America doesn't know the difference between Kirstie Alley and a Christie ally

The internet is a marvelous place, isn't it? One New York Times alert on your phone about a Chris Christie ally and suddenly an actress whose heyday was more than two decades ago is a top-trending Twitter topic:

Even Kirstie Alley herself weighed in.

You could chalk the momentary blip up to the internet being the internet, our soft spot of early '90s pop culture, or Kirstie Alley's zeitgeist resilience. But if I were a part of Chris Christie's would-be presidential campaign, I'd be reaching out to Alley's people for a collaboration. When given the choice between Christie and a Kirstie, well, the people have spoken.

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