it will still waste tons of money, and government will still get bigger and demand more and higher taxes to fund it. It really is time for a third party.

bjohnson55
bjohnson55

Right on the mark Libertyship46, until the Republican Party comes to terms of how disastrous GW and that Compassionate Conservatism crap is and what a cancer that kind of liberal Progressive thinking has become within this Party there isn's chance in Hell any more than 30% of Registered Republican voters will take the time to go to the polls. Crispy Cream is no different if not worse than GW and I believe a candidate anything short of true blue Conservative will end the Republican Party for good. That is why Karl Rove is so dangerous to the party right now.

John LaRosa
John LaRosa

It's all about niche marketing. Christie is clearly positioning for a Presidential run and he wants to capture that elusive "MSNBC wing" of the 2016 GOP primary electorate. (Note to the girthy Gov: Ask Huntsman how that worked out for him in 2012.)

stage9
stage9

He can have them!

Yazz55
Yazz55

I don't think there was ever really any denial that Chris Christie is a liberal rino. In uber liberal leftist extremist NJ, a conservative just can't get elected.

Sometimes elections are won from the relative perspective. In the last election, he beat limousine liberal Jon Corzine. And standing next to Corzine, Christie is conservative relative to him. Hence the conservative label applied to him by the lamestream libfag lapdog media.

aposematic
aposematic

Agree! To the lamestream libfag lapdog media anyone to the right of 100% Marxism is a Conservative.

Rocco11
Rocco11

That's Coulter's guy!

c4pfan
c4pfan

There is no such thing as a conservative Gov. in the East Coast! Never has been and never will be!

marketcomp
marketcomp

Ditto! Examples-Romney and Christie. Which is puzzling because is seems that the Republican Party is an opportunistic party and they need to be purged from the party.

bjohnson55
bjohnson55

GW Bush called himself Conservative also, and now this Beluga is trying to be pawned of as a Conservative? We need a litmus test for what it takes before someone can be called Conservative and a way to keep these Pot lickers accountable other than the 2 or 4 years we have the opportunity to vote for these serial liars.

poljunkie
poljunkie

Yes we know Gov Christie. BUT when will you make it official?

Amjean
Amjean

The "conservative republican"? By who's definition? His own?

bjohnson55
bjohnson55

You are more like Coumo than you are Reagan there Christie and having a wise assed mouth is no reason for anyone to be considered Presidential material, especially for the Republican Party.

Willem Boom
Willem Boom

Not news to me. I think we have known Christie as a Liberal all along. Not a fan. I would bet he is for more restrictive Guns Laws.