• February 11, 2012

Oh, how we are looking forward to the midterm elections! They’re the most fun: dozens of close races where we couldn’t care less about who wins, each defined by some hilarious racist remark or decades-old hotel affair or nutty family member. OR — as is the case in this rare 2009 election, for New Jersey governor — weight. “Political experts” monitoring the race between Jon Corzine and Republican Chris Christie have been wondering for a while now whether Christie’s campaign will sink under his massive massive super-fat insanely obese body. The Fats have rarely done well in elections — it’s true! — at least in the modern era, when male fatness stopped being a symbol of wealth and power and Land. So, is Corzine playing the “fat card” against his fat opponent, in his new ad?

No! Stop being so nitpicky about common metaphors, you bloggers!

But then again! It is kind of peculiar that we don’t see an image of fat Chris Christie until the very moment when the ad accuses him of “throwing his weight around.” It is only then that we see his fat, fat head, which dovetails most professionally into footage of the fat Chris Christie looking funny as he steps out of a car. Fat people always look funny when they step out of cars. Especially in slow-motion!

On another note, isn’t this a potential VULNERABILITY for Corzine, to release a full attack on an opponent for not taking the proper vehicular safety measures? Granted, there are degrees of everything… but…

Chris Christie is FAT. HE EATS SANDWICHES MADE OF SMALL CHILDREN. CHRIS CHRISTIE DOES THIS.

Corzine accuses Christie of ‘throwing weight around’ [Ben Smith]

{ 82 comments }

bitchincamaro September 23, 2009 at 4:36 pm

Wait. Didn’t Corzine kill all those people on the Garden State Parkway this summer, driving drunk, the wrong way? No? O.K.

Scarab September 23, 2009 at 4:36 pm

‘Chris’ means ‘Sirhan’ in Arabic, just saying.

Prommie September 23, 2009 at 4:37 pm

Fat fuck Christie. He eats box after box after box of dicks, is his problem.

Suds McKenzie September 23, 2009 at 4:40 pm

At least I didn’t see his cooch when he got out of the car.

shellbomber September 23, 2009 at 4:40 pm

I was hoping for fatter. Like Mike Huckabee fat.

Johnny Zhivago September 23, 2009 at 4:40 pm

The funny thing is that both sides are slinging mud at each other’s driving records – and little else. Corzine of course was in an accident (with a trooper driving), speeding at 90 MPH without a seatbelt on.

Both of them are basically assholes, but just remember this – if either of them offer you a ride – don’t take it!

DemmeFatale September 23, 2009 at 4:41 pm

Stay classy, Jersey!!

jetjaguar September 23, 2009 at 4:41 pm

Mr. Fatty McFattyingtons, I presume!

Scarab September 23, 2009 at 4:42 pm

Double Name, Triple Chin – vote Christie!

mcc September 23, 2009 at 4:44 pm

What we need is a montage sequence in which Mike Huckabee shows up and puts Chris Christie through a brief but intense weight-losing regimen involving exercise occurring at various New Jersey landmarks.

Canmon (the Inadequate) September 23, 2009 at 4:45 pm

The fats are now in the majority.

RoscoePColtraine September 23, 2009 at 4:45 pm

[re=417776]bitchincamaro[/re]: No he wasn’t drunk, wasn’t driving and wasn’t wearing his seatbelt. But you didn’t get the point of the ad. “Chris Christie is a fat fuck waste of space” is the take-away message here. Reckless driving is merely incidental.

Scruffy_The_Janitor September 23, 2009 at 4:45 pm

As a Pleasently-Plump American, I am simply offended by the insinuation I can get away with not getting a ticket because of my sexy figure…also.

Doris Ziffel September 23, 2009 at 4:45 pm

Christ Christy?

He should lose cuz his name is too Jeebusy. Sounds like Santa Claus.

Judas Peckerwood September 23, 2009 at 4:46 pm

Ah, my old home state never fails to amuse.

Extemporanus September 23, 2009 at 4:48 pm

Christie, Christie, Christie, can’t you see?
Somtimes your folds just hypnotize me.
And I just love your fleshy ways,
Guess that’s why you broke that cyclist’s leg [Uh!]

