Listening to Christie's farewell speech

[senseandsensibility]

The guy can talk. I agree with much of what he says. I would never vote for him, and I mean never, but the Rs need to hear what he is saying.

[malaise]

1. He has destroyed all their debate talking points for tonight

Fuck you Slobby - signed Christie

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. If Christie was the typical Republican politician today....

I wouldn't have nearly the concern I do with the state of our democracy. Sadly, he's way too sane for this collection of weirdo's that make up this party today.

[Ocelot II]

3. Ditto.

"I am in no way going to enable Donald Trump ever to be president of the US again." I'll give him credit for that - so what's he gonna do? I doubt he'll support Biden.

It's a damn good speech, though.

[senseandsensibility]

4. And now he's praising the migrants

for loving America more than his party does.

[Ocelot II]

6. That was genius, actually.

He's doing a better job of flaming TFG than most Democrats have done.

[malaise]

8. True but he still attacks Biden and Dems

[Ocelot II]

15. Of course; he was running as a Republican. That's to be expected.

But he's just shredding not only TFG but the GOPers in Congress for not supporting our allies. This is a damn good speech, I wish he was on our side. It doesn't sound like he's going to endorse any of the other GOPers, so it will be interesting to see what he does next.

[senseandsensibility]

20. Yes, they just said on MSNBC that he didn't endorse

I wonder....would he endorse Biden?

[2naSalit]

41. Maybe later...

Now that he's thrown down his hand and challenged the others to a show of decency and truth, he has some leverage against them. The rest of them re going to want him to shut up, I doubt he will. He's pretty savvy so I'm going to wait and watch for a little while.

After Super Tuesday, everybody will have shown their hand.

[malaise]

28. Overall a very good speach

Tearing ReTHUGs a new one

Hot mike - DeathSentence is petrified

[getagrip_already]

16. So did reagon...

He gave a very strong speach praising immigrants.

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[Cha]

18. OOUCH.. The Truth Should STING If

the Magats weren't such Socippathic Putin Puppets.

[TwilightZone]

5. The GOP would be better off with a bunch of people like Christie.

If enough GOPers in Congress were as relatively reasonable (yes, relatively is the operative word), Congress might actually get around to doing something positive.

[MOMFUDSKI]

7. He is dissing Obama and Biden.

Fuck him and his dead party

[senseandsensibility]

9. Yes, as I said I would never vote for him

I also remember his time as Governor of NJ and he is an enemy of public schools in my opinion. But he speaks well and makes a case against Cheato very few can, even in our party.

[Cha]

21. Yeah, and Closing Down the Bridge.

[mobeau69]

10. Yes, that pissed me off.

[Ocelot II]

23. What did you expect? He's complaining that his party sucks too much

to defeat Democrats. He's a GOPer; just not a crazy one.

[malaise]

12. No it's a good speech

I detest him but give him his due. Clearly we don’t expest him to defend Biden. He’s destroying the Slobfather and that is needed.

[MOMFUDSKI]

24. It was a good speech but his rethug slip

was hanging lower than his dress. The guy can talk but rethug is rethug.

[Ocelot II]

29. Of course. He's never pretended to be anything else. He's pissed off

because the leaders of his party suck so bad - not just TFG but the GOPers in Congress. He's trying to save the GOP (personally, I think it's past saving), not leave it or change its policies.

[malaise]

30. He is a ReTHUG but he scorched

The ReTHUG field
He called Slobby a criminal - I agree with Molly that you’d never know he backed Slobby for all these years.

[senseandsensibility]

35. Did you notice that he didn't use notes or a teleprompter?

Pretty impressive. Again, I would never vote for him but like to give credit where credit is due.

[malaise]

36. Agree

Messed up th debate and the town hall. 😀

[senseandsensibility]

37. I'm definitely not against that

Hope this move really puts them on the defensive.

[Emile]

11. and if Christie would been elected he would pardon Trump too

[senseandsensibility]

13. I don't doubt that but has

he actually said that?

[Emile]

14. I think he said he would have to look into it.

[malaise]

31. Said he would not pardon him n/t

[Ocelot II]

19. No; he has specifically stated he would not.

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/10/1223728248/republican-candidates-donald-trump-investigations

[Emile]

22. Have never known any republican to lie.

[Ocelot II]

27. Gerald Ford learned the hard way that pardoning a criminal president

will cost you your next election. Christie is smarter than that.

[Cha]

25. Oh Good.. bc that didn't Track

with what I'm reading he's been saying.

[rurallib]

17. Christie can change directions on a dime

I would never trust him.

[DFW]

26. And then there were two. OK, well, one and a third.

DeSantis may not have dropped out yet, but there is no Hail Mary that will bring him the nomination, so he's just there to take up space. at the debate.

So, Haley gets to play at being "the great Trump alternative" for a while longer, especially if his verbal skills keep deteriorating.

She remains a footnote, unless the wind shifts dramatically.

[Maeve]

32. Don't trust him, but he could be useful

And I agree with the comments that President Biden should be on the phone to him asap

[senseandsensibility]

33. Couldn't hurt!

[Ocelot II]

34. The enemy of your enemy is not necessarily your friend, but he can be a useful temporary ally.

[NNadir]

38. I remind everyone that Christie was the first major Repuke Party figure to endorse Trump in 2016.

He is a piece of shit.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

39. Chris Christie Hot Mic Alert

These comments made me smile

Link to tweet

[Joinfortmill]

40. Yup and double yup.