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‘This Is…Silliness’: Christie’s Heated Response to Fox News Reporter About Obama Praise

Nov. 4, 2012 10:25pm Scott Baker

Fox News reporter Rick Levanthal prompted a heated reaction from New Jersey Governor Chris Christie during a press conference on Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts. He asked the governor about criticism he’s drawn by some in the Republican Party over his tour with President Obama of damaged areas and praise of the president’s commitment to helping the state recover.

Levanthal said to Gov. Christie, “While people understand your commitment to the people of New Jersey and the need to get them help, some have questioned where you are now with your endorsement of Mitt Romney.”

Gov. Christie fired back, “This is the kind of silliness that, that really drives me crazy….

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listeninginVT
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 8:00am
Actually, I think it is quite smart how CC answered, even though the Fox got the blow back, Fox gave him the opportunity to set down the rumors, emphatically. So the ‘media’ have no grounds to ‘speculate’ as to what CC thanking BHO ‘really means’ garbage.

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- virginiagal
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 3:45pm
  That’s exactly how I took the response. Had CC been agitated with the question, Rick wouldn’t be able to sit down for a week I’m sure.
  
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Wilma
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 7:52am
Christie may not have meant it to be an endorsement, but the media is exploiting it as such. That is what matters. Thanks for nothing Gov. Christie. Bet New Jersey is till waiting for help.

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- lordamercy
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 9:03am
  I agree. Christie showed the nation his personal dislike for Romney superceded supporting his party’s candidate. And all that **** kissing got him NOTHING.
  
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- IMO888
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 9:11am
  Timing is EVERYTHING. I also think Christie cut his own throat if he has any hopes of running for President in the future. What conservative voter would vote for this guy in the primaries if Romney loses this election? My prediction is that he will jump the fence and go over to the other side, and in my opinion, they can have the RINO.
  
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- AmericanEagle1392
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 3:55pm
  Wilma, it is one thing to thank Obama for whatever Christie says he did for NJ – which is mostly talk so far and a photo op. for Obama with a popular Republican like Christie before jetting off to Las Vegas yet again. It’s another thing to be as emotionally effusive as Christie was in praising a President who has shucked and jived through his presidency, blamed everyone else for the mess he has created but himself, and has viciously attacked his political opponents. Also, he hasn’t helped or even shown up after many disasters across the country. For example floods in the upper mid-west – where Americans cling to their guns and religion as he said they do in Pennsylvania – and fires in the west, not to mention his exploitation of the BP oil spill as Gov. Bobby Jindal has eloquently described. In the meantime Obama has falsely and viciously demonized Bush for the federal response to Katrina which was PRIMARILY a failure by the New Orleans Levy Commission who were investing in casinos and not the maintenance of the levees, Democrat Mayor Ray Nagin who refused to use school buses to evacuate the city and a Democrat Governor Kathleen Blanco, who delayed sending in the National Guard and was so embarrassed that she did not run for re-election.
  
  You have to consider the totality of what this administration has done and not done so that cutting him some slack is placed in proper context.
  
  Thanks, of course. Effusive praise, for doing his job? NO!
  
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mikenleeds
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 7:12am
am really sick of seeing this fat cow / R.i.n.o.
all he does is whine and complains

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PlanetReality
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 6:04am
What great recovery is christie talking about his great photo op and the off on the campaign trail!!!!
Come on christie he came and did what he was paid to do because u called for federal help unlike mayor nagel in new orleans who waited before asking for federal assistance!!
The president did what he is paid to do come, verify and release at the call of the state gov!!!
BIG DEAL!!! And as for staten island?????? yes indeed , last snow storm flew into new york for xmas never had we seen new york in such a mess told the hotel people u voted this guy in??? Lets make sure we all vote them right leadership in NOV!!!!! and it isnt photo op barrack!!!

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lketchum
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 5:54am
Governor Christie, you’re done, Sir. A fork has been stuck in your political future. You’re nearly as florid as Biden and definitely as obdurate as Obama and Bloomberg.

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- myptofvu
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 6:34am
  Somebody got a “word a day” calendar for Christmas…jk
  
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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 7:15am
  Give me a break. Christie did what the governor is supposed to do. Work with the President to get aid for his people. This ridiculous partisan crap has got to end. I hate Obama. But, to bash Christie for actually doing his job is just stupid.
  
