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Originally posted by Rick Lee:
I still can't believe he had any support whatsoever. Who the hell was rooting for him other than friends, family and staffers?

The world is overflowing with stupid people.

Given how poorly he did in his previous campaign what on God’s green earth made him think he would fare any better? Some people have more ego than brains…

Can you imagine what he was like in the yard in grade school, cheating at shooting marbles and scheming kids out of their lunch money ? What a scumbag. Everytime he opens his mouth there are only two points: something to say nasty about someone else even though it's not true, or an outright falsehood couched in a phony self-righteousness. Para is right, the world is overflowing with stupid people. Unfortunately.

He never had a chance. So, does he get to keep all of funds that were donated to him for his attempt? How much?

Christie the hypocrite, is clueless.He was only there to throw mud at President Trump which had zero effect. President Trump is leading by more than ever.

He is a petty man with a bully’s heart.

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Originally posted by Gustofer:

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Originally posted by arabiancowboy:
He didn’t really hurt Trump either, so what was his game?

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Ego.
What has anyone heard of the "republican rising star" in the last 8 years? Not a peep.
Easy to get on nationwide TV by Trump bashing.
"Oh look, I'm still famous"

I met him in person when he spoke at my company ~12 years ago. He is a complete blowhard.

He put all of his weight behind Haley. But was heard on a hot microphone that Trump is going to trounce on her.

He was in it to hurt Trump, he won’t stop the attempt.

I wonder how much money was wasted on that joke of a campaign...and how much of it ended up in his pocket.

I had hope for him when he first emerged as NJ governor years ago. I lost that hope.

Nevertrumper POS

^^^^^^^^^^

Worse, he was in Trump's inner circle on the MAGA train, just like Pence, Mattis, even DeSantis, etc. Completely, thoroughly betrayed Trump. Pure scumbag, shows that he was never on board, but just in it for his personal benefit.

Fade into obscurity.....a year from now, Chris who?

I hope somebody has something on him and he was forced to campaign. If forced, and not allowed to drop out, the level of humilation is infinite. If he did it due to vindictive nature, he's really pathetic. What could DT have done to cause this level of butthurt? He seems to have a similar syndrome as Mittens, turning into backstabbing babies after not getting an undeserved high level position.

In over 200 years of presidential campaigns, this has to be the first time a candidate ran soley for the purpose of cutting down the frontrunner from his own party. CC probably thinks all should be thanking him for his mission to fix the party. He's the TDS poster boy.

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Originally posted by 92fstech:
I wonder how much money was wasted on that joke of a campaign...and how much of it ended up in his pocket.

Election campaigns at the federal level are a business. It is a full-time business, even though elections only happen every two or four years.

Hundreds if not thousands of people make a living directly or indirectly from federal and many state-level campaigns.

Here is a short list of only some people/groups who make money when a campaign is running. Paid campaign staff, book writers, travel experts, hotels, restaurants, caterers, jet renters, marketing experts, image experts, social media experts, website people, credit card processors, accountants, hair stylists, polling groups, campaign managers, law firms, investigators, media buyers, security companies, video editors, photographers and videographers, and of course ... the media.

In no way am I saying or suggesting all of these people are grifters. But a crapload of them, in my opinion, are grifters out to "make a living" from donations to campaigns. There is a crapload of money being thrown around.

For the reporting period between July 1 and Sept. 30, 2023 (90 days), the Christie campaign had total receipts of $3.78 million. Their cash on-hand was $1.59 million at the beginning of the period, and they finished at the end of September with $3.9 million. No federal funds or loans are included in these numbers. (There were none.)

Then, there is the money associated with the PACs and Super PACs, which can dwarf the amounts spent by the campaigns themselves.

This is just one campaign.

In short, it's an industry, and people are getting paid.

Now, I would never suggest limits on campaign spending. Rather, we need to reduce the size of the federal government and return powers not listed in Article 2, Section 8 to the states and the people. It's a pretty straightforward bulleted list of powers. The 10th Amendment backs this up... "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."

The "disease" is the central form of a federal government that regulates and manages everything. The amount of money in campaigns (a symptom) at the federal level directly results from the disease.

IMO, it would take a generation to reverse the trend. But when the power-hungry elected politicians start leaving the US Congress and federal bureaucracy and head back to the states for local and state positions, I'll know we are moving in the right direction.

Sorry for the rant...

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
Christie is polling at 3.4% in Iowa

5.5% of Americans have serious mental health issues according to NIH. In other words, people are more likely to be seriously mentally ill than vote for Christie.

Some might be tempted to add those figures together, but I suspect there is serious overlap.

I used to work in that business and it can be a gravy train. But you have to bet on the right horse, not necessarily the nominee, but the guy who can stay in the race for a long time. That keeps the money flowing. I did some copywriting for direct mail. I was independent and very low level. But I got paid around 1/2 a penny per piece mailed. So $500 when they mailed 100k pieces. But if the piece did well and they decided to really roll it out, I'd get $5k if they mailed it to 1 million people. The professional fundraisers get a cut of what they raise and then you have the ad buyers who earn a cut of what's spent on the ads. As long as you're always looking for the next customer, you can do ok. But if you're on the campaign because you love the candidate and think he's going to win the election, it's really rare. And remember, when a campaign closes up shop, a lot of the vendors are stuck not getting paid. Campaign staff get let go all the time with no warning, no severance and likely no other campaigns wanting to take them on.

I imagine this was always the plan. I don't think he really thought he every had a shot at winning a single delegate. The whole point of his entry into the race was to do everything he could to derail Trump before the primaries began. Now that the primaries are upon us, there is no reason for him to stay in, especially since he failed to stop the Trump train.

Now that he is jobless again, he can just be an asshole 24/7. Everyone should do what they are best at.