Call me, Big GOPpa! I wanna have your baby, bay-bee!

Click September 23, 2009 at 4:51 pm

Fat, but not fat enough to have his own gravitational pull.

Crank Tango September 23, 2009 at 4:55 pm

I thought Peter Griffin lived in Rhode Island?

Lascauxcaveman September 23, 2009 at 4:56 pm

The best elections are when the incumbent is such a thoroughly hated scuzzball that his only chance to win is to spend millions tearing down the other guy.

The funnest elections, anyway.

TGY September 23, 2009 at 4:57 pm

Well, if Christie wins he’ll already have a float for the victory parade.

Limeylizzie September 23, 2009 at 4:57 pm

He looks like the bastard bother of that other fat bastard, Bill Bennett.

Tundra Grifter September 23, 2009 at 4:57 pm

Chris Christie – so big they had to name him twice.

Not_So_Much September 23, 2009 at 4:58 pm

[re=417787]shellbomber[/re]: Or at least Denny Hastert fat. He’s only Mitch McConnell/Newt fat.

pampl September 23, 2009 at 4:58 pm

“But then again! It is kind of peculiar that we don’t see an image of fat Chris Christie until the very moment when the ad accuses him of ‘throwing his weight around.’”

Even more damning is that we don’t see an image of his premature O-face until just before the ad says he “got off easy”.

Extemporanus September 23, 2009 at 4:59 pm

[re=417797]mcc[/re]: There’s already a reality TV show starring Mike Huckabee.

It’s called The Biggest Loser, and is centered around his upcoming presidential “run”.

Guppy06 September 23, 2009 at 5:00 pm

[re=417789]Johnny Zhivago[/re]: Nothing left to go on besides driving records. Any other candidates that were even dirtier than these two were swept up in the FBI sting two months ago.

Heck, are there any eligible voters left in Joyzy that aren’t in a federal pen?

Car Ramrod September 23, 2009 at 5:01 pm

[re=417789]Johnny Zhivago[/re]: Both of them are basically assholes
Well, duh. It was established right out of the gate that they’re both from New Jersey.

mcc September 23, 2009 at 5:01 pm

[re=417825]Extemporanus[/re]: …Is this a joke? I sort of don’t have television so I honestly can’t tell

user-of-owls September 23, 2009 at 5:02 pm

How many weeks left in this campaign? Enough for us to get to “my dick’s bigger than yours” stage, or only enough to make it to “my dad could beat up your dad”?

facehead September 23, 2009 at 5:03 pm

Pass the Billy Beer, Wonkette gonna have some fun!

Extemporanus September 23, 2009 at 5:03 pm

[re=417820]Tundra Grifter[/re]: YES! “Chris Christie” is the new “Yo momma”.

Chris Christie so fat, when he hauls ass from the scene of an accident, he has to make two trips!

hobospacejunkie September 23, 2009 at 5:04 pm

Fuck fuckity fuck fuck fuck. If my memory serves, Corzine ain’t no l’il Baryshnikov either. Or maybe the beard just makes him seem more massive. Either way, who the fuck doesn’t wear a seatbelt? That’s just fuckin’ dumb.

germansteel September 23, 2009 at 5:05 pm

His parents should be sued for lack of imagination or lazy naming or whatev’s.

bitchincamaro September 23, 2009 at 5:09 pm

[re=417799]RoscoePColtraine[/re]: M.A.F.McF.: Mother Against Fatty McFucks!

assistant/atlas September 23, 2009 at 5:11 pm

What? I just watched that ad (sadly) and if they were going to make fun of him for being fat, they could do a lot better. Shots of Christie eating, breathing heavy, doing anything physical…sweat stains are good, too. Seriously, guys, if you’re gonna make fun of someone for being fat, don’t be a pussy about it.

But seriously, what a weak campaign spot. If I were Corzine, every commercial I made would include pictures of Christie making out with Karl Rove. Because if there’s one thing Americans dislike more than fatties, it’s turdblossoms. Gay turdblossoms.

germansteel September 23, 2009 at 5:11 pm

He has enough surface space to be his own country, so yeah, he should have his own set of rules.