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myptofvu
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 5:05am
Of course he should suck up to Obama after all it was the Bush tax cuts that caused Hurricane Sandy.

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ghostlyspirit
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 2:30am
Ok you want to know what romney did ? I sent him a book i write spiritual poetry and i thought i will send this one cuz it is my mom’s favorite one it was lays the stillness in god’s hand. i sent it before he was to debate with obummer and on a card i put romney we love you and wish you good luck and 4 days before the debate i got a letter in the mail it was from romney he personally wrote me a letter saying thank you for thinking of me me and ann appreciate your gift etc and he signed it himself . I just wanted to tell this about him because with all that he had on his plate he took the time to thank me made me just as important . Even though he was busy with a debate he thought of me . He is going to be an exciting man to get to know if he wins . There it is an important guy and he didn’t leave me behind . :) http://www.Godandspirit.Com

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KingCoal59
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 1:36am
Gov christie was dead to me from the moment he made his remarks about global warming and coal fired plants; he is an ass. He gets carried away with himself and here is another example and proof of why he will never go anywhere in politics, he is crude and provocative. He made an ass of himself again maybe he was tired but he has went as far as he will ever go now. I also want to say when he went on his most recent rant about the election, I think it was in part because he wasn’t selected as the running mate, yeah I said it I think it was sour grapes. Well he is dead to me he tried to betray Romney and I will never vote for him for anything he is what he looks and sounds like a crude little pig.

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- sillyfreshness
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 2:14am
  Christie is obnoxious and he used to be a prosecutor, so he does have a chip on his shoulder. His praise of Obama isn’t doing any favors for Romney or the Republicans. With friends like Christie, who needs enemies??
  
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- SnowKalBebes
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 10:02am
  He is dead to you? Really? Beck’s sheeple lead pathetic lives…
  
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PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 1:21am
Christie believes in global warming, hence he’s bought that lie. He obviously believes in BIG government and photo ops to stay in power. He’s a showman and full of himself. I hope he does well by NJ. He is 100% better than the crook Corzine. He’s a big man with a big job and an outlandish style. Hope his principles hold up when dealing with the left, they’re a dirty, tricky lot.

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bonesiii
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 12:37am
WHO on the Republican side criticized CHRISTIE for this? Nobody. They really should cite their sources.

All I have seen is liberals claiming that this happened. They cite Rush’s statements on this subject, but blatantly miss his point — that Obama was treating Christie arrogantly.

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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 11:55pm
When Christie gets off the rag, ask him again. He has been way too emotional about this whole storm thing. Sucking up to get Obama to Federally fund the reconstructuin, instead of NJ paying for it
Don’t people have insurance anymore?.

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- enigmaticang3l
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 2:59am
  not flood ins.
  
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- enigmaticang3l
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 3:03am
  Flood ins. is not included in basic homeowners policy. Also, those not living in their homes due to job move, health reasons do not receive any FEMA or special funds to help with costs to rebuild.
  
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- lketchum
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 4:26am
  Gov. Christie and a lot of the leadership up the east coast have behaved like sissies, in my view.
  
  We get walloped by hurricanes and tornados every year. Nine times we’ve been smacked. Presidents come and pass over us to pull photo-ops in communities of color – despite the fact that they are hit much less severely. It’s just their politics. Fine, we like it that way, where the Gov. leaves us alone.
  
  We work through it all, file our insurance claims, eat the inevitable loss, and we rebuild – beginning the day of the storm. We prepare. We have food, water, fuel, tools and we bend our backs, work like rented mules and then we bend our knees to offer prayers of thanks for our many blessings.
  
  As bad as it is, these guys up north have no idea of how bad it can be. They ALL should have prepared to take care of themselves and their neighbors.
  
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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 7:18am
  The “federal” funds he was asking for are actually NJ funds bilked by the feds in the first place. The States need to re-assert their power and put the federal government back in their rightful place.
  
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Kevin M
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 11:36pm
Leventhal asked a good question. Christie gave a great answer.

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cyclops
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 11:27pm
Looks like the Governor didn’t fall to the “gottcha question”……LOL!!

