Is Christie’s weight a problem? Unfortunately, it probably is
It’s an uncomfortable question, which means that it’s right in Barbara Walters’ wheelhouse. As she put it to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie:
For those who can’t watch video, here’s how the exchange goes:
WALTERS: “There are people who say that you couldn’t be president because you are so heavy. What do you say to that?”
CHRISTIE: “It’s ridiculous. I mean, that’s ridiculous. I think people have watched me for a number of weeks in Hurricane Sandy doing 18-hour days, so I don’t really think that would be a problem.”
I’m not so sure that’s true. As Christie acknowledged to Walters, he isn’t merely overweight, he’s seriously overweight. That struck home during last night’s broadcast of the Hurricane Sandy charity concert in New York, which Christie attended. When the camera panned to Christie, standing in a crowd surrounded by other people, the size differential between the governor and those around him was startling.
Some have raised the question of whether Christie’s weight reflects a character flaw or lack of personal discipline, but I’m with the governor on that one: “It’s ridiculous.” That alleged “lack of discipline” doesn’t show up in other aspects of his life, and as Christie aptly noted, it doesn’t affect his work ethic.
It does, however, raise significant health issues. If you look at how George W. Bush visibly aged over his eight-year presidency, and how Barack Obama has aged, the toll taken by the job and the campaigning becomes pretty clear. And unlike Christie, both Bush and Obama are pretty serious about staying in good physical shape. It’s perfectly legitimate, even necessary, to consider health when electing a president, and although Christie has never revealed his actual weight, it’s pretty clear that he would fall in the far right category in the chart below:
There’s also the image issue. Rationally speaking, you cannot judge a person’s character or intelligence by his or her weight or physical attractiveness, but the truth is that we do it all the time, without even thinking about it.
As researchers Lucy Watson and Lucy Johnston write in summarizing scientific studies into the question:
“Attractive people are perceived to be happier, more sociable and more successful than unattractive individuals. Attractive, as compared to unattractive, individuals are judged more highly on academic tasks, are treated more generously when grades are assigned and receive more support. Furthermore, physical attractiveness has been found to affect juror decisions, helping behavior, parents’ attitudes toward their own infants, psychological well-being of adults, status cues, social and professional competence evaluations, level of prestige of a given occupation and employment and job evaluations.”
Given that psychological reality, it’s no surprise that voters tend to gravitate to candidates who look presidential. And in his present physical condition, that is not a test that Christie passes.
– Jay Bookman
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Joe Hussein Mama
December 13th, 2012
3:17 pm
Seriously, Parrot, I want to hear about this mythical ‘viable Republican candidate’ the GOP has been hiding all this time!
Please, trot him or her out and tell us, why, oh, why didn’t you tell us about this person earlier? Like about a year or so ago, during the GOP primaries? (giggling)
If this putative ‘viable GOP candidate’ was all that, then it seems to me that y’all could have saved yourselves a lot of heartache and bellyache by simply putting Mystery Candidate up in 2012 and telling Romney to go take a hike.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 13th, 2012
3:18 pm
IT’S THE FOOD!!!
The puzzling case of boys who are hitting puberty earlier
While we’re not likely going to see hirsute five-year-olds who need a shave, researchers say boys are hitting puberty as early as 9 and 10 years of age.
The research question: The scientific consensus is that girls are hitting puberty earlier than ever, developing breasts as young as 7 or 8. Experts credit higher levels of childhood obesity (body fat is linked to estrogen production) and chemicals in our food and water. Is the same trend affecting boys?
The outcome: The researchers discovered that, on average, boys were starting puberty almost two years earlier than expected. White and Hispanic boys started puberty at age 10, or a year and a half earlier than what was considered “average.” African-American boys hit puberty around age 9 — two years earlier. What’s more: Roughly 9 percent of whites experienced testes enlargement as early as age 6. For Hispanic boys it was 7 percent, and for blacks it was nearly 20 percent. Across all groups, pubic hair growth started a year after testes enlargement.
What the experts say: “a researcher at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. The results shouldn’t be interpreted to establish a “new normal,” says Herman-Giddens. “Just because this is happening doesn’t mean this is normal or healthy.”
