For Christie, returning favor to Romney is important
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney listens at right as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks during a campaign appearance at a Hy-Vee grocery store, Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, in West Des Moines, Iowa. / AP Photo/Evan Vucci
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney listens at right as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks during a campaign appearance at a Hy-Vee grocery store, Dec. 30, 2011, in West Des Moines, Iowa.
/ AP Photo/Evan VucciDES MOINES, Iowa -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie became Mitt Romney's chief surrogate in Iowa on Friday. Though their demeanors couldn't be more different - Christie is as brash as Romney is reserved - there are reasons why the two men have united during this election cycle.
Both have been Republican governors in the Northeast who have had to learn to navigate around Democratic-controlled legislatures. When Christie was running in 2009, he said, Romney was an early and important backer of his.
"There's 700,000 more Democrats than Republicans in New Jersey, and we haven't elected a Republican United States senator since 1972," he told a crowd in Des Moines. "So there weren't a lot of people in 2009 who were lining up to get on a Republican's bandwagon for governor, but I will tell you, one of the people who was, was Mitt Romney."
Christie continued, "He came down, he worked for me, he campaigned for me, and more than anything else he was a resource and a friend at a time when nobody in this country knew who I was, and half the people in New Jersey didn't know who I was yet. And those are the kind of friends that you remember, because they're the people who aren't there for the fame or for the glory -- they're there because he believed in me and what I was doing and what I was talking about."
Romney often brings up the fact that he worked with a Democratic legislature during his tenure as Massachusetts governor as evidence that he can work across the aisle. With Congress now at record low-approval ratings, he has sought to optimistically assure voters that he has what it takes to break partisan deadlock.
"I think there are Republicans and Democrats who will sit down, work together and say, `We are going to put America on sound financial footing ... I can tell you, I'm not going to spend my time bashing Democrats and attacking them day in and day out, because that makes it look impossible to sit down and work together," Romney said this week.
Christie doesn't have the same track record at this point in his administration. He's currently enmeshed in a stalemate with local Democrats over the confirmation of New Jersey's education commissioner and a state Superior Court nominee. He recently called Democratic state Sen. Richard Codey an "awful partisan." Codey responded by calling the governor "childish."
But Christie's unabashed Jersey-guy demeanor attracts voters, and the Romney campaign knows the governor can deliver lines that, when coming from Romney, might sound harsh or overly aggressive. In fact, some voters say they remain disappointed that Christie decided not to seek the presidency.
Among them is Faye Remington of Marlon, Iowa, who came to Friday's event. "I like his outspokenness," she said of Christie. But since he's not -- and is supporting Romney instead -- she said that she will, too.
And as Christie shook hands with voters after his Friday rally, he fielded the question many voters here want to do: Would he be Romney's running mate in 2012?
"I don't know, we'll see," Christie responded
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In 1820 Mormon founder Joseph Smith was 14 years old and he said God the Father and
Jesus met him outside of New York. Three years later he said an Angel named Moroni
inspired him to write the Book of Mormon, which is "another Bible" and "new revelation" of
Jesus Christ and it is about an ancient people who came from the middle east to the
Americas. The Mormons follow 2 other books, Doctrine & Covenants & Pearl of Great Price.
Joseph Smith Met John the Baptist
In 1829 Joseph Smith said John the Baptist appeared to him and ordained him.
Christians Are All Wrong...Their Creeds Are An Abomination
Joseph Smith said, Christians were "all wrong... all their creeds were an admonition."
Joseph Smith Greater Than Jesus
Smith said, "I have more to boast of than ever any man had. I am the only man that has
ever been able to keep a whole church together since the days of Adam...Neither Paul,
John, Peter, nor Jesus ever did. I boast that no man ever did such a work as I"
Joseph Smith:"I Am Impregnable...God is My Right Hand Man"
Smith said, "The whole Earth shall bear me witness that I, like the towering rock in the
midst of the ocean, am impregnable...I combat the errors of ages... I solve mathematical
problems of universities, with truth, diamond truth; and God is my right hand man...
you have got to learn how to be Gods yourselves,"
Brigham Young, Mormon's 2nd Prophet, Creates New Scriptures
Young said, "I have never yet preached a sermon and sent it out that they may not call
Scripture. Let me have the privilege of correcting a sermon, and it is as good a scripture"
Mormon Polygamy
After 1852, when the Mormon Church was openly practicing polygamy, the leaders of the
church were declaring that it was absolutely essential for exaltation. A revelation given by
Joseph Smith, "Ten virgins given unto him [Solomon] by this law, he cannot commit
adultery...therefore is he justified."
Joseph Smith A Polygamist...An Adulterer...and A Pedophile
Joseph Smith had 33 wives! He married several who were married to other men." Nancy
Marinda Johnson married Joseph Smith while her husband, Orson Hyde, was on a
mission to Jerusalem." Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner, the wife of Adam Lightner,
said that Joseph claimed an "angel" came with a "drawn sword" and told him that if
he did not enter into polygamy "he would slay him."
Joseph Smith's youngest wife, Helen Mar Kimball, was 14 years old!!!!
