# Why is Everyone Afraid of Chris Christie??? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 30, 2015, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-everyone-afraid-of-chris-christie/723922 "2015-06-30T23:58:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-everyone-afraid-of-chris-christie/723922/21 "2015-07-01T14:39:51Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > But anyway, many many people cited Obama’s handling of Sandy as the reason they voted for him in exit polls, and Christie really kissed his butt over him doing such a good job, so yep. I don’t quite get it. You’re saying the people voted for Obama, not _because_ he did a good job handling Sandy, but because _Chris Christie said_ he did a good job of handling Sandy? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-everyone-afraid-of-chris-christie/723922/22 "2015-07-01T15:46:26Z")
> [@Pashnish\_Ewing](#): > > I don’t quite get it. You’re saying the people voted for Obama, not _because_ he did a good job handling Sandy, but because _Chris Christie said_ he did a good job of handling Sandy? I do everything Chris Christie says. Chris Christie is my true north. Chris Christie is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known in my life. ---
**Author:** ![Osiris\_the\_1st](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9de0a6/32.png) [@Osiris\_the\_1st](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osiris_the_1st)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-everyone-afraid-of-chris-christie/723922/23 "2015-07-01T16:27:02Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > For someone of his girth, he’s a terribly little man. One wonders why he’s running as he has zero chance at the nomination and zero chance at being Jeb’s running mate. Fundraising. He’s going to grab everything not nailed down. We are talking about a man who issued an executive order making it legal fot the governor of New Jersey (him) to accept expensive gifts from foreign nationals. ---
**Author:** ![CGav8r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@CGav8r](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CGav8r)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-everyone-afraid-of-chris-christie/723922/24 "2015-07-01T16:37:22Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > “We’re stuck in Governor Chris Christie’s Fort Lee, New Jersey traffic jam.” > > - Bruce Springsteen and Jimmy Fallon, to the tune of “Born to Run” > > I think hearing them perform that was the moment I realized it was all over for Christie. With Springsteen joining in with Fallon to use\*\* Springsteen’s most famous song \*\*to openly ridicule Christie, it was clearly not just the political equivalent of inside baseball anymore, so it wasn’t going to go away. > > He was always going to be the guy who got tens of thousands of people stuck in traffic jams that lasted several hours, because he was pissed at some local official, whether or not it could be proven in court that he ordered it. Hippie-bashing is one thing, and Republicans will be for it until the memory of hippies finally fades from this earth. But indiscriminately making life difficult for thousands of people just trying to get to work in the morning (and into the afternoon) doesn’t sit well with anyone. (bolding-mine) You think “Born to Run” is his most famous song? Really? Anywho, I agree; Chris Krispy Kreme’s hero - bashing him on Fallon - was pretty significant, IMO. And awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-everyone-afraid-of-chris-christie/723922/25 "2015-07-01T17:08:14Z")
> [@CGav8r](#): > > (bolding-mine) > You think “Born to Run” is his most famous song? Really? > . Hands down. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-everyone-afraid-of-chris-christie/723922/26 "2015-07-01T17:23:00Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Hands down. I would have said “Born in the USA.” But I’m no Casey Kasem. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-everyone-afraid-of-chris-christie/723922/27 "2015-07-01T17:24:36Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Obama was re-elected because of the way he handled super storm Sandy? A storm that mostly affected the solidly democratic Northeast? Absurd. Come to think of it, not acting like a partisan asshole in the wake of a disaster was the finest act of statesmanship in Christie’s career. I thought most Republicans blame Obama for causing Super Storm Sandy in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-everyone-afraid-of-chris-christie/723922/28 "2015-07-01T17:45:56Z")
Well, to answer the OQ, I have to think of Louie Anderson’s opening comment to many of his shows. He’d walk to the edge of the stage, mop his brow, and look down at the first row. “It’s okay. I won’t fall on you.” Okay, no fat jokes. Taft and all. The tactics in Bridgegate are concerning - okay, CC knew jack about it, right. But that a New Jersey governor would have a staff that resorts to, well, mob tactics… Hmm. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-everyone-afraid-of-chris-christie/723922/29 "2015-07-01T17:50:42Z")
