The organizers of CPAC have come under sharp criticism for not allowing Chris Christie to speak at CPAC. Those who criticize are the same RINOs who have been distorting the brand of the Republican Party, trying to turn it into a Democratic Party lookalike. Although Christie has not been uniformly bad, this blue state governor has become far too blue to be invited to the conference.
Al Cardenas, the head of the American Conservative Union, has done a great job of courageously explaining why Christie is unfit to be heard at CPAC. As he said recently, the governor “strongly advocated for the passage of a 60 billion dollar plus pork barrel bill, containing only $9 billion dollars in disaster assistance , and he signed up with the federal government to expand Medicaid at a time when his state can ill afford it, so he was not invited to speak.” Unfortunately, Cardenas did not tell the whole story of why Christie should not speak, as his positions on a number of issues conflict with the limited government stance conservatives stand for.
Chris Christie has strayed so far from the conservative fold that some Republicans speculated whether or not he would be chosen for a position in Obama’s cabinet. He has bought into the liberal rhetoric in areas as diverse as guns, abortion, and global warming. As recently as this last summer, Christie said that he would be opposed to further expanding Medicaid in his state. Notably, he praised Obama’s response to Hurricane Sandy, at a critical time when his supposed ally Mitt Romney could ill afford to be stabbed in the back by a big backer. Mr. Christie has a reputation for not reciprocating assistance he receives.
Do we really need someone like this to speak at conservatism’s premier event?
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I certainly think not Ollie
Glad Christie was turned down from speaking, he is a fat blow-hard that needs to remember what party he belongs to or better yet, like Senator John McCain, what party he BELONGED to. Christie blew his credibility when he was kissing the back end of Obama right after hurricane Sandy.
He would never pass a medical to be a serious candidate for president and I can’t imagine that his state will re-elect him for another term as Governor. He like most of the Members of Congress are nothing more than a big joke! I just read that he also signed into Obama-Care, then again, what else would you expect other than him kissing and sucking up to BO, whenever he has an opportunity to do so.
Christie threw the entire Republican party under the bus when he glorified Obama’s disaster handling. At some point before then Christie had decided that Obama was going to win and he better jump on the Obama support wagon. Christie plainly has no loyalty and is looking out for himself. He had just as well switch parties because if he talks like a Democrat, and votes like a Democrat, he’s a Democrat!
Christie spoke at the Republican convention. All he talked about was himself. We certainly don’t need to listen to anymore of that!