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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe new TIME cover
Chris Christie is wearing a New Jersey Building Trades lapel pin in the cover photo for this weeks Time.
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The new TIME cover (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Jan 2013
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Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)1. Isn't that the union that just endorsed him? n/t
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)8. The "Building Trades" is an affiliation of unions involved in construction.
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)9. And didn't they just recently endorse him? n/t
MichiganVote
(21,086 posts)2. Looks like Tony Soprano
Walk away
(9,494 posts)3. There he is! A great big Trojan Horse...
Dems love him! I hope Democrats quit the Christie worship. I don't want him as my governor for another 4 years and I sure don't want him as POTUS in 2016.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)4. Mr. Potato Head without the glasses.
gkhouston
(21,642 posts)5. His 2016 platform: A noun, a verb, and Sandy. n/t
Archae
(46,327 posts)6. Don't forget his kiss-up to the NRA.
Blamed violent video games and wouldn't answer anything about any sensible gun control.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022163608
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)7. Lol
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie joked Wednesday with radio host Don Imus that he was reporting Time to the "anti-Italian defamation league" after seeing its latest cover.
"I mean, come on," Christie said. "I cant wait for that to come home for my kids to see it."
"The Boss" could be a reference to Christie's beloved Springsteen. But Manny Alfano, founder of the Italian-American One Voice Coalition, doesn't think that's the case, according to the Asbury Park Press.
Why didnt they just put Al Capones picture up there? he told the paper. "When it comes to having a picture like that and using the words 'The Boss' you know, what else but mob-affiliated.
"I mean, come on," Christie said. "I cant wait for that to come home for my kids to see it."
"The Boss" could be a reference to Christie's beloved Springsteen. But Manny Alfano, founder of the Italian-American One Voice Coalition, doesn't think that's the case, according to the Asbury Park Press.
Why didnt they just put Al Capones picture up there? he told the paper. "When it comes to having a picture like that and using the words 'The Boss' you know, what else but mob-affiliated.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/jtes/chris-christie-doesnt-like-his-time-cover
I think he's closer to a dinosaur myself.