Chris Christie's waistline, Marco Rubio's hairline, and our raging obsession with superficiality

The Week ^ | 02/10/2013 | Matt K. Lewis

[GeronL]

Actually I could not care less what they look like, I just think they are wrong for the country

[fatnotlazy]

I remember when women voted for Clinton because they thought he was handsome. ***RALPH***

Sometimes I’m ashamed to admit I’m female.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: I remember when women voted for Clinton because they thought he was handsome. ***RALPH***

And when I was much younger, I wanted to be as attractive as Rock Hudson... YIKES !!

[Tex-Con-Man]

And Hillary is the odds on favorite for 2016?

[fatnotlazy]

Alas, my “gaydar” failed miserably when it came to Rock Hudson. A shame about him. But I guess it reminded me to never judge a book by its cover.

[Rembrandt]

I like Chris Christie. I think he would do a lot of good for himself and the country if he repeated the Huckabee act and walked around the state of New Jersey talking with the folks and followed that with a walk to D.C. to present a summation of his discussions to the occupant of the White Hut, cameras in tow of course.

[Psycho_Bunny]

The nation put a dangerous, lying moron in the White House because of the color of his skin.

[BCrago66]

Christie is borderline morbidly obese. He has a greater than 50-50 chance of dying of a heart attack or stroke. So it’s not about looks. (But I guess a super-fat guy is real “authentic” or something, so there’s that.)

[yldstrk]

oh yeah, Barney Frank is real dashing..........

[Gator113]

I’ll be voting for Sarah Palin. The rest of you folks can support anyone you want..... I don’t care if you support a chicken pot pie this time around, my vote will be cast for Palin.

[lafroste]

Christie is borderline morbidly obese.

I have to disagree with you. Gov. Christie is certainly morbidly obese. He's huge. I'm not making any opinion on his policy, but as someone said, "he needs to lose 100 pounds", but that just gets him to borderline IMHO. From the pics I have seen, 200 pounds + would be closer to the mark.

[dfwgator]

Yeah, it’s a real good idea to elect a guy who could drop dead at any minute with a massive coronary.

[yldstrk]

any guesses as to what obama’s weight is

[Sooth2222]

"any guesses as to what obama’s weight is"

No, but cigarette smoking and morbid obesity are associated with very similar rates of excess mortality. I don't remember the MSM harping on Obama's smoking, and expressing concern that he might die in office. Why is that?

[Grams A]

any guesses as to what obama’s weight is”

About 60-70 pounds less than Moochelle’s.

[Dilbert San Diego]

the MSM has not said anything about Obama’s smoking and possible health issues because he’s liberal. The MSM will cover up anything and everything that would reflect badly on Obama.

But since Chris Christie is an “evil” Republican, the reverse is true, and anything and everything about potential health problems will be discussed ad nauseum.

[yldstrk]

might lose a couple pounds too.

[RobbyS]

Cleveland and Taft were as big and they both lived to be older than 65. Long-lived for their times. TR, whom so many associate with “vigor,” was also hefty. JFK, by contrast, was a medical “mess.” probably the most unhealthy man ever to be elected President, even though he looked good.

[Bellflower]

Hannity is good looking, has great hair, can communicate, has come out against obama's connections hard since far before the 08 election, is consistently pretty Conservative and has a very good smile and likability quotient. I know he is far from perfect, but much of his seeming lacks may be contributed to his having to tow the Fox News line. He would get much of the Fox vote, and much of the vote of people who aren't leftist who hate Fox. I would guess that he is pretty squeaky clean because if he wasn't the left would have flayed and quartered him long ago.

A while back I had a dream out of the blue that he was President and things were going much better than we would have ever guessed they could have been going, at least for a long, long time. I had this dream when I in myself would never have imagined him as President in my wildest thoughts, nor would I say I was a huge fan of his either, not really having many thoughts about him. The dream seemed like it may have been prophetic. I am not saying that it was prophetic for sure, but I have had dreams that seemed prophetic that came true before. Well time will tell if this one was. I know many freepers cannot stand Hannity, but if it is meant to be, it will happen. On the other hand it could have just been a strange dream, The LORD knows.