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

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Mon Jan 9, 2012, 05:24 PM

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I did not think of it as a offensive oral sex joke, I read it "going down" jersey style "Sopranos" [View all] demtenjeep Jan 2012 OP

"going down" in New Jerseyese = "happening" n/t SixthSense Jan 2012 #1

most people don't live in new jersey spanone Jan 2012 #17

You don't have to live in NJ to have heard this old song: pnwmom Jan 2012 #26

I'm truly speechless. Don't think it's happened before. Happyhippychick Jan 2012 #2

He is the pits, and I share your bewilderment about why people (Repukes) like him whathehell Jan 2012 #3

I'm sorry, are you talking about Chris Christie... Capitalocracy Jan 2012 #6

How about "All of the above"? whathehell Jan 2012 #18

What? Hit men? Guy's a large blob of santorum. n/t Scuba Jan 2012 #4

Whatever it was, it was tasteless and juvenile of him to say it. Vinca Jan 2012 #5

The poor righties who feel discriminated against by the liberal world around them love this stuff... rfranklin Jan 2012 #7

That's what I thought LiberalAndProud Jan 2012 #29

Yeah... I think they're stretching it to a sexual innuendo. JohnnyRingo Jan 2012 #8

Ewww....and that interpretation whathehell Jan 2012 #19

All's fair, but if we push this angle it will show more about what's going down with US pnwmom Jan 2012 #25

Allen "macaca" episode was NOT done in private! It was at a fundraiser! Cooley Hurd Jan 2012 #9

I think Christie channels James Cagney a lot. He loves "tough talk", thinks he's cool. Crude monmouth Jan 2012 #10

I am sticking with the oral sex angle Vinnie From Indy Jan 2012 #11

when I heard it - I took it as a sexual thing nadine_mn Jan 2012 #12

Geesh, so now.... Riftaxe Jan 2012 #15

LOL. Great counter-example. n/t pnwmom Jan 2012 #24

Sometimes it's the person who said something that adds context. JohnnyRingo Jan 2012 #28

I think it was an intentional double entendre Gormy Cuss Jan 2012 #13

I don't. The non-sexual use is much older, at least in NJ, pnwmom Jan 2012 #21

Not only in N.J. - nothing emilyg Jan 2012 #34

It made me feel old, too -- having grown up in a time pnwmom Jan 2012 #36

Christie ProSense Jan 2012 #14

"something going down" also simply means "something happening". nt Romulox Jan 2012 #16

True...His..um.. "uninspiring" physique aside, I doubt he meant it in a sexual way. whathehell Jan 2012 #20

I'm surprised he didn't add, "Now shut up and go fix me a sandwich." MilesColtrane Jan 2012 #22

I agree. And here's a typical example of it being used without any sexual connotations. pnwmom Jan 2012 #23

The condescension was in "sweetheart" DLine Jan 2012 #27

His use of the word "Sweetheart" made me think he was referring to oral sex. Arugula Latte Jan 2012 #30

I agree with you Bohunk68 Jan 2012 #37

As always, outrage is in the eye of the beholder. cherokeeprogressive Jan 2012 #31

Somethings going down tonight, like a full side of beef and 8 gallons of gravy Motown_Johnny Jan 2012 #32

Jersey Style? YEah Christie and Snookie... SomethingFishy Jan 2012 #33

Im assuming Christie is Italian Charlemagne Jan 2012 #35

"Something is happening" MadrasT Jan 2012 #38