Leave it to Chris Christie to say what all the other Republican politicians are thinking, but don’t have the guts to say about Warren Buffett:
Piers Morgan: Warren Buffett keeps screaming to be taxed more.
Chris Christie: Yeah, well, he should just write a check and shut up. Really. And just contribute. Okay? I mean, the fact of the matter is, that I’m tired of hearing about it. If he wants to give the government more money, he has the ability to write a check. Go ahead and write it.
It’s no wonder Christie is still being asked – by the public and media alike – whether he’ll reconsider and run for president. After a week of Rick Santorum’s gaffes, and Mitt Romney’s floundering, Christie’s interview with Piers Morgan only heightens the sense that the best Republican candidates are not in the race.
So what is it about Christie that makes him so likable, even when he’s taking shots at the opposition? And what exactly does he have that the presidential candidates are lacking?
Obviously there’s his confidence, the sense that he has a real comfort with his own beliefs. He’s grounded enough in his principles to actually listen to the critique from the other side, which is how he ends up cutting through the nonsense that a lot of other politicians overlook or get bogged down in. That solid foundation is missing in both Romney and Gingrich. For Romney, it means he can’t effectively articulate the principles he claims to believe in. For Gingrich, it means he switches sides without explanation when it’s politically opportune.
Gingrich and Santorum also seem to lack Christie’s faith in the rationality of the public. They condescend to voters. Gingrich often panders. Meanwhile, Santorum can come off as bitter and defensive during arguments, giving the impression that he feels his ideas are under siege by a large portion of the public who can’t be reasoned with.
Christie’s strengths are ones most lacking in the current field. And that’s why the calls for him to run won’t let up, even when it’s clearly not going to happen.
I said this exact thing months ago about Warren Buffett, in the comments section and all sorts of places. This is hardly new. My friends retorted that he gives much of his money to charity, and I retorted that if he thinks government is the best charity there is then he was hypocritical to complain about a low tax rate. He should have directed his eleemosynary efforts at the government. n nChristie's real strength is that he is a very straight shooter. He says it like it is, in a way that is not at all vague. He is the antithesis of Obama, who is a Rorschach test . n nMy facebook status today is: Trickle down economics is really a socialist creed, not a Republican one. Ever notice that the more the national government expands the more powerful and deregulated big business gets? Kudos to anyone who can name the companies Sebelius is exempting from the overhaul. n nEssentially the big corporations like McDonald's. Big kind hearted governments is beholden to the biggest corporations of all, not the interests of the common people. If it was, it wouldn't be sufficiently elitist to say big government bureacrats are better at making decisions on healthcare than are doctors.
"Christie's real strength is that he is a very straight shooter. He says it like it is, in a way that is not at all vague." n nReally?! So, in your opinion, you have to be an uneducated animal to make a point. n nWhat you are saying here is that President Obama should go out and start telling people to "shut-up" about issues he does not agree with. n nMaybe, Democrats will start doing that instead of trying to reason with the unreasonable.
Christi is a gasbag pandering to the wealthy. If he was elected president he would have to govern all the people, not just the wealthy. After two years if Americans thought he deceived them, which they would. A democrat congress would be elected to create balance. Obama is going to be the next president. The real question is, will the American people vote in a congress that will work with him and move the country forward reclaiming our greatness and prosperity or continue with a do nothing congress that keeps the country hamstrung and falling ever further behind the rest of the world in every metric that matters except defense spending. .
Obama's the one that caters to the wealthy. He made friends with Warren Buffet, and his wealthy secretary. n
I absolutely love this guy. but he endorsed Romney; he just isn't going to run, which is really too bad, because he could beat Obama handily. n nChristie/Rubio. that was my dream ticket for 2012. maybe 2016? if Obama is reelected we're going to need a superhero to clean up the mess he's going to leave. n nRomney may also be able to beat Obama. if Santorum's the nominee…well…just start planning the Obama reelection parties now.
Warren Buffett publicly admitted that giving money to the government is a waste and a bad investment. He admitted that he gave tens of billions of dollars to the Gates Foundation to avoid having to give half that amount to the federal government because it would waste the funds. Chris Christie is 100% correct. Rich liberals should waste there trust funds on government with public check writing ceremonies, making it obvious how foolish they are. Nick Hanauer are you listening? Write a check.
