Chris Christie Is Everywhere
Time
There is one celebrity in pop culture who is inescapable. It’s not Justin Bieber or any one of the multitude of Kardashians. It’s Chris Christie.
The New Jersey governor who is constantly in the headlines, most recently for his press conference attacking House Republicans for failing to pass aid to victims of Hurricane Sandy, appears on the cover of this week’s Time Magazine and was also interviewed on the Today Show and Good Morning America. Why has Christie become such a national political celebrity?
Simple, because he’s a good quote.
After all, Christie went on Don Imus’s radio show this morning and joked about his Time Magazine cover stating that he would report the magazine to “the anti-Italian defamation league” for using an intimidating picture of the New Jersey Governor with the caption “the Boss.” This was after his interview with Charlie Rose on Good Morning America where he said that his daughter was very happy that Cory Booker wasn’t running against him. Christie told Rose that his daughter said, ‘You need to tell Mr. Booker that if he runs against you, I’m unfollowing him. So I’m glad Sarah doesn’t have to unfollow Cory on Twitter.”
Christie’s willingness to speak his mind, added by the fact that he is easy to cover from New York City, has helped make him a national political figure. After all, journalists can deal with countless banal politicians who just repeat talking points, they have fewer and fewer options for political figures who aren’t scripted and very few, who like Christie, are truly larger than life. The result means that as long as Christie continues to be himself, he will always have a platform in the press.
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