Is Chris Christie too obese to compete for the Office of the Presidency? It requires a lot of

[mfcorey1]

activity. Is he physically up to the rigorous daily routine? Or will his ticket include someone who would take over if he became ill like Jeb Bush? Is this what the GOP knows and that is why they are so eager for him to run? Just collecting my thoughts with a tin foil hat plastered on my inquiry.

[PCIntern]

1. Yes...

I posited that yesterday here...fact is, he doesn't have the 'reserve' to handle the hours, the stress, the airline travel alone could kill him with DVT's...he obviously has breathing issues as well. It's not jsut the obesity: it's the chronic illness which stems from it.

[Greybnk48]

18. I was just telling my husband about your post not two

minutes ago. I would bet a nickle he has Type II-D and probably high BP.

P.S. I still chuckle about Scott Walker and his off center bald spot that you pointed out, but I forget the name of the mania! :hi:

[Syrinx]

2. being fat should not disqualify someone for elected office

But he should go on a diet, for his own good.

[chollybocker]

3. And what if he suddenly loses 100 lbs. in the next 12 months?

Is he then more or less qualified to be President?

It's how thick his brain is that's the problem. I really don't care what a candidate looks like.

[Atman]

12. Then he still weighs over 300 lbs.

Still not good. The thing is, the baggage he has to carry is far more detrimental than his weight.

[newfie11]

4. Walk anywhere HA

He will just have lackey's cart his fat ass every where.

[malaise]

5. Yes obese and unhealthy

He's barely breathing

[Bombtrack]

6. how much does he weigh?

[PuffedMica]

11. It isn't his body weight, it is his ego that gives him a fat head

Christie's over inflated ego makes him so disgusting when when he speaks lies as truth while talking down to his constituents.

[Ineeda]

7. Similar to McCain's cancer history...

it's a valid concern regarding the physical rigors of the job and for his vulnerability to heart failure, stroke, and other incapacitating or fatal events.

[kentuck]

8. He's the perfect candidate for the Repubs..

Fat, arrogant, and full of hot air.

[FSogol]

9. No, he's too lazy. Physically and intellectually. n/t

[11 Bravo]

24. On another note ... GO NATS! We've got a shot at .500, and next year, LOOK OUT!

[FSogol]

25. Thanks. Despite no playoffs, it has been a fun last few weeks. n/t

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

39. I'm there with you! Go NATS!! Braves disappoint yet again this year!! n/t

[JVS]

10. If you think he's not up to the physical routine, you should have seen FDR in his 3rd and 4th terms

[Owlet]

14. FDR died in office 4 mos. into his 4th term (n/t)

[JVS]

15. But survived his entire 3rd term and pursued a war.

[LuvNewcastle]

13. Rush Limbaugh looks to be in better shape.

Of course, Christie wouldn't have to campaign as hard as any Democrat, since the RW is in solid control of most of the media. He would just have to make the occasional pithy comment about the country's state of affairs. Think Reagan redux, although Reagan was better fit physically, if not mentally.

[Vinca]

16. If he wants to run, he would be smart to wait until 2016 and use the time in between to get in shape

We've had heavy presidents, but that was another time in history when campaigns weren't marathons. This guy is the flavor of the day and will fade before you know it. The MSM should be going full cycle back to Trump pretty soon.

[TheCowsCameHome]

17. Yes

He could never stand up to the rigors of he job, plus he has an asthma problem.

[brooklynite]

19. Also requires a LOT of eating...

Corn Dogs at the State Fair; Cheese Steaks in Philadelphia; Pizza with Donald Trump...

He'll never survive to the Convention.

[Lyric]

20. His weight is not his problem.

There are a million reasons why Christie shouldn't be President; his weight is far, far down that list.

[HopeHoops]

21. He can't officially become a candidate until Cantor finds cuts in other parts of the budget for the

excessive extra fuel needed to transport Christie.

[KamaAina]

22. The only fat that concerns me

is the oleaginous goop between his ears. :P

[LanternWaste]

23. health restrictions as part and parcel of the requirements for candidacy

I'd hate to think we're now implying health restrictions as part and parcel of the requirements for candidacy. If so, Kennedy and FDR would never have made it.

