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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChristie Reportedly Gets Kicked Off Of Amtrak's Quiet Car For Being Too Loud
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/chris-christie-train-smoothie?utm_content=buffere4e74&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=bufferRepublican presidential candidate and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was reportedly kicked off of the quiet car on an Amtrak train from DC to New York for being too loud, Gawker reported Sunday.
A passenger on the train, Alexander Mann, told Gawker that Christie got on the train "last minute" and started yelling at his bodyguards. He then started making phone calls and had "intense" conversations, Mann reportedly said.
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The Amtrak's quiet car prohibits cell phone use and loud noise of any kind.
After about 10 minutes, Christie was asked to leave the quiet car, Mann was quoted as saying.
Christie's campaign did not immediately return a request for comment.
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He'll blame it on the McD's Strawberry Smoothie he was drinking.
pictures here:
http://gawker.com/chris-christie-sipping-a-smoothie-was-kicked-off-an-a-1738543549?rev=1445786383092&utm_campaign=socialflow_gawker_twitter&utm_source=gawker_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
He just has no boundaries, does he.
flor-de-jasmim
(2,125 posts)hollysmom
(5,946 posts)including his designated fund raisers, funny article about it in the local paper. of 250 NJ republicans he named to his committee, less than 100 donated.
moondust
(19,956 posts)Must be in the shop.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)Red sheeple
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/03/diminished-individualism-watch/
http://grist.org/transportation/2011-03-01-george-will-thinks-that-high-speed-rail-aims-for-behavior-modifi/
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2011/03/off_the_rails.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/02/george-will-is-confused-b_n_830541.html
it's the era of bigmouth politics
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)stevenleser
(32,886 posts)And much more expensive and has nicer seats than a regular regional train.
Lisa D
(1,532 posts)http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/narcissistic-personality-disorder/basics/definition/con-20025568
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Didn't it occur to him that other people were in there because they wanted to be in a quiet space? No, he probably just thought "Oh great, it's quiet in here so nobody will interrupt or annoy me during my "very important" phone call. What a jerk.
no_hypocrisy
(46,010 posts)than his "normal" amplitude/decibel level of speaking.
Mendocino
(7,480 posts)only has three settings:
1-condescending
2-loud
3-unhinged
spooky3
(34,401 posts)mountain grammy
(26,598 posts)red dog 1
(27,757 posts)dembotoz
(16,784 posts)got a phone call and the quiet nazis were everywhere....told them to eat shit
then they showed me some sign...
what crap
spooky3
(34,401 posts)Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)silverweb
(16,402 posts)[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Still, it's delicious to see the big bully treated just like everyone else for a change.
Gothmog
(144,884 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)I thought he'd dropped out.
freeplessinseattle
(3,508 posts)The governor sat down and immediately started making phone calls, according to Mann. Christie appeared to be having a heated phone conversation, repeating "this is fricken' ridiculous" and "seriously?! seriously?!"
After about 10 minutes, a train conductor reportedly asked the governor to stop yelling or move to another car.
"He got up and walked out again yelling at his Secret Service," Mann told Gawker.
"On a very full train this morning, the Governor accidentally took a seat in Amtrak's notorious quiet car." Christie spokesperson Samantha Smith said in a statement to The Hill. "After breaking the cardinal rule of the quiet car, the Governor promptly left once he realized the serious nature of his mistake and enjoyed the rest of his time on the train from the cafe car. Sincere apologies to all the patrons of the quiet car that were offended."
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/258043-chris-christie-kicked-out-of-train-car-for-yelling
underpants
(182,585 posts)Heddi
(18,312 posts)Those conductors don't fuck around. If you talk above a whisper, or for prolonged periods of time AT a whisper, they will kick you the fuck out. If the music from your headphones can be heard by others, they will kick you the fuck out. If you are silent and typing too loud on your laptop, they will kick you the fuck out. I heard them give a lady shit for long-term coughing.
The best part of my commute between Philly & Baltimore for work was riding in the quiet car. It truly was the most silent space, aside from the sound of the train itself.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)LuckyLib
(6,817 posts)And inaccurate. He didn't leave of his own will, he was asked to leave. And he "enjoyed the rest of his time on the train from the cafe car" -- how ironic . . . right to the food car.
freeplessinseattle
(3,508 posts)Kind of different being on the receiving end of being told to "sit down and shut up!"
NobodyHere
(2,810 posts)kcr
(15,313 posts)sulphurdunn
(6,891 posts)once for smoking in the smoking car. I am not making that up.
MineralMan
(146,248 posts)Fortunately, he's not presidential material at all.
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)a Trump/Christie ticket! Bloviating to the MAX!
MineralMan
(146,248 posts)I simply can't envision such a ticket at all. Can't do it.
bulloney
(4,113 posts)Talk about your dichotomies!
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)AM I SHOUTING, HERE? I SAID, THAT MAN IS AN ASSHOLE!
demosincebirth
(12,529 posts)Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)Going nowhere in a hurry!
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)olddots
(10,237 posts)just kidding NOT !
marble falls
(56,996 posts)red dog 1
(27,757 posts)C Moon
(12,208 posts)lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)NBachers
(17,080 posts)hibbing
(10,094 posts)hellraiser69
(49 posts)the arrogant loud mouth even newsworthy anymore?
Helen Borg
(3,963 posts)Hate it when people make noise in the quiet car!
NonMetro
(631 posts)He farted again, and railroad workers threatened to strike unless he was thrown off the train!