Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Look, I’m sorry, but New Jersey
Governor Chris Christie cannot be president: He is just too fat.
Maybe, if he runs for president and we get to know him, we will
overlook this awkward issue because we are so impressed with the
way he stands up to teachers’ unions. But we shouldn’t overlook
it -- unless he goes on a diet and shows he can stick to it.
That’s not a very liberal attitude. It’s discriminatory.
It’s patronizing. It’s coercive. What business is it of ours
whether Christie weighs too much (and who gets to define “too
much”)? Why should we even care, as long as we like his
policies? These points will all be made by political
commentators if word goes out to the vast right-wing conspiracy
that it’s time to get behind Christie.
