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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Sat Aug 22, 2015, 02:49 PM Aug 2015

Pig crate protesters storm Christie's soap box stage in Iowa

DES MOINES, Iowa — A pair of protesters angered over Gov. Chris Christie's veto of a controversial pig crate bill stormed the soap box stage in Iowa where the governor came to talk to voters.

The governor, visiting the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines on Saturday, was taking questions from voters when a man tried to ask him something about his veto of a of a bill that would have prohibited "the confinement, in an enclosure, of any sow during gestation in a manner that prevents the sow from turning around freely, lying down, standing up or fully extending the limbs of the animal."

The man and another person jumped on the stage and started unrolling a sign before police and a member of Christie's State Police security grabbed him and pulled them off stage.

more with video

http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/08/watch_pig_crate_protesters_storm_christies_soap_bo.html

Too bad they couldn't put that particular pig in a crate.

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Pig crate protesters storm Christie's soap box stage in Iowa (Original Post) n2doc Aug 2015 OP
If Chris Christie went back to New Jersey... ellisonz Aug 2015 #1
he's got some kind of anti-charismatic thing going rurallib Aug 2015 #2
Good. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #3
he doesn't seem to be getting much traction with his promise to arrest all the legal pot smokers. Warren DeMontague Aug 2015 #5
He's so busy kissing conservative asses he forgot to cover his own. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #6
he's such a fucking troglodyte, even for the GOP Warren DeMontague Aug 2015 #7
That cringeworthy video of him in the Cowboys owner's box last year... beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #8
I would think he would be more sympathetic to the plight of the humble pig. Warren DeMontague Aug 2015 #4

ellisonz

(27,711 posts)
1. If Chris Christie went back to New Jersey...
Sat Aug 22, 2015, 02:56 PM
Aug 2015

...went to Costco and cleared them out of pork products before retiring to his hovel, New Jersey would be a less obnoxious place.

rurallib

(62,460 posts)
2. he's got some kind of anti-charismatic thing going
Sat Aug 22, 2015, 04:59 PM
Aug 2015

something you seldom see.
People just seem to really dislike him

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
3. Good.
Sat Aug 22, 2015, 05:05 PM
Aug 2015

That veto was nothing but despicable pandering.

The bill had overwhelming support in NJ, Christie only vetoed it because he knew he was going to Iowa.

Jon Stewart was all over him for that.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
5. he doesn't seem to be getting much traction with his promise to arrest all the legal pot smokers.
Sat Aug 22, 2015, 05:07 PM
Aug 2015

give the guy a break!

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
6. He's so busy kissing conservative asses he forgot to cover his own.
Sat Aug 22, 2015, 05:20 PM
Aug 2015

Instead of helping him in the polls it's coming back to bite him over and over.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
4. I would think he would be more sympathetic to the plight of the humble pig.
Sat Aug 22, 2015, 05:06 PM
Aug 2015

He seems like such a nice chap.

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