The lesson: Something is behind the change — we just don’t know what, at least not yet.
GT
December 13th, 2012
3:18 pm
Welcome to the Occupation I can promise you Jay did not make up this question of appearance with Christie. Obesity is at crisis proportions especially in nearby New York City where the mayor has outlawed big drinks. You got to ask yourself what is wrong with a guy who lets himself go like this. I would wonder if this weight problem and lack of conditioning didn’t sideline him for this year’s presidential election. He certainly could have help fill a ticket if you get my drift.
Nero
December 13th, 2012
3:18 pm
Only in a libs mind should being obese give pause or disqualify somebody from being president.
skipper
December 13th, 2012
3:19 pm
Hillary could haunt an eight-story hotel by herself.
Christie’s left and right “cheeks” have different zip codes.
So???
Joe Hussein Mama
December 13th, 2012
3:19 pm
C. Conservative — “Folks didn’t hold the lack of intellect and understanding of how the economy works against Obama…..”
Christian Commandment FAIL
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_shall_not_bear_false_witness_against_your_neighbor
Now drop and give jesus a thousand pushups.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
December 13th, 2012
3:19 pm
Folks didn’t hold the lack of intellect and understanding of how the economy works against Obama…..
It turns out that supply-side Econ 101 had a shelf life and we are way past the due date.
What’s not to understand?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
December 13th, 2012
3:21 pm
Seriously, Parrot, I want to hear about this mythical ‘viable Republican candidate’ the GOP has been hiding all this time!
Elmer Fudd?
Nero
December 13th, 2012
3:21 pm
At least GT has the guts to say it.
Georgia
December 13th, 2012
3:21 pm
Christie should pick a tall thin guy for his veep.
Nunna Yobinnes
December 13th, 2012
3:22 pm
Granny – but was it “legitimate rape”?
“Donovan
How about when Luke raped Laura at the disco and still they married?”
Keep Up the Good Fight!
December 13th, 2012
3:22 pm
nero, I sure hope you don’t end up in a wheelchair with all them knee jerks or from hurting your back carrying them goalposts. But let us know when you see the wizard and get that brain, otay
DannyX
December 13th, 2012
3:25 pm
Georgia would have no problem voting for Christie.
Newt won the primary here and he is pretty fat.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 13th, 2012
3:25 pm
“Tell us how healthy cigarette smoking is and the mortality rate for male African American smokers
President O is biracial — biracial people have a tendency to be more like (please forgive the saying) Mutts.
Mutts are more hardy and are more apt to get the “best of both of their inherent species”.
//sarc//
stands for decibels
December 13th, 2012
3:25 pm
Only in a libs mind should being obese give pause or disqualify somebody from being president.
Kindly list the “libs” who’ve said being obese disqualifies Christie, or anyone else, from being president. I’ll be happy to set them straight if you’d like.
stands for decibels
December 13th, 2012
3:27 pm
(please forgive the saying) Mutts.
Not sure why you should ask forgiveness, since the President himself has referred to himself that exact way.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/07/obama-new-dog-could-be-mutt-like-me/
Paul
December 13th, 2012
3:28 pm
Kinda reminds me of the Georgians making fun of Palin ’cause she talked funny.
That said, Jay’s correct. We do judge people by appearances. No matter what we, ourselves, look like.
Afternoon, stands.
Was a the doc’s a while ago, he didn’t think much of BMI charts (he’s incredibly fit and lean). Was more interested in other measurements. By those charts I could way 125 and be considered in the ‘normal’ range. That’s put me in the emaciated range – and for full disclosure, after an exam at my gym, I came out ‘ideal’ on body fat and weight. So all I’m saying is, people (weightlifters) can be overweight on BMI and an underweight person can be ‘normal’ on BMI.
BTW – my niece showed parts of Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory to her class. The fat kid in the movie? Kids said ‘he’s not fat – he’s kinda skinny!”
Shows you why some people don’t think they’re overweight.
RB from Gwinnett
December 13th, 2012
3:28 pm
GT, “RB from Gwinnett a lot of voters don’t know O smokes ,or did smoke, they claim he has stopped. You take one look at Christie and heart attack comes to mind.”
