I did not think of it as a offensive oral sex joke, I read it "going down" jersey style "Sopranos"

[demtenjeep]

By Torie Bosch

Posted Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, at 11:35 AM ET

On Sunday, Jan. 8., New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was speaking at a Romney for President rally in New Hampshire when he was interrupted by some female hecklers. It’s difficult to make out exactly what Christie’s critics were yelling, but it’s something to do with jobs going down. Ever the class act, Christie’s response: “You know, something may be going down tonight, but it ain’t going to be jobs, sweetheart.” He then goes on to insult the women by saying that if they were from Jersey, they wouldn’t be so silly as to think that his policies don’t support job creation. (That’s the way to win New Hampshire voters for Romney at the upcoming primary: insult them by saying that Jersey voters are smarter!)


The video, which does not make Christie look great, wasn’t some hidden-camera “gotcha” depicting a private moment, a la the 2006 “macaca” video that may have cost George Allen his Senate seat. Rather, it was uploaded to the New Jersey GOP’s YouTube account. They seem to think his remark about “going down” is a zinger, something to be proud of, rather than recognizing it as flagrantly demeaning, even misogynistic. How would Christie have responded to male protesters saying the same thing? Probably not by changing the subject to what acts they perform in the bedroom. His handlers should be apologizing for the remark, not promoting it.



http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2012/01/09/chris_christie_responds_to_female_hecklers_with_offensive_oral_sex_joke_video_.html



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as in he was threatening them with murder...either way he is a piece of shit. Why do people like him? Totally rude and offensive and self-centered

[SixthSense]

1. "going down" in New Jerseyese = "happening" n/t

nobody in New Jersey is going to read that as an oral sex reference

[spanone]

17. most people don't live in new jersey

[pnwmom]

26. You don't have to live in NJ to have heard this old song:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002144257#post15

[Happyhippychick]

2. I'm truly speechless. Don't think it's happened before.

[whathehell]

3. He is the pits, and I share your bewilderment about why people (Repukes) like him

Were he a democrat they'd likely be demonizing him as the fat, rude, classless prick he is.

[Capitalocracy]

6. I'm sorry, are you talking about Chris Christie...

or Rush Limbaugh?

Or Glenn Beck? Or...

[whathehell]

18. How about "All of the above"?

Although I don't think that the other two have quite reached

Christie's girth yet.

[Scuba]

4. What? Hit men? Guy's a large blob of santorum. n/t

[Vinca]

5. Whatever it was, it was tasteless and juvenile of him to say it.

I'm more inclined not to give him the benefit of the doubt because of the "sweetheart" crack. Women are not "sweethearts" to creepy characters like Christie.

[rfranklin]

7. The poor righties who feel discriminated against by the liberal world around them love this stuff...

the tough guy crushing those liberal bullies and putting them in their place.

[LiberalAndProud]

29. That's what I thought

when I looked at Romney's face as he was standing behind Cristie -- a little bit of hero worship for standing up to the big bad bullies in his stead.

[JohnnyRingo]

8. Yeah... I think they're stretching it to a sexual innuendo.

I greatly dislike Christie and I'm glad he's not a candidate, but I read his stupid comment as street lingo that something's about to happen. If he'd said "someone may be going down tonight" that's a different context.

Still, all's fair in war and politics, so if the party can make hay of this, it's OK by me.

[whathehell]

19. Ewww....and that interpretation

coupled with Christie is TRULY hideous.

[pnwmom]

25. All's fair, but if we push this angle it will show more about what's going down with US

than with what's going down with Christie.

[Cooley Hurd]

9. Allen "macaca" episode was NOT done in private! It was at a fundraiser!

[monmouth]

10. I think Christie channels James Cagney a lot. He loves "tough talk", thinks he's cool. Crude

and rude is more like it. His schtick may work on the Turnpike but not in Peoria. If he's the VP candidate that will turn a lot of voters off.

[Vinnie From Indy]

11. I am sticking with the oral sex angle

because FUCK Gov. Christie! That's why!

[nadine_mn]

12. when I heard it - I took it as a sexual thing

maybe its because I am in Minnesota and we think everything is dirty (hey - gotta stay warm somehow) and because its Chris Christie and I think he is a jackass.

what do I know?

[Riftaxe]

15. Geesh, so now....

this song is about rampant sexual voyeurism?

Is it not more likely that a combination of hypersensitive people with dirty minds are reading more into christie's innane comment then is really there?

There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware
I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
There's battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Getting so much resistance from behind
I think it's time we stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
What a field-day for the heat
A thousand people in the street
Singing songs and carrying signs
Mostly say, hooray for our side
It's time we stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid
You step out of line, the man come and take you away
We better stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, now, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

[pnwmom]

24. LOL. Great counter-example. n/t

[JohnnyRingo]

28. Sometimes it's the person who said something that adds context.

"Three's Company" proved that Mr Furley couldn't say anything without it sounding sexual. Come to think of it, most sitcoms have a Chris Christie in the cast.

[Gormy Cuss]

13. I think it was an intentional double entendre

because he was obviously trying to insult the women.

[pnwmom]

21. I don't. The non-sexual use is much older, at least in NJ,

than the one with a sexual meaning.

And he said "something" was going down, not "someone" was going down.

[emilyg]

34. Not only in N.J. - nothing

sexual in it. Gosh I feel old - keep thinking of West Side Story.

[pnwmom]

36. It made me feel old, too -- having grown up in a time

when no one publicly talked about oral sex!

[ProSense]

14. Christie

should get off the campaign trail and clean up the mess he's creating in NJ.

NJ Transit lost $297M after Gov. Christie canceled Hudson River rail tunnel
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/01/nj_transit_lost_297m_after_gov.html

[Romulox]

16. "something going down" also simply means "something happening". nt

[whathehell]

20. True...His..um.. "uninspiring" physique aside, I doubt he meant it in a sexual way.

[MilesColtrane]

22. I'm surprised he didn't add, "Now shut up and go fix me a sandwich."

That guy is 400 pounds of shit in a 300 pound bag.

[pnwmom]

23. I agree. And here's a typical example of it being used without any sexual connotations.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=142878

[DLine]

27. The condescension was in "sweetheart"

The broads hate that!!!!

[Arugula Latte]

30. His use of the word "Sweetheart" made me think he was referring to oral sex.

Either way, he's a scumbucket of slimey rotten fish guts.

[Bohunk68]

37. I agree with you

That's the way I took it when I first heard it. And yes, I was a full-fledged adult when Buffalo Springfield did their number and it was an entirely different context, because we were talking about 'Nam. However, I am one of those persons who is known for turning a lot of things into double entendre. A fat guy condescending to women with a "sweetheart" reference and sexual innuendo. He wishes.

[cherokeeprogressive]

31. As always, outrage is in the eye of the beholder.

No outrage here.

[Motown_Johnny]

32. Somethings going down tonight, like a full side of beef and 8 gallons of gravy

[SomethingFishy]

33. Jersey Style? YEah Christie and Snookie...

mixing it up Jersey Style.

I lived in NJ. Nothing to be proud of. Nothing against it either. But I won't be going back.

[Charlemagne]

35. Im assuming Christie is Italian

so we are trading in the bj comment for an ethnic stereotype. Not sure that is a solid defense but they can go with it if they want to.

[MadrasT]

38. "Something is happening"

That is what "something's going down" means to me. (I am a Philadelphian.)

The "sweetheart" bit was more offensive to me. The "something's going down" bit didn't register as offensive. If he had said "someone" that would have been sexual and extremely offensive to me.