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Governor Christie vs. Snooki?

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How embarrassing is too embarrassing? Sure, we've seen Snooki, Sitch and the rest of the cast of MTV's reality juggernaut Jersey Shore , get drunk, fall down, get up, get drunk again, fall down again, fight, have sex, get even more drunk -- you get the picture. But at some point the behavior that doesn't fill them with the least bit of shame (inexplicably, some would argue) actually does embarrass those who put up with or flat-out enable the insanity they wreak. Like, say, the state of New Jersey itself. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie made headlines Monday axing a $420,000 television subsidy which his state was granting to MTV to keep the shooting of the Jersey Shore cast's shenanigans safely in place. The tax credit for the upcoming season of Shore were announced a couple of weeks ago and instantly decried by Italian-American groups, who've maintained since day one that the show promotes the worst kind of stereotypes. And with that no doubt in mind, Chr