Gee, GT, why is it you think so many people didn’t know Obama smokes/smoked? I would’t be a combination of his lapdog media failing to report that and a large majority of his voters not caring any more about him or real issues than the D by his name would it?
And they didn’t say anything about it on THE news source for many Obama voters, The View….
getalife
December 13th, 2012
3:29 pm
“Folks didn’t hold the lack of intellect and understanding of how the economy works against Obama…..”
Real Americans thank him for saving our economy and making it grow again.
cons just run their mouths and cling to a failed party that can’t be fixed.
Paul
December 13th, 2012
3:30 pm
Hi DDR!!!!
Doggone/GA
December 13th, 2012
3:31 pm
“Mutts are more hardy and are more apt to get the “best of both of their inherent species”.”
You’re confusing “mutts” with hybrids. A mutt is mixed breed, within the same species. A hybrid is a cross between different species – think mule here.
What you say can be true of hybrids, but not always. A mule is the best mixture of the horse and donkey, but a hinny, which is also half horse/half donkey is nowhere near as useful.
But mutts – as in mixed breed dogs, for instance – are not neccessarily better or healthier than purebreds
Nero
December 13th, 2012
3:31 pm
Keep,
I’ll keep that in mind. You and the rest of the flying monkeys can form a queue right behind me. Hope my wheelchair doesn’t crush your toes.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 13th, 2012
3:32 pm
Elmer Fudd?
Shhhhh……….. Be Vewy Qwiet — We’re Hunting Wabbit Holes………………..
Joe — My favorite all time Chappel sketch is the Wayne Brady one.
“Does Wayne Brady Have to choke a b……….”
Followed by:
Darkness!
skipper
December 13th, 2012
3:32 pm
Lots of folks are overwight. I think, in fact, it is a concern when you are THAT MUCH overwight. It is kind of like the Dems and Repubs….the extremists on both sides are holding up the “regular” folks! When you are so big you have to put your belt on with a boomerang, there is a problem. There are many issues people battle, and I admire their fight. But when you let something whoop-up on you too badly, yeah it sort of works against you. Its like comparing the occasional drinker to the wino, or the occasional toker to the crackhead. Its the extremes that concern folks the most.
Nunna Yobinnes
December 13th, 2012
3:32 pm
Doggone – Yup, and Ligers are gigantic and Tigons undersized.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
December 13th, 2012
3:33 pm
Oh yes…the media conspiracy to keep Obama’s smoking a secret.
On the conspiracy list is that before birth certificates and after Benghazi? Where does the $25 Obamacare PappaJohns pizza fit in? What does WND tell you RB?
Jefferson
December 13th, 2012
3:34 pm
Portion size is the secret, you can’t eat what you don’t have.
Nero
December 13th, 2012
3:34 pm
Real Americans….HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
http://youtu.be/uMTOXAcCkIw
Granny Godzilla
December 13th, 2012
3:34 pm
lapdog media…now there’s RB’s mutt.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 13th, 2012
3:35 pm
Hiya Paul!! How’s Texas? Is everything REALLY bigger there?
DogGone — Did you notice the //sarc// after my mutt post?
Nunna Yobinnes
December 13th, 2012
3:35 pm
Jefferson – Nah, you just get back in line and order some more.
Welcome to the Occupation
December 13th, 2012
3:35 pm
Christian conservative: “I don’t think anyone would hold Christie’s weight against him. Folks didn’t hold the lack of intellect and understanding of how the economy works against Obama…..”
Though it’s true Obama’s intellect is perhaps a bit overestimated in some quarters — god knows I’ve voiced my skepticism here from time to time — but one suspects when one sees people with names like “christian conservative” trying to take potshots at Obama’s intellect that in fact it is they who are seething from the wound to their ego that they’ve suffered on realizing that this black guy in the White House could surely run rings around them intellectually even on his worst day.
stands for decibels
December 13th, 2012
3:37 pm
So all I’m saying is, people (weightlifters) can be overweight on BMI and an underweight person can be ‘normal’ on BMI.
