Chris Matthews: ’300 Plus’ Chris Christie’s Weight Is ‘Something He’s Just Gotta Deal With’

by Frances Martel | 9:08 am, December 11th, 2010

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The heavy political issue of New Jersey governor Chris Christie‘s weight just can’t seem to quarantine itself outside of the political sphere– not that it is ever Christie’s doing that this is so. This time, it’s Chris Matthews who has some qualms about Christie’s presidential prospects because you can’t “cut the budget [without] starting with supper.”

The comments this time weren’t on Hardball, but at a local D.C. event on Thursday– the Q&A Cafe at the Georgetown Ritz-Carlton. The Washington Examiner reports that his comments were part of a conversation on 2012 presidential prospects, in which he found Christie’s presidential prospects were compromised by his weight:

“Chris Christie is moon over New Jersey, he should not wear white shirts, I tell you that… I saw him the other day and I was amazed by it, he must be 300 plus, and that’s something he’s just gotta deal with because you’re not going to say, ‘I’m going to cut the budget,’ well, how about starting with supper?”

He took a similar stance against Mississippi governor Haley Barbour (“he weighs too much”), but didn’t quite rub the issue in as much on that one. Nor were his prospects for Sarah Palin or Mike Huckabee so good, though he did argue that a candidate like Jeb Bush could be the GOP’s best bet in 2012.

The Christie comments are sure to stir up many on the right who view the New Jersey governor as the uncompromised new hope for the Republican Party, and who have called this type of attack/assessment particularly baseless and egregious. Not that this is the first time Gov. Christie has had to endure this type of scrutiny (and it probably won’t be the last)– it became one of the central issues in his 2009 campaign after former governor Jon Corzine released an ad accusing him of “throwing his weight around” as U.S. Attorney.

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Ricia

Jealousy is an ugly thing. At least people like, respect, and listen to Chris Christie.
Mr B

If this crap is all the Democrats have to offer, then it is pretty clear they have no business running anything. Based on the last election results, I’d say the country feels the same.
Harry Flashman

Speaking of supper, Chris Matthews should take note that things like fish and other high protein foods are known as “brain food”.

Eat more fish, Chris. Lots more. Please.
tatboy

Didn’t these type of people (Chris Matthews) used to say the same thing about black people running for office. I guess it’s true. The more things change, the more they stay the same. The place the bigotry is aimed is simply a different target.
roxsteady

Trust me, as a resident of New Jersey I can tell you that Christie is a big fact joke and yes, I mean that literally. He knows he can’t run for President in a country that finds his girth repulsive. He’s also no statesmen. He’s more longshoremen. State government is as far as this blimp is ever going to go. Oh, and those of you who are fond of making fun of Democratic women’s looks have lost the right to complain when anyone points out the obvious. Christie is a fat slob who has more in common with Tony Soprano than President anyone! He’d get stuck in the Whitehouse bath tub just like Taft did. Now, if you want an example of just how stupid this guy is, check out this story from a local paper.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/12/gov_christie_knew_nj_would_hav.html

Yep, he’s clearly a Republican.
Big Eddie

So , Chris , who will be on the list of Democrat candidates in 2012 ?
JacksonGT

Roxsteady, you must live under a rock in Jersey. I live here, too, and Christie is far from a joke. His approval rating says it all. The fact that you reference nj.com is pretty telling.

More on the subject, Chris Matthews is probably the last person to mock or jest about appearances. Rhetoric of this kind, when it is not concern about health, can turn highly reflexive. He’s in a pretty large glass house in terms of his looks; he shouldn’t throw stones.
Atticus Draco

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Hey,, Christie got rid of Corzine,,, therefor,,
He’s a BIG fat hero in my book
newzmaker

I can’t wait till Comcast demotes Matthews and Olbermann. Matthews looks like he hasn’t missed a pork chop a day in his life, so he needs to stop with the girlish bashing of Christie. I swear…Matthews is such a big girl.
hanniballa

Corzine tried this line of attack already. It didn’t work. Matthews looks like an amateur when he recycles this crap.
tatboy

roxsteady said:
Trust me, as a resident of New Jersey I can tell you that Christie is a big fact joke and yes, I mean that literally. He knows he can’t run for President in a country that finds his girth repulsive. He’s also no statesmen. He’s more longshoremen. State government is as far as this blimp is ever going to go. Oh, and those of you who are fond of making fun of Democratic women’s looks have lost the right to complain when anyone points out the obvious. Christie is a fat slob who has more in common with Tony Soprano than President anyone! He’d get stuck in the Whitehouse bath tub just like Taft did. Now, if you want an example of just how stupid this guy is, check out this story from a local paper. http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/12/gov_christie_knew_nj_would_hav.html Yep, he’s clearly a Republican.

