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| All hail Chris Christie! |
| 2010-07-05 |
| Who is the summer's hottest American matinee idol? Robert Pattinson? Taylor Lautner? Or is it Chris Christie? OK, one of them is mainly the crush of fiscal conservatives. But it's a breathless, paste-his-picture-in-your-locker kind of frenzy. "Christie Almighty," read the title of a blog post at National Review. Glenn Beck called a highlight reel of Christie's most in-your-face remarks "Common Sense Porn" -- and meant it as a compliment. I never would have guessed one guy could turn the GOP into the party of porn and blasphemy. But I sure am proud. Christie has done a couple of big things -- he pushed through the smallest budget in five years in a spending-drunk state, making no major concessions to the Democrat-run legislature. And he broke with 63 years of tradition by failing to reappoint a judge (a liberal) to the state's meddlesome Supreme Court and naming a Republican replacement. But what really impresses conservatives nationwide is his frank, funny, in-your-face style, which he frequently deploys in unscripted, passionate defenses of bedrock conservatism. He makes little effort to sprinkle the artificial sweetener of "compassion" over his ideas. Chris Christie may look like Chris Farley, but in terms of conservative principles he's as sexy as Christie Brinkley. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 "Chris Christie may look like Chris Farley..." As somewhat of a--ahem--full-figured gentleman myself, I consider that a feature rather than a bug. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2010-07-05 11:19 |