Posted on 11/10/2012 3:26:36 PM PST by Arthurio
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie may have worked closely with President Obama in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, but it appears he’s more emotionally invested in a different budding bromance. Christie admitted at a Monday briefing that he started “weeping” after he hugged Bruce Springsteen at NBC’s telethon for Hurricane Sandy victims on Nov. 2, the Record reported.
Christie is a longtime fan of his fellow New Jerseyan and has attended more than 130 Springsteen concerts over the past 37 years. The governor even sang a version of “Thunder Road” when he made an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in September. Although Springsteen has never hid his liberal leanings, the E Street Band front man set aside his ideological differences with Christie to chat with the Republican governor and his family at the Radio City event to benefit Sandy victims.
(MORE: Poll: Bruce Springsteen Could Be the Boss of New Jersey)
“We hugged,” Christie said to a crowd of relief volunteers in Monmouth County on Monday, according to the Record. “Yeah, we hugged, and he told me it’s official: we’re friends.”
Christie and Springsteen had met twice before, but their interactions were limited to “formal pleasantries,” the Record noted. Their previously tense relationship may have stemmed from their opposing presidential preferences — Christie campaigned for GOP candidate Mitt Romney, while Springsteen was active in fundraisers for Obama. Hurricane Sandy’s devastation, however, managed to bring the two Jersey boys together.
“I told the President today actually that the hug was great and that when we got home there was a lot of weeping because of the hug,” Christie said. “And the President said, ‘Why?’ I said, ‘Well, to be honest, I was the one weeping. Everyone else was fine.’ ”
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Mellencamp, same thing ... and that dumbass picked Edwards.
Christie is an [obviously] HUGE azz!
Bruce died after Darkness.
He needs a cheesecake.
... the new Charlie Crist
He is the cheesecake!
I never liked Springsteen or his music.
BTW, many people think by having the surname Springsteen, that he is Jewish, his surname is a Dutch name with a double vowel which is common with many Dutch Surnames. His name ends in steen and not stein. His mother was Italian, he is Catholic and went to a Catholic elementary school, St. Rose of Lima in Freehold, NJ. Christie and Sprinsteen have something in common, both are Catholic with Italian mothers and non-Italian fathers.
Now he was a great musician.
And here I thought he would sell his soul for some donuts.
I could give him a hard knee in the crotch and he’d cry harder I’ll bet... Big sissy for talking about it...
Everyone loves a millionaire...except the ones who create jobs.
BTW, christie is not on my likable list.
I met Boots Randolph, and I cried my eyes out.
(just kidding....I felt compelled to make a joke of some kind
to cut the ridiculousness of Christie (my Governor) getting emotional over meeting Springsteen.
I met Nervous Norvus!
lolz
Mark my words. Liberal Media is going to fast track him for THEIR 2016 GOP Nod. Yahoo had a Chris Christie vs Hillary poll the other night.
Or at least his panties, post-hug.
Boy do I miss Zappa. “Brown Shoes Don’t Make It”
And Zappa was a rocker who thought for himself.
If Charlie Crist married Chris Christie (not so far-fetched), would it be Charlie Crist Christie, or Chris Christie Crist? Don’t get me started if Christ gets involved....
Hey Bruce....at least there is a precedent for you if Christie is governor.
Chrissie, Boner and Bummer. These people in power who weep in public are unstable.
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