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CBS News/ July 11, 2012, 5:13 PM

Chris Christie "by the numbers"

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(CBS News) The New Jersey governor's office somehow managed to determine that the "Late Show with David Letterman" has made 327,832 fat jokes about Chris Christie. As for the number of questions he's received about running for either president or vice president? His aides could only summarize, "Too many to count."

A press release titled "Chris Christie by the numbers" went up on the governor's website Wednesday, taking "a look back at everything across three balanced budgets." Ranging everywhere from Twitter followers (125,820) to bills vetoed (39) to Politifact.com ratings of "Pants on Fire" (four), the list boils down to the apparent point of the list: "Tax increases: 0."

The infographic is likely just a reminder to Christie's constituents, or his office merely having some fun, but it will surely kick up the dust that had somewhat settled around his speculated role in presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney's veepstakes consideration.

Take a look:

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waltjr97 says:
All these comments really scare me. If we, the voters vote for what we are told we'll be done and/or will happen on who we vote for, better wake up and get their message to congress who is supposed to making the major decisions. If not everything is going happen via executive orders. Lately if your a taker I'm sure you love them, if your still a giver you no doubt feel your being used.
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rememberwhatbushdid says:
REALWORLDNOW...WOW HAVE YOU MISSED THE POINT. THE OBSTRUCTIONIST CONGRESS DEPRIVED YOU AND THE REST OF AMERICA OF THE REFORMS OBAMA SAID HE WANTED TO DO. HIS FIRST TERM HE INHERITED SUCH A MESS THAT IT WAS A VIRTUAL EMERGENCY THAT NEEDED UNDIVIDED ATTENTION...THEN WHEN THE GOP, KNOWING IT WOULD HURT AMERICANS BY THEM OBSTRUCTING, WENT AHEAD ANYWAY, BECAUSE TO THE MONEYED INTERESTS ALL THEY CARE ABOUT IS THEIR OWN GREED AND POWER. SO THE ECONOMY WAS IN AN EVEN BIGGER MESS BY 2010, AND THE MONEYED INTERESTS HAD THE CAPABILITY OF FLOODING THE AIRWAVES WITH LIES AND SOPHISTRY AND GOT MORE GOP ELECTED. WATCH THE NEWS, NOT CABLE, BUT REAL NEWS AND THINK. YOU ARE ALLOWING YOURSELF TO GET SCREWED WHILE ACTUALLY BECOMING PART OF THE PROBLEM IN YOUR OWN COUNTRY.
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nancy_naive says:
He and Romney are sociopathic liars...

Romney said his resignation from Bain in February 1999 means he is not responsible for Bain Capital companies that went bankrupt or laid off workers after that date.

Government documents filed by Mitt Romney state that Romney remained chief executive and chairman until 2002, even creating five new investment partnerships during that time.

Public Securities and Exchange Commission documents filed later by Bain Capital state he remained the firm's "sole stockholder, chairman of the board, chief executive officer, and president."

A Massachusetts financial disclosure form Romney filed in 2003 states that he still owned 100 percent of Bain Capital in 2002.
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nancy_naive replies:
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It's eff'ing astounding. These guys open their mouths and NOTHING comes out but lies. Christie and Romney are pathological liars.

Just once, I like for one of them to point to a stop sign and said it's red, just so I can know they are capable of not lying about everything.
RealWorldNow replies:
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Did Obama promise to cut the deficit in half in his first term, yes he did.
Did Obama promise to use only public money in his campaign for his first term, yes he did.
Did Obama promise to close Gitmo down, Yes he did.
Did Obama promise the ACA would be deficit neutral, yes he did.
Did Obama promise you could keep your current health policy in the future, yes he did.
Did Obama promise the ACA would lower health care costs, yes he did.

All Lies, every one of them, should I keep going? You get the point ?
Naive, astounding!
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nancy_naive says:
"Late Show with David Letterman" has made 327,832 fat jokes about Chris Christie

The show debuted August 1993, runs 5 nights per week for 45 minutes of air time. That's 212,420 minutes TOTAL.

You do the math from here.

If they'd lie about that, then where will the truth begin...
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esq777 says:
It's good to know the NJ governer's office has the time and resources to spend on ridiculous things like this.
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WHAT-IS-HE-SMOKING says:
What a great use of NJ tax dollars.

"(CBS News) The New Jersey governor's office somehow managed to determine that the "Late Show with David Letterman" has made 327,832 fat jokes about Chris Christie."
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