It's been fun watching the developments of the New Jersey governor's race over the last few months. Governor Jon Corzine and Republican challenger Chris Christie are at each other's throats. After all, what better way to show how deserving a candidate you are than by telling us about how the other guy doesn't pay his taxes? And gets away with it! Well guess what. If I ever hit high status, it's goodbye taxes. And while I'm on the subject, goodbye paying for food, too. That shit adds up. + 1 Christie for using his power to his advantage.
Admittedly, I don't know enough about either to speak to their politics. I wish I followed them more closely because, technically, I'm still a NJ resident despite not living there for over two years.
I can say, though, that my life has pretty much gone downhill since 2006, Corzine's first year in office. But, to be honest, that pattern is due largely in part to it being my first full year out of school. I was a few months in to my first full-time job when Corzine took office. So my life was already headed in the wrong direction. Waking up early every day, unable to sleep late on the weekends, realizing I couldn't bring random women back to my parent's house, STUDENT LOANS! +1 Corzine for not negatively affecting my life.
To his credit, and again this is loose observation, Corzine seems to tell it like it is. He basically has said that yes, NJ is fucked right now and you residents are going to have to pay to make it all better. Do you have a better idea? +1 Corzine for keeping it real.
The fact that Corzine hasn't come up with a better alternative to raising taxes is probably why Christie leads in the polls with a few weeks to go until election day. And as The New York Times points out, Corzine's Wall Street resume doesn't help him in these challenging economic times. -1 Corzine for somehow causing the economic downturn.
One thing is for sure about Corzine, though. If he does lose, he won't go out with as big a bang as this guy. - 1 Corzine for what's sure to be a weak exit. Also, this awkward negative ad could have been more creative:
It would have been alot better if the picture in the background was of a dog wearing a tuxedo or of Tracy Morgan. +1 Christie for clapping and -1 Corzine for failing to make this ad even funnier than it already is.
+1 for awkward clapping. -1 for the first-year graphic design student who added the picture of Bush to this video. +1 for New Jersey, whose governor races, desperate housewives, weird smell, Juicy sweatpants-wearing teens (and 50-year-olds), and northern residents give us so much joy. It gives hope to small states everywhere. Step it up, Delaware.
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