Christie To Obama: 'What The Hell Are We Paying You For?'

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Source: ABC News (US)

OXON HILL, Md. - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie gave a rousing speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference today taking on President Obama while stressing his own conservative credentials.

Christie's signature tough talking style was on full display when he took on Obama asking, "Mr. President, what the hell are we paying you for?"

"Leadership," Christie said, "is not about standing on the sidelines and spit-balling."

Christie also spoke about foreign policy, again attacking the president: "We need to make sure we say we are for America being a leader in the world and we are for a strong national defense, not one that allows other countries to run us over all over the world."
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Christie appeared at this year's conference as the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal continues to engulf him and his administration.

Brigid Harrison, political science professor at Montclair State University, said for Christie this year "addressing CPAC provides a welcome diversion and it enables him to refocus his energy on the national spotlight and instead of the parochial politics that has been his life for the past 10 weeks."

"I think that where the governor feels the most comfortable is with his own political party and particularly with ideologues because his defense has been this is a Democratic witch hunt and that he is a victim of the liberal media," Harrison, a longtime Christie watcher, told ABC News.


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To Governor Christie: Can stridency obviate scandal? I don't think so.