Chris Christie. First off what parent does that to their child. Denis St. Denis. Joey Joseph. There are too many Mike Hunts in this world. This is not the point. Chris Christie is the governor of New Jersey. He is a Republican. People are saying he may be the only Republican who has a chance to challenge President Obama in the upcoming presidential election in the United States. Christie has said that it isn’t his time. The media has turned his potential candidacy into a singular issue: his weight.
September 26th 1960. The day that changed politics forever. John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon participated in the first televised leadership debate. Before this, it was a man’s message that mattered. After this it was a man’s haircut. The relationship that Joe Public had with their politicians was through their radios and the newspapers. Before the debate, most Americans didn’t even know what their president looked like. The television brought appearance into the mix. The presidential archetype was set forever. Image is everything. Style over substance.
Why can’t a fat guy be president? Shouldn’t a man’s philosophy and policy ideas be the way a politician should be judged? Shouldn’t we be assessing pork barrelling instead of pork rinds? Listen I don’t want to be fat but I don’t think its right to judge a man’s ability to govern based on his waist band. I really don’t buy the whole he may die in office because of his health. There are a lot of skinny dudes who pass away too early. I don’t know Chris Christie, in fact, I’m not familar with his politics. I do know that he would rather be fitter. I just hope he gets there on his own and is not forced by some talking head at Fox News.
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