With his latest attempt at humor poking fun of a killer storm that devastated his state, and mine, I’m about to get off the Chris Christie bandwagon.
Having been born and raised in New Jersey, I have always liked Gov. Christie’s no-nonsense attitude and outspokenness. I loved watching him rise through the ranks of the GOP as he boldly slapped down teacher unions and cursed at people who stayed on the beach during Hurricane Irene. I even cheered during a recent live press conference, when he blasted Atlantic City Mayor Lorenzo Langford for not enforcing evacuations during Hurricane Sandy.
But once the storm passed, my anger at Christie began. When asked in his Oct. 30 interview with Fox & Friends if Mitt Romney might be touring storm damage in New Jersey, Christie said, “I have no idea, nor am I the least bit concerned or interested.” Then he added, “‘I have got a job to do here in New Jersey that is much bigger than presidential politics. And I could care less about any of that stuff.”
That last comment actually caused my jaw to drop, considering Christie had been actively campaigning for Romney.
Even worse, when President Obama arrived in town the next day, a bizarre backslapping, hand-shaking, man-hugging love fest erupted between Christie and President Obama, with each effusively praising the other’s relief efforts to the point of nausea. An Oct. 31 Politico article summed it up this way:
President Barack Obama and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie cemented their new-found mutual admiration society on Wednesday, as the men gushed with praise for one another while touring damage from Hurricane Sandy on the devastated Jersey Shore.
Then, last night, in perhaps some pathetic attempt to redeem himself, Christie appeared as himself in a “Weekend Update” skit on Saturday Night Live.
Considering all the above, and with so many people still hurting in the aftermath of the hurricane, I don’t see the humor in this at all.
Watch the SNL skit here:
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Chris Christie is done. I’m over him. He had a great beginning as you said but the Obama love fest coupled by the lousy convention speech mademe realize he’s all in this for Chris Christy. Never again wi I cheer him on. He’s entered the ranks of the RINOS.
Yes, Dale…and it makes me sad. But I am done with him now.
Hey I dont see anything wrong with this, its a show and they always do this kind of comedy. Sometimes its good to take the edge off with a smile. I thought he did great with this and showed himself to have a sense of humor besides being tough. I dont think he was making fun of the situation at hand instead was giving the people something to laugh about . I congratulate him for that. As far as his time with Obama, I thought he did what he had to do to get the most for his state and buttering Obama up might have helped. I did think he didnt have to go overboard with praising him for his great leadership as we all know Christie never thought Obama was a great leader. W
hat he should have said was ” I want to thank the president for coming here to show his support for our state during this storm ” . I believe thats what he meant when he said ” his great leadership” . That was meant for the storm not for his policies.
I always thought he was good for New Jersey — I still do. But the presidency? No.
okay in all fairness i had to watch it twice to see if i missed the funny parts…you know the truly funny parts! And well… no i didn’t, it was actually sad to see, call me crazy but.. i do not think the people who have lost everything and still have no power would find it very funny either! When all these people have homes to live in with warm beds,clean clothes & hot food to eat then maybe you can make a “JOKE” about it!
Wow, you’re so morally superior. I’m very impressed.
I am not from New Jersey, but I use to like Christie and now I think he is a Benedict Arnold. He sold out Romney in the last few days to the Fascist Obama.
I think you took his message out of context. He was more worried about his state that the where a bouts of Romney.
We all know Christie sold Romney out…the real question is what did Mr “O” offer in return
Christie did exactly what he should of: Take care of his state. His SNL appearance brings levity that is needed for a state in crisis. Just like when we wanted baseball to resume after 9/11. His state needs some uplifting. I don’t find this so terrible.
When your state is in crisis, your residents and taxpayers have been devastated, politics needs to take a back burner. I am sorry that he couldn’t be there for Romney but what would you expect of YOUR governor?