Chris Christie: Less Superman, More Clark Kent

Filed in National by on February 20, 2012

I’ve drawn Chris Christie a lot as Superman. After all, isn’t he the guy who flew into Trenton promising to rid New Jersey of public corruption, property taxes and to fight against an oppressive government for the will of the people?

Well, by vetoing a same-sex marriage bill that a majority of New Jerseyans supported, Christie has proven who the true leaders are – Republican party officials that hate the whiff of anything gay.

“Same-sex couples in a civil union deserve the very same rights and benefits enjoyed by married couples – as well as the strict enforcement of those rights and benefits.” That’s what Christie had the audacity to say after vetoing a law that would have granted just that.

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Rob Tornoe is a local cartoonist and columnist, and can be seen in The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Press of Atlantic City, The News Journal, and the Dover Post chain of newspapers. He's also a contributor to Media Matters and WHYY. Web site: RobTornoe.com Twitter: @RobTornoe

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  1. liberalgeek says:
    February 20, 2012 at 2:33 pm

    Excellent blogging to go along with an excellent ‘toon.

  2. Jason330 says:
    February 20, 2012 at 4:48 pm

    RE Christie being boxed in by Republican lunacy, I like the parallelism Tornoe employs to connect these Republican lies: “(Christie is boxed in by) Republicans who think contraception is bad, rich people are overtaxed and yes – that homosexuals shouldn’t marry.”

    Absurd,
    absurd, and
    absurd.

    Well done.

  3. cassandra m says:
    February 20, 2012 at 6:12 pm

    Cory Booker has been a vocal and eloquent counterweight to Christie’s hypocrisy. The way to appeal to he teajadis is to be sure to threaten and curtail the freedom of Other People.

    Nicely observed, Rob.

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