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Is Chris Christie Too Fat to Be President?
The Week ^ | February 6, 2013 | Marc Ambinder

Posted on 02/06/2013 6:13:31 PM PST by nickcarraway

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To: nickcarraway

See:http://www.mikeswashingtonwatch.com/archives/2007/05/presidential_height_weight_and.shtml


41 posted on 02/06/2013 8:01:19 PM PST by leprechaun9
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To: nickcarraway

Yes.His head is too fat.As Archie Bunker would say,”He’s a meat-head!”


42 posted on 02/06/2013 8:11:22 PM PST by ohiobushman
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To: nickcarraway

I don’t know if he’s too fat. But he’s too fake.


43 posted on 02/06/2013 9:15:36 PM PST by Terry Mross (Who long before America is no more?)
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To: WorkingClassFilth

He’s gets pissed off at anyone that tells him to lose weight because he knows he’s a fatass. And if I was 5-6 and weighed 400 pounds and wanted to be taken seriously as a presidential contender, and had the money this lardass has, I would hire a professional trainer and dietitian to get rid of the weight.
He shows a lack of discipline, control and good sense by not losing the weight. He looks like a 400 lb bullfrog. I have seen pictures of him from his college days. He was a normal size man.


44 posted on 02/06/2013 9:29:02 PM PST by NKP_Vet
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To: cripplecreek

Cleveland, Taft and even TR were about as fat. His weight is irrelevant.


45 posted on 02/06/2013 9:54:51 PM PST by RobbyS (Christus rex.)
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He’s much too much of a fatheaded RINO to be President.


46 posted on 02/06/2013 10:38:49 PM PST by SoldierDad (Proud dad of an Army Soldier who has survived 24 months of Combat deployment.)
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To: nickcarraway

The writer admits to the same problem so he’s asking for a change in people’s perception of fat people in general, but especially if they run for office.

Objectively he is correct, even if his pro-Christie essay is essentially a plea for himself. Life is tough for fat people and I carry about 20-25 extra pounds myself and I’m 5’9”.

The reality is that people have always responded to other people with a visual perception that is made up in the first few seconds of meeting them. Lots of tests prove that.

And the tests show that tall, good-looking people are usually perceived as better stronger leaders than short people, even if they are equally good-looking.

Intelligence and political philosophy can’t seem to beat the immediate impression given by the first visual contact, especially if the contact is brief or via TV or news photos.

You knew that it was all over for Michael Dukakis when he got photographed in that tank, looking like dorky Alfred E. Newman of Mad Magazine fame.

In politics, business and love, stature and good looks count more than anything on a first, and mostly lasting, impression.


47 posted on 02/06/2013 11:31:39 PM PST by wildbill (You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
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48 posted on 02/07/2013 1:39:10 AM PST by mirkwood (project gutenberg)
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Yes and Michelle’s ass is to big to be in the White House,as is Hillarys,and her cankles disqualify her as well,not to mention that she has dementia,evidenced by the fact that she can’t remember anything


49 posted on 02/07/2013 3:29:50 AM PST by ballplayer
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If he became president our nation would have to borrow a lot of money from China just to pay his grocery bill!


50 posted on 02/07/2013 4:43:25 AM PST by New Jersey Realist (America: home of the free because of the brave)
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To: nickcarraway

Perhaps Christie could grow into the job. 400 pounds or bust!


51 posted on 02/07/2013 4:54:25 AM PST by ScottinVA (Gun control: Steady firm grip, target within sights, squeeze the trigger slowly...)
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To: nickcarraway

Nah, just too liberal.


52 posted on 02/07/2013 5:31:31 AM PST by Corwin of Amber (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in the pursuit of justice no virtue.)
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To: nickcarraway

The only way Chris Christie gets elected President is if he runs as a Democrat.


53 posted on 02/07/2013 5:45:39 AM PST by Jabba the Nutt (.Are they stupid, malicious or evil?)
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I don't care how fat he is, but I DO care that he's just as liberal and just as much anti-2nd Amendment as the clown we're stuck with now. NJ has some of the worst unconstitutional gun laws of any state and he strongly supports every one of them. If the brain dead Pubs ever nominate him for president that will be the final straw for me and my family.
54 posted on 02/07/2013 8:38:50 AM PST by epow (The way of the cross leads home)
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To: nickcarraway

Putting aside for a moment whether or not we would want him as the Republican nominee in 2016, if he runs against Hillary Clinton, his weight will be a major issue with the media, while Hillary’s health problems will be ignored.


55 posted on 02/07/2013 8:50:29 AM PST by GreenHornet
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To: Jabba the Nutt

He’s a fat version of Twit Romney.


56 posted on 02/07/2013 9:06:28 AM PST by NKP_Vet
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