I’m aware of this issue (the calculator I linked earlier brings it up as well.)
I really think what matters is how you feel about yourself–not in some rosy self-esteem sense, but rather, are you able to go places/do things you want to do? Are you out of breath when you walk up three flights of stairs? If so–are you ok with that?
…etc.
stands for decibels
December 13th, 2012
3:38 pm
Portion size is the secret
no no no and no.
It’s about exercise. Specifically, “table push-aways.” Three per day should do it.
Nunna Yobinnes
December 13th, 2012
3:39 pm
dB – I’ll let you know when I make past the first flight of stairs.
stands for decibels
December 13th, 2012
3:40 pm
I’ll let you know when I make past the first flight of stairs.
Shrug. I figured it was Nunna Mahbinness.
Nunna Yobinnes
December 13th, 2012
3:40 pm
make IT past the first flight of stairs.
getalife
December 13th, 2012
3:41 pm
Bush tax cuts, occupations and collapse are driving our debt.
We ended the occupations, fixed his collapse and end his tax cuts.
Nunna Yobinnes
December 13th, 2012
3:41 pm
Just huffin and puffin here. Two more flights to go.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 13th, 2012
3:44 pm
stands: Not sure why you should ask forgiveness, since the President himself has referred to himself that exact way.
I’m a mutt myself. Whose ancestors come from darn near all over the glob. The best part of being a “mutt” in my family is that you never know what your offspring are going to look like!
When you put my sister, myself and my mom next to each other, you can’t tell we come from the same family!
Viva la mutt!
Paul
December 13th, 2012
3:46 pm
DDR
Well, for many, the east-west border does kinda mirror the waistlines -
stands for decibels
December 13th, 2012
3:48 pm
it’s true Obama’s intellect is perhaps a bit overestimated in some quarters — god knows I’ve voiced my skepticism here from time to time — but one suspects when one sees people with names like “christian conservative” trying to take potshots at Obama’s intellect that in fact it is they who are seething from the wound to their ego
nicely put.
Regnad Kcin
December 13th, 2012
3:48 pm
“More so here in the US are we that shallow…the rest of the world doesn’t pick it’s leaders on appearance”
Interesting assertion. On what basis do you make it?
Welcome to the Occupation
December 13th, 2012
3:51 pm
Apparently Susan Rice is out as candidate at State
Nero
December 13th, 2012
3:52 pm
..occupations…BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
getalife
December 13th, 2012
3:52 pm
Our President is smart enough to kick the con’s butt twice.
Nuff said.
Joe Hussein Mama
December 13th, 2012
3:52 pm
R. Kcin — “Interesting assertion. On what basis do you make it?”
Dude. Brezhnev???
Nero
December 13th, 2012
3:54 pm
Our President….HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
getalife
December 13th, 2012
3:55 pm
Hagel for Defense.
Rice is out.
Kerry is in.
Regnad Kcin
December 13th, 2012
3:55 pm
“Dude. Brezhnev??? ”
Okay, I’ll give you that.
But maybe it’s cultural? Maybe in that place and time Brezhnev was “hot”? (I felt bad even typing that)
UNCLE SAMANTHA
December 13th, 2012
3:56 pm
Welcome to the Occupation
December 13th, 2012
3:51 pm
Apparently Susan Rice is out as candidate at State
========================================================
LEADING FROM BEHIND!
Granny Godzilla
December 13th, 2012
3:56 pm
Ms. Rice withdrew her name.
getalife
December 13th, 2012
3:56 pm
nero,
Stalker much?
Joe Hussein Mama
December 13th, 2012
3:58 pm
getalife — “Hagel for Defense.”
Sounds fine to me. Moderate Republican, enlisted Vietnam vet, willing to cross his own party for the greater good of the military and our servicemembers. I think Hagel’s a good fit as SecDef.
stands for decibels
December 13th, 2012
3:59 pm
I think Hagel’s a good fit as SecDef.
well, inasmuch as I support the idea of having a Republican deliver bad news on defense cuts.
