Comments on: Emotion based politics http://timworstall.com/2009/11/04/emotion-based-politics/ It is all obvious or trivial except... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:45:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: MikeinAppalachia http://timworstall.com/2009/11/04/emotion-based-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-36671 MikeinAppalachia Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:15:37 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=10841#comment-36671 Christie was the US Attorney in NJ for several years. Per some comments last night discussing the elction results, he obtained over 100 convictions of NJ local and state officials for corruption-related charges. Ran on a platform of reform and fiscal changes. Christie was the US Attorney in NJ for several years. Per some comments last night discussing the elction results, he obtained over 100 convictions of NJ local and state officials for corruption-related charges. Ran on a platform of reform and fiscal changes.

]]> By: RW Rogers http://timworstall.com/2009/11/04/emotion-based-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-36668 RW Rogers Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:06:05 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=10841#comment-36668 Like you, Tim, I don't know much about Christie, but was gladdened by the results. Corzine spent $63 million of his own money to buy his U.S. Senate seat, almost $40 million of his own money again to buy the governorship, and another $25 million in his failed bid to keep it. The 2000 Senate contest caught my eye because he outspent his opponent 5:1 but won by the smallest margin of any Democrat that year. A popular bumper-sticker at the time read, "Make him spend it all, Bob!" (Bob Franks was the last-minute GOP nominee after Christine Todd Whitman decided not run for the seat.) Like you, Tim, I don’t know much about Christie, but was gladdened by the results. Corzine spent $63 million of his own money to buy his U.S. Senate seat, almost $40 million of his own money again to buy the governorship, and another $25 million in his failed bid to keep it.

The 2000 Senate contest caught my eye because he outspent his opponent 5:1 but won by the smallest margin of any Democrat that year. A popular bumper-sticker at the time read, “Make him spend it all, Bob!” (Bob Franks was the last-minute GOP nominee after Christine Todd Whitman decided not run for the seat.)

]]> By: Brian, follower of Deornoth http://timworstall.com/2009/11/04/emotion-based-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-36663 Brian, follower of Deornoth Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:06:46 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=10841#comment-36663 Cwuel wicked wepublicans...waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Cwuel wicked wepublicans…waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

]]> By: jameshigham http://timworstall.com/2009/11/04/emotion-based-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-36640 jameshigham Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:17:02 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=10841#comment-36640 Can't argue with that. Can’t argue with that.

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