Christie is bigger around than I was at my absolute nadir — he has got to be well over 300 lbs. nEven if he is 3 inches shorter than I, he has got to be probably 330-350 or so. n nThere was a time when a BIG (tall & fat) man was elected President — Grover Cleveland, William Howard Taft, even Teddy Roosevelt. Being fat wasn't what it is now — it meant that you could push your way through a crowd or even knocked over. Teddy Roosevelt was actually shot, at close range, with a .38 and the bullet went through a folded 50 page speech and his metal glasses case and went 3 inches into him in the vicinity of the right nipple but — because of his girth, not far enough to hurt him. (The bullet was never removed.) n nBut that was then. Now we want lean and athletic men (Oh, how I wanted Michelle instead, but I digress) to be POTUS — and to be photogenic on TV — Nixon was the last one who wasn't and back then they really were "talking heads" — the TV style was to zoom so tight that all you could see was adam's apple to top of head, look at some of the old Nixon Watergate speeches. n nFurther, we worry about the health of our POTUS — someone as obese as Cristie is going to scare folk into thinking he is going to have a heart attack (he likely will ) and that is even without the stress of the Presidency. (Obama is the same age as Ann Coulter, both were born in 1961, but look at how old he looks…) n nThat is how you could tell if AlGore was running — he lost weight. n nAnd as to Ron Paul, my RN mother took one look at him tonight and said that "something is really wrong with him — cardeo or kidney — because of the bags under his eyes." In our modern dangerous world, people assess POTUS candidates that way. She didn't care what he had to say, she dismissed him outright on the grounds that he wasn't healthy enough for the job. n nCristie is too fat. Life is not fair — no one who weighs under 165 lbs or over 210 is going to have a chance in the television age.
One other thing relative to Ms. Goodman's comment about Romney — where on my form 1099HC is there this religious objection to abortion box? I and everyone else in Massachusetts has to either purchase insurance which will pay for abortions or pay a fine (I do the latter) — Mitt was at least mistaken. n nAnd didn't he start looking a little bit like Darth Vader at times? OK, I was watching it on the web with an incredibly low refresh rate and my mind does tend to wander, but didn't he look like Darth Vader a few times?
Warren Buffet loves Big Gov't. I for one do not. I love liberty and small gov't. I wished Warren Buffet would just shut his fat ass up and go ahead and give ALL of his money to his beloved nanny-state.
You must be very young, or you have a very bad memory. Remember the Reagan era? With both, Pres. Reagan and Pres. Clinton, government shrank. At the same time, regulations were relaxed. With Pres. Bush they were relaxed even more. Did you take a look at corporate growth and corporate involvement in the People's business of Washington?
"I wished Warren Buffet would just shut his fat ass up" n nWay to go! You are so reasonable and make so much sense! n nI do not wish to be sarcastic, but… Is there any other way to deal with your comment? n nBy the way, I do agree with you in that I love "liberty". To me, liberty means, for example, that I can rest assured that: nI will be educated to a world-class standard (so that I can carry an intelligent conversation with anyone from anywhere). nI will be medically treated if I become sick without having to worry about coverage, and without discrimination, whether I am wealthy or not. nif I was unlucky in life, and could not gather a fortune, that I would not be left on the streets when my body gets old and worn out from years of working thanks to paying into a system that guarantees me some money when retired. n nI can go on. In essence, taxes is just something we have to pay for the benefit of living in a society. We are a civilized nation, not the wild west.
I don't see why Democrats can't step down to the level of republicans' low, uneducated behavior and start telling people who really do not make sense to "shut-up". n nThis guy is wrong in so many different levels! To begin, I thought republicans were the ones that were "patriots" defending the "constitution". I thought a "patriot" would defend freedom till death. One of those freedoms is to say what you want (based on facts) as many times as you want. Even if it annoys Mr. Christie. n nRepublican hypocrisy never, ever fails. Along with death and taxes, it is one thing you can count on in life.
No one's limiting Warren Buffet's freedom of speech, only placing statement into scrutiny. Christie is, in fact, invoking that freedom by telling the billionaire that he's hypocritical. n