Christie smells setup, won't answer Twinkie query

November 16, 2012 @ 6:16 pm


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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he wasn't about to take the bait: a question dealing with that quintessential junk food, Twinkies.

So when asked Friday at a news conference about Twinkies-maker Hostess shutting down, the target of many a fat joke begged off.

The governor quipped: "I know it! You people are the worst! This is a setup! I am not answering questions on Twinkies, no, no, no, no, no, no. It's bad that I even said the word `Twinkie' from behind this microphone."

Christie has tried for years to lose weight and often jokes about his caloric struggles. He once likened his weight loss efforts to "throwing a couple deck chairs off of the Titanic."

But Friday he said he wouldn't provide more fodder to comedians.

"You know," he said, "I'm on `Saturday Night Live' enough."


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  • pgreenswim wrote...
    Yet...
    November 18, 2012 3:56 pm
    Fat-patoot couldn't see the plot when Omoron called him after the hurricane...Idiots, both of them...
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  • Hayduke wrote...
    That's funny, I rmeember when the left called Christie fat before his lovefest with Obama, the righties had a fit.
    November 18, 2012 5:27 pm
    But now that Christie "betrayed" their cause by actually DOING HIS JOB AND PUTTING THE NEEDS OF HIS STATE ABOVE PARTISAN POLITICS, he's a pariah to the right.

    Yes, it sure is fun to watch the GOP self-implode and eat their own after a well deserved asss whoopin.' Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch.

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  • HLC wrote...
    heydud you may have won the election.
    November 20, 2012 1:26 pm
    It still isn't making you any smarter. Your still as dumb as a box of rocks.
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