politicalcorrection.org — Mr. Christie, a Republican who took office in January 2010, would hardly be the first politician to indulge in hyperbole or gloss over facts. But his misstatements, exaggerations and carefully constructed claims belie the national image he has built as a blunt talker who gives straight answers to hard questions, especially about budgets and labor relations. Candor is central to Mr. Christie's appeal, and a review of his public statements over the past year shows some of them do not hold up to scrutiny.Some overstatements have worked their way into the governor's routine public comments, like a claim that he balanced the budget last year without raising taxes; in truth, he cut deeply into tax credits for the elderly and the poor.
In addition to claims about unions circumventing collective bargaining to "get what they want" from the Legislature, he has frequently said that "there are dozens of states in this country" that do not let public-sector unions bargain collectively (there are, experts said, eight); that New Jersey's last round of union negotiations, under a Democratic governor, were not adversarial (there were heated protests at the State House); and that the vast majority of teachers in the state get free health care (they did until last year).
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bigother1Mar 10, 2011Submitter
Lying is a way of life with politicians, but Republicans take it to a whole new level. Goebbels worthy stuff these days.