Click September 23, 2009 at 5:11 pm

Christ on a Chris Christie Extra-Crispy Crutch!

AnnieGetYourFun September 23, 2009 at 5:13 pm

Is Ken secretly working for Corzine’s ad team?

ericstoltz September 23, 2009 at 5:17 pm

Huh? Thorazine? Why is a prescription drug running for public office?

Oh, it’s New Jersey.

Formerly Preferred September 23, 2009 at 5:18 pm

I hate it when someone plays the fat card. So greasy.

Seriously, the slo-mo shot at the end, with Christie levering his brobdingnagian girth out of the suddenly-small-seeming Suburban, is epic. Reminds me of the fat-jiggle shot from the Simpsons, when Homer gets shot in the gut by a cannon. It is too bad they could not find any shots of Christie engaged in calisthenics. Actually, that’s not too bad. Nor is it particularly surprising.

queeraselvis v 2.0 September 23, 2009 at 5:24 pm

[re=417846]assistant/atlas[/re]: Gay turdblossoms.

If there were any way that Corzine could connect the dots between Christie and McGreevy (who apparently New Jersey still regards as lower than snail shit), it would be game over.

bitchincamaro September 23, 2009 at 5:27 pm

When Christie starts blowing his “I prosecuted terrorists successfully” horn, sit down and listen to this long, sad, and funny tale.

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=387

BobTheBuilder September 23, 2009 at 5:28 pm

Problem is, compared to the average American he’s skinny.

donner_froh September 23, 2009 at 5:32 pm

William Howard Taft

slowuncle September 23, 2009 at 5:33 pm

This is really crappy timing; I’ve used up all my good fat-jokes on the Teabaggers.

queeraselvis v 2.0 September 23, 2009 at 5:35 pm

[re=417864]BobTheBuilder[/re]: Well, maybe not the average American. Now the average Teabagger… that I would totally believe.

vitira September 23, 2009 at 5:38 pm

Can a man who never met a Twinkie he didn’t like be governor of New Jersey. Probably, considering who else has had the job.

shortsshortsshorts September 23, 2009 at 5:38 pm

GOLDMAN-SACHS WILL FOLLOW YOU EVERYWHERE, CORZINE. DOOM TO YOU. DOOOOOOOM.

magic titty September 23, 2009 at 5:39 pm

Chris Christie is a fat piece of shit, but it’s the ‘piece of shit’ part that is worrying the voters.

geminisunmars September 23, 2009 at 5:49 pm

Well, if we really wanted representative government, Christie would be the winner.

Extemporanus September 23, 2009 at 5:51 pm

[re=417786]Suds McKenzie[/re]: I doubt that he’s ever seen his cooch, either.

RoscoePColtraine September 23, 2009 at 5:52 pm

[re=417881]vitira[/re]: Golan Cipel is not a twinkie!

Humpback September 23, 2009 at 5:53 pm

Is this commercial offering me the chance to get away with reckless driving if I vote for Christie? Sign me up!

Capitol Hillbilly September 23, 2009 at 5:58 pm

They would never run this ad in Ohio. The Taft machine still pulls a lot of weight up there, if ya know whatimean.

Pierce Moffett September 23, 2009 at 6:03 pm

A small Chris Christie snuck off to the city
strung out on lasers and slash-back blazers
and ate all your razors while pulling the waiters
talking bout Monroe and walking on snow white
New York’s a go-go and anything tastes nice
poor little Christie

DirtyHippie September 23, 2009 at 6:05 pm

All I can hear in my head is Majorie Dawes, the Fat Fighters lady from Little Britain USA.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN2B3Tg0dNM

imissopus September 23, 2009 at 6:25 pm

[re=417797]mcc[/re]: While Eye of the Tiger plays on the soundtrack.

Skwerl Nutz September 23, 2009 at 6:27 pm

Chris Christie: “Cut spending, but not FAT”
He is the epitome of Tony Soprano, the fat fuck.

Rotundo September 23, 2009 at 6:30 pm

[re=417855]Formerly Preferred[/re]: Hey, they could have spliced in slo-mo footage of elephants and rhinos defecating or pigs eating at a feedlot after Christie pops out of the SUV. They went as classy as they could…

Lazy Media September 23, 2009 at 6:31 pm

How many New Jersey voters say, “Ew, fattie, no!” compared to the number of New Jersey voters who say, “Fat? He looks just like me.”

