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Wash. state Desk Jet

(3,426 posts)
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 06:46 PM Mar 2016

Christie: I am not being used as Trump's 'Sidekick'

Source: nj com

LINDEN — Gov. Chris Christie insisted to reporters on Tuesday that he had not become a liability to GOP front-runner Donald Trump, but then cautioned that he will not function as the mogul's "sidekick" either.

Appearing at newly expanded facility for the recipe-kit home delivery service Hello Fresh on Tuesday, the governor downplayed the furor over his decision to campaign for Trump instead of attending a state trooper's funeral, and then sought to clarify his treatment by Trump on the campaign trail.

The governor dismissed reporters' questions about a recent photograph of Christie left standing in the rain next to Trump while the mogul stood placidly by, protected by an umbrella, as much ado about nothing.

"I was offered an umbrella, and I chose not to use it," said Christie, explaining why he was unprotected from the elements at a campaign stop in Columbus, Ohio earlier this week. "I was not 'left outside' an umbrella."

Read more: http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/03/christie_i_am_not_becoming_donald_trumps_sidekick.html#incart_river_index









Chris Here :

Let me make this perfectly blunt-,
Ask me no questions and I will tell you no lies. I have no intentions of becoming Donald Trump's road dog. But if I do, I will not, I repeat, I will not be strapped up on top of one of Donald's campaign vehicles in a dogie travel container. I am here to work and even if I'm not here ,I always carry my phone with me. In the words of my x friend G.W. Bush , you would be surprised at how much work gets done over the phone. And I will confess , I am a phony .


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Christie: I am not being used as Trump's 'Sidekick' (Original Post) Wash. state Desk Jet Mar 2016 OP
In prison, you would not be called a "sidekick" jpak Mar 2016 #1
I was about to make the same observation. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2016 #4
well Chris greymattermom Mar 2016 #2
No, Crispy Cream, he's not kicking you in the side: He's squaring up for solid kicks to your ass... Journeyman Mar 2016 #3
Or nuts. nt awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #20
Gov. Christie, I'm sure Trump doesn't call you his "sidekick." Paladin Mar 2016 #5
I don't think he is a sidekick either rurallib Mar 2016 #6
Being Donald's flunky is less painful than being in New Jersey. /nt NCjack Mar 2016 #7
Shouldn't Governor Crispy Creme be a little more slender at this point? dorkzilla Mar 2016 #8
Of course you aren't a sidekick Chris! A Simple Game Mar 2016 #9
Not Trump's sidekick, no DebbieCDC Mar 2016 #10
Easy there Chris.... MrWendel Mar 2016 #11
I believe he is struggling for the words - I am the obsequious and parasitical ooze; the cloacal Solly Mack Mar 2016 #12
He's not high enough on the food chain to be a sidekick rpannier Mar 2016 #13
Now go get us some coffee, Chris, while I talk to Uncle Ben and Little Marco here world wide wally Mar 2016 #14
Get back in your doggie cage, Christie. That's a good boy. keithbvadu2 Mar 2016 #15
That is just pathetic. Christie has no self respect whatsoever. yellowcanine Mar 2016 #16
The Internet is so sloppy. truthisfreedom Mar 2016 #17
"I have no intentions of becoming Donald Trump's road dog. But if I do..." Blue Dalek Mar 2016 #18
No Chris you aren't his sidekick, you're his bitch. (nt) apnu Mar 2016 #19
I would LOVE to know what the Donald has on Jersey Fats. bklyncowgirl Mar 2016 #21
Would you prefer to call his "gunsel"? MurrayDelph Mar 2016 #22

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,276 posts)
4. I was about to make the same observation.
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 06:54 PM
Mar 2016

"Sidekick" suggests some relative level of respect. The other thing doesn't...

Paladin

(28,202 posts)
5. Gov. Christie, I'm sure Trump doesn't call you his "sidekick."
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 06:55 PM
Mar 2016

I'm sure his terminology is a lot less flattering....and considerably more off-color.......

dorkzilla

(5,141 posts)
8. Shouldn't Governor Crispy Creme be a little more slender at this point?
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 07:01 PM
Mar 2016

I had 2 former colleagues who both had the gastric surgery and they were much thinner pretty quickly (less than a year). This presupposes he's actually following a diet of some sort, but he doesn't look much thinner to me. Was it worth all the fuss?

He's still a fathead and no amount of dieting will change that.

A Simple Game

(9,214 posts)
9. Of course you aren't a sidekick Chris!
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 07:09 PM
Mar 2016

Because if Donnie were to ever upgrade you to sidekick you would be the one holding the umbrella over his head.

Solly Mack

(90,740 posts)
12. I believe he is struggling for the words - I am the obsequious and parasitical ooze; the cloacal
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 07:35 PM
Mar 2016

barnacle to flotsam. The aspirational attendant to suppuration. In short, I am the stink in Trump's shit.



But maybe I'm just hearing things.

rpannier

(24,304 posts)
13. He's not high enough on the food chain to be a sidekick
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 07:39 PM
Mar 2016

More like a lackey or stooge
Like the one Jack Nicholson shot when he played the Joker in Batman

yellowcanine

(35,692 posts)
16. That is just pathetic. Christie has no self respect whatsoever.
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 10:51 PM
Mar 2016

He will whore his self respect on the altar of his ambition.

truthisfreedom

(23,113 posts)
17. The Internet is so sloppy.
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 11:02 PM
Mar 2016

I'm sick of doing editor's jobs for them. Ugh.

Sigh.

"Christie: I am not used to being Trump's 'Sidekick'"

Blue Dalek

(178 posts)
18. "I have no intentions of becoming Donald Trump's road dog. But if I do..."
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 10:04 AM
Mar 2016

Wait...what? He just said he has no intention being DT's road dog but then he says but if he does. Typical repub rhetoric.

bklyncowgirl

(7,960 posts)
21. I would LOVE to know what the Donald has on Jersey Fats.
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 08:09 PM
Mar 2016

Something to do with certain bankrupt Atlantic City casinos, mayhap?

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