Joseph Smith Wife Damned If She Doesn't Accept Polygamy
Joseph Smith prophesied his first and only legal wife Emma would be damned
or destroyed if she did not accept polygamy (Doctrine & Covenants 132).
Brigham Young 55 Wives and 57 Children
Brigham Young, the 2nd Prophet of Mormonism had 55 wives and 57 children!!
Must Commit Polygamy to Become Gods
Brigham Young said, "The only men who become Gods, even the Sons of God, are
those who enter into polygamy." (Journal of Discourses, vol. 11,269) "If you want to
become a god one day you must violate the already given law of God now.
"[Doctrine and Covenants132 Verses 62-63]
Must Commit Polygamy or You Will Be Damned and Not Enter God's Glory
"He that abideth not this law (polygamy) can in no wise enter into my glory, but
shall be damned, saith the Lord." (D&C,132:27). "Now if any of you deny the
plurality of wives, I promise that you will be damned." Brigham Young
Mormonism is Not Christian
"Many false prophets will appear and deceive many people."[Jesus Christ,Mt.24:11]
~Mormonism Not Christian
Mormonism [Church of Latter Day Saints] is not Christian is because it denies the doctrines
of Christianity. Mormonism denies that there is only one God, Jesus is God in flesh,
forgiveness of sins is by grace, Jesus rose from the dead physically.
God, One of Many Gods, is An Exalted Man, Who is Married with Many Wives
Mormonism teaches that God is a an exalted man, that he used to be a man on another
planet and he is only one of countless gods and that God is married and he brought one
of his wives to this world and produces spirit children who then inhabit human bodies at birth.
God Had Sex with Mary
Mormons say God had sex with Mary and produced Jesus! According to Mormonism there
was no virgin birth. "The Father came down from heaven...and begat the Savior of the World;
for He is the Only Begotten of the Father which could not have been if the Father did not
actually beget him in person...The birth of the Saviour was as natural as are the births of
our children; it was the result of natural action. He partook of flesh and blood." (Brigham
Young, Journal Of Discourses, Vol. 1 page 238 and8:115)
Man Can Become God
Mormons believe that man can become God! "The Lord created you and me for the purpose
of becoming Gods like Himself." Brigham Young (Journal Of Discourses 3:93).
Jesus Was A Polygamist
The reason people "persecuted Jesus Christ, was because he had so many wives; there were
Elizabeth and Mary, and a host of others." [Journal of Discourses, Vol 1. ppl 345-346] "The
Scripture says the Lord, came walking in the Temple, with HIS TRAIN; I do not know who they
were, unless his wives and children." Brigham Young [Journal of Discourses,Vol.13.pg309]
Jesus and Satan Are Spirit Brothers
Mormons believe that Jesus and Satan are spirit brothers. [Journal of Discourses, 93:21]
Salvation through Joseph Smith
"No man or woman in this dispensation will ever enter into the celestial kingdom of God
without the consent of Joseph Smith...every man and woman must have the
certificate of Joseph Smith." [Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, vol. 7, p.289-91]
The Bible Is Not Infallible and Is Not Reliable
Mormons teach that the Bible has many errors and is unreliable and was corrupted in
translation and it is not infallible.They believe their Book of Mormon is God's Word. It is
"the most correct of any book on earth and the keystone of our religion." Joseph Smith
Polygamy Marriages in Heaven
Mormon's believe that you can be married to many wives in Heaven.
Baptism for the Dead
Mormon's baptize people in water on behalf of dead people for the forgiveness of their sins.
Mormon's Holy Underwear
Mormons have a Temple Ceremony where the person is given "Mormon
Underwear" that is to protect them against the Evil One.
So this is a warning Iowa voters you better stash your food after Romney loses the Iowa Caucas. Chris Christie will eat you out of house and home.
Once Ron Paul dismantles the government we will need someone like Romney to help privatize it!
Evidently they're on the public sector dole, and militant unionists at that. They don't give a flying eff about the fact that NJ is facing a $119 BILLION liability in pension ($53B) and healthcare ($66B) costs to public sector employees - or that taxes would have to be raised an average of $2500/year per household, every year for the next 20 years to pay for it all!
Yet that's what they expect from private sector taxpayers - who can't afford to save for their own retirements and pay for their own healthcare - even while they're carrying the freight for the public sector.
To increase the threat to human rights of the drone assassin program and the anti-Constitutional NDAA S.1867 bill, which effectively gives Obama the right to name anyone a "terrorist" even if they have committed no crimes and order them detained in perpetuity, the White House has announced that it will allow civilians to man drone controls and decide who they want to kill. Initially, they will likely by Blackwater sociopaths and other friends of the New World Order with enough murder warrants against them to make them pliable to the NWO's wishes. Eventually, they may expand it further. The suddenness and unprecedented nature of the string of fires in the Hollywood area suggest they may all have been "target practice" by one of the psychos Washington is entrusting with these weapons. The fact that the town of Stamford, Connecticut decided to bulldoze the house that burned up Christmas Day there, before a forensic examination could be made, suggests that they were hiding the fact it was leveled by some lunatic playing games with a Predator hunting Americans.