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Is electing a medically fat US President sending the wrong message to US children?

Is electing a medically fat US President sending the wrong message to US children?

  • Yes it sends the wrong message

    Votes: 10 18.9%
  • No. It's perfectly acceptable.

    Votes: 43 81.1%

  • Total voters
    53
Re: Is electing a medically fat US President sending the wrong message to US children

And I've gotten you to say Christie didn't matter but then he did Matter . :lamo

The truth of the matter is that he is composed of a hell of a lot of "matter" . :lol:
Bull****.

We're talking about an overweight person as president, Christie is a potential candidate, of course he's relevant to the discussion, but only as an example. That has been my point this entire time, unless I'm recalling incorrectly.
 
Re: Is electing a medically fat US President sending the wrong message to US children

Children should not be looking up to POTUS's at all. If anything, they should be looking down on them (relatively speaking) with contempt and disgust.

No matter who gets elected in 2016, IMO, they will be corrupt, incompetent and utterly useless as President.

Such is the state of American federal politics.


As for being overweight?

I don't care what message it sends to children...I highly doubt some fit child is going to start pigging out because the POTUS is tubby.

But it's bad for the POTUS to be fat.

Being fat - especially past 50 - GREATLY increases the chance of stroke, heart attack and some cancers. I don't want the most powerful person in the world possibly being partially debilitated by a stroke or ongoing chemo treatments for cancer whose effects they keep from the public.

Do people honestly think if a POTUS had a heart attack that they would not do everything they could to keep it secret - so as to not lose their job?
The question is rhetorical because the answer should be obvious...of course they would.
 
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Re: Is electing a medically fat US President sending the wrong message to US children

Is electing a medically fat US President sending the wrong message to US children?

Should this even be allowed considering the health message it sends to US children that the leader of the free world can be medically fat?

I would think it is very similar to electing a President that smokes...like the current President does. Or electing a President that frequently used hard drugs.
 
Re: Is electing a medically fat US President sending the wrong message to US children

So now it's the rightist "hack" card.
I've truly done my best as a 30+ year Chemis-try/Physiques teacher to educate my students and other folks about the dangers of their poor diet.
I don't ****ing care that the health costs are going up........

There, I said it! Now what else do ya got hack?
I've never seen a Libertarian-Right who doesn't complain about something in regards to health care and its costs.
This is why I support Paul Ryan and Sen. Coburn much to the chagrin of my Democratic colleagures .
 
Re: Is electing a medically fat US President sending the wrong message to US children

Or a smoking Speaker that Paul Ryan complains about in his new book.
He sits as far from him as possible .
I would think it is very similar to electing a President that smokes...like the current President does. Or electing a President that frequently used hard drugs.
 
Re: Is electing a medically fat US President sending the wrong message to US children

Well I think this thread is rather telling why America is how it is..


"No kids, nothing abnormal with them running the world, nothing at all, keep watching him/her as a role model on TV."
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Yeah.. The US is really going to be feared and respected by ol' Vladimir now.. Hell, Putin might just take all of Eastern Europe at the sight of seeing Christie elected..
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Re: Is electing a medically fat US President sending the wrong message to US children

Hillary seems fine for her age, as long a doctor says she's healthy.

And she can be dressed alot better by handlers to find styles more flattering for her shape.

One word: Spanx ;)
 
Re: Is electing a medically fat US President sending the wrong message to US children

Hillary seems fine for her age, as long a doctor says she's healthy.

And she can be dressed alot better by handlers to find styles more flattering for her shape.

One word: Spanx ;)


She and Jeb Bush both look like walruses.

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Re: Is electing a medically fat US President sending the wrong message to US children

Well I think this thread is rather telling why America is how it is..


"No kids, nothing abnormal with them running the world, nothing at all, keep watching him/her as a role model on TV."

Yeah.. The US is really going to be feared and respected by ol' Vladimir now.. Hell, Putin might just take all of Eastern Europe at the sight of seeing Christie elected..

Role model? Riiiight. As opposed to all those ditzy, skanky, bubble-brained "stars" we see on TV these days. :roll:

But hey! They're skinny, amirite?

Frankly, I think Christie would be the perfect person to have a sit-down with good ol' Vlad. He's one of the few people that would tell that pompous Russian prick exactly where he can stuff that gun. I can only hope it will be surreptitiously recorded and posted on YouTube for us all to enjoy.
 
Re: Is electing a medically fat US President sending the wrong message to US children

Role model? Riiiight. As opposed to all those ditzy, skanky, bubble-brained "stars" we see on TV these days. :roll:

But hey! They're skinny, amirite?

Frankly, I think Christie would be the perfect person to have a sit-down with good ol' Vlad. He's one of the few people that would tell that pompous Russian prick exactly where he can stuff that gun. I can only hope it will be surreptitiously recorded and posted on YouTube for us all to enjoy.


Oh Yeah?


So this is going to be a good image for America?

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You seriously believe this?

Do you realize just how devastating from a purely image based context that matchup is?
 
Re: Is electing a medically fat US President sending the wrong message to US children

If the majority of fat people in this country vote in a fat president, it'll be because he's fat and nothing else.
 
Re: Is electing a medically fat US President sending the wrong message to US children

Image is 99% of everything in life is the sad truth. Put a Chris Christie in a room with Putin and Americas reputation hits rock bottom in every political chatroom in the world. It's just how it works. Life is unfair.


Such is why Putin disrespects Obama as does China. Imagery and imagery classification are everything.
 
Re: Is electing a medically fat US President sending the wrong message to US children

Oh Yeah?


So this is going to be a good image for America?

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You seriously believe this?

Do you realize just how devastating from a purely image based context that matchup is?

God Damn.... WTF are you a 15 year old girl?

Ain't nobody give a Fuuuck about the images.

What is better, living under ****ty leadership with a skinny attractive person, or getting our problems fixed under leadership from a guy who looks like Piggly Wiggly?
 
Re: Is electing a medically fat US President sending the wrong message to US children

You mean the message that you can't discriminate against homosexuals, blacks, Hispanics, or women unless they're fat?
 
Re: Is electing a medically fat US President sending the wrong message to US children

God Damn.... WTF are you a 15 year old girl?

Ain't nobody give a Fuuuck about the images.

What is better, living under ****ty leadership with a skinny attractive person, or getting our problems fixed under leadership from a guy who looks like Piggly Wiggly?


But global image is how you are perceived whether you like it or not.



Putin has a stronger image than tall lanky, aloof Obama, so he rapes him in the headlines in the globes view. That's how it works. Just imagine if tall lanky, aloof Obama is being raped in global headlines by Putin, just imagine how plump Hillary or sumo Christie or 20 pound face Jeb will fare..
 
Re: Is electing a medically fat US President sending the wrong message to US children

Image is 99% of everything in life is the sad truth. Put a Chris Christie in a room with Putin and Americas reputation hits rock bottom in every political chatroom in the world. It's just how it works. Life is unfair.


Such is why Putin disrespects Obama as does China. Imagery and imagery classification are everything.


Um... I'm a bit confused. What about Obama's physical appearance