Nero
December 13th, 2012
4:00 pm
getalife,
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! You crack me up!
moonbat betty
December 13th, 2012
4:00 pm
“Our President is smart enough to kick the con’s (cigarette) butt twice.”
fixed that for ya getalife
stands for decibels
December 13th, 2012
4:00 pm
on the other hand, if they really do put Kerry in as SoS, that sounds idiotic; deja-2010 all over again. (We won in a landslide! We can’t possibly lose a legislative branch! that’s crazy talk!)
Granny Godzilla
December 13th, 2012
4:01 pm
“It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.”
Nelson Mandela
Nero
December 13th, 2012
4:01 pm
Hagel is done. On the board of a bank that skirted Iran sanctions.
stands for decibels
December 13th, 2012
4:02 pm
Yep, Nero, whining and moaning about Susan Rice due to voices in Gramps McCain’s head. That’s something to be real proud of.
I hope Harry Reid nuke-options confirmation filibusters. It’s beyond overdue.
Nero
December 13th, 2012
4:02 pm
Betty,
stands for decibels
December 13th, 2012
4:03 pm
It’s been said before, but guys like Nero lead from their behinds.
/drive-by
UNCLE SAMANTHA
December 13th, 2012
4:04 pm
http://freebeacon.com/a-potential-conflict-of-interest-for-chuck-hagel/
thats what you get for trying to be bi
Joe Hussein Mama
December 13th, 2012
4:05 pm
SfD — “well, inasmuch as I support the idea of having a Republican deliver bad news on defense cuts.”
FWIW, he supported the invasion of Iraq (which troubles me), but he redeems himself somewhat in my eyes by breaking with the Bush Administration in 2007 and joining Democrats who were calling for an accelerated withdrawal. Also, on a personal level, I find his wartime service in the military to be a plus for the office in question.
indigo
December 13th, 2012
4:06 pm
Nero
Don’t you have some homework to do?
Does your mommie know you’re here trying to play grownup?
Nero
December 13th, 2012
4:06 pm
Stands,
I said nothing about Rice. She made her own bed. Funny how you think one Senator from the minority is the reason she withdrew. Your hyperbole is exquisite. I hope Reid does too! We need a war in the Senate to shake things up. The unintended consequences will be wonderful!
josef
December 13th, 2012
4:07 pm
Oh, get real, you silly people…go read up on Grover Cleveland…
RB from Gwinnett
December 13th, 2012
4:08 pm
“Yep, Nero, whining and moaning about Susan Rice due to voices in Gramps McCain’s head. That’s something to be real proud of.”
You seriously want a SOS who’s not smart enough or doesn’t have the backbone to tell the POTUS his story about a youtube video causing the death of an ambassador is stupid? Or did she make up that story? Either way, she told it and she was either part of the lie or was too stupid to question it.
Joe Hussein Mama
December 13th, 2012
4:08 pm
Nero — “Hagel is done. On the board of a bank that skirted Iran sanctions.”
BoDs don’t make operational decisions like that. That said, the executives of the bank in question are likely to be BBQd by the SEC and the Justice Department. They’ve got a pretty serious stiffy these days for banks that violate restrictions of that sort.
Hagel might be interviewed or deposed, but it is unlikely in the extreme that he was involved or even *aware* of the specific illegal transfers in question.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 13th, 2012
4:09 pm
Well, for many, the east-west border does kinda mirror the waistlines
That’s because of all that good food. I think Texas is one big supersized “New Orleans” .
There is just one big fusion of people,cultures, and foods!
You have the great food of Mexico intertwined with the great food of the South, intertwined with some of the greatest BarBQ’ers of all time.
When my Grand was alive and we took our yearly blues and barbque roadtrip, we’d ALWAYS find a way to end up somewhere in Texas. Even if there wasn’t a blues concert anywhere in sight, before we made it back to Washington, we’d HAVE to stop somewhere in Texas!
I miss my Grand. This is for him, one of his favorite artists:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSWTkI_aVSo
And his favorite barbeque place to eat:
With the deep roots of barbeque resonating from the depths of American history, so too did an entire genre of blues music, and the two have continued on harmoniously, hand-in-hand, through today.
The most likely regional distinctions for barbecue and blues can be found in the South. With each southern region claiming their barbecue to be the best of them all, the South is also where you’ll find some of the most heated barbecue arguments.
