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ATTENTION OF THE BLAZE,
OBVIOUSLY, A CONSERVATIVE BLOG.
THERE'S CHRIS CHRISTIE,
OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S A TONY SOPRANO
PICTURE, RIGHT?
HE'S A MOB BOSS, COMING OUT TO
GET THE MAIL IN HIS ROBE AND HIS
WIFE ***.
IS THIS, ALEC, THE RIGHT
DESPERATELY GRABBING ON TO
ANYTHING TO DISCREDIT CRITICISM
OF CHRISTIE, OR IS THEIR POINT
THERE A VALID COMPLAINT, WHICH
IS THAT IS ESSENTIALLY THAT
RACIAL, THEY SAY YOU COULDN'T
HAVE DONE THAT IF SOMEONE WAS
BLACK, YOU COULDN'T HAVE CALLED
THEM A GANGSTER, HOW CAN YOU
CALL HIM BASICALLY A MEMBER OF
THE MOB WITH THAT PICTURE?
>> SURE, IT'S A FAIR QUESTION.
WE GAVE THAT IMAGE SOME
CONSIDERATION.
I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT, ALSO,
IT'S NOT ON THE COVER OF THE
MAGAZINE, IT'S INSIDE.
BUT WE DECIDED THAT THE PICTURE
REALLY, THE PICTURE FOR US WAS
POWERFUL, BECAUSE IT CAPTURES
TWO THINGS.
IT CAPTURES NEW JERSEY IN A WAY
THAT EVOKES NEW JERSEY IN A WAY
THAT ALMOST NOTHING ELSE CAN.
TONY SOPRANO IS ONE OF THE TOP,
YOU KNOW, THE ULTIMATE NEW
JERSEY POP CULTURAL ICON ALONG
WITH BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN.
SO IT EVOKES NEW JERSEY.
>> THERE'S ALSO SNOOKI.
>> RIGHT.
IT ALSO EVOKES THE PATHOS,
REALLY, OF THE CURRENT MOMENT
FOR CHRIS CHRISTIE, AND THE
SUDDEN FALLING OF HIS STANDING,
FOR ME, THIS IMAGE OF HIM COMING
DOWN THE DRIVE FROM THE MANSION
TO GET HIS NEWSPAPER EVOKES THAT
SORT OF MOMENT.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT
THAT THE PIECE ITSELF, IF YOU
READ THE PIECE, AND IT'S A LONG
PIECE, SO THAT'S NO EASY THING,
BUT THE PIECE ITSELF HAS ZERO
INSINUATION WHATSOEVER OF ANY
KIND OFFETTE ETHICAL, ORGANIZED
CRIMISH KIND OF, YOU KNOW,
INSINUATIONS ABOUT CHRIS