Listening to Gov. Chris Christie tell it like it is at CPAC. "We're right and they're wrong." #tcot #teaparty #CPAC
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Tony Raymond (@tonynraymond) June 08, 2012New Jersey Republican Governor Chris Christie spoke at CPAC Chicago today. And, boy, did he bring down the house.
Twitter users live tweeted some of his remarks.
Christie to Illinois: "My condolences." @#CPACChicago—
Rebecca Kaplan (@Rebecca_CBSNJ) June 08, 2012
RT @jrossman12: Christie: Europe is doing us a favor by giving us a preview of what we can expect over her on this side of the ocean.—
Red Alert Politics (@RedAlert) June 08, 2012
Christie: "Trenton has been turned upside down. We're cuttin' taxes."—
Molly Ball (@mollyesque) June 08, 2012
Christie: "We must fight together…only telling the truth and doing the hard things…Let's get to work!" #cpacchicago #tcot—
Chelsea Shields (@CShields1992) June 08, 2012
Chris Christie: People ask me if NJ is the most corrupt state in the Nation. I say No. Every day I thank God for IL and LA. #CPACChicago—
Chad Kent (@ChadKentSpeaks) June 08, 2012
Christie: "We're not raising taxes in New Jersey, not on my watch." #cpacchicago—
Michael Symons (@MichaelSymons_) June 08, 2012
Gov. Chris Christie, "It's time for us to tell the truth not just what people want to hear! " #CPACChicago—
Rachelle Crawford (@Rachelle777) June 08, 2012
#CPACChicago Chris Christie: We must make this the beginning of the second American century, not the beginning of our decline.—
(@warnerthuston) June 08, 2012
Governor Christie also had a few choice things to say about President Obama’s woeful briefing on the economy this morning.
"I saw the President was coming out to talk about the economy-and I figured, 'Hey, I got 10 minutes to waste'"-Christie #cpacchicago—
Chelsea Shields (@CShields1992) June 08, 2012
Christie just went after Obama for presser line about state and local hiring not being high enough. "That’s the right direction," he says.—
Rebecca Kaplan (@Rebecca_CBSNJ) June 08, 2012
Christie: Obama has the "audacity" to blame mayors and governors "for not hiring more people for government work."—
Molly Ball (@mollyesque) June 08, 2012
Christie: "Barack Obama is driving this business, the United States of America, towards a fiscal cliff."—
Molly Ball (@mollyesque) June 08, 2012
Christie: "The job of a leader, the job of a governor, the job of a president, is to get the people in the room and bang enough heads…"—
Molly Ball (@mollyesque) June 08, 2012
Christie: "I heard the president say something today that is one of the core differences between who we are and what he represents."—
Molly Ball (@mollyesque) June 08, 2012
RT @jonward11: Christie says it's an "outrage" for Obama to blame governors and mayor for the economy.—
Cindy Cooper (@CindyCoops) June 08, 2012
Bada Zing!
Twitter users and attendees concurred and had nothing but praise for the governor.
#CPACChicago Chris Christie is big, fat and awesome—
Dirt McGirt (@Occutard) June 08, 2012
Oh yeah! RT @LOLGOP: Does Chris Christie come on stage Kool-Aid style at CPAC? If not, total wasted opportunity.—
Robert Cruickshank (@cruickshank) June 08, 2012
Cutting government employees is going in the "right direction," Christie admonished Obama to standing Os—
(@cst_pallasch) June 08, 2012
Give em hell Chris! “@Marathonpundit: Chris Christie is speaking now at CPAC Chicago…standing ovation! #cpacchicago #cpac #twill”—
Ben Kiehl (@benkiehl) June 08, 2012
cc: @MittRomney – MT @warnerthuston: #cpacchicago Chris Christie has this crowd in the palm of his hand. Many laugh lines, hearty applause—
Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) June 08, 2012
That'd be another standing ovation for Chris Christie here at #CPACChicago.—
Juana Summers (@jmsummers) June 08, 2012