Governor Chris Christie on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

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Proof of the War on Women

Photo Credit: Dave Lewis, LewisArtandPhoto.com

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Democratic Platform: God and Jerusalem out. Taxpayer funded abortions, gay marriage in

What has happened to the party of Harry Truman and John F. Kennedy?   Isn’t Jimmy Carter a born again Christian?

I can’t imagine the delegates in Charlotte knew what they were voting for last night.  Like ObamaCare, they had to pass it to find out what was in it.

Senator Dick Durbin went on the offensive with FoxNews’s Bret Baier over the omission of “God” and “Jerusalem” rather than simply answer the question:

“God is not a franchise of the Republican Party.”   This is the first time I’ve ever heard God referred to as a “franchise.”

New York Senator Chuck Schumer could not explan why “Jerusalem” was taken out of the platform. He said he does not know President Obama’s postion on Jerusalem. Charlie Rose is not buying what Schumer is selling:

Newark Mayor Cory Booker was co-chair of the platform committee. I sent him a tweet asking why “God” and “Jerusalem” were taken out of the platform. Hopefully Booker will be more forth coming than Durbin and Schumer.

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Quinnipiac says Christie got no bounce from keynote address….but they started polling before he delivered the speech!

A Quinnipiac poll released this morning indicates that Governor Christie’s approval numbers remain strong among New Jersey voters…53% approve of his performance compared to 42% that do not….and that Christie would have been reelected if Newark Mayor Cory Booker was his Democratic opponent and the gubernatorial election was held last week when the poll was taken.

That’s good news for Christie, the NJ GOP and New Jersey taxpayers. Yet, in their write up of the poll, Quinnipiac did their best to spin the poll as a negative for Christie and the lazy main stream media is so far following that lead.

While 58 percent of New Jersey voters watched Gov. Christopher Christie’ keynote speech at the Republican National Convention, only 22 percent of voters say it makes them think more favorably of the governor, whose 53 – 42 percent job approval rating is barely changed, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.

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“If Gov. Christopher Christie’s speech marked the opening of a 2016 presidential campaign he might want to try again.  People who like the governor liked the speech; those who don’t didn’t.  The net result – zero,” said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

Quinnipiac surveyed 1560 registered voters from August 27-September 2.  Christie delivered the keynote address at the Republican National Convention late in the evening on August 28.   The Bobcats pollsters didn’t start asking about Christie’s speech until the third day of the seven day poll.

While showing their own biases, the Bobcats purported to measure New Jersey voters’ prejudices regarding offices seekers’ gender, race, creed, sexual orientation and waste line.

The numbers say that New Jersey is accepting of most.  In the poll that has a margin of error of +/- 2.5%,  3% said they would be less inclined to vote for a female candidate while 10% would be more likely to vote for a female. 4% said they would be more likely to vote for a candidate who was African-American and 1% would be less likely to do so. 11% would be less likely to vote for a homosexual and 1% would be more likely.

Atheists and Muslims did not fare as well.  39% would be less likely to vote for an atheist, 1% would be more likely.

15% said they would be less likely to vote for an obese candidate, 1% would be more likely to vote for the big boned.

Does this mean that we should adjust Governor Chirstie’s numbers?  Would his numbers be 14% higher if he was svelte?  No, it doesn’t mean that.  It means that this poll is seriously flawed.  It reveals more about the pollsters than it does about those being surveyed.

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Pallone Spoofs Christie At Dem Convention

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You didn’t build that

You Didn’t Build That from RightChange on Vimeo.

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A few more #EmptyChairDay photos…

…including the president conducting a voter registration drive in a cemetery, golfing, tree hugging, in Disney World’s Wax Museum, and with the black panthers on election day.

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National #EmptyChairDay Highlights

The joke’s on President Obama as Americans have responded to his This Seat’s Taken tweet with an enormous show of support for Clint Eastwood’s appearance at the Republican National Covention on twitter and facebook.

Go to #EmptyChairDay to see the fun on twitter.

On facebook, Rosa Leonetti of Smart Girl Politics has created a Empty Chair Profile Picture event asking people to change their profile avatar to an empty chair picture for the duration of the Democratic National Convention.

So far the left stream media, which was all over the GOP and mocking Eastwood on Friday after the Republican convention, is largely ignoring the grassroots social media outburst.

Here are some highlights:

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New Kyrillos Ad Hits The Airwaves

Kyrillos spokesperson Meaghan Cronin issued the following statement about the ad:

“Senator Kyrillos has a record of fighting for women, the environment and New Jersey families. He has always put the needs of the people ahead of political affiliation or ideology.  This stands in stark contrast to Senator Menendez who consistently puts politics ahead of the people resulting in record unemployment, skyrocketing debt and loss of opportunity.  Unlike Senator Menendez, Joe is committed to providing a spirit of bipartisanship to the United States Senate.”

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