Every southern state and culture has perfected its own flavors through the years. Their secrets of barbecue can involve the cut of meat, the sauces and rubs, or the type of wood used to smoke flavor into the meat.
Blues music evoked a certain feeling inside people. The music was raw and full of emotion, making it perfect for the climate in the southern states. As blues music and barbecue crossed paths, it was a powerful fusion that has lasted for many generations
With blues musicians like Charlie Campbell writing innocent lyrics like “Pepper sauce mama, you make my meat red hot,” Americans began to openly celebrate their love of eating smoked barbecue meats and dance away while doing so.
josef
December 13th, 2012
4:12 pm
All Quotes By Play By Speaker By Theme Appendix
A lean and hungry look
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Caesar:
Antonio!
BIG DADDY, et al…
As I said in one of my plays…
Caesar:
Let me have men about me that are fat,
Sleek-headed men and such as sleep a-nights.
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look,
He thinks too much; such men are dangerous.
–Julius Caesar Act 1, scene 2, 190–195
Nero
December 13th, 2012
4:12 pm
Joe,
Didn’t say he made those decisions. Just saying it has tainted his potential nomination. Blood is in the water and the sharks are circling.
josef
December 13th, 2012
4:13 pm
Obviously I didn’t quote that from memory, now did I?
Erwin's cat
December 13th, 2012
4:15 pm
Interesting assertion. On what basis do you make it?
just personal observation, we always seem to have the best looking leaders.
Heck how many bald men are on the ticket compared to the bald man population
Joe Hussein Mama
December 13th, 2012
4:15 pm
Nero — “Didn’t say he made those decisions. Just saying it has tainted his potential nomination. Blood is in the water and the sharks are circling.”
I doubt it will have much effect, but we shall see.
FWIW, what you’re describing is like dropping a hammer on a member of the Georgia Board of Regents just because a couple of UGA history and English professors were handing out undeserved “As” to members of the Dawg foo-baw squad.
Mike A
December 13th, 2012
4:17 pm
Not to be callous, but is it that big a deal if Christie dies in office?
8 Presidents – that’s 18% – have died in office and we’ve kept on going.
If you don’t like his politics, don’t vote for him. But I don’t see the point in not voting for the guy because he is ‘higher risk,’ unless he has some idiotic VP choice like Michele Bachman or whoever. To quote the legendary Ivan Drago, ‘If he dies, he dies.’
Nero
December 13th, 2012
4:19 pm
Joe,
He’s done. It plainly a stick and move from one of his former esteemed colleagues. Betcha there is more to come before he slinks back into obscurity.
UNCLE SAMANTHA
December 13th, 2012
4:19 pm
leading from behind
obama in public “you wanna fight, i’ll give you a fight!”
obama from behind “susy, you gotta step aside, i can’t fight”
Nero
December 13th, 2012
4:21 pm
“Ho, ho, ho! Well, if it isn’t fat stinking billy goat Billy Boy in poison! How art thou, thou globby bottle of cheap, stinking chip oil? Come and get one in the yarbles, if ya have any yarbles, you eunuch jelly thou!”
-Alex, A Clockwork Orange
Joe Hussein Mama
December 13th, 2012
4:21 pm
Nero — “Joe, He’s done. It plainly a stick and move from one of his former esteemed colleagues. Betcha there is more to come before he slinks back into obscurity.”
I doubt it, but we shall see.
Nero
December 13th, 2012
4:22 pm
Joey,
We shall
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 13th, 2012
4:22 pm
I’m sorry that Rice decided to withdraw her name. I wish I knew her pesonally — I’d call her up and mention some names from history:
Harriet Tubman
Shirley Chisholm
Barbara Jordan
CJ Walker
I’d tell her that they had it harder, with LESS support than what she has and they NEVER let anyone take them from their path or change their minds about their destiny.
She should’ve never gave them the satisfaction — she should’ve DARED them to make a move on her. NEVER give in to bullies, it just makes them that much bolder.