Regardless, I imagine your worst case scenario is one of the many reasons we have a line of succession.

[DrunkenBoat]

26. I think he's a little slimmer than this one:

[Donnachaidh]

27. err, why don't you Google a previous president named TAFT

And then think if you want to continue on this nonsensical bullshit line.....

[bobthedrummer]

33. Thank you.

:nopity:

[Mimosa]

28. He could employ a TRAINER and get in shape?

He's rich enough, isn't he?

[Overseas]

29. Not at all. His political operatives will use the fat jokes to generate sympathy

for their candidate. They know millions of Americans are overweight and will dislike the fat jokes about Christie and they'll try to build that into a kind of "everyman" factor for him.

The fat jokes can also be a valuable distraction for his true unfitness-- his policy failures. Whenever those issues get too hot for Christie, his political team can trot out one of the meaner fat jokes and some prominent people's outrage at the cruel attacks to create some media outrage to distract attention.

[deaniac21]

30. Only if he starts smoking.

[HappyMe]

31. He isn't running. nt

[lynne]

32. All candidates should have complete physical and be excluded from office -

- should we find HBP, high cholesterol, diabetes, weight issues, heart disease, liver disease, lung disease, or any other disease or habits - such as drinking or smoking - that could shorten his/her life span.

Of course, that would mean that most candidates - including the smoking Obama - wouldn't qualify.

Do we REALLY want to go there???

[Missy Vixen]

34. Why are you worried about it?

Our current President smoked from the time he was a teenager, if what I read was correct. Of course, that's not a problem; he's thin, so he must be healthy, right?

The GOP wants Christie to run because they believe his policies are more palatable than some of their current frontrunners. That's it.

[love0bama-4ever]

35. To me, he is a foul mouthed.

And should he decide to run he better get a gastric bypass or something, he's too fat to be able to keep up with the crazyness of the campaigns. I don't think he is going to run.

[Raschel]

36. Yep, his big fat mouth should disqualify him.

[love0bama-4ever]

37. They said today on MSNBC that........

He, recently, was taken to the hospital with a bad asthma attack which he suffers for many years. Imagine!
Obama used to smoke but he does not look like an unhealthy man, he keeps a very healthy weight and is very light and quick, same as his wife, she looks very good and pretty too!

[laundry_queen]

38. Like you can tell from looking at someone

if they are healthy or not. "light and quick" does not = health

If Obama has smoked since he was a teen (and rumor has it he hasn't completely quit) then he is every bit as unhealthy, statistically, as Christie (if he doesn't smoke).

As for being in the hospital with a bad asthma attack - it happens. I have 'mild' asthma. By mild, I mean when I'm at my baseline, I dont' use my rescue inhaler for years and am not on any meds. YET in the last 20 years I've been in the hospital 4 times for asthma attacks that just wouldn't respond to my rescue inhaler and needed more intense treatment. Generally, it's when I have a lung infection from the flu or a cold. So I go in, get my treatment and leave totally fine. It hasn't slowed me down at all. I'm fat too, and I'm a single mom of 4, in school full time and have a p/t job cleaning. I wonder if the president could keep up with ME, lol. This crap about 'he has asthma AND he's fat' is just that...crap. Our hometown mayor used to be my parents' neighbor when I was growing up. He was severely obese. My parents used to call him 'a heart attack waiting to happen.' Even when he became mayor, my parents were convinced he would drop dead or that he was 'lazy' because he was so fat. Well, he was mayor off and on for nearly 20 years. And he was, arguably, the best mayor the town ever had. He was also a huge factor in our town's development of athletic facilities. And he was also in a high-stress job during that whole time, and even more so now (CEO of something). And here he is, 30 years later, in his 60's, doing just fine. And still every bit as obese. Meanwhile, my friend's thin dad dropped dead at 45 with a heart attack (smoker). My uncle, very in shape, never smoked, ate extremely healthy, biked to work everyday and dropped dead of a heart defect at age 42. My grandfather, obese, alcoholic, smoked since he was 11 years old (non filter) lived to be 97. Weight is just not something we should be judging Christie on. It's pretty irrelevant to his ability to do the job, IMO.