Chris Christie isn’t pretty, and he tells ugly truths
New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie’s first big speech in Washington was titled, “It’s Time to Do the Big Things,” and, sure enough, it didn’t take him long to make a fat joke.
Recalling that his predecessor, Democrat Jon Corzine, slept on a cot in the office when the state government shut down, Christie said he issued a warning to state legislators.
“I’m not moving any cot into this office,” the fast-talking governor said in his north Jersey dialect. “You close down the government, I’m gettin’ in those black SUVs with the troopers, I’m goin’ to the governor’s residence, gonna go upstairs, gonna open a beer, gonna order a pizza, I’m gonna watch the Mets. And when you decide to reopen the government, gimme a call, and I’ll come back, but don’t think I’m sleepin’ on some cot. Take a look at me. You think I’m sleepin’ on a cot? Not happenin’.”