Chris Christie has seen Springsteen play 127 times.

[KamaAina]

127 times. And apparently nothing that Bruce has ever sung about has managed to sink through all those layers of bone surrounding Christie's tiny little pea brain.

http://news.yahoo.com/nj-gov-says-didnt-nod-off-springsteen-show-173238442.html

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie insists he was listening — not sleeping — during a recent Bruce Springsteen concert in New York City.

Christie says a fan snapped a photo of him with head back and eyes closed during the show at Madison Square Garden one day after returning from the Middle East. The governor says The New York Post incorrectly concluded that he had dozed off.

Christie told reporters Thursday that actually he simply leaned back and shut his eyes to listen to the spiritual-sounding song "Rocky Ground" when the picture was taken.

The governor is a mega-fan who has attended 127 Springsteen concerts, though he and Springsteen seldom agree politically.

He probably still thinks "Born In The U.S.A" is an upbeat, patriotic anthem.

[bluedigger]

1. I still don't like him.

And I doubt #128 is going to do the trick, either.

[Erose999]

2. I give him kudos. RW music, Nuge, Toby Keith, etc etc is damn near un-listenable. I couldn't listen

that shite even if ALEC were paying me to.

[Bake]

6. Toby Keith is a Democrat.

Bake

[Spider Jerusalem]

12. A right-wing Democrat who voted for Bush and donated to Rick Perry's primary campaign.

"Democrat" and "right wing" are not mutually exclusive. (See: Zell Miller.)

[Erose999]

13. He plays to a RW audience though. He ain't exactly Woodie Guthrie.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. No, Christie was hearing but not listening.

Bruce's songs didn't resonate to Christie as reflected in his policies and his condemnations of working people, public employees, teachers, Democrats in New Jersey.

[wilt the stilt]

4. ugh! can you imagine

being next to that fat sweaty pig at a concert.

[Tikki]

5. Maybe christie is stalking Bruce...

Prob fixated on Bruce.....


Tikki

[Initech]

7. 127 times????? Most I've ever seen a band is 10 - Iron Maiden.

I think Dream Theater might be second with 7 (and seeing Jordan Ruddess play a solo show). 127 though is like unheard of.

[KamaAina]

8. I don't even know of any Deadheads who racked up 127!

The most within my own circle is 75. A measly 13 for me, in case you're wondering.

[Initech]

9. I think he just made that number up!

I went to my first Phish show last year (amazing) and my friend and I met some hardcore Phish fans and I think the most anyone had seen them was in 20 - 25 range.

[KamaAina]

10. No way!

You actually think he can count that high? ;-P

[Initech]

11. Or maybe he saw the movie "127 Hours" and that was the first number he thought of.

[CBGLuthier]

14. There are exactly.... 57.... communists in the defense department