Posted on 10/04/2011 8:20:25 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie never threw his hat in the ring for president, but liberal talk radio hosts are already regretting they don't have Christie to kick around any more with fat jokes. Brian Maloney at the Radio Equalizer reported several liberal talkers thought Christie's fat made it too dangerous for him to run. On Monday, Stephanie Miller cracked that Christie would get killed by a rock if he stood next to those other Republican meanies.
But that came after she worried about "how many people" Christie would "immediately crush to death with his giant fat ass." This is why NPR feels so smug about being the brainy alternative:
Can I just say that our audience in person on the phone emailing, the smartest funniest audience in the world. Mike writes, Steph, Chris Christie is just Rush Limbaugh in a fat suit. [Rim shot sound effect] That’s funny. Ha ha ha.
All right, yes we discussed the morality of Chris Christie jokes or not on Saturday night because I, you know that is the big question, is he going to jump into the race and how many people will he immediately crush to death with his giant fat ass because you have to ask, what?
Listen, we are sexy liberals. We are empathetic because I care. I’m concerned because we were saying that these Republican debates they’re so mean that I’m afraid he’s [Christie] going to be the fat kid in Lord of the Flies.
They’re [Republican candidates] going to kill him with a rock if he gets in. You know what I’m saying? Don’t you think?...They are a school of piranhas, these Republican candidates, and granted, it would take them a long time to eat Chris Christie, but I’m just saying.
Guest-hosting on the Bill Press show on Friday, former MSNBC anchor David Shuster said he personally was fine with the fat, but America would not be able to handle it:
Should Chris Christie be essentially ineligible for president because he, the role model and because he’s overweight? Your thoughts, um and here’s my take on it all. My take is that I don’t think he’s too fat to be a great president. I don’t think I don’t think fat or overweight is necessarily an issue in terms of incapacitating him or making him an embarrassment on the world stage because he represents America.
No, I don’t believe that at all. I do think however that he can’t get elected because I think there are enough Americans who are concerned about his weight.
So in other words I agree that for his own sake both health and personal, but also for his own political sake, he should follow the Mike Huckabee diet and exercise plan, and try to shed some weight. And that would be a terrific role model and I think would help him incredibly politically. If he so happens to run at his current weight and he gets elected, fine by me. As long as he does the job, fine! But I just don’t think he can get elected.
It's sad that Stephanie Miller is so stuck in junior high with her humor that Shuster looks downright sophisticated.
Has late night tv been mocking Michelle’s big bottom as she dictates to the American people that they can’t go around eating whatever they want, that they MUST diet and eat rice cakes?
I disagree - they never made it past seventh grade. They are psychologically and emotionally stuck there.
Yes! In BEFORE the Helen Thomas picture!
That being said, Yeah, I work hard to maintain a decent weight but I have no problem with an overweight man being President. The times I gained the most weight were when I was working toward an advanced degree and on hard work projects. No time for exercise, lots of fast food. I work with over weight people that would be much better Presidents than Obama.
Obama may be thin but he's mentally impaired— much worse than being fat. Not saying I'd have vote for Christie but if he had a competent VP, than I'd be ok with an obese President. Now we have a horrible President and a VP that has had what — 3 aneurysms?
A lipstick lesbian radio talk show host who specializes in political nastiness. She and Janeane Garafolo are blood sisters. Her only claim to fame is that her Daddy was Rep. William E. Miller, a Republican who was Barry Goldwater's VP running mate and a former Republican National Committee head. Some kids never stop rebelling against their parents. She's a real arrested development sicko.
I don’t watch late night TV. Moochelle has certainly been lampooned by the conservative punsters, as has Nadler, Ted Kennedy, Michael Moore, etc.
Christie is a public figure and he is obese.
I hate the Obamas as much as anyone and mock them at every opportunity. That does not negate the fact that Christie is out-of-control obese.
She also had a short-lived talk show on KFI Radio in Los Angeles. One night one of the KFI hosts ran into her in the hallway and it turned out that she had had liposuction in her rear. So I guess she doesn’t have a whole lot of room to talk about Christie.
Mark
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