By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog
So the senator who thinks in 140 characters, Cory Booker (D-Twitter), finally dropped his first book in voters’ laps this week, Save Jerseyans. He’s running for vice president in case you didn’t figure it out already; your first clue should’ve been when he compared Hillary Clinton to George Washington last month. No, you can’t make this crap up…
In any event, Booker’s new book has the rather wordy title of “United: Thoughts on Finding Common Ground and Advancing the Common Good.”
Look: I’m sure I could spend days parsing all of the B.S. crammed into its 240 pages. Who has the time or the patience? Or the ability to sustain the necessary blood pressure spikes without keeling over?
Let’s protect our sanity and limit the discussion to a few quick yet significant observations:
(1) First of all, what has Cory Booker done to unite anyone?
Best I can tell (and I watch him as closely as anyone), outside of a few unfulfilled attempts at widely-popular (read: “safe”) criminal justice reform, he hasn’t accomplished or even taken on much of anything interesting to date. Nada. Nothing.
Senator Booker is also as liberal as Mayor Booker, the guy who screwed up Newark beyond even Sharpe James’s ability to do so before getting promoted (?) to federal office. He’s far to the Left on abortion, immigration, tax policy, Iran and every other important issue. Thus far, he’s racked up a lifetime rating of 2% from the ACU… 0.8% more liberal than Nancy Pelosi! And in the rare instance he HAS taken a stand against his party’s radical leadership, political pressure quickly convinced this ambitious Democrat to fall back in line.
Uniter? Nah. Another unremarkable follower.
(2) Then again, I can think of a one exception!
Any guesses? Newark’s Watershedgate scandal, currently the subject of a lawsuit, was so egregious that it brought together the unlikely bipartisan duo of state Senators Sam Thompson (R-Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean) and Ron Rice (D-Essex) to demand an investigation into the Booker-era tax dollar-financed fiasco. The Mayor’s involvement – or lack thereof – was stunning. Somehow I doubt it made the book…
(3) What’s more, the book’s most glaring omission isn’t very unifying-ish at all.
The theme of this book is working past honest disagreements. Curious then that Booker mentor Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, a popular media personality and former GOP congressional candidate, didn’t make it into the book. Why? Despite the pair’s relationship which Booker often described as formative in the past? Shmuley cites “strain” over his opposition to the Iran Deal backed by Booker. So much for being bigger than it all!
We’ve seen it all before here in New Jersey, folks. People want to believe in this guy. That doesn’t mean there’s anything in which to actually believe. My suggestion? Find something else to read over spring break.
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Well he’s uniting people across the country on his Twitter and Facebook page. Many adore his inspirational quotes but others are asking him why he went with Hillary over Bernie. Establishment is setting up this first time Senator for bigger things.
He shoveled snow with a white guy and in a Rutgers hoodie.
Well, he tweets a lot, doesn’t he? Another Dem. NJ rep in D.C. that could care less about us.
Nothing, except be yet another horrible senator for our sorry state, who was no business being one!
Well, his FB page is filled w/ideas about Gay marriage…
I remember when booker in 2012 stood up to Obama, for how wrong he was in speaking so negative and with lies towards romney, and then he retracted with his tale between his legs because the obama machine threatened to end his political future. I lost all respect for this man that day. He has no right to talk about unity when he concedes everything to the most divisive president in history.
No, what has Booker done period…
Just another asshole the people of jersey voted in
Nothing
Just another NJ politician with grandiose dreams of the White House.
Senator Twitter has done anything but advocate for cheaper prisoner phone calls.
Nothing
Nothing!
Another waste of space in D.C.
Booker 2024! (After Hillary’s two terms)
Does he have any real accomplishments that have actually helped the people he represents?
He may as well have been elected to a no show job. He has done nothing for the state of New jersey and that is were i am from. Other than when he was mayor of Newark than ran for senate you dont hear anything about him.
Guys a hack , him and Christi are best buds. Go figure.
He helped unite Christie and Norcross to destroy South Jersey.
If you count his staged dog rescues, shoveling residents snow and running into burn buildings….
A Clintons puppet
Nothing
Progressive liberal inept unaccomplished nobody. Little Obama
Career politician no good
He’s all hat and no cattle
Obama Jr
ZERO!
Nothing. What has he done period?
Not a damn thing I know for one his voting records on veterans issues active or retired is the PITTS… He’s worthless !
Nothing
not a dam thing .worthless
What has he done period? He has no record of accomplishments. He just exists.
Gonna be VP
Illegal immigration ok Blm ok sanctuary cities ok thanks a lot!!!!
NOTHING.
What did he do as Mayor of Newark?
So much potential for good…
Nice socialist statement you democratic socialist waste product.
Zilch
This guy is a bum…former mayor of murder city NJ…Newark.
If he did as much in the private sector as he does as a public servant, he wouldn’t last five minutes.
What has he done period?
Haven’t heard Shiz that he’s done since he’s been in DC.
We have the worst politicians in the saprono state. Our voters to blame. But they love being shafted
Waste of life.