Joe Hussein Mama
December 13th, 2012
4:23 pm
Mike A. — “If you don’t like his politics, don’t vote for him. But I don’t see the point in not voting for the guy because he is ‘higher risk,’ unless he has some idiotic VP choice like Michele Bachman”
A very good point, and certainly one I had not considered.
Nero
December 13th, 2012
4:27 pm
Mike A,
It isn’t a big deal, except for the libs and their fat people discrimination. It’s a red herring.
pogo
December 13th, 2012
4:27 pm
Jay once again dives into the liberal ditch. So now, according to Jay, any candidate for president must be the perfect human specimen. Sieg Heil Jay! You and the rest of your miserable followers here are starting to sound a lot like the Nazis and their Master Race bull-crap. What’s next? If the candidate has diabetes or high blood pressure or any host of other common human ailments they are to be elminated from contention? Is that what you want? Man, you are really are a goosestepping progressive aren’t you?
Joe Hussein Mama
December 13th, 2012
4:29 pm
Nero — “Joey, We shall”
Is this like when you were SO sure Romney was going to win?
pogo
December 13th, 2012
4:30 pm
Furthermore, I would bet that none of the slobbering liberals here are in physical condition enough to do much more than walk to their kitchen to get themselves another beer and a sandwich. Or to walk to their mailbox to get their next government check.
Joe Hussein Mama
December 13th, 2012
4:31 pm
o gop — “So now, according to Jay, any candidate for president must be the perfect human specimen.”
Chalk up one more leg-jerker who didn’t bother to read what Jay wrote.
Rightwing Troll
December 13th, 2012
4:31 pm
I’d take a husky straight shooter like him who puts people and country, in front of ideology and a lies any day…
Regnad Kcin
December 13th, 2012
4:32 pm
“just personal observation, we always seem to have the best looking leaders”
So, Sarah should be POTUS?
josef
December 13th, 2012
4:32 pm
TORQUEMAD
“…look presidential. And in his present physical condition, that is not a test that Christie passes.”
In case you haven’t answered, just what DOES look “presidential?” Do you have a William Morris profile….
Has anybody mentioned Churchill… smoked like a chimney, drank like a fish, and ported a few extra pounds…how old was he when he led the Brits through “their finest hour?” How long did he live afterward?
pogo
December 13th, 2012
4:33 pm
And Rice was a simpleton (just as most of Obama’s cabinet members are).
Nero
December 13th, 2012
4:33 pm
Joey,
I didn’t think Romney was going to win. He was weak, and when he didn’t put the hammer down on Barry after the first debate, I knew it was over. A weak candidate is a weak candidate regardless of weather a D or an R follows their name.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 13th, 2012
4:34 pm
Is that what you want? Man, you are really are a goosestepping progressive aren’t you?
Just an observation, but does it seem like this blog is turning into Cynthia’s old blog? When Cyndy was around, you’d have people who hated her who wouldn’t even READ her article- they’d just come on and write something denigrating and inflammatory and would posts big long blogs about NOTHING.
That basically said:
I HATE YOU!! YOU LIBERAL!!!
YOU EFFING LIBERALS MAKE ME PUKE!!
YOU’RE DUMB AND YOU’RE A LIBERAL!!
LIBERAL MATE WITH SATAN!!!
LIBERALS EAT DONKEY MEAT!!!
FREAKING STUPID LIBERALS!!
And they’d post the same thing over and over and over again, (just in case we didn’t understand it the first time).
The other half of your brain.
December 13th, 2012
4:34 pm
getalife
December 13th, 2012
12:59 pm
guy,
Yes, I do.
I like too get to know the cons and get inside their heads.
I think you want to get someplace else instead of their head.
DownInAlbany
December 13th, 2012
4:34 pm
Rice takes another one for the O-team:
Rice Withdraws Potential Secretary of State Nomination
pogo
December 13th, 2012
4:34 pm
“jerk” your own leg Hussein. I am sure you are quite familiar with doing that.
josef
December 13th, 2012
4:34 pm
pogo
@ 4:27
Yep. The question of eugenics certainly passed through my mind…
The other half of your brain.
December 13th, 2012
4:35 pm
Debbie, I’m sure glad that the libs on here don’t do that, snicker, snicker.