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“Anybody who is upset in the Republican Party about this, they haven’t been to New Jersey”
“I’m a Republican and I have endorsed Mitt Romney, I support him and I intend to vote for him on Tuesday,” said Christie, interviewed in his home state by a visiting Israeli television reporter…
Obama “provided help to my people at one of the worst crises that this state has ever faced,” Christie added. “When somebody does a good job, they deserve credit.”
“Anybody who is upset in the Republican Party about this, they haven’t been to New Jersey. Come see the destruction, come see the loss.”
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Zip it, fat man.
The Count on November 5, 2012 at 8:53 AM
Sorry, Guv. You pulled a Chuck Crist and stepped in it bigtime. I understand wanting to appear bipartisan, but embracing Obama a week before the election and giving him credit for a job well done when it’s becoming quite clear he’s abandoned the Sandy victims for the campaign trail will haunt you for a very long time.
Doughboy on November 5, 2012 at 8:57 AM
Considering the devastation, long gas lines, lack of response, the cold – is Obama still doing a spectacular job, Governor?
Marcus on November 5, 2012 at 8:58 AM
What a stupid controversy. If Dear Liar is actually doing something to help New Jersey, I’d expect Christie to say so.It would be the second correct decision The Whine has made in the past four years. Christie is operating in deep blue New Jersey after all.
rbj on November 5, 2012 at 8:58 AM
hey tubby..what exactly did Obama do for you again? Hold your hand while you strolled amongst the rubble. Promise calls would be returned in 15 minutes?
Obama did nothing more than was absolutely necessary to get a photo op. And you played right into it.
The ones you should be thanking are the ground level and mid-management grunts at FEMA and Homeland. They are the ones who do the heavy lifting..not some Seagull Executive in a Naugahyde bomber jacket. The private sector utility company workers who drove 12-14-16 hours to get to NJ to help you out. The private citizens from church groups around the US who loaded up to help their fellow citizens. Those in the National Guard who step it up in every national disaster.
Those are the ones you should be thanking. Not some idiot who made your state a brief stop between campaign functions.
HumpBot Salvation on November 5, 2012 at 8:59 AM
You were not concerned exclusively with the problems of Sandy. Your choice to prop up Obama and lavish him with praise was motivated by your own self-interest as a politician in a blue state. You were consciously making re-election commercials. We know that. That’s not to say you don’t care about your people. We know that too.
Ted Torgerson on November 5, 2012 at 9:00 AM
+1 doughboy and marcus
cmsinaz on November 5, 2012 at 9:00 AM
Christie is thinking about his own re-election. He lives in a blue state, he knows what his blue people are thinking, and he wants them to like him.
Dextrous on November 5, 2012 at 9:04 AM
The media is doing their best to perpetuate this myth that the GOP is mad at Christie. US News went so far as to report some of Rush Limbaugh’s satirical impressions of Obama as Rush’s own views towards Christie.
It was quite appalling to see a “news source” report satire as fact. But, they did source it from Thinkprogress who sourced it from Inquisitr who twisted it all up while sourcing a Politico story that didn’t mention Christie at all, but did provide the show transcript for which the quotes of satire came from.
It’s quite appalling. This is one of the most blatant abuses of “journalism” I’ve ever seen.
US News story.
Be sure to follow the links all the way to the Politico story and then read the transcript of Rush impersonating Obama in a moment of satire and those comments being used in a way to suggest Rush actually was saying it as coming from himself.
ButterflyDragon on November 5, 2012 at 9:04 AM
Yeah , Obama keeps Christie well fed…
the_nile on November 5, 2012 at 9:04 AM
Did Obama give Christie a pizza?
Tasha on November 5, 2012 at 9:08 AM
Christie is saying he had to whore himself out to Obama in order for Jersey to get the resources they needed to begin the recovery from the hurricane.
That’s disgusting
batterup on November 5, 2012 at 9:09 AM
He didn’t do anything!
He put on his big kid bomber jacket and hugged a few people.
mudskipper on November 5, 2012 at 9:11 AM
This whole thing is much ado about nothing.
There’s a bonafide emergency situation in New Jersey. He’d be a bigger jackass if he was still blasting Obama instead of trying to work with him.
That said, all of the lefties who were touting this as some kind of mind-changing moment for Christie are borderline retarded.
Move along. Christie didn’t suddenly turn into a RINO or some kind of Charlie Crist.
Red Cloud on November 5, 2012 at 9:14 AM
Who is it who keeps bringing this up and talking about it?
rhombus on November 5, 2012 at 9:15 AM
“If ye love wealth better than liberty,
the tranquility of servitude
better than the animating contest of freedom,
go home from us in peace.
We ask not your counsels or your arms.
Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you.
May your chains set lightly upon you,
and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen”
~ Samuel Adams
Joe Mama on November 5, 2012 at 9:16 AM
Christie is soft on abortion, soft on guns, soft on Muslims, and soft on immigration. The one thing he’s strong on – government spending – is a strength the GOP can get from any number of people, not the least of whom is Paul Ryan.
The last thing we need is to hitch any part of the GOP’s wagon to a disloyal northeastern RINO.
greggriffith on November 5, 2012 at 9:17 AM
I kept thinking I’d seen Christie and Obama walking on the beach together before and then I remembered MADtv’s Lowered Expectations.
