longertweets asks: I don't see a problem with the ladies of The View criticizing Chris Christie for being fat. I think in this day and age if you can expect your leader to be morally righteous, by not being involved in extramarital affairs, the least you can do is expect them to be healthy. I don't know why the media has not made more of an issue about his weight. Everyone can point out that people are too young, too old, too much of a woman to run for office but it's taboo to say someone's too fat to run?
» SFB says: Chris Christie’s weight isn’t his politics. End of story. Sure, he could be healthier, but we should be accepting of people different from us. (And who claims people are “too much of a woman”? Age arguments are slightly more understandable, but kind of in the same boat.) It’s a cop-out when there are more important issues. There are so many better reasons to criticize him than for his weight, and if it were any other job in the country where mental agility was the key requirement, precluding someone from this job for this reason would be discriminatory. If that’s what we focus on as a society, we’re a terrible society. — Ernie @ SFB
I want to be able to say, meaningfully, ‘Bring it, fat boy!’ If you can’t honestly say, ‘Bring it, fat boy!’ then the terrorists have won.David Letterman • Talking about Chris Christie, and in the process, ticking us off for similar reasons that the women of “The View” did. You want to make fun of Chris Christie? Find a better reason than his weight, buck tooth. He’s given you plenty of ammo.
Pile on him because you dislike his views. Pile on him because he blocked popular initiatives like a long-term commuter rail project. Pile on him because he took a state-owned helicopter to go to a high-school baseball game. Pile on him because he doesn’t like Snooki. But for the love of God, who gives a crap if he’s fat? We’ve had at least five presidents considered medically obese, one of which (Teddy Roosevelt) is considered top-tier by historians. Christie’s weight didn’t preclude him from becoming governor, ladies of “The View.” Why should it cost him a chance to become president, if that’s what he wants?
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