Hay Rock… how’d that line of attack work for Corzine??? Didn’t work out so well for your boy, did it???
roxsteady

You mus be the slow kids. This article is about the fat slob. Surely you’ve all noticed that he keeps telling anyone who will listen that he’s NOT running for President. Even he knows he can’t beat Obama. Those of you who live in New Jersey as well as those who don’t who like this fat, sweaty, greasy, pock marked faced buffoon must beRepublican. Never forget that New Jersey is still a blue state. Oh, and at least admit that this country will not elect someone as fat as he is which is really what Matthews was talking about. Blimpy won a statewide office but, that’s the end of the line for him. Deal with that!
roxsteady

By the way, tatboy, I think you meant hey rox? Although that hay, as in hayseed may have been a freudian slip on your part?
JacksonGT

roxsteady said:
You mus be the slow kids….Those of you who live in New Jersey as well as those who don’t who like this fat, sweaty, greasy, pock marked faced buffoon must beRepublican. Never forget that New Jersey is still a blue state.

That’s funny because, for a true blue state, Christie has a 51% approval rating. So, he’s obviously wooed some Dems to his side. I can’t help but think that you work for the NJEA.
JacksonGT

Oh, and by the way to you, who are you calling slow? I can barely read your posts – they’re so full of misspellings and errors. Again, glass houses, people!
timzank

I think Ol’ Tingles is back on the sauce. He should remember he indeed is in a glass house, Christie can always lose weight if he wants, but Matthews can’t just “lose” his alcoholism, that’s for life Tingles.
The ReaI Royal King

roxsteady said:
Trust me, as a resident of New Jersey I can tell you that Christie is a big fact joke and yes, I mean that literally.

I think you mean “big fat joke, Tumbleweed. If you’re going to say something literal have the brains to edit your own typos. I can’t edit everyone’s posts here, Kumquat.

roxsteady said:
Oh, and those of you who are fond of making fun of Democratic women’s looks have lost the right to complain when anyone points out the obvious.

Me thinks the lady doth protest too much. Do you consider yourself an unattractive Democratic woman?
The_Reasonable_Lib

Everybody knows appearance is only an issue when the right can use it to demonize liberal women.
Obeezy

Oh Roxsteady, im sure is on welfare or in one of the unions that are laying off workers by the thousands…I am from NJ, moved out when Corzine got elected, Christie is by far the best thing to happen to NJ in years.. As far a Mathews..he is a bitter fat man with a face like a fist and a poster of Obama in his pants
The Lantern of Truth

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Just4thefax

Fact: New Jersey is the butt of TV jokes so I’m sure Roxsteady is a part of the madness. Where else does the guy in charge make deals with the dead!
tatboy

roxsteady said:
By the way, tatboy, I think you meant hey rox? Although that hay, as in hayseed may have been a freudian slip on your part?

Nope… ment Rock… I was using it as slang. Nice try though. And yes Obeezy, I’m thinking Rock gets their money from the taxpayers one way or another.
Just4thefax

The ReaI Royal King said:
I think you mean “big fat joke, Tumbleweed. If you’re going to say something literal have the brains to edit your own typos. I can’t edit everyone’s posts here, Kumquat. Me thinks the lady doth protest too much. Do you consider yourself an unattractive Democratic woman?

Fact: Hey hey it’s Gay Robot!
Just4thefax

The_Reasonable_Lib said:
Everybody knows appearance is only an issue when the right can use it to demonize liberal women.

