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Caustic dick is moved by someone who's "gracious and incredibly normal in a truly extraordinary way"
Chris Christie Fawns Over Bruce Springsteen in Unearthed Emails
Republican presidential hopeful recounts meeting rocker on flight to New Jersey in 2000
Christie's most precious post, however, recounts a January 2000 run-in he and his wife had with Springsteen on a flight to New Jersey after attending his concert in Minneapolis the night before. The couple overheard Springsteen while he found his seat, and then took advantage of a 30-minute delay to introduce themselves and chat about — of course — New Jersey. While getting off the flight, Christie told the rocker about being in the front row of one Continental Arena show with his six-year-old son, Andrew, to whom Springsteen had dedicated a performance of "Sandy."
"He then introduced 'Sandy' by pointing to my son and saying 'We're gonna send you home with a little lullaby,'" Christie recounted. "As I finished this story in the jetway, Bruce said, 'That was your little guy?' I said yes and told him how much it meant to my son (he'll still calls [sic] Sandy 'his' song) and how much it meant to me. He said he remembered and called Andrew 'crazy' with a big grin and chuckle."
Christie concluded: "He was everything I hoped he would be if I ever got a chance to meet him — gracious and incredibly normal in a truly extraordinary way. That was my Christmas gift."
Unfortunately, Springsteen has been less gracious as Christie's political career has taken off. While the pair connected in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in 2012, Springsteen had previously forbidden Christie from using his songs on the campaign trail. In 2014, Springsteen delivered an especially vicious blow to Christie while he weathered the fallout from the George Washington Bridge scandal: The rocker appeared alongside Jimmy Fallon on Late Night, where they performed a hilarious "Born to Run" parody titled, "Governor Christie Traffic Jam."
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/chris-christie-fawns-over-bruce-springsteen-in-unearthed-emails-20150901
Republican presidential hopeful recounts meeting rocker on flight to New Jersey in 2000
Christie's most precious post, however, recounts a January 2000 run-in he and his wife had with Springsteen on a flight to New Jersey after attending his concert in Minneapolis the night before. The couple overheard Springsteen while he found his seat, and then took advantage of a 30-minute delay to introduce themselves and chat about — of course — New Jersey. While getting off the flight, Christie told the rocker about being in the front row of one Continental Arena show with his six-year-old son, Andrew, to whom Springsteen had dedicated a performance of "Sandy."
"He then introduced 'Sandy' by pointing to my son and saying 'We're gonna send you home with a little lullaby,'" Christie recounted. "As I finished this story in the jetway, Bruce said, 'That was your little guy?' I said yes and told him how much it meant to my son (he'll still calls [sic] Sandy 'his' song) and how much it meant to me. He said he remembered and called Andrew 'crazy' with a big grin and chuckle."
Christie concluded: "He was everything I hoped he would be if I ever got a chance to meet him — gracious and incredibly normal in a truly extraordinary way. That was my Christmas gift."
Unfortunately, Springsteen has been less gracious as Christie's political career has taken off. While the pair connected in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in 2012, Springsteen had previously forbidden Christie from using his songs on the campaign trail. In 2014, Springsteen delivered an especially vicious blow to Christie while he weathered the fallout from the George Washington Bridge scandal: The rocker appeared alongside Jimmy Fallon on Late Night, where they performed a hilarious "Born to Run" parody titled, "Governor Christie Traffic Jam."
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/chris-christie-fawns-over-bruce-springsteen-in-unearthed-emails-20150901
