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Chris Christie’s “Common Sense Porn” Highlight Reel

When cameras capture New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie at his unapologetic truth-telling finest, Glenn Beck calls the resulting video “common sense porn.”  Beck must be experiencing frequent leg thrills, because Christie’s been churning out material at a breakneck clip since entering office just half a year ago.  Grab some…er, popcorn, and enjoy.

“Man up”Calling out incumbent Gov. Jon Corzine for his nasty campaign ad taking less than subtle shots at Christie’s weight.

“Crisis” – His opening salvo, declaring a Garden State fiscal emergency:

“You should really see me when I’m pissed” – Decimating a newspaper columnist worried about Christie’s combative approach to governance:

“You don’t have to do it” – Directly challenging a teachers’ union member who publicly complained (disingenuously, we later discovered) of insufficient compensation:

“If judges want to legislate, they should run for the legislature” — Passionately defending his unprecedented and controversial decision declining to renominate a sitting member of New Jersey’s infamously left-wing supreme court. Oh, and replacing him with a more conservative justice:

“Absolutely disgraceful” – Frankly assessing the failures of teachers’ unions and making a compelling case for school choice.

“We’ll see” – Immediately vetoing two tax hikes for New Jersey’s “rich” and defying the legislature to override his move:

“I want to be there” – Movingly describing the need to confront the state’s fiscal “day of reckoning” without delay:

Whether you consider him a leader or a bully, New Jersey’s governor has made it clear the status quo won’t do.  It’s no wonder he’s vaulted into position as public (employee) enemy number one.  Here’s to many more politically salacious Chris Christie productions over the next three-and-a-half years. 

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