Fact: That’s throwing out a blank!
The_Reasonable_Lib

Just4thefax said:
Fact: That’s throwing out a blank!

i’m sorry, i don’t speak teabonics.
CosmosDan

roxsteady said:
Trust me, as a resident of New Jersey I can tell you that Christie is a big fact joke and yes, I mean that literally. He knows he can’t run for President in a country that finds his girth repulsive. He’s also no statesmen. He’s more longshoremen. State government is as far as this blimp is ever going to go. Oh, and those of you who are fond of making fun of Democratic women’s looks have lost the right to complain when anyone points out the obvious. Christie is a fat slob who has more in common with Tony Soprano than President anyone! He’d get stuck in the Whitehouse bath tub just like Taft did. Now, if you want an example of just how stupid this guy is, check out this story from a local paper.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/12/gov_christie_knew_nj_would_hav.html

Yep, he’s clearly a Republican.

That’s interesting. He made the agreement to pay the fed back if their money if the project was voluntarily canceled , and now he doesn’t feel like he should have to honor the deal he made.
jerzygurl

Consider the source. Is there anyone in the news media less relevant than Matthews? His cable ratings are abysmal & his commentary is as phony as a Subway Philly Cheese steak.
Just4thefax

The_Reasonable_Lib said:
i’m sorry, i don’t speak teabonics.

Fact: If you did you would know your shit! Hope that helps!
Just4thefax

Fact: Go Navy beat Army!
skyfet

Chris Mathews motor mouth is what he has to do something about.
The Lantern of Truth

skyfet said:
Chris Mathews motor mouth is what he has to do something about.

Yeah ! What he said !
Just4thefax

skyfet said:
Chris Mathews motor mouth is what he has to do something about.

Fact: This is a perfect example to vote GOP in 2012!
Just4thefax

roxsteady said:
Yo mus be the slow kids. iiieee>

Fact: Here’s another one to vote GOP in 2012!
cjd ohio 1

so we can make fun of peoples weight, does that mean race,creed and religion, sexual orientation is fair game now too.
ImNotBlue

Reasonable @ 12:40

Really? Were you in a coma for Bristol Palin on DWTS? Did you not hear the comments from the typical left-wing sources? Did you not read the comments here on Mediaite?

Or is it that your hypocrisy knows no bounds?
felixw

This is so typical of MSNBC. Sure, attack a Republican because of his weight. Have you ever seen a network where all the hosts engage in constant smears, character attacks and ridicule, and so constantly avoid key issues relating to the economy, foreign policy, the border, deficits, etc.? And still no mention on MSNBC (or the craven Mediaite web site) of the $16 billion in secret bailout money from the Fed to MSNBC’s parent company — that’s the huge story they want to pretend doesn’t exist. As if people can’t find it out at more reputable media outlets (i.e., the Washington Post).

You couldn’t parody this stuff. It’s already a parody.
skyfet

Just4thefax said:
Fact: This is a perfect example to vote GOP in 2012!

You sound like a perfect tool.
skyfet

Just4thefax said:
Fact: This is a perfect example to vote GOP in 2012!

Maybe if Ron Paul is nominated. ahhhh
I doubt it as the phonies won’t allow it.
JoeRyMI

He won’t run in 2012. If he runs in 2016 (assuming Obama wins a 2nd term), he would win. Yes, he needs to lose weight. A good friend of mine lost 120 lbs in 2 years, without gastric bypass. Weight can be lost, and it is actually much easier than most think.

He is doing great things for that State, and his national career is only begging.
JoeRyMI

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ImNotBlue

Not a bad comment, Joe. But I dont think he’s gonna run, ever.

Christie is a do-er, and the President isnt really supposed to be a “do-er.” The President is a leader who surrounds himself with do-ers. Christie would be better somewhere in the cabinet… but he’s not a national frontman, IMO.
FredCPA

i dont undertand the big deal. chris mathews should really be given some slack. retarded people get a break right?? ok, mentally challenged, sorry. i mean he IS retarded right??
SarahP

FredCPA said:
i dont undertand the big deal. chris mathews should really be given some slack. retarded people get a break right?? ok, mentally challenged, sorry. i mean he IS retarded right??

Based on your command of the English language it is clear that you know what you are talking about.
Nahu Tuk

Mr. Christie can (and SHOULD) lose weight but Mr. Matthews cannot lose “stupid.” I would wager that if unsavory remarks were made about Barbara Mikulski’s girth, liberals would be equally offended. It must be bad going through life with all those extra pounds and taxing one’s heart to pump all that high-cholesterol sludge through one’s arteries and veins.
Nahu Tuk

JoeRyMI said:
He won’t run in 2012. If he runs in 2016 (assuming Obama wins a 2nd term), he would win.

