stellaluna29 t1_iufo7x3 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 11:32 PM

Reply to comment by NatAttack50932 in ‘The Hug’ changed American politics. How a Chris Christie-Barack Obama greeting signaled the death of civility. by Flashinglights0101

Lol that’s not what stopped christie from being the nominee. The arrival of trump and the subsequent fervent embracing his open bigotry was what stopped christie from being the nominee.

-MACHO-MAN- t1_iuh7wv2 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 9:17 AM

yup. People massively underestimated this, how sick people were of the clintons, and other things.

NatAttack50932 t1_iufrduj wrote on October 30, 2022 at 11:57 PM

No it was bridgegate

Christie and his entire team were pretty much ostracized from the gop for handing NJ back to dems

Cautious-Syrup-3881 t1_iug8byk wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:09 AM

Honestly, Christie thought he was lot more popular than he really was. I remember someone bringing him up on CD for a lot of nonNJers to say "who?" and the rest knowing him for being obese.