The Chris Christie canonization

It is almost impossible to turn on cable news, on any cable network, and
not witness the great lionization for sainthood of New Jersey GOP Gov.
Chris Christie, the new pundit flavor of the month.

Hold the phone! Christie is cutting spending that would create jobs at a
time punishing unemployment. Police are being laid off in high-crime
areas. Firefighters are being terminated. Teachers are under attack at a
time our children lag behind foreign nations. The poor endure harsh
cuts at a time of sky-high homelessness and poverty.

Is it because Christie’s policies are working? No, we will not know for a year, and I predict they will not work.

Is it because his popularity is so high? No, his favorables are comparable to Obama’s, nothing brilliant.

Chris Christie is a likable guy, decent, honest, and he plays the pundits like a fiddle.

I am more than willing to praise Republicans, as I recently did in a column about Jon Huntsman.

But with all due respect, let’s cancel the canonization of Chris Christie for now.

I don’t think it’s a brilliant idea to attack teachers, police, firefighters, jobs programs and helping the poor at a time of painful unemployment and poverty. Give Chris Christie respect, but please, spare me the sainthood for the pundit flavor of the week.