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Christie: Ex-White House doctor ‘just another hack’ and ‘should shut up’ about my weight
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Wednesday lashed out at a former White House physician, calling her a “hack” who “should shut up” after she publicly worried about his health. During a Tuesday interview with CNN, Dr. Connie Mariano, who served as a physician to former Presidents George H.W. Bush…
Chris Christie to Letterman: Only 40 percent of your jokes about me are funny
Monday night on “The Late Show with David Letterman,” host David Letterman welcomed New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), and the two had a mostly-friendly back and forth about Letterman’s mockery of the governor’s weight. “How do you feel about me?” was Letterman’s first question of the interview. Christie giggled…
Christie: Boehner ignored multiple phone calls on Sandy relief funds
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said Wednesday that House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) ignored multiple calls on Tuesday, even as the governor was hoping to convey the urgency of a now-delayed vote on funding for Hurricane Sandy relief efforts. “Last night, the House Majority failed most the basic test…
Chris Christie insists he’s not too fat to be president
The governor of the US state of New Jersey, leading Republican politician Chris Christie, says it’s “ridiculous” to think that his being fat would make him a poor president. Christie is increasingly talked about as a possible candidate to replace President Barack Obama, a Democrat whose final term expires in…
Maher: Chris Christie is ‘refreshing’ for a Republican ‘prick’
Liberal HBO host Bill Maher is no fan of Republicans but he sees hope in Gov. Chris Christie’s “brand of prick” because voters are becoming more media savvy and able to see through candidates like former nominee Mitt Romney “who are obviously full of shit.” In a Monday column on…
Report: Chris Christie was Romney’s first choice for VP
Politico reported Saturday that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was advisers to Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s first choice for vice president before the former Massachusetts governor overruled his advisers and chose Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) following his overseas trip to the Olympics. Politico‘s Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei reported,…
Gov. Christie: ‘I cannot thank the President enough’
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican once touted as a possible running mate for Mitt Romney, on Wednesday continued to praise President Barack Obama for the federal government’s disaster relief efforts. “Our challenge now is to get back to normalcy,” Christie said during a joint press conference with the…
Apologies
On the last post, I used some art that showed Chris Christie, that had been photoshopped to show him eating an ice cream sundae. I did not notice the alteration when I picked the picture, thinking it was a straightforward picture of Christie. I deplore fat jokes. They are not…
Did Chris Christie Just Throw Romney Under the Bus?
I joined Megan Carpentier and others to live-blog and tweet the convention last night, and will be doing so for the rest of the week. I’ve already posted at XX Factor about my response to Ann Romney’s speech, which was apparently supposed to be a big win for “humanizing” Romney,…
Letterman: Christie’s RNC speech pitched ‘A Butter Future’
As New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) knows well by this point, fat jokes tend to follow him. And while it does get old, late night talk show host David Letterman still does it better than anyone else. “Chris Christie will be giving a 45 minute speech [to the RNC],”…
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