Oh, Chris Christie Is The Smart One Now
In the debate the other night, Chris Christi said —
“When I stand across from King Hussein of Jordan, I say to him you have a friend sir who will stand with you to fight this fight,” Christie said during Tuesday’s Republican primary debate, making the case that the president is not trusted by the leaders of Jordan and Saudi Arabia because of the nuclear deal with Iran.
King Hussein of Jordan has been dead since 1999, so you gotta kinda wonder where Christie is gonna go to capitalized on that trust.
In 1999, Christie was working in a law firm in New Jersey so I can see how he could have missed the nightly news.
Here they are, Chris. They are both way cooler than you.
Any Democratic candidate for President is gonna eat these guys alive.
Being a mere 16 years behind on some current events puts the Outlaw Jersey Whale far ahead of his competitors, some of whom are stuck in March, 1865, some 150 years behind. Not that I’d vote any of ’em.
1And we thought Sarah Wordsalad was painfully ignorant of political reality. Don’t you just love how forcefully Christie makes himself look stupid.
2“Any Democratic candidate for President is gonna eat these guys alive.”
That’s your ‘talent’ pool, Reince.
3“Any Democratic candidate for President is gonna eat these guys alive.”
Let us hope so–then get out and vote and make sure.
4@That Other Jean
Agreed. That’s the challenge some of us have taken up!
5I don’t think that meeting would be very hard to arrange if Kristi keeps eating the way he has in the past.
6LIke I’ve said before its that GOP genetic cheapness that keeps them from hiring someone who can proofread and even do a little research for them before they throw in the clutch on the mouth!
7I am really surprised at Christie’s ignorance about King Hussein, who was a lovely man admired by the west and had deep ties to the UK where he was educated and the US.
8Abdulla (his son) has an English mother who is now living in Paris, she came from my neck of the woods in England, and worked as a secretary, her dad was a military attache to Hussein!
Hussein studied at the British War College in Camberley Surrey and was like an English gentleman, if alive he would not give Christie the time of day.
Maggie: Oh… It’s much more than cheap. I mean, really… what is cheaper than Google? Ya just gotta be a special kind of stupid to not know the Google.
9Much as I’d like to slam Christie, I’m afraid that this is just a slip of the tongue. Christie has been a personal guest of King Abdullah in Jordan, all expenses paid, including a champagne picnic in the desert.
10OY.
11I wonder who Christie fired today for giving him the wrong name for the king of Jordan? After all, I’m sure it wasn’t his fault that this king died 16 years ago and his son is the present king. King Abdullah is also very intelligent and a wonderful leader in Jordan.
So odd that these people who want to lead, and represent, the US have so little knowledge of the world at large. It is totally embarrassing to hear these people who are so misinformed, uneducated, or both!
12Charles D, I am just having a horrible time imagining Chris Christie out on the desert having a champagne picnic. Are there pictures? Are they as ridiculous as I think the would be? Was there a caravan involved? Any bridges?
13Why exactly do any of these local yokel morons meet with leaders of other countries. I would think the Executive branch is the only one that needs to be making or breaking international policy. Am I wrong?
14@1smartcanerican
Does he just fire ’em or does he eat ’em?
15Well, at least he didn’t say Reince “Pubis” like Carson did. That and “hummus” for Hamas. He’s got that going for him…
16I don’t have much more than what is spelled out at: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/chris-christie-king-abdullah-hotel-bill and what I can glean from http://time.com/3698859/jordan-king-abdullah-war/
17Face, meet Desk.
18While I wish I could believe that “Any Democratic candidate for President is gonna eat these guys alive,” I’m afraid that overestimates the American voter’s interest in and knowledge about issues.
The Dems should have been winning widely for decades based on issues, but the Repubs are good at getting voters to go against their own interests. Also, too many voters value ignorance as being somehow genuine.
It wasn’t that many years ago that Dubya won two terms. Dems need to guard against complacency.
19Aw, damn! He beat me to it!
20And this – – this right here is the result of the GOP’s demonization of education for the last 20+ years.
Sure, they don’t want voters to be informed but they’ve taken themselves way, way too seriously. When one must know nothing of the world at large in order to be eligible to run for president of the United States, we’re in trouble. And these folks all seem to take it as a point of pride.
21According to Wikipedia, King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of Jordan, attended St Edmund’s School, Hindhead, in England, before continuing his education in the United States at Eaglebrook School and Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts. In 1980 he attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, was commissioned into the British Army as a Second Lieutenant, and served for a year as a troop commander in the 13th/18th Royal Hussars. In 1982, Abdullah was admitted to Pembroke College, Oxford, where he completed a one-year Special Studies course in Middle Eastern Affairs. Upon returning home, he joined the Royal Jordanian Army, serving as an officer in the 40th Armored Brigade, and undergoing a parachuting and freefall course. In 1985, he attended the Armored Officer’s Advanced Course at Fort Knox, and in 1986, he became commander of a tank company in the 91st Armored Brigade, holding the rank of Captain. He also served with the Royal Jordanian Air Force in its Anti-Tank Wing, where he was trained to fly Cobra attack helicopters.
In 1987, he attended the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
So, highly educated both in England and the U.S., a staunch ally of ours whose air force flies missions from his country’s air base against ISIS, who provides shelter to thousands of Syrian refugee families – is nevertheless follows Sunni Islam.
Does that mean Donald Trump will deny him entry into the United States?
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