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no_hypocrisy

(46,130 posts)
Mon Aug 20, 2012, 01:59 PM Aug 2012

Five things the rest of America doesn't know about Chris Christie

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But here in Jersey, we live with the man full time. Like the wife of a movie star, we see him at home without his makeup, when he is an unshaven mess reaching for his first cup of coffee in the morning.

And we know this: He’s not as great as his groupies think. Most people here like the job he’s doing, and he has scored some big wins. But he can’t race cars and jump out of airplanes, and he has not healed New Jersey’s wounds by any stretch.

So it’s time for the rest of the country to dig a little deeper, now that Christie has been granted the coveted keynote speaker role at next week’s Republican National Convention.

In that spirit, here are five things — good and bad — that the rest of America probably doesn’t know about him:

-more, much more-

http://blog.nj.com/njv_tom_moran/2012/08/five_things_the_rest_of_americ.html

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Five things the rest of America doesn't know about Chris Christie (Original Post) no_hypocrisy Aug 2012 OP
Number Six: He eats more in one day than a two year old hippopotamus... rfranklin Aug 2012 #1
The article mentions Norcross, who was a powerhouse when I lived there, but... TreasonousBastard Aug 2012 #2
 

rfranklin

(13,200 posts)
1. Number Six: He eats more in one day than a two year old hippopotamus...
Mon Aug 20, 2012, 02:09 PM
Aug 2012

and has more lard in his veins than a Paul Deen Twinkie Pie.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
2. The article mentions Norcross, who was a powerhouse when I lived there, but...
Mon Aug 20, 2012, 02:21 PM
Aug 2012

is Lesniak still around in Union County?

(Colleges really should offer courses on Joisey Democratic Bosses-- nothing like them anywhere else in the country any more)

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