Fallon on November 5, 2012 at 9:18 AM
I will never, ever support Chris Christie for national office. Ever. The man is another fraud in the mold of Charlie Crist, Arnold Schwarzenegger and John McCain.
bluegill on November 5, 2012 at 9:21 AM
You’re right about that. He already was a RINO.
mrsknightley on November 5, 2012 at 9:24 AM
Gov. Christie, like the Nobel committee, awarded Obama a prize before he had earned it, and worse – he did it for political points.
beatcanvas on November 5, 2012 at 9:32 AM
Christie was played, out-thugged by a master thug.
You thought they were tough in New Choisie?
Fuggedaboudit. The Chicago Way is a tough b*tch; he got what he wanted and left. If the old ladies are cold and die, it’s less work for the death panels in 2014.
vityas on November 5, 2012 at 9:43 AM
Looking out for number one.
jawkneemusic on November 5, 2012 at 9:52 AM
Imagine a Romney/Obama debate but with Chris Christie and Bill Clinton as surrogates. They’d each be talking about themselves, with Christie lobbing praise at Obama and Bill Clinton damning Obama with left-handed compliments. It should have been an SNL sketch.
Paul-Cincy on November 5, 2012 at 9:53 AM
Climb down off the cross fat ass – we need the wood!!
HondaV65 on November 5, 2012 at 10:15 AM
Any moron occupying the WH would have done exactly the same thing.
farsighted on November 5, 2012 at 10:24 AM
On the one hand, I can see why he sucked up to Barry. Look at how he’s treated other Republican states after disasters. He ignored them.
On the other hand, NJ has taken so much of its citizens’ money in taxes, they’ve had more than enough resources to prepare for these types of events, especially given the largess they’ve been given for disaster preparedness after 9/11/01.
I really wish republicans and conservatives would start hammering the liberal establishment in the northeast on this. Its probably not enough for the elections this year, but these states have important elections in the off years, and starting the meme about liberal incompetence might pay off later.
Iblis on November 5, 2012 at 10:29 AM
Hey Chris I was in a few hurricanes in my day, I don’t recall Gov. Blanco french kissing Bush.
harlekwin15 on November 5, 2012 at 10:29 AM
Much ado about fatty. Who cares? Romney will win big, Christie knows it.
happytobehere on November 5, 2012 at 10:34 AM
I’d probably agree with Christie if the whole thing didn’t stink of political opportunism.
eforhan on November 5, 2012 at 10:37 AM
Yeah, but you didn’t have to spoon that mook (to borrow a phrase from Dennis Miller).
UltimateBob on November 5, 2012 at 10:38 AM
And what happened to her political career?
This is all concern-trolling by the liberal media, folks.
rockmom on November 5, 2012 at 10:40 AM
That tight with taxpayer dollars penny-pincher Obama gave New Jersey all the taxpayer money Christie asked for. Never would have predicted that would happen. Good job, Mr. President! /s
farsighted on November 5, 2012 at 10:50 AM
Hold what Christie has does with Obama when then next natural Disaster happens in a State with a Democratic Governor, when President Romney shows up to really help and not just a photo op and then turned away because he is a Republican and they would rather sit cold and in the dark than take help from a Republican President and Republican lead FEMA.
tjexcite on November 5, 2012 at 10:51 AM
I don’t blame him for being, “gracious,” for the help, but he did go just a little too far. Problem with Christie is that he’s a showman, he cannot help but to play up any event he appears in for all that its worth. A non-showman would’ve quietly thanked Obama and moved on without drawing too much attention.
Not too sore, since whatever bump that gave Obama seems to be quickly fading. Still, kinda poor judgement there, if there was any time not to draw attention to yourself, it was right then.
WolvenOne on November 5, 2012 at 10:57 AM
Enjoy being governor of New Jersey, Chris. Because that’s as good as it’s going to get for you. For the record, it’s not so much because he was seen with Obama or even publicly grateful but because he couldn’t resist pissing on Romney at the same time. He knows what he did. This fat POS knows what he did and if he thinks the rest of us can’t see it then he’s too stupid for higher office. Don’t we’ve forgotten his curious “endorsement” speech at the RNC. Heavy on Christie (pun intended) and light on the nominee. That’s a remembering thing, El Gordo.
cicerone on November 5, 2012 at 11:05 AM
And precisely WHAT did he provide? Enough union utility guys to get electricity up? From people I know there, most assuredly not. (ANd you sitting mute while NON-union help is turned away isn’t covering you in glory, either.)
michaelo on November 5, 2012 at 11:16 AM
Barky did a great job. He put on a bomber jacket and acted concerned for 5 minutes before hitting the nearest golf course.
CorporatePiggy on November 5, 2012 at 11:18 AM
Chris Christie and the residents of NJ should be even more embarrassed than usual.
Other states send help and you turn it away?
And then this fat bully spends %100 of his time sucking up to Obama? Give me a break. No wonder people consider NJ a joke.
tetriskid on November 5, 2012 at 11:27 AM
To paraphrase Dana Perino Fox this morning,
“And to all you who criticized Mitt Romney for
choosing Paul Ryan over Chris Christie for VP…”
mrt721 on November 5, 2012 at 11:48 AM