Why doesn't Christie attack Obama's policies and crimes instead? Oh, I forgot, Obama is his kissy-kiss buddy after their Sandy tryst. ---- (CNN) â The feuding between Republicans Chris Christie and Rand Paul continued Tuesday as the senator from Kentucky cautioned the governor from New Jersey was picking a fight with the wrong guy. In an interview on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer," Paul defended himself against Christie's most recent allegations that the senator was bringing home too much money for his state. "This is the king of bacon talking about bacon," Paul said about Christie. Both are considered potential 2016 contenders for the Republican presidential nomination. Earlier in the day, the outspoken governor chastised Kentucky for taking more federal money than New Jersey, saying the Blue Grass state gets back $1.51 on every dollar it sends to Washington, while the Garden State receives 61 cents. "So if Senator Paul wants to start looking at where he's going to cut spending to afford defense, maybe he should start cutting the pork barrel spending that he brings home to Kentucky," Christie told reporters Tuesday in Little Ferry. Paul pointed to Kentucky's two military bases as reasons why the state may get more money from the government. "What does he want to do, shut down military bases in Kentucky?" he said. Fort Campbell and Fort Knox, both Army bases, are located in Kentucky. New Jersey itself is home to a large joint military base that houses the McGuire Air Force base; Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst; and Fort Dix, an Army base. "In order to have enough money for national defense, which I think is a priority for the government, you have to be willing to cut spending in other places," Paul continued. "And Governor Christie and others have been part of this 'gimme gimme gimme','give me all this money.'" He was referring to Christie's requests for federal relief aid after Superstorm Sandy slammed into the Northeast last fall. Congress ultimately passed more than $50 billion in aid to the states affected by the storm. But Paul said the aid should have been appropriated "in a responsible way." The senator blasted Christie for the same reason on Sunday, saying Christie and others were "bankrupting" the government. Throwing more fuel on the fire, Paul said Tuesday that Christie should be careful about choosing his battles. "It's not helping the party for him to pick a war with me. It's a big mistake. It's not very smart. And it's not a good way to grow the party," Paul said, adding that the Republican Party is "shrinking" in the Northeast. "Why would he want to pick a fight with the one guy who has a chance to grow the party by appealing to the youth and appealing to people who would like to see a more moderate and less aggressive foreign policy?" Asked if the feud is a preview of a potential fight for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016, Paul responded: "Who knows?" http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.co...-is-the-king-of-bacon-on-government-spending/
It looks to me that the Republican Party is screwed in 2014. The party is imploding from within, and very sadly, the democommunist party is growing thanks to the help of the parasites, msm, and lunatics. Even Fox News has given major time to the "story" that Hillary could get elected in 2016 vs pounding home the CRIMES this government has committed, and continues to commit. So sad...
The illusion of a separate faction in the media...there is only one party, 'The Media Party' - don't be surprised that Fox is running what's 'hotter' in discussion trends e.g. Hillary. Fox as a conservative outlet is a myth.
This isn't sad. This is a necessary break up that will lead to more options, and a more conservative branch, even if it ends up being called something else. The only way to break away from the two party system is for enough of one of those parties to finally give up and violently (I don't mean physically) separate.