Bill Clinton will seek the nomination in 2012.
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Georgia999

My husband was also a Big Guy, and also one of the smartest, nicest people you would ever meet.
They are not ON Christie because of his weight, they badger him because he makes sense, common sense,
They use his weight because they do not want to listen to the smart and gifted ideas he has. !
Georgia999

Just4thefax said:
Fact: New Jersey is the butt of TV jokes so I’m sure Roxsteady is a part of the madness. Where else does the guy in charge make deals with the dead!

You watch that stuff? Ugh
Pablo

roxsteady said:
Never forget that New Jersey is still a blue state.

Why not? New Jersey did. Even Obama tried to remind y’all, but you forgot anyway.
Pablo

Just4thefax said:
Fact: New Jersey is the butt of TV jokes so I’m sure Roxsteady is a part of the madness. Where else does the guy in charge make deals with the dead!

Chicago.
Nahu Tuk

Georgia999 said:
My husband was also a Big Guy, and also one of the smartest, nicest people you would ever meet.

I’m sorry you’ve lost him. I was not slamming Mr. Christie for being overweight; my intentions were to convey that I hope he can because it would keep him around longer. I also wanted to make the observation that people use that kind of cheap slam to marginalize another person. Being overweight does not mean a person has no value.
http://crazyconservative.wordpress.com/ jamesalfred

Mr B said:
If this crap is all the Democrats have to offer, then it is pretty clear they have no business running anything. Based on the last election results, I’d say the country feels the same.

Sadly, this is all they have. They cannot talk about the issues so they resort to personal attaks. Just like all the fat Bristol Palin talk. It is truly sad and childish.

http://crazyconservative.wordpress.com/
http://crazyconservative.wordpress.com/ jamesalfred

Nahu Tuk said:
Mr. Christie can (and SHOULD) lose weight but Mr. Matthews cannot lose “stupid.” I would wager that if unsavory remarks were made about Barbara Mikulski’s girth, liberals would be equally offended. It must be bad going through life with all those extra pounds and taxing one’s heart to pump all that high-cholesterol sludge through one’s arteries and veins.

Gov Christy could probably lose weight, yes but this does not need to be brought to his attention by liberal haters, I am sure he knows it.

I don’t care who in this country is fat and who is skinny and talk of it is dumb. I also don’t think that people who could stand to do a few crunches themselves should be talking about the weight of other people (Chrissy).

This has nothing to do with weight and everything to do with politics. If Christy was a Democrat his weight would not be an issue.

http://crazyconservative.com/
WildMan

Chris Matthews is the biggest DOOFUS on TV. The guy is so damn out of touch with everything it has become quite funny. Where does old Tingles get off making judgments against anyone??? Chrissy Tingles has NEVER done a damn thing in his life except criticize everyone he comes in contact with. How this buffoon ever got a gig on TV is beyond me. MiSeryNBC must really be hard up to have to showcase a bunch of clowns like Chrissy, Edie, Keithy, etc. Comcast will have some say in this before too long. I think the brooms will be coming out so they can start trying to compete against FOX News instead of getting their asses kicked each and every day & night. In the meantime I would hope that Chrissy Tingles would work on all that spittle coming from his mouth when he reads his teleprompter. My screen ends up soaking wet.
constable80

Matthews is right, being a complete slob, lard-ass shows zero discipline and self respect. Think of the fat, slobs you know, they are lazy and lack any sort of discipline. Pathetic.
Nahu Tuk

jamesalfred said:
This has nothing to do with weight and everything to do with politics. If Christy was a Democrat his weight would not be an issue.

AGREE!
WildMan

Little pale hands…!
Sunken chest…!
Slumped shoulders…!
Gut hangs over his belt…!
Has the girlieboy look of someone who has never done one pushup, one situp, much less jogging, treadmilling, stair stepper, weight lifting, etc…!

Yeeeeow boy, ol’ Chrissy Tingles sure has room to criticize!!! ROTFFLMFAO@Chrissy!
WildMan

And btw….just when are idiots like Chris Matthews, Ed Schultz and Keith Olbermann ever going to run for a political office…any office, even city or county office???

It is sort of like these little nerds that call themselves sports journalists that have the gall to ask stupid questions in the locker room of high school, college and/or pro athletes. I mean hell, we’re the ones who spit out the blood, go to bed feeling like a steamroller has run over us and we have to listen to crap from these pissant journalists…!

