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Tuesday, 04 June 2013
Gov. Christie calls for a special election to replace Frank Lautenberg
Our governor could have appointed someone to fill Lautenberg's seat. A Republican perhaps! But Steve Sweeney and the Democrats threatened to pitch a fit if he did, so the GOP will lose another opportunity to counter the Progressive Menace.
Gov. Chris Christie today called for a primary election and a special election this year to fill U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg's seat, saying the issues facing the country are "too great" to leave the position vacant.
Christie said the Democratic and Republican primaries will be held on Aug. 13, and the general election on Oct. 16. The winner of the general election will serve out the remainder of Lautenberg's term, and the next election will be held, on schedule, in November 2014.
"The issues facing the United States Senate are too critically important … not to have an elected representative making those decisions who was voted on and decided on by the people of this state," Christie said.
Proving once again that the Seventeenth Amendment is truly the most odious perversion of the Founders' intent ever to be foisted on our Republic.
"The people of this state" already have elected representatives. That's what our 12 Congressmen are for. And for that matter, so is Bob Menendez, except the only person he represents is Soloman Melgen. As for Frank Lautenberg's ostensible "representation" of New Jersey, let's just say his heart resided in California, he occasionally slept in Manhattan, and he spent most of his time in Washington, DC.
The State of New Jersey needs a representative in the U.S. Senate. Someone who is above the vicissitudes of electoral gamesmanship. Steve Lonegan would be an inspired choice.
Instead we get to go through the charade of a special election just so the Democrats can arrange Cory Booker's coronation while slinging mud at another RINO.
Is Chris Christie a Conservative Rock Star, or what?
Posted at 14:47 by Chris Wysocki
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