Oct 2, 2009 7:53 pm US/Eastern
Christie To Corzine: Quit Calling Me Fat
On Day After Heated Debate, Republican Challenger Asks Governor To Cut Out Attack Ads Focusing On His Weight
BRANCHBURG, N.J. (CBS) ―
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Republican gubernatiorial hopeful Chris Christie called Gov. Jon Corzine's attack ads about his weight distasteful politics.
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HEADSHOT New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, May 5, 2007.
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The candidates laid out their positions in the first gubernatorial debate Thursday night. Property taxes and the economy dominated the first portion of the 90-minute debate hosted by New Jersey Network.
A poll out Thursday showed a tightening race, with Gov. Jon Corzine cutting into GOP candidate Chris Christie's early lead.
On the day after the heated debate, republican Christie took questions from business leaders at a local college.
This as a small group of students accused the Republican of wanting to limit a woman's access to mammograms.
"I'm doing this cause my aunt died last year of breast cancer. She was denied health care," said Maria Abbas of Hillsborough.
Christie said Democrat Corzine's the one spreading lies about him wanting to drop mammograms for some women. Christie, who has talked about his mother's struggle with breast cancer in political ads, said Corzine is trying to poison women.
"The stuff about mammograms and scaring women, especially given my experience with my mother, it's shameful, scaring women to get their vote," Christie said.
Corzine disagreed, saying: "He continues to support these programs that leave it up to insurance companies, as opposed to what citizens need … mammograms, autism."
Corzine spent Friday afternoon shooting hoops with school children, challenging them to be healthy.
Earlier in the day, Christie accused Corzine and independent candidate Chris Daggett of running what he calls distasteful political ads that poke fun at his weight.
"Christine, you covered me for seven years as U.S. Attorney. It's no surprise to the people of New Jersey that I am overweight. I don't think it's something that's shocking them."
Corzine said the ads don't make fun of Christie's weight.
"I think there are real issues. I don't happen to think what somebody's weight is or how bald they are or whether they distorted are the issues," Corzine said.
There are two more debates scheduled with the candidates and more than likely those ads will be a topic of conversation.
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