Watch here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/18/bill-maher-sounds-off-on-r_n_1286288.html

Bill Maher panned New Jersey governor Chris Christie for vetoing the state's gay marriage bill on Friday.

"It's my home state so I take these things a a little personally," he said. "When somebody from New Jersey does something that I consider sort of backwards, and I consider this backwards on the part of the governor, it bothers me."

Real Time With Bill Maher guest Eliot Spitzer said the move was typical of Christie. "He panders to the very conservative on pronouncements on all sorts of issues. He's just wrong on the fundamentals."

Maher, who said he'd prefer Obama run against Rick Santorum than Christie, asked the panelists if they thought the New Jersey governor could be the savior of the Republican party.

Spitzer dissented. "I don't think Chris Christie withstands the scrutiny," he said.

AND celebrities and New Jersey voters sound off on Christie's veto:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/18/new-jersey-gay-marriage-celebrites-react_n_1286433.html?ref=gay-voices&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009

Ohh, BURN... "Celebrities like Ryan Adams".

Well, that'll show him.

Can you imagine the Governor of Georgia or Alabama offering to put voting rights act up for referendum in their state as a 'fair minded' democratic resolution?

Biggots and their enablers, Christie is just another example.

Can you imagine the Governor of Georgia or Alabama offering to put voting rights act up for referendum in their state as a 'fair minded' democratic resolution?

Biggots and their enablers, Christie is just another example.

I am convinced that someone from the Republican establishment got to him and said that he would never be considered for a national office if he voted this in. He is one of the more reasonable Republicans (if that is even possible) and this is just a bit out of character for him without some significant external influence on him. Yet he made the decision himself and now he is on record with his veto. So he has lost my interest of vote for anything in the future. Not that I would have considered it anyway.