Christie Reportedly Gets Kicked Off Of Amtrak's Quiet Car For Being Too Loud

[deminks]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/chris-christie-train-smoothie?utm_content=buffere4e74&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer


Republican 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]

1. He was on the TRAIN????

[hollysmom]

3. yeah, people are not donating to his campaign

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]

15. Yeah, where's the helicopter?

Must be in the shop.

[MisterP]

16. even George Will rides, and he says scheduled transport is a way to hypnotize people into being

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]

27. I guess the bridge was too crowded

[stevenleser]

39. The 9:55am train from DC to NY is an Acela express train. 90% business class and 10% first class.

And much more expensive and has nicer seats than a regular regional train.

[Lisa D]

2. Just another example of Christie's narcissistic tendencies.

Narcissistic personality disorder is a mental disorder in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance, a deep need for admiration and a lack of empathy for others.

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/narcissistic-personality-disorder/basics/definition/con-20025568

[smirkymonkey]

7. Yes exactly. So why the hell would he pick the "Quiet Car"?

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]

9. Maybe relatively, Christie thought he WAS "quieter" when he was yelling on Amtrack

than his "normal" amplitude/decibel level of speaking.

[Mendocino]

36. His volume control

only has three settings:

1-condescending

2-loud

3-unhinged

[spooky3]

14. He mistook it for the Clown Car.

[mountain grammy]

23. Ha, good one.

[red dog 1]

31. Good one!

[dembotoz]

46. i stumbled on one by mistake...don't use amtrak often

got a phone call and the quiet nazis were everywhere....told them to eat shit
then they showed me some sign...

what crap

[spooky3]

11. That was exactly my thought. He's a textbook definition.

[Smarmie Doofus]

4. Time for an Amtrak delay for "track maintenance" in New Brunswick. nt

[silverweb]

18. My thought, too.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Still, it's delicious to see the big bully treated just like everyone else for a change.

[Gothmog]

5. Christie is not having fun

[Warren DeMontague]

24. Not like his normally enjoyable mornings, when he gets to yell at sick medical marijuana patients

[Art_from_Ark]

42. Is Fred Flintstone still running for President?

I thought he'd dropped out.

[freeplessinseattle]

6. From "The Hill"

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]

8. "Secret Service" & why is the quiet car "notorious"?

[Heddi]

10. It's notorious for being quiet

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]

17. and yet they still allow gum ...

[LiberalElite]

38. Sounds like HEAVEN to me eom

[LuckyLib]

26. His spokesperson's response is sarcastic and snarky.

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]

29. Full of sneer, isn't it?

Kind of different being on the receiving end of being told to "sit down and shut up!"

[NobodyHere]

12. I thought only black women got kicked off trains for being loud.

[kcr]

37. Where did you get that idea? n/t

[sulphurdunn]

43. I got kicked off an Amtrack train

once for smoking in the smoking car. I am not making that up.

[MineralMan]

13. Sounds like a boor, but that's what I'd expect.

Fortunately, he's not presidential material at all.

[Plucketeer]

20. Yeah - but it's kinda funny to try and envision

a Trump/Christie ticket! Bloviating to the MAX!

[MineralMan]

21. Sounds like an American Horror Film to me.

I simply can't envision such a ticket at all. Can't do it.

[bulloney]

19. Christie in a quite car is like putting a size-20 body in a size-4 suit.

Talk about your dichotomies!

[Warren DeMontague]

22. GOOD GOD THAT MAN IS AN ASSHOLE

AM I SHOUTING, HERE? I SAID, THAT MAN IS AN ASSHOLE!

[demosincebirth]

35. People of N.J. elected an asshole twice!

[Major Hogwash]

25. He must've have taken the Nowhere Express.

Going nowhere in a hurry!

[Sunlei]

28. I'd hate to work for him :P

[olddots]

30. was the train moving ?

just kidding NOT !

[marble falls]

32. Brightened up my day. Good for him. Shoulda tossed him off the train!

[red dog 1]

33. Chris Christie IS a Strawberry Smoothie!

[C Moon]

34. What a horrible thing it would be for him to be President. :O

[lonestarnot]

40. Gas bags don't fit in with smart quiet people.

[NBachers]

41. And the article is too polite to mention his cracking of loud farts the whole time.

[hibbing]

44. Was he yelling at a teacher? n/t

[hellraiser69]

45. Why is

the arrogant loud mouth even newsworthy anymore?

[Helen Borg]

47. Was he on the Acela?

Hate it when people make noise in the quiet car!

[NonMetro]

48. It's A Coverup.

He farted again, and railroad workers threatened to strike unless he was thrown off the train!