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Christie to Corzine: Go Ahead, Call Me Fat


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Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie dared New Jersey governor Jon Corzine to call him fat on Thursday, complaining that the Democratic incumbent continues to dance around the issue of his challenger’s weight in the campaign.

Christie, a gay-marriage opponent and former federal prosecutor, leveled the challenge to Corzine in an interview with radio host Don Imus, according to CNN. He expressed annoyance with alleged attempts to invoke his weight in subtle ways.

"If you're going to do it, at least man up and say I'm fat," said Christie. "Afterwards [Corzine] wusses out and says, 'Oh no, no, I didn't mean that, I don't know what you're talking about.' Man up — if you say I'm fat, let's go, let's talk about it,” said Christie.

Talk about the weight issue stems from a Corzine ad last month showing Christie exiting a car in slow motion. The narrator says that the Republican “threw his weight around” to get government favors. Corzine recently acknowledged the ad used a poor choice of words.

Corzine and Christie remain locked in a close contest for governor leading up to Tuesday's election.

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Reader Comments
  • Name: Thaddeus
    Date posted: 11/2/2009 1:41:30 AM
    Hometown: Frisco

    Comment:

    Christie is so fat that he's at an elevated risk of developing heart disease... how was that?

  • Name: David Eschenazi
    Date posted: 11/1/2009 8:11:00 PM
    Hometown: Wynnewood, PA

    Comment:

    It is comical that Christie doesn't "man up" and call Corzine out on being a "faggot-lover." So ready to insult Corzine on such trivial frivolities but too scared to face his own pathetic homophobia. What a worthless political individual.

  • Name: Lickety Splitz
    Date posted: 11/1/2009 2:53:37 PM
    Hometown: Lez Not Go There

    Comment:

    Christie is so fat, he wants government supersized.

  • Name: Lickety Splitz
    Date posted: 11/1/2009 2:51:14 PM
    Hometown: Lez Not Go There

    Comment:

    Christie is so fat, he reads his stump speeches off a a menu.

  • Name: Lickety Splitz
    Date posted: 11/1/2009 1:59:49 PM
    Hometown: Lez Not Go There

    Comment:

    Christie is so fat, he's voting on Tuesday AND Wednesday.

  • Name: Lickety Splitz
    Date posted: 11/1/2009 1:57:30 PM
    Hometown: Lez Not Go There

    Comment:

    Christie is so fat, he meets his constituency at drive-thru-windows.

  • Name: Lickety Splitz
    Date posted: 11/1/2009 3:17:44 AM
    Hometown: Lez Not Go There

    Comment:

    Christie is so fat, he wants a lazy susan at political roundtables.

  • Name: Lickety Splitz
    Date posted: 11/1/2009 3:03:48 AM
    Hometown: Lez Not Go There

    Comment:

    Christie is so fat, he holds fundraising dinners at All-You-Can-Eat buffets.

  • Name: Lickety Splitz
    Date posted: 11/1/2009 2:58:33 AM
    Hometown: Lez Not Go There

    Comment:

    Christie is so fat, he thinks canvassing means putting clothes on.

  • Name: Lickety Splitz
    Date posted: 11/1/2009 1:38:42 AM
    Hometown: Lickety Splitz

    Comment:

    Christie is so fat, he's running for a seat in New Jersey AND New York!



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