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Video: Chris Christie Tells Jon Stewart What It's Like To Hug Springsteen
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John Del Signore
Published Dec 7, 2012
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Big mouth Jersey boys Chris Christie and Jon Stewart got down to brass tacks last night in a lengthy interview on The Daily Show. They jumped right in with the important stuff by discussing Christie's recent encounter with Bruce Springsteen during a benefit for Hurricane Sandy victims. The NJ Governor's man hug with the Boss was analyzed in great detail, and you can tell Stewart, arguably a bigger Springsteen fan than Christie, wasn't jealous at all.
They also discussed the devastation wrought on the Garden State from Hurricane Sandy, and Christie stressed that communities destroyed along the shore are, for the most part, not affluent areas—80% of the homes destroyed are the homeowners' sole residence, according to Christie. Here's the first clip of the three part extended interview:
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
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Then they got into Christie's praise for Obama in the days before the election, which infuriated Republicans:
"The week before the storm, you were out there: ‘President Obama couldn’t lead his way out of a paper bag,' " Stewart said. "And then right after the storm was over, you were like: ‘This man is a leader.’ ”
Christie replied, “What it tells me is that people have different skill sets at different times.” Stewart, incredulously, replied, “So he wasn’t a leader until you needed... leadership?”
Here are parts two and three for all your Jersey Dude needs:
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
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Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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