The point being America, fat. Is.

Brendan M. September 23, 2009 at 6:32 pm

[re=417915]Capitol Hillbilly[/re]: Not really, no. Former Gov. Taft makes Corzine seem as popular as Oprah + Sliced Bread x 1 million and, as the future generation of Taft is more interested in pot than carrying on the political dynasty, I wouldn’t worry about that family making a comeback.

Sharkey September 23, 2009 at 6:40 pm

One set of baby back ribs for himself, another for everyone else.

kenboy September 23, 2009 at 6:42 pm

I’m voting for the independent, Chris Daggett. He’s socially liberal, and his ad is awesome:

Jukesgrrl September 23, 2009 at 7:07 pm

Hey! A steady diet of the finest gourmet hot dogs and cheese fries from the WindMill will do that to ya. Eight locations … coming soon to Hoboken.

Joehoya September 23, 2009 at 7:47 pm

Chris Christie: If you can’t trust him with your fries, how can you trust him with your government?

Scandalabra September 23, 2009 at 8:32 pm

Christie has definitely locked in the all-important New Brunswick chubby chaser vote.

badmuthagoose September 23, 2009 at 8:45 pm

Ha ha ha ha, he’s so fat. I kinda liked the slo-mo shot of him getting out of the car. Hey, at least he wasn’t driving, right?

Joshua Norton September 23, 2009 at 9:28 pm

Yeahbut…. If they’re in too good a shape, they’ve probably done gay porn.

I’m just saying…..

Joshua Norton September 23, 2009 at 9:30 pm

Hey, at least he wasn’t driving, right?

I thought he was wearing it.

Extemporanus September 23, 2009 at 10:37 pm

[re=418096]Joshua Norton[/re]: “Does this Chevy Blazer make me look fat?”

Extemporanus September 23, 2009 at 10:39 pm

[re=417828]mcc[/re]: Is this a joke?

Just barely…

Witsendnj September 23, 2009 at 10:41 pm

heh heh. I was on the short list to be his official photographer but didn’t get the job. Next thing I know, he’s in the hospital. Poetic justice? YOU decide.

No really my thought was, thank god I wasn’t on assignment and having to choose, do I recklessly hurtle through space at speeds defying safety without a seatbelt? Or do I put on my seatbelt at any speed and implicitly criticize my all-powerful employer? One, I would have been seriously injured, two, I would have been fired.

oh, well.

sezme September 23, 2009 at 11:17 pm

Next ad:
“Chris Christie is so fat that when he backs up there should be a beeping noise.
But there isn’t.
Chris Christie: unsafe at any speed.”

btwbfdimho September 23, 2009 at 11:43 pm

Is Penn, Schoen & Berland running Corzine’s campaign?

gargamel2 September 23, 2009 at 11:50 pm

Corzine! get in mah belly!

aleks September 24, 2009 at 12:01 am

This could backfire easily, given the morbid girth of the average and the median voter.

LowerdPeninsula September 24, 2009 at 2:51 am

Guys in gingerbread houses shouldn’t throw scones, Corzine.

And, what I mean about that is that Chris looks more like New Jersey than John, so John better be careful about playing so gratuitously the “lard-card”, if you will.

Way Cool Larry September 24, 2009 at 8:20 am

“lard-card”– that’s classic!

volkancan September 24, 2009 at 8:35 am
nightshift September 24, 2009 at 10:31 am

Christie should make an ad of himself running and trying to jump in the back of a truck, a la Rerun. I really want to see him in rainbow suspenders and beret with jiggling man-boobs.

AKAM80TheWolf September 24, 2009 at 9:28 pm

[re=418113]Witsendnj[/re]:
YOU decide

But who reports?

LowerdPeninsula September 24, 2009 at 11:29 pm

[re=418197]Way Cool Larry[/re]: I try. I wanted to just say ‘fat card’, but it doesn’t quite roll off the tongue like lard-card.

BTW, someone should dub Kelis’s “Milkshake” over that video. That’d be so hot.

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