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Christie Tells Imus He Won’t Jump Into A Brokered Convention, But ‘I’m Going To Need A Job’ In The Future

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Who would have thought that Gov. Chris Christie would have such good chemistry with legendary radio curmudgeon Don Imus? The New Jersey governor visited Imus on Thursday morning, where the two chatted about everything from sneaking booze into Bruce Springsteen concerts to Christie’s daughter’s sweet 16.

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The conversation began with the news that Springsteen was back on tour, and Christie said he was definitely going, though this time would need security. He didn’t before, however, and Imus joked he used the opportunity to “get in with some bongs under your shirt.” “Yeah, I snuck some booze in,” Gov. Christie joked, “the beer is so expensive there, why not sneak in a couple of bottles?” They then shifted to the Whitney Houston funeral, and Imus thanked him for giving Houston her due despite her drug problem. “I saw some of the worst ides of our country in the aftermath of this,” the Governor noted, and told those who criticized Houston for her drug woes, “there but for the grace of God go I.”

They then discussed the budget a bit, and Christie teased Imus that the budget was much less expensive that “your good friend Jon Corzine‘s,” which outraged Imus. “What’s the matter with you?! That’s why I supported you– I didn’t know who you were, but you were running against him.”

“Oh, I thought it was because of my fabulous physique,” Christie lamented jokingly.

Christie also reiterated his support for civil unions and a referendum on gay marriage, and his certainty that he did not want to be president– at least not yet. Giving a brokered convention a “10% chance” of happening, he joked to Imus that, should they choose him, he would respond “I’ve got two words for you: Don Imus. It is time to have a cranky entertainer as president of the United States.” As for running in the future? “I’ve got four kids, I’m going to need a job!” he joked.

The interview via Fox Business below:

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  • Anonymous

    Ive heard there are upcoming spots on the biggest loser. Im sure they would give you a job in a heartbeat.

  • 12voltman1

    I know that it is wrong to laugh about someones weight. So I guess I’ll rot in hell.
    ROLFLMAO

  • 12voltman1

    Christie is going to Jump into a convention?
    I Don’t like he could even hop.

    Jebus forgive me.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    I was thinking spokesperson for Weight Watchers or Jenny Craig for men. If Brisket Palin can be the spokesperson for abstinence, I see no reason Khris Krispy Kreme can’t be the spokesperson for a weight loss plan.

  • Hout Bosques

    There’s a bit in here on which I’m actually supporting Christie, and he’s actually understating the concern, possibly because it’s coming from another Republican, but regardless he’s right to raise it in the way he does, because he’s not in control of the agenda & I believe it’s going to end very very badly, so Christie may actually get his wish for a future job – from Obama appointing him to a commission to investigate the investigators, something Christie would be well placed for. Whatever NYC is up to with it’s beyond-the-borders activities involving ‘Islamoterrorism’ is needless, dangerous & typical elitist b.s. by Mayor Bloomberg. Christie is a former, and very recently former, US attorney, and for him to state that he’s never been briefed on what Bloomberg’s up to on this front is a big old warning signal. 

    I’m serious about this being a good next move for Christie. He can run for the GOP nomination in 2012, if he’s fit (a big question, one that will always be around til he suddenly drops dead), but he’ll never be elected & probably is too eclectic, as he must be to get elected in New Jersey, to even gain the GOP nomination. That’ll get him wingnut welfare, but he’s the type that needs to be involved, & he’s going to lose in the next state election (I would think to Cory Brooker), so if he really wants to be useful, a commission to investigate extrajurisdictional – hell, illegal – use of policing powers is something that would be right up his alley & give his life real purpose …. something which shilling for Mittens is definitely not.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    My own sense is that you can never be wrong when you say Khris is NOT going to run.

  • Charles Ulysses Feney

     But he will WADDLE about on the floor….

  • Anonymous

    All the Koch Bro. money is tied up for stamping out fires,like the one in Wisconsin,and getting their clown nominated.The money pipeline for Christie won’t be constructed or ready before 2016 for a Pres. run.I’m sure they’d have a few million laying around should Christie need a wallet infusion to carry him over.

  • http://punditpawn.wordpress.com PunditPawn

    A Christie / Rubio ticket would blow any of the current candidates off the map.

  • 12voltman1

    Anyone could blow your current candidates off the map.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_45S32GWGDRUJIL6E2U4HOZW4BM Bob

    If Gov. CHristie Creme jumped, it would cause another east coast earthquake.

  • X X

    “get in with some bombs under your shirt.”……..Imus said BONGS not bombs! C’mon Frances…

  • http://Mediaite.com/ Frances Martel

     Oh whoops! See, “bongs” actually makes a lot more sense.

