"I am not going to allow the media and the hacks in the Democratic Party to turn this into something that allows them to do what they always like to do, which is get away from serious issues where you have to make hard choices for things that matter, because they want to have a circus," he said during a visit here for a bill-signing.This is a man who understands his brand. His approval rating may not be so hot, but he knows that the reason Republicans love him and tout him as a national candidate is the pleasure he seems to take in getting into fights, berating people, and being a bully, whether it's Democratic legislators, teachers, or just ordinary citizens who ask him impertinent questions. Perhaps if he does end up running for president, his slogan can be, "Chris Christie: F--k me? No, f--k you!"Of the Democrats and others who said his helicopter use might have been illegal, Mr. Christie said, "These guys are a joke."He added, "They know full well, full well, that it was none of that stuff at all."
He lashed out at one Democratic legislator who announced plans to hold a hearing on the matter, and at another, Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle, who had said that leaving his son’s game in the fifth inning on Tuesday to meet with the fund-raisers "says something about the governor's priorities."
"She should really be embarrassed at what a jerk she is," Mr. Christie said.
