Christine Todd Whitman: Still New Jersey’s Most Frustrating RINO

Whitman on CNN

With “Republicans” like Christine Todd Whitman kicking around on cable news shows, Save Jerseyans, why does Mitt Romney need Democrats?

The former Republican Governor dropped in on CNN’s Starting Point program on Tuesday morning and made liberals’ day. The assembled panel inquired as to whether she thought Mitt Romney was willing to stand up to his base.

The twin implications of this objectively stupid question being, of course, that (1) the GOP base is crazy, and (2) Romney is a wimp (thanks, Newsweek).

But Whitman took the bait on queue, opining that there is a “Sister Souljah moment you’re looking for… President [Clinton] had that with Sister Souljah. Mitt Romney needs that.” The lib-labs over at ThinkProgress were naturally (and understandably) all over it…

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN1TGRDEXok

Governor Whitman’s recollection is severely flawed. No one booed the soldier for being gay at that much-discussed September 2011 GOP debate. Audience members booed the question.

Kind of like how I’m not slamming you in this post for being a woman, Governor. I’m criticizing you because your facts and accompanying analysis lack a rational basis. Comprende?

Long-time readers know how much I loathe this label and endeavor to use it sparingly, Save Jerseyans, but Christie Todd Whitman has to our state’s most frustrating RINO! Sometimes I think she wouldn’t have been worth supporting twice had her opposition not been arch-liberal Jim Florio in ’93 and Jim “Rest Stop” McGreevey in ’97.

Our only consolation prize as Garden State conservatives? Public appearances like THAT one will only serve to push her further and further to the margins of political relevancy.

 

Matt Rooney
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2 Comments

  1. Please retire from the public sphere, Madam Governor. You're hurting the party. If you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all if that's alright with you!

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