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News from New Jersey: Prince Harry, Napoleon’s penis

1. First, Prince Harry went to Mantoloking and got a fleece jacket,

Chris Christie gives Prince Harry his own ‘Royal Fleece’ on N.J. tour
Christie had joked that he would make sure Prince Harry stayed clothed during his trip to the Jersey Shore. He followed through on his vow by giving the visiting royal a version of his famous blue fleece.

Maybe there’s something to the fleece,

2. In case you were looking, Napoleon’s penis is in New Jersey. Jimmy Hoffa’s whereabouts are yet to be confirmed.

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ACU doesn’t invite Christie to CPAC, gets lots of publicity

ABC, CNN and NBC are shocked, shocked! that NJ governor Chris Chistie was not invited to speak at CPAC this year. There’s even a Memeorandum link by now.

Why the big fuss?

Apparently their hopes of Christie being a front-runner among conservatives have been dashed, since “At least eight potential presidential contenders will be speaking at CPAC”. You’d think that by now, political reporters would have figured out that Republican and conservative are not synonyms.

But let’s not disabuse them of their notions, and encourage them to believe that, if Governor Christie beeeehaves, he’ll be invited to next year’s Oscars.


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In other CPAC news, my friends at the National Bloggers Club are Sending Bloggers to CPAC. Lend them a hand!


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Christie on Oprah

This actually looks interesting,

First Look: Governor Chris Christie on Oprah’s Next Chapter

Tune in Sunday, January 15 to see Oprah travel to the home of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to discuss his lifelong struggle with weight, why he resisted a run for the White House and more.

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Best line of the week: “Somebody’s going down tonight, but it ain’t going to be jobs, sweetheart” UPDATED

Leave it to Chris Christie to put a heckler in its place,

“The only problem with the scene for the Romney campaign was the lingering question: Why can’t their candidate do this?”

UPDATE, Tuesday, 10 January,
Some woman at Slate, clearly not from NJ (where we all know what’s going down is about to happen), is in high dudgeon, claiming that N.J. Gov. Chris Christie Responds to Female Hecklers With Offensive Oral Sex Joke.

Rick Moran did some research,

I believe the proper nomenclature Ms. Bosch is looking for is “going down on,” not simply “going down.” The fact is, there might be 50 uses for the phrase “going down” — including the usage Mr. Christie was employing, which, according to the Online Slang Dictionary, was “to happen” as in “It’s about to go down.” (Sorry Ms. Bosch: No reference to oral sex in the OSD.)

Don Surber has the Top-10 P*rn lines from Star Wars,

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Christie cancels Jersey Shore tax credit

Governor shoots down ‘Jersey Shore’ tax credit

Christie suspended the film tax credit program in 2010 to close a budget deficit, but the 2009 season still qualified for the credit.

“I have no interest in policing the content of such projects,” Christie said in a statement. “However, as chief executive I am duty-bound to ensure that taxpayers are not footing a $420,000 bill for a project which does nothing more than perpetuate misconceptions about the State and its citizens.”

To those of you who don’t live in New Jersey, please be advised that orange-dyed overexposed (in every meaning of the word) inebriated louts are the exception, not the rule, to the Garden State’s inhabitants.

Jersey Shore is awful enough that companies pay the orange-dyed “stars” not to use their products:

The Situation doesn’t usually require a lot of motivation to lose the shirt. But Abercrombie & Fitch wants him to go one further — the company has offered to pay “Jersey Shore” cast members to stop wearing clothes carrying their brand.

The preppy teen retailer said Tuesday it would pay a “substantial payment” to Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino or any cast member who stops wearing its clothing on the popular MTV reality show because the series is “contrary to the aspirational nature of the brand.”

Coach didn’t like Snooki carrying their purse to the bar, either.

Thank you, Governor Christie for ending the $420,000 Jersey Shore tax break.

And, A&F, you can pay me to not wear your clothes any time, too.

Cross-posted in The Green Room.

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The not-running paradox

Christie’s Too-Good Reasons for Not Running

As was the case with Mitch Daniels, Chris Christie’s reasons for not running, ironically, prove that he would have been a worthwhile candidate.

His family comes first, along with the fact that

3) I’m staying in New Jersey. I am not just going to quit halfway through my term. The people trusted me, and I feel like I owe that trust and faith some fidelity.

The paradox, that is, that the best qualified are not the ones who would choose to run, is what makes politics what it is.

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Here is Gov. Christie approving a constitutionally approved balanced budget,

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