{"id":106096,"date":"2014-01-15T16:54:19","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T16:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/must-watch-fallon-and-springsteens-brilliant-born-to-run-parody-takes-down-chris-christie\/"},"modified":"2014-01-15T16:54:19","modified_gmt":"2014-01-15T16:54:19","slug":"must-watch-fallon-and-springsteens-brilliant-born-to-run-parody-takes-down-chris-christie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/must-watch-fallon-and-springsteens-brilliant-born-to-run-parody-takes-down-chris-christie\/","title":{"rendered":"MUST WATCH: Fallon and Springsteen&#8217;s Brilliant &#8216;Born to Run&#8217; Parody Takes Down Chris Christie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- All divs have been put onto one line because of whitespace issues when rendered inline in browsers --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>NJ Gov&#8217;s favorite singer is clearly not buying Christie&#8217;s bullsh*t.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- All divs have been put onto one line because of whitespace issues when rendered inline in browsers --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- BODY --><br \/>\n <!--smart_paging_autop_filter--><\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Fallon and Bruce Springsteen teamed up last night for a brilliant spoof of Springsteen&#8217;s &#8216;Born to Run&#8217; that took direct aim at &#8220;Governor Chris Christie&#8217;s Fort Lee, New Jersey traffic jam.&#8221; In fact those words were the refrain\u2013the point being that although the singers were &#8216;born to run,&#8217; they can&#8217;t because they&#8217;re stuck in Christie-induced traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Lots of brilliant lyrics, &#8220;the highway is jammed with pissed-off drivers,&#8221; and &#8220;Maybe this Bridgegate was just payback, it&#8217;s a bitch-slap to the state democrats.&#8221; The boss has to &#8220;take a leak,&#8221; but he can&#8217;t, being stuck in traffic and all.  Fallon&#8217;s imitation of Springsteen is spot on. Spirngsteen&#8217;s imitation of Springsteen is spot on. Poor Chris Christie. Imagine his dismay at being lampooned by his rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll idol.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look. It&#8217;s not to be missed.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/assets\/video\/widget\/widget.html?vid=n45079\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/news-amp-politics\/christies-weiner\">Chris Christie&#8217;s Hail Mary Pass: &#8216;I Did Not Have Sex with That Bridge&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/speakeasy\/chaunceydevega\/why-did-cnn-choose-air-story-about-black-toddler-acting-ghetto-thug\">Why Did CNN Choose to Air a Story About a Black Toddler Acting Like a &#8220;Ghetto Thug?&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/tea-party-and-right\/5-reasons-chris-christie-might-be-lying\">5 Reasons Chris Christie Might Be Lying<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/54352175\/0\/alternet~MUST-WATCH-Fallon-and-Springsteens-Brilliant-Born-to-Run-Parody-Takes-Down-Chris-Christie\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"MUST WATCH: Fallon and Springsteen's Brilliant 'Born to Run' Parody Takes Down Chris Christie\">Alternet<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NJ Gov&#8217;s favorite singer is clearly not buying Christie&#8217;s bullsh*t. Jimmy Fallon and Bruce Springsteen teamed up last night for a brilliant spoof of Springsteen&#8217;s &#8216;Born to Run&#8217; that took direct aim at &#8220;Governor Chris Christie&#8217;s Fort Lee, New Jersey traffic jam.&#8221; In fact those words were the refrain\u2013the point being that although the singers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1213,"featured_media":106097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[487],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-106096","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}