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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChristie's $85K Official Portrait Costs More Than 3 Predecessors Combined
By Associated Press | April 19, 2018 10:13 am
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christies official portrait will cost $85,000, which is more than taxpayers shelled out for paintings of his three predecessors combined.
The Record reports that Australian artist Paul Newton will paint the portrait of the Republican who left office after eight years in January. The cost detail was obtained through an open records request.
Democrats Jon Corzine, Richard Codey and Jim McGreevey spent a combined $74,500 for theirs. None served for two terms.
The Christie painting will likely be more formal than one of his best known images of him after he was photographed sitting on a beach closed to the public due to a budget stalemate last year.
Christie appreciated luxury, watching the Dallas Cowboys from owner Jerry Jones box and going to Jordan on the King Abdullah IIs dime.
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Christie's $85K Official Portrait Costs More Than 3 Predecessors Combined (Original Post)
DonViejo
Apr 2018
OP
If they just gave him a high colonic his portrait would fit on a postage stamp
A HERETIC I AM
Apr 2018
#11
It must be difficult to brush out those flaws, when you're working with such a poor subject.
TheBlackAdder
Apr 2018
#16
tblue37
(65,407 posts)1. They had to use a lot more paint and canvas, maybe? nt
fleur-de-lisa
(14,627 posts)2. There is more Christie, so yep, more canvas and paint.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)9. I was going to post that but I thought people would start throwing
things at me
A HERETIC I AM
(24,370 posts)11. If they just gave him a high colonic his portrait would fit on a postage stamp
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,035 posts)13. That was my thought
Ohiogal
(32,006 posts)3. I hope they didn't paint him sitting in a beach chair, LOL
Autumn
(45,107 posts)4. His portrait may have to be way bigger than his three predecessors?
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)5. And.... here come the fat jokes...
But it's okay to make fun of him being fat as long as he's a bad guy. Good fat people should not be offended.
genxlib
(5,528 posts)6. You beat me to it.
And the other posters beat us both.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)10. I'm not offended.
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)15. Great. I am.
I wish I weren't. But I struggle with my self image. Have all my life. What I hear when someone attacks Christie for his weight, is that I start in a hole. And if I slip up, then my weight becomes fair game.
<Shrug> I'm asking people to refrain from attacking people using such terms. I'm not demanding it.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,370 posts)12. Or maybe its just that hes full of shit
spanone
(135,844 posts)7. republicans are frivolous with money when it's the taxpayers
marble falls
(57,106 posts)8. Not even a New Jersey painter?
dembotoz
(16,808 posts)14. did not know hitler was still doing portraits
to capture the true christie
TheBlackAdder
(28,209 posts)16. It must be difficult to brush out those flaws, when you're working with such a poor subject.
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Typical Republican, overspends on a painter--one who isn't even American!
What happened to all of that "Bring it back home" shit?
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