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NJ Governor Christie On Being "Confrontational"
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Jen Chung
Published May 14, 2010
Modified May 15, 2010
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The Post swoons over this video of NJ Governor answering a question from Star-Ledger columnist Tom Moran, "Here's something you don't see this side of the Hudson -- a politician who talks straight." (The Post also calls him "burly".) Moran asked Christie if his confrontational tone was keeping him getting things passed in the Legislature, and the new governor said, "You must be the thinnest-skinned guy in America. If you think that's a confrontational tone than you should really see me when I'm pissed. That's not confrontational."
Christie also said of state Democrats, "They want bigger government, higher taxes and more spending. This is just ridiculous." Moran does say that Christie's honesty is "refreshing," but points out that the Democratic Senate President Steve Sweeney "is a conservative Democrat who has a lot of common ground with Christie" and has been fighting against public unions over benefits and pensions for years.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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