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sofa king

(10,857 posts)
Tue Oct 11, 2016, 01:20 PM Oct 2016

Chris Christie won't defend Trump's comments, sticking with him

Source: CNN

Still, the New Jersey governor and Donald Trump transition chief said Tuesday said "at this point" he supported the Republican nominee's bid for the presidency.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/11/politics/chris-christie-donald-trump-women-support/



After five paragraphs of apologetic crap, we come to the meat of the matter in the single sentence above. This is called "tacit consent" by John Locke. One who slogs barefoot through two-foot deep horse feces in the rain gives tacit consent to the government that manages the highway.
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Chris Christie won't defend Trump's comments, sticking with him (Original Post) sofa king Oct 2016 OP
who cares what christie does or thinks....? He has bigger problems looming beachbum bob Oct 2016 #1
Heh heh, yep. sofa king Oct 2016 #2
He's staying on Trump's good side (if there is such a thing) just because.... George II Oct 2016 #3
nope...he will be hoping for a pardon beachbum bob Oct 2016 #4
Maybe they'll both be bunkmates in prison Liberalagogo Oct 2016 #5

sofa king

(10,857 posts)
2. Heh heh, yep.
Tue Oct 11, 2016, 01:24 PM
Oct 2016

I posted it for its "deplorable birds of a feather" nature. It's obvious now that Christie is sticking with Trump because it's his long-shot at keeping his own job, and possibly avoiding a stay in Club Fed.

George II

(67,782 posts)
3. He's staying on Trump's good side (if there is such a thing) just because....
Tue Oct 11, 2016, 01:24 PM
Oct 2016

....he wants a job working for Trump after he's no longer Governor, which can come sooner rather than later. The bad thing about all this Trump attention is that it's taking all the attention away from that trial in New Jersey.

Now I'll have to go see how that's going!

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