{"id":6500,"date":"2009-07-14T10:43:21","date_gmt":"2009-07-14T10:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/07\/corizines-running-mate.html"},"modified":"2009-07-14T10:43:21","modified_gmt":"2009-07-14T10:43:21","slug":"corizines-running-mate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/07\/corizines-running-mate.html","title":{"rendered":"Corizine&#8217;s running mate?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>May be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.app.com\/article\/20090713\/NEWS\/90713068\/-1\/FRONTTABS01\/Corzine+set+to+pick+candidate+for+lt.+gov\">Randal Pinkett, a political novice but the winner of season 4 of &#8220;The Apprentice.&#8221; <\/a>Yes, just what NJ needs someone who doesn&#8217;t know that they&#8217;re doing (especially given the fact that our president doesn&#8217;t know what he&#8217;s doing).<br \/>\nWhen you&#8217;re states at 8.8 unemployment (which seems like it&#8217;s not that bad but it&#8217;s the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/inquirer\/local\/20090711_For_Atlantic_City_casinos__high_season_brings_low_numbers.html\">highest in 17 years and it&#8217;s the highest in the northeast<\/a>), and your out of control spending <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jacksonnjonline.com\/2009\/07\/14\/new-jersey-leads-u-s-in-jobless-claims\/\">leads to even higher taxes<\/a> (which are the highest in the nation) and your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/politics\/elections2\/election_2009\/new_jersey\/will_national_issues_impact_nj_gov_race\">poll numbers are pretty low<\/a> (even though you&#8217;ve been running negative ads since the primary), then bringing in a &#8220;celebrity&#8221; might be the way to go.<br \/>\nAnd even with all that, he&#8217;ll probably still win the election. I&#8217;ve given up hope in the voters of NJ. They seem to think voting in the same people who raise their taxes (which they complain about a lot), will somehow bring about lower taxes.<br \/>\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/campaignspot.nationalreview.com\/post\/?q=Yjg5ZDViOGZkM2Y2Y2NiYzhhYjYwMmU3NWY0MDZiMmI=\">via<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May be Randal Pinkett, a political novice but the winner of season 4 of &#8220;The Apprentice.&#8221; Yes, just what NJ needs someone who doesn&#8217;t know that they&#8217;re doing (especially given the fact that our president doesn&#8217;t know what he&#8217;s doing). 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