Christie Said to Be Re-Thinking Presidential Bid

[WI_DEM]

To Be or Not to Be...

Despite months of denials, Paul Gigot claimed on Fox News that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) was "thinking about running now, very carefully."

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/09/18/christie_said_to_be_re-thinking_presidential_bid.html

might have to reinstall the Taft bath tub?

[gateley]

1. Wonder if he would take away the spotlight from Perry as

Perry did w/Bachmann?

Do you know how the Republicans view Christie?

[no_hypocrisy]

2. The way I heard it thirdhand from NJ republicans was that

Christie was going to wait until the Convention, assuming a majority couldn't be organized to vote for any particular candidate and then Christie "would allow himself to be drafted" on the Floor and get the nomination that way.

[Mz Pip]

8. thereby avoiding all that pesky

debating, and speaking and traveling and pressing the flesh kind of stuff that candidates normally do.

Lazy ass.

[no_hypocrisy]

10. Yep

[Tippy]

3. Looks like hooking up with the Koch Bros paid off....

[adhd_what_huh]

4. please.....a fat fuck from NJ has zero chance and he knows it...

[Historic NY]

5. from my favorite news Weekly World News.

[SoCalDem]

17. He is the egg-man..koo-koo-a-ju

:)

[Erose999]

27. I heard he likes his eggs deep fried in rendered whale blubber. With a sauce made from the tears of

9/11 widows, reduced to a demi glace.

[SoCalDem]

29. If only I knew how to photoshop

[Auntie Bush]

24. What a contrast in waistlines!

:rofl: Can't imagine him standing with other world leaders on a stage! They'd also have to do major alterations on Air Force One...and the White House! I figured he wanted to wait 4 more years so he could lose weight before running for election. And recuperate from having stomach/fat reduction surgery. He couldn't even get up the stairs on AF1.

[Modern_Matthew]

6. From the state that brought you Snookie and Nookie... nt

[Kahuna]

12. Snookie is from NY. Nice try though.

:eyes:

[Modern_Matthew]

20. I am not up to snuff on half-wit pop culture. Sorry. nt

[Dreamer Tatum]

21. Of course you are. You just used it.

You are what you is. Sorry.

[polichick]

7. Oh yippee - we'll have THE THREE STOOGES!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

9. White House basketball court to be replaced with food court

Could be dangerous. Could be the sanest Repub in the mix. Or "As Sane As Romney".

[Kahuna]

11. The NJ unemployment rate is higher than the national average.

Good luck with that.

[JustAnotherGen]

13. Yep

And a lot of those folks were formerly employed in public service . . . a few of those teachers I know.

[Kahuna]

15. A friend told me recently that AT&T will be transitioning jobs

from NJ to TX where AT&T is now HQ'd. That should help perry with his main campaign issues of job creation, no? :eyes:

[JustAnotherGen]

19. True again

And my company won't be absorbing those folks when the jobs go. :-(

[vanlassie]

14. He is seriously not healthy enough to withstand an election run for president.

Seriously.

[Pab Sungenis]

16. Oh HELL to the NO.

I'm thinking of moving out of Jersey to GET AWAY from him!

[a la izquierda]

25. But, but, but,

my brother-in-law swears people love him (I'm from NJ originally, I know better).

[Brother Buzz]

18. It's either that or Dancing With The Stars. So much to do, no time to do it

http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Meg+Whitman+Chris+Christie+NJ+Gov+Christie+MBxP93b1M2Bl.jpg

[eagles55]

23. Can you picture him doing the jive.

The richter scale would go nuts.

[Brother Buzz]

30. 'Three Tons of Joy' backing Johnny Otis' Willie and the Hand Jive - anything's possible

But then again, Johnny is the quintessential progressive, a genuine Renaissance Man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEeeGMpM_Nk

[eagles55]

22. re-install the Taft bathtub?

You'll need to install a carwash in back of the White House. That way Christie can take showers. He's not fat!!! You can just watch a Phillies game on his ass.

[Erose999]

28. They'll just hose him down in the rose garden.

[eagles55]

31. Get out the brain bleach.

That's not what I'd want to see.

[WCGreen]

26. Image is everything in modern politics and the image of this guy is

good...

However, the way he comports himself with the media shows he is savvy and also will connect for those who want a "tough" guy in the White House...

I thought all along that he would be a formidable candidate.

I just thought he would wait until 2016..

[applegrove]

32. He is just a heart attack waiting to happen.

[laundry_queen]

33. You absolutely cannot tell that from someone's weight.

One of our local politicians was severely obese. He had been my parent's neighbour and friend for years and years. My parents would always say, "Poor K, he's just a heart attack waiting to happen." That was 30 years ago. He's still obese and he's still alive (and heart attack free) and he's living a great life. Same with a few friends of mine, their dad was huge. Still fine. Know who died of a heart attack? The skinny dad of another friend who was just starting his retirement (ETA: the dad was starting his retirement, not his son. Too late for me right now to construct proper sentences). I'd say it has far more to do with heredity and smoking than weight.

Sorry, I hate the POS, but I get tired of hearing his weight is what makes him an awful candidate. It's not his weight (which is NOT a 'moral failing' like some think) but it's his horrible, selfish policies. Pound on those instead.