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Chris Christie is not a good governor.

Yes, to be fair he did a good job handling the disaster of superstorm Sandy.

But also to be fair, that just means that he was doing his job.

You know what else Christie did to New Jersey?  He canceled the commuter tunnel to New York which cost the state more than $300 million, thousands of jobs and millions in business revenue.  He also cost the state more than $400 million in education funding.  He cut $1 billion from education spending, increased taxes on the poor and disabled by cutting property tax rebates, funneled tax dollars to corporations to support charter – not public – schools, and basically is a bully to anyone he doesn’t like, particularly teachers.  Apparently he doesn’t like public school teachers, or union members, but maybe that’s the reason.

He also vetoed a minimum wage increase which have helped hundreds of thousands of people, created thousands of jobs and put hundreds of millions of dollars into the economy.  New Jersey is currently near the bottom in economic growth.

So yeah, Christie did what he should have done to help the state after a natural disaster.  To quote someone on the Internet, what does he want, a cookie?

Being governor is hard, but you have to spend a lot of time and money to get that job so if you don’t want to do the hard work, don’t run for office.  It really is that simple.

Doing good in one case and so bad in many others does not help the state.  He may look good from far away across the country because he looks strong and committed to New Jersey, but up close Christie is not a good governor.