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OWLBORE
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 11:15pm
Obama slogan update! The original slogan was “FORWARD” then MSNBC expanded it to “LEAN FORWARD.” Once you go FORWARD, then LEAN FORWARD, you are well on your way to the bend over position. Remember, when Obama gets re-elected go FORWARD, LEAN FORWARD, BEND OVER!

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HotFixIt
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 11:14pm
Actuallly, that was a very good answer.. we honestly do need to give credit where credit is due and not be afraid to work with the other side. That IS what is wrong with the system. On the other hand.. has Obama really done such a wonderful job with the Sandy relief…. not so much from what I have seen but truth be told… FEMA is NOT a relief agency… they are more a recovery agency… thus all the people with clip boards. They are management… not the down to work types.

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donkeykong
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:54pm
I believe Levanthal, in this case, was a little out of bounds
here. ANY Gov’ner of a decimated state HAS to be nice
to any president controlling the purse strings. Also,
Christie has been pro-Romney from the get-go.
Christie is someone I was glad to see on our side
for so long – don’t make him change his mind by
asking stupid questions. Once the bear is in your
house, don’t poke at it.

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Advection
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:51pm
Christie was obviously pissed off because he wasn’t chosen for VP, and he screwed Romney, and the nation, for revenge. This guy needs to leave politics or else switch to another Party. He’s the Republican Biden.

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- DLV
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 11:42pm
  What did you smoke today?
  
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- DOra Glasberg
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 12:07am
  Conservatives and FOX are nuts.
  
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- DZ-015
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 12:09am
  Your avatar is the reverse of the St. Gaudens $20 gold piece, arguably the most beautiful coin minted in this country. Your post, on the other hand, is one of the ugliest pieces of dross ever to grace these comment pages. Christie could hardly have made himself any clearer as he graciously answered the reporter’s question. He did his job as Governor of New Jersey by seeking federal aid in the face of a major natural disaster, and it is now up to the President to deliver on his promises. Joe Biden has neither the inclination, the intellect, nor the executive experience to display the kind of gravitas Chris Christie did.
  
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- Advection
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 12:30am
  1. Christie didn’t have to “throw Obama a lifeline” days before the election order to get federal aid, but he did, and Obama got a bounce.
  
  2. It has recently been revealed that Christie was rude to Romney several times and so lost his spot in the ticket, and that obviously pissed him off. It seems his size is commensurate to his ego.
  
  3. Christie is a loose canon, just like Biden was at his age. If he’s still in politics in 20 years, he’ll be drooling on himself, just like crazy uncle Joe.
  
  The last thing this country needs is another loose canon with power.
  
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- DZ-015
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 1:57pm
  Advection: Christie may be a loose cannon. For that, he will end up marginalized like Newt if he runs for President. I know something about this, being somewhat of an iconoclast myself. The last President who was of that ilk was Harry Truman, and he’d never get elected today. Christie actually bolstered his status as Governor of NJ, and the delays getting relief to those hard hit by Sandy will only make Obama look more ineffective. No one seems to recall that the Governor of Louisiana rebuffed Bush’s offer to federalize the National Guard to provide assistance after Katrina. They will remember broken promises Obama doesn’t come through soon. NJ will go for Obama, but the margin may be a lot slimmer than expected.
  
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Margyt
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:45pm
Looks like a set-up to me…and a good one. Christie needed an opportunity to address the issue and Rick gave it to him. I liked his answer.

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- Gregb
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:51pm
  I agree…
  Christie said that he still endorses Romney and the loser that we have as a president understands that. He was just getting money for his constituents.
  
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Wilma
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:44pm
Christie bent over and we all got …..

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gyro
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:42pm
bad reporting
poor judgment in questions

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justa_thought
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:40pm
sorry buddy, you kissed the **** of the clown, now you have to live with the bad breath.

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R.A. Bullseye
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:39pm
Must have caught him before his coffee ( and donuts ).

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Small World
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:38pm
Obama has done a good job at screwing us over.

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opaque blinders
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:33pm
Stupid question. Of course he will give praise since his people he represents are suffering. Politics in his mind….and most peoples I might add, have no place when tragic events occur. Obama missed that course in politics 101

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ginger100
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:32pm
Silliness? Maybe covering all the bases in case he is re elected.

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