Random Politics & Religion #00

So I post accurate reports of events that transpired and you edit my post and say "lack of evidence?"

(CNN)New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie offered a surprise endorsement to Donald Trump on Friday, saying there is no one better prepared to lead the country or defeat former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should she become the Democratic nominee.

"I am proud to be here to endorse Donald Trump for president of the United States," the New Jersey Republican told reporters at a press conference in Texas. "The best person to beat Hillary Clinton on that stage last night is undoubtedly Donald Trump."

Christie is the first of Trump's former rivals for the Republican nomination to endorse the billionaire presidential candidate who has now won three out of four primary contests and is increasingly viewed as the most likely candidate to become the GOP nominee. The endorsement it gives him an establishment endorsement and once again Trump has stolen the news cycle from his primary Rubio.

Christie, who has long been family friends with Trump, pledged he would help Trump campaign for the presidency through the general election in November. He introduced Trump at a rally Friday in Fort Worth, Texas and will also appear with Trump in Oklahoma City on Friday evening.

The endorsement came as a surprise to the assembled press and audible gasps could be heard as Christie walked into the room with Trump. Trump said during his Texas rally that he wanted to "keep it a secret for the people of Texas."

A source close to Christie said the governor's decision came down to Trump's inevitability as the most likely Republican nominee and because Christie believes Trump would be the best candidate to take on Clinton.

The source added Christie picked Trump over Cruz because of Cruz's ideological rigidity.

As for Rubio, the source said Christie's disdain for Rubio that became so evident on the debate stage was not feigned, but simply how Christie feels about the Floridian.

Senior Rubio aide Todd Harris poked fun at Trump for the endorsement.

"Gov. Christie is a very articulate guy which is probably why Donald Trump had to bring him on to his campaign," Harris said. "Clearly Donald Trump is incapable of explaining any of his ideas for the future of this country, he's incapable of explaining what's hiding in his tax return."

While Christie profusely lauded Trump during the news conference Friday, the New Jersey governor known for his similarly brash style had previously slammed Trump as an "entertainer-in-chief" during the Republican primary race and called Trump's plan to temporarily ban Muslims from the United States "ridiculous."

"That part is over," Christie said of the fighting between the two men during the primary race, adding that his decision to endorse Trump came down to "who is the best person to stop Hillary Clinton from getting inside the White House ever again."

He added: "There is no one who is better prepared to provide America with the strong leadership that it needs." ...

there is no one better prepared to lead the country

Let's put it this way then, if he can't run his presidential campaign straight, you think he would be able to run the whole country?

I forgot Obama was the best President ever!

yea.. totes the same thing. I forgot Obama was the best President ever!

I thought the carson thing was a real *** move and I think it's going to bite him right in the "not like the other politicians" ***.

Did you see Lindsey graham say something like you could murder Ted Cruz on the senate floor and if the case was tried by the senate you would get away with it lol... Then he endorsed trump in hopes that the magic death knell his endorsement brings would fall on trump lol

My apologies...

It's funny enough to deserve repeating.

Graham is all "how the f did I lose to these other guys!?"

lol

The funny thing about Cruz is after he gets done losing the nomination he has to go back to being a Senator that has not only accomplished nothing, but he has to work with the people he has been insulting for the past year. Good luck with that.

Donald Trump is hilarious, you guys.

The Republican presidential candidate literally went from being that guy trolling the world on Twitter to being that guy trolling the Grand Old Party’s campaign. He says he’ll build a wall between the United States and Mexico and it will be huge and Mexico will pay for it and America will be great again. His sexism is nauseating, his ignorance cringe-worthy, his conduct baffling. He provides more memes, gifs, jokes and video games than one could possibly have time for.

And he really is winning.

In advance of the South Carolina primary on Sunday, a joke circulated online asking women if they’d have sex with Trump, if it meant he’d drop out of the race. My answer would be “no” for at least three reasons:

I am not an American citizen, and this is not the kind of thing one should even remotely consider doing for a foreign country.
Even if Trump dropped out of the race, what would we do about the people who support his brand of hatred? Would they give up their claims to US citizenship, too?
I’ve heard this question before.

Well, not exactly this question. As an Italian citizen, I have heard different variations on this question–with former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi subbing in for the Donald....

Berlusconi is not like Trump.

no...but he did run two very successful presidential campaigns and if we can't put aside our hatred of him and learn something, anything at all...about campaigning on the national level we're going to be picking up our balls off the floor again in november after hillary sack wacks us

Well let's be real here Altima.... How many times have you bashed Obama or others for that matter for claiming they are not at fault when something goes wrong in their administration. A campaign isn't even close to being on the same level and you're going to give Cruz a pass on what not knowing that his people are off doing all these thing or being so weak that he can't even control the direction of his own campaign or the actions of the people helping him run it?

I would think you would be more critical of his actions or inaction than just making excuses for him.

As the article points out there are similarities.

While still hopeful that Mr. Rubio might prevail, Mr. McConnell has begun preparing senators for the prospect of a Trump nomination, assuring them that, if it threatened to harm them in the general election, they could run negative ads about Mr. Trump to create space between him and Republican senators seeking re-election. Mr. McConnell has raised the possibility of treating Mr. Trump’s loss as a given and describing a Republican Senate to voters as a necessary check on a President Hillary Clinton, according to senators at the lunches.