Wacko goofballs like Chris Matthews, Ed Schultz and Keith Olbermann should just stuff a jockstrap in it. America is going broke (axctually it is basically there) and morons like them are worried about someone’s weight? And then our so-called President, Obama, excuses himself to the US of A at an extremely serious time in this great country’s history to go to some damn Christmas party and turns things over to an ex-President? Folks, these are serious times and these idiots 15 minutes of fame are up! Time for some serious people to man the ship!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Anna-Warren/653886597 Anna Warren

constable80 says:
December 12, 2010 at 12:17 am

Matthews is right, being a complete slob, lard-ass shows zero discipline and self respect. Think of the fat, slobs you know, they are lazy and lack any sort of discipline. Pathetic.

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I’ll tell you what’s pathetic; people like you who call overweight people slobs, undisciplined, lazy, etc.
Christie is overweight.

He is NOT a slob, he’s NOT lazy, he’s NOT undisciplined and I’ve seen no signs of a lack of self respect.

He has a BS in poly sci, a JD from Seton Hall, he was a successful private attorney and a very successful US attorney who oversaw 135 attorneys and successfully prosecuted more than 130 public officials without losing ONE case.

Does that sound like an undisciplined, lazy slob to you?

And, let me just head off the usual retorts from people like you; I’m not fat, I’m not from New Jersey, and I don’t have a clue whether he’d be a good president.

People like you are much more disgusting than fat people – they can lose the weight, but the only way you can change is if you accept the fact that you’re obnoxious, judgmental, arrogant and ignorant and then do something about it!
CosmosDan

cjd ohio 1 said:
so we can make fun of peoples weight, does that mean race,creed and religion, sexual orientation is fair game now too.

No, but if they wear glasses you can call them four eyes , and comments about receding hair are fine too.

Oh, and that so so funny joke about Rachel Maddow looking like a boy. I just never get tired of reading that.
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CosmosDan said:
No, but if they wear glasses you can call them four eyes , and comments about receding hair are fine too. Oh, and that so so funny joke about Rachel Maddow looking like a boy. I just never get tired of reading that.

Fact: Okay then Madcow looks like a man! Feel better hope that helps.
david r

I like Christie. I think he is smarter than Rachel, and surely more intellectually honest. (Quite a statement where a lawyer is concerned.) But I have two words for him: Amstel Light.
constable80

Anna Warren said:

I’ll tell you what’s pathetic; people like you who call overweight people slobs, undisciplined, lazy, etc.
Christie is overweight.

He is NOT a slob, he’s NOT lazy, he’s NOT undisciplined and I’ve seen no signs of a lack of self respect

LOL yea because active, disciplined people are 300lb. slobs. You are an idiot. Tons of attorneys are lazy, fat slobs and way undisciplined. This guy is a complete slob ass and the way you get that way is eating more than you put out. TO let yourself go that bad is an external indicator of internal laziness and lack of self worth. he is gross.
ImNotBlue

constable80 said:

Shallow.
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Nahu Tuk

CosmosDan said:
Oh, and that so so funny joke about Rachel Maddow looking like a boy. I just never get tired of reading that.

Neither do I because it’s true.
Nahu Tuk

Nahu Tuk said:
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CosmosDan said:
Oh, and that so so funny joke about Rachel Maddow looking like a boy. I just never get tired of reading that.
Neither do I because it’s true.

And SHE would be the first to brag about it. If she wanted to look like a “lady” she could do so…maybe.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Linda-Miller-Cook/1096550455 Linda Miller Cook

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Not many
Dasnay

yeh ok try being a state employee…. he’s a bully
kellie elmore

How can we fight bullying in one newscast and then turn around and make fun of Governor Christie’s weight in another? The media is a bully!
Mrs Jake

Behavior verses birth parents? One of the main differences between a glutton and an alcoholic is that an alcoholic almost always sobers up and apologizes for periods of time. A glutton just wears his blubber with laughing gnashing friends around to assure him he’s a-okay. SHAME SHAME SHAME Food is Water is the American economy. 12 million facing fammine this year in Affrica. If he gets elected its a major win for the deconstructionalists.
Cbsnwdc1

No, I don’t recall that. Support your statements. Or are you a Republican? if yes, then don’t bother, I know you can’t support it. You are just a talker
Maxwell Smart

Why is Governor Chris Christie morbidly obese? Is the reason medical or emotional. Can a man of his girth survive the stress of 4 years of 24-7 as president.

