# Chris Christie blames his wife for his lack of a job with Trump **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 20, 2017, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-christie-blames-his-wife-for-his-lack-of-a-job-with-trump/777601 "2017-01-20T03:41:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-christie-blames-his-wife-for-his-lack-of-a-job-with-trump/777601/1 "2017-01-20T03:41:36Z")
Story [here](http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/18/politics/chris-christie-wife-job-dc/). I guess it’s a good thing that he wasn’t considering running for President himself, since his wife wouldn’t move to DC. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-christie-blames-his-wife-for-his-lack-of-a-job-with-trump/777601/2 "2017-01-20T04:25:13Z")
Great - blame the wife (and sleep on the couch). ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-christie-blames-his-wife-for-his-lack-of-a-job-with-trump/777601/3 "2017-01-20T04:28:12Z")
She probably doesn’t want to be anywhere with him. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-christie-blames-his-wife-for-his-lack-of-a-job-with-trump/777601/4 "2017-01-20T04:28:51Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > She probably doesn’t want to be anywhere with him. His personal gravity well might not give her a choice. ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-christie-blames-his-wife-for-his-lack-of-a-job-with-trump/777601/5 "2017-01-20T05:24:51Z")
It seems like he’s deliberately trying to see how low he can drive his approval rating. It was at 18% in December. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-christie-blames-his-wife-for-his-lack-of-a-job-with-trump/777601/6 "2017-01-20T10:57:57Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > His personal gravity well might not give her a choice. Body shaming. Shocking. ---
**Author:** ![Crybaby\_Boobie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crybaby_boobie/32/545_2.png) [@Crybaby\_Boobie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crybaby_Boobie)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-christie-blames-his-wife-for-his-lack-of-a-job-with-trump/777601/7 "2017-01-20T13:32:16Z")
He sometimes cohosts a morning sports talk show on the radio here. I guess it’s better than him actually governing? ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-christie-blames-his-wife-for-his-lack-of-a-job-with-trump/777601/8 "2017-01-20T14:00:45Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Body shaming. Shocking. Yes, such things are entirely inappropriate. Until noon today, at which time, if taking our cues from our new leader… well Christie is a 3 at best. ---
**Author:** ![Corry\_El](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@Corry\_El](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corry_El)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-christie-blames-his-wife-for-his-lack-of-a-job-with-trump/777601/9 "2017-01-20T14:22:31Z")
A friend of mine is friends with Christie, opposed to him politically but likes him personally, and told me Christie said he was offered mid tier cabinet positions including Homeland Security. He didn’t want a no win job like that (you’re a nobody unless there’s a big successful attack, then it’s your fault) or stuff like Commerce etc. because he’d rather go make money in the private sector as ‘friend of the president’, which he still is according to Christie. My source is not a BS’er generally nor any reason to make up this particular story. My friend believes Christie is genuinely straight forward, but it would seem Christie would have a reason to at least shade the truth as to how far on the outs he might really be with Trump and his people. Anyway FWIW. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-christie-blames-his-wife-for-his-lack-of-a-job-with-trump/777601/10 "2017-01-20T14:27:06Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Body shaming. Shocking. Hey, we all enjoy a good Christie fat joke. C’mon, it’s _Christie_! It’s not like you’re teasing a sympathetic person with human feelings. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-christie-blames-his-wife-for-his-lack-of-a-job-with-trump/777601/11 "2017-01-20T15:48:52Z")
Didn’t he get the bariatric surgery like a year or two ago? If so, has he actually lost any weight? ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-christie-blames-his-wife-for-his-lack-of-a-job-with-trump/777601/12 "2017-01-20T15:53:13Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Body shaming. Shocking. Yeah, that joke went a bridge too far. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-christie-blames-his-wife-for-his-lack-of-a-job-with-trump/777601/13 "2017-01-20T17:20:42Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Body shaming. Shocking. Sorry, your “tsk-tsk” efforts were maxed out the last time we discussed capital punishment. I’m immune to them now. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-christie-blames-his-wife-for-his-lack-of-a-job-with-trump/777601/14 "2017-01-20T17:36:55Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Yes, such things are entirely inappropriate. > > Until noon today, at which time, if taking our cues from our new leader… well Christie is a 3 at best. Don’t even wait. When you’re famous, you can do anything. Christie lets you. Grab him by the FUPA… ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2017, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-christie-blames-his-wife-for-his-lack-of-a-job-with-trump/777601/15 "2017-01-21T00:32:11Z")
Unless shutting down traffic was his wife’s idea, I don’t know what his point is. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2017, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-christie-blames-his-wife-for-his-lack-of-a-job-with-trump/777601/16 "2017-01-21T01:06:50Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Hey, we all enjoy a good Christie fat joke. > > C’mon, it’s _Christie_! It’s not like you’re teasing a sympathetic person with human feelings. Chris Christie seems pretty human to me. I feel sorry for him. What’s funny is we all know that Mr. Ivanka nixed Christie in revenge for Chris prosecuting Mr. Ivanka’s father back in the day. ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2017, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-christie-blames-his-wife-for-his-lack-of-a-job-with-trump/777601/17 "2017-01-21T02:52:21Z")
> [@thirdname](#): > > Yeah, that joke went a bridge too far. Excellent. > [@foolsguinea](#): > > Chris Christie seems pretty human to me. I feel sorry for him. > > What’s funny is we all know that Mr. Ivanka nixed Christie in revenge for Chris prosecuting Mr. Ivanka’s father back in the day. Between the Bush Family, the Clinton Family and now the Trump Family, it’s like the great days of the _Cosa Nostra_ are with us always… Can the Corleones be far behind ? ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2017, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-christie-blames-his-wife-for-his-lack-of-a-job-with-trump/777601/18 "2017-01-21T03:00:02Z")
Huh? I was sure I read some where that Christie committed himself to finishing out his term as governor. ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2017, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-christie-blames-his-wife-for-his-lack-of-a-job-with-trump/777601/19 "2017-01-21T03:04:54Z")
Actually, I loved the first half of your sentence. The rest, meh… ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-christie-blames-his-wife-for-his-lack-of-a-job-with-trump/777601/20 "2017-07-03T14:33:57Z")
Bumped. > [@PastTense](#): > > Huh? I was sure I read some where that Christie committed himself to finishing out his term as governor. And continuing to win friends and influence people: [http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/03/politics/chris-christie-beach/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/03/politics/chris-christie-beach/index.html) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-christie-blames-his-wife-for-his-lack-of-a-job-with-trump/777601.md?page=2)