  • WiddleBabyDanielson

     And still lose to Obama.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    I don’t think Khris has any plans to run as president or vice president. He just wants to get to Tampa and throw his weight around.

  • Hout Bosques

    I got lots of problems with Christie’s policies, not just for many of them being partisan but a lot for how STUPIDLY partisan they are (like turning down the STIM money to build the new tunnel to NYC) – but I think everyone’s content to concede that he’s more in the long honorablish tradition of Republican candidates who’re mean & miserable to the poor & working folks & spin like a top of on the facts & try to keep their lies to issues of opinion, & is by no stretch of the imagination stupid; indeed, between stupid liars & smart liars, generally I prefer smart liars because they KNOW they’re lying & when & where & on what they can afford to lie yet still be able to govern with some degree of efficacy. So I concede that Christie is on of the modern contradictions – a smart Republican who can also run an administration [which seems to be the argument for him, to some degree Mitch Daniels tho I think Christie is far better at governor-ing, & to a very large degree Jeb Bush, who's never getting elected president for an entirely different reason].

    But Rubio is an entirely different matter. I got no problem with his being Hispanic or Cuban -ethnic & cultural diversity is great. I got no problem with his life narrative – though it’s got nothing really to do with whether he’s qualified to be an effective Senator, besides being apparently almost entirely fiction, but again: that kind of lying doesn’t bother me. My problem with Rubio is three-fold: there’s no proof that he actually knows how to run anything [He doesn't even run his own Senate offices well.]; there’s no proof that he actually KNOWS anything, which I would have thought a basic requirement for a US Senator, despite that there are dozens of his colleagues in the same boat, tho they of course are not being discussed for veep – maybe he could learn on the job by managing that bucket of body-termperature urine that exceeds the job in value]; and, most importantly, there’s absolutely no proof that he’s at all smart – indeed, the evidence supports that he is in fact quite a stupid person [This isn't a racial or ethnic or cultural shot - there are many perfectly smart Hispanic American politicians, some even in the Republican party.].  

    Now, there have been lots & lots of stupid veeps throughout U.S. history, on a totally bipartisan basis – tho, tellingly not one of those stupid veeps has ever been elected president [Gerald Ford was pretty stupid, but he was never elected to the job; Andrew Johnson wasn't so much stupid as he was mean & retrograde to a fault.]. The fact is, it’s extremely difficult to see how someone actually really stupid could ever be elected president, Baby Bush notwithstanding [He isn't stupid so much as he's, uh, "incurious", as in, he doesn't really give a shit about very much outside of his range of vision, which is pretty damned squinty to start with.]. This is very easy to check out on both fronts: go through the list of presidents & see if there’s any historical support for any of them being actually stupid; & meanwhile, go through all the things Rubio has said & see if there’s any support at all for his every having said or done anything smart, OTHER THAN to lie about his life narrative. 

    That again doesn’t mean Rubio will NOT be chosen by someone to run as veep: Dan Quayle is fairly much in the mainstream of veep choices, after all [Spiro Agnew wasn't so much stupid as he was chronically corrupt in extremely stupid ways.]. I’d just rather we not take the chance of Rubio accidentally become president by ‘chance’ were Christie to croak in the White House.

  • Anonymous

    “Jump?” oh Man…

  • Anonymous

    This overweight egomanic spends more time on TV  than being a Governor. All he wants is You-Tube moments. Run for what?…… Christie has no accompliments, he has a State that is sinking like a stone, and this toad wants to be VP and maybe President. All the estasblishment Permanent class
    GOP RINOs are pushing this guy, unbelievable. The numbskulls on Imus think Romney and Christie are the best thing since white bread.

  • Anonymous

    In the mean time he can just work at Fox, I’m sure Ailes knows where to find extra large chairs.

  • Anonymous

    Rubio’s personal finances were a mess before he became house speaker in the Florida legislature.  Then magically as happens to rising politicians his finances improved.  Once they look a little more deeply into Rubio;s time in the Florida house, they’ll find numerous questionable dealings including the “Taj Mahal courthouse,” which wound up costing Floridians fifty million dollars.

  • Anonymous

    Christie could have hidden a couple of bombs so it seemed to make sense anyway.

  • Anonymous

    Great, just what we need in Tampa, another fat guy from New Jersey.  There’s plenty of them here already and not a damm one of them can drive.

  • 12voltman1

    They always do.

  • Anonymous

    simply stated, ‘hand up, NOT hand out’ is Christie’s traditionaly conservative (and responsible) stance.

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