I’m afraid he might accidentally sit on me. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-everyone-afraid-of-chris-christie/723922/30 "2015-07-01T18:07:04Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Hands down. That’s Dashboard Confessional. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-everyone-afraid-of-chris-christie/723922/31 "2015-07-01T21:25:37Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Chris Christie is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known in my life. Now, how about a nice game of solitaire? ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-everyone-afraid-of-chris-christie/723922/32 "2015-07-01T21:36:06Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > No, it’s just that he’s clearly been toast since late last year. Not sure of that; have you seen how deep the holes the other candidates have been digging on the playing field? By now, that bar is plenty-low… ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-everyone-afraid-of-chris-christie/723922/33 "2015-07-01T21:38:04Z")
> [@Osiris\_the\_1st](#): > > Fundraising. He’s going to grab everything not nailed down. _picturing 4 boxes of donuts left in a lunch-room meant for the whole office_ ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-everyone-afraid-of-chris-christie/723922/34 "2015-07-01T21:39:29Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I do everything Chris Christie says. Chris Christie is my true north. Chris Christie is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known in my life. …that’s just how he rolls… ---
**Author:** ![Donald\_Rump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Donald\_Rump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donald_Rump)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-everyone-afraid-of-chris-christie/723922/35 "2015-07-01T21:58:57Z")
Speculation is mounting on whom he’ll appoint to his Staff of Chefs… ---
**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:** [July 1, 2015, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-everyone-afraid-of-chris-christie/723922/36 "2015-07-01T21:59:27Z")
The _New York Times_ isn’t afraid of Christie. Did you see that lead editorial today? They didn’t even bitch-slap _Cruz_ like that. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-everyone-afraid-of-chris-christie/723922/37 "2015-07-01T22:13:21Z")
Christie isn’t the only candidate who has no chance. But all of the other no-chance candidates at least have humor value. Christie doesn’t even have much of that. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Lowry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-everyone-afraid-of-chris-christie/723922/38 "2015-07-02T13:49:43Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > The _New York Times_ isn’t afraid of Christie. Did you see that lead editorial today? They didn’t even bitch-slap _Cruz_ like that. [Is this the editorial you mean](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/01/opinion/gov-christies-phony-truth-telling.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss)? It is harsh: > [@](#): > > There are lines between brash and belligerent, between open and obnoxious, and, most important, between “telling it like it is” and not telling the truth. Mr. Christie crosses those lines all the time, as Tom Moran, the editorial page editor of The Star-Ledger of Newark, documented in a blistering column about Mr. Christie’s “catalog of lies.” > > “Don’t misunderstand me. They all lie, and I get that,” Mr. Moran wrote of politicians in general. “But Christie does it with such audacity, and such frequency, that he stands out.” > [@](#): > > Just three weeks ago, Mr. Christie bragged that his pension reforms had won a major court victory, when in fact the court ruled them unconstitutional. > [@](#): > > Mr. Christie presents himself as a paragon of political virtue, but he seems to have fabricated a personal friendship with King Abdullah II of Jordan to justify accepting about $30,000 in gifts from the monarch. > [@](#): > > Expect to see a lot of Mr. Christie at those phony “town hall” meetings, staged with selected supporters. You will hear a lot about his common touch, his “straight talk” and his love for Bruce Springsteen. > > It’s a smoke screen. Look behind it at the governor whose own constituents say by an overwhelming majority that he has done a bad job, should not run for the White House and would make a bad president. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-everyone-afraid-of-chris-christie/723922/39 "2015-07-02T15:01:56Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I would have said “Born in the USA.” But I’m no Casey Kasem. This would be more of a CS question, but surely there must be someplace that tracks the frequencies that songs get played on the radio. The DC-area classic-rock station (‘Big’ 100.3, since you’re headed this way soon IIRC) plays “Born to Run” fairly frequently, but “Born in the U.S.A.” only occasionally. But that’s just one data point. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-everyone-afraid-of-chris-christie/723922/40 "2015-07-02T15:26:28Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > This would be more of a CS question, but surely there must be someplace that tracks the frequencies that songs get played on the radio. > > The DC-area classic-rock station (‘Big’ 100.3, since you’re headed this way soon IIRC) plays “Born to Run” fairly frequently, but “Born in the U.S.A.” only occasionally. But that’s just one data point. It’s true that I can’t tell you the last time I heard “Born in the USA,” on the radio or otherwise. I heard “Born to Run” a few months ago in a Five Guys. [Yogi Berra]It’s too popular, so no one plays it anymore.[/Yogi Berra] 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-everyone-afraid-of-chris-christie/723922.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-everyone-afraid-of-chris-christie/723922.md?page=3)