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ATI’s Chesser: Christie’s Blind Spot

June 15th, 2011 | Author:

By Paul Chesser — American Spectator

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has certainly been a wonderful rhetorical revelation for conservatives, tailor-made for YouTube. He backs a cap on property tax increases — rah! He wants teachers to contribute to their own health insurance plans like most of the rest of us — yeah! He confronts liberal hecklers and wants to unite the country — all riiight!!

And he believes that humans cause global warming; that government should subsidize failed industries such as wind energy and solar energy; and that government should mandate that utilities generate a minimum percentage of the power from expensive “renewables” — uhhh…

He looked so promising, too.

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