Republicans are looking at Governor Christie because of the lack of respectable national leadership in the GOP and the growing divide within the Party. Last August, conservatives were calling for Governor Perry. He answered their call. Now they don’t want him. Now they want Governor Christie. If Christie decides to run will the conservatives turn on him too? Conservative GOPers are running around like a pack of young valley girls looking for the most ’awesome’ boy in school.

In my opinion, before Chris runs for president he needs to prove that he can manage his weight..
truth

You can not just listen what he said but what he is doing. Look what he did to himself, an unhealthy body won’t be able to build a healthy nation.
truth

You can not just listen what he said but see what he is doing. Look what he did to himself, an unhealthy body won’t be able to build a healthy nation. It also shows his ability of control and management of things that is important. The obesity issue is serious issue in America today. It has huge impact on health costs, quality of American life and productivity.
Anonymous

He is NOT a slob, he’s NOT lazy, he’s NOT undisciplined and I’ve seen no signs of a lack of self respect.

That’s not the evidence that the cameras provide. You can make no case, successfully, that America should have a clinically obese POTUS. That argument is ridiculous.

You’re free to try though.
Anonymous

Why is Governor Chris Christie morbidly obese?

Excess food, insufficient exercise. Bamm!
Anonymous

Your argument doesn’t work out in realitry. Pres. Obama is slim, and we have a sick country. NJ is getting well with an overweight Governor. It’s the mind of the man that counts.
Anonymous

Since it’s now OK to criticize the weight of white male Republicans then it must be allowable to talk about black female Democrats. Lets talk about Shiela Jackson Lee’s generous size.
truth

Your argument doesn’t work factually. First, the sickness of the country today can not hold Pres. Obama responsible alone, it is simply unfair and untrue. Secondly, you need to give specifics about NJ’s getting well claim and let us know how NJ’s getting well directly related to governor’s contribution.
Anonymous

President Obama has been in office 3 years and has spent trillions and the country is worse off than when he took office. He either does not know what he is doing or he is deliberately trying to ruin this country. Governor Christie has been in office one year. Unemployment dropped from 10% to 9.2%, the budget is balanced, taxes were lowered while services were maintained. He has been pressed to run for President but wants to complete his committment to NJ.
Anonymous

Yes, one could take Mr. Mattrews comments as “mean; — and yes, appearance alone is not (or at least shoulld not) be how we judge a canidate for higher office — but, as Mr. Mattrews so correctly pointed out — If you are talking about “cutting” stuff and attacking Presideyt Obama for “excess spending” –etc. You can not at the same time have the phyical appearance of someone who does not take his own words to heart– How can you say — You working people must cut back and domore with less and give up stuff –for you and your family — but “cutting back’ does not apply to myself — You must do more with less –but I refuse to do the same — I am living off your tax dollars — and clearly living way too well — taking limo to the Koppered –to the plane — so i can get to dinner with “fat Cats” — symbolisim is everything folks!!
Anonymous

Sad — but too true!
Anonymous

Sorry.. You are saying we are jealous of a “big fat slob” persona? Again, I don’t know the man — Don’t know what he has ever done for the “good” of the state of NJ — But from i have seen and heard — he is a Bully –and his appearcance only reenforces that image — (actually a set of shocks from a MAX truck must be needed to reenforce the furniture in the staehouse!) — He might actually be smart and have a Plan –but he just reminds me of the “fat kid in school” who stole everyone elses lunch — and never got picked in gym class. Now he is taking it out on the people of NJ.
Anonymous

I see — But “looks” have nothing to do with anything? — Mattews commnetsare based on fact — he was only pointing out that appeances do factor into it too. (Much as you went there yourself) — Does Mr. Mattrews have his own agenda? –sure. Does he support the Present’s effots? Sure — But it does not make his observations about the reali y of the Christie any less true. After all, Mattrews also said that Jeb Bush would be a better candidate –which is very true as well. even if you thihk Mattrews has a ‘face like a fist’ –
Anonymous

Fighting back at a “big, fat bully’ is bullying too! Good to kow — next I guess you will come out for the “serial killer lobby — we all gotta have a hobby -right? (NOT)