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kpete

(72,898 posts) Thu Dec 17, 2015, 10:45 AM Dec 2015

“When I stand across from King Hussein of Jordan,
I say to him you have a friend sir who will stand with you to fight this fight.”

— Gov. Chris Christie, quoted by ABC News, arguing that President Obama is not trusted by world leaders. The only problem is that Hussein has been dead since 1999.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/chris-christie-hell-trusted-dead-king-jordan/story?id=35785558

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dead [View all] kpete Dec 2015 OP

Well - They Do Want To Take Our Country Back..... global1 Dec 2015 #1

lol ffr Dec 2015 #19

!!!! ejbr Dec 2015 #24

Fail!!!!! Initech Dec 2015 #2

hit one out of the ballpark! NJCher Dec 2015 #11

Bwah! bigwillq Dec 2015 #3

Chris Christie is an idiot Gothmog Dec 2015 #4

News for the Hard of Hearing... pinboy3niner Dec 2015 #6

This just in ... staggerleem Dec 2015 #12

lolololol JNelson6563 Dec 2015 #16

Dead...Wrong. libdem4life Dec 2015 #7

Trololo song: tblue37 Dec 2015 #29

Not so fast...maybe he had something else in mind. jtuck004 Dec 2015 #8

Ah, BUT . . . cer7711 Dec 2015 #9

What a clown. blackspade Dec 2015 #10

Sadly he might be the sharpest tool in the Con shed. Kalidurga Dec 2015 #13

Almost laughed over this, except it is sooo pitiful! Duval Dec 2015 #14

When he said that I thought he was making some sick joke elmac Dec 2015 #25

I wonder if he knows Charles DeGaulle. Vinca Dec 2015 #15

With the finger pointing and bluster of a schoolyard bully n/t hibbing Dec 2015 #20

Oh, come on, kpete. You know perfectly well he meant Saddam Hussein. KamaAina Dec 2015 #21

Thanks For The Chuckle! ProfessorGAC Dec 2015 #33

Chris Christie for Chief Necromancer 2016! 0rganism Dec 2015 #23

No worries...he's still tight with Sadat BeyondGeography Dec 2015 #26

The problem is, non of the GOP voters caught this liberal N proud Dec 2015 #27

Still. Historic NY Dec 2015 #28

The party of stupid. n/t Binkie The Clown Dec 2015 #31

Maybe Christie is into seances? nt raccoon Dec 2015 #32