She wanted to make him mad.
“I heard that Bruce asked that none of his music was played at your events, because he didn’t believe in your politics,” Booket said. She meant Bruce Springsteen, Christie’s personal idol. That was good bait.
But Christie didn’t take it at first.
“I saw Bruce about a week and a half ago. And he had every opportunity to tell me not to. He didn’t,” Christie said.
Booket needled him again: “I’m pretty sure that I heard . . . ”
And that did it.
“Don’t put it in Mr. Springsteen’s mouth. Put it in yours. If you have an objection to it, then you object,” Christie said, obviously peeved. He turned to look offstage. “. . . Maybe, guys, just, when I leave, just so we can have this lady be a little calmer, um, let’s play Bon Jovi on the way out.”
That exchange, back in August, was tame by Christie’s volcanic standards. But it nevertheless became part of the Republican governor’s lore — another clip banging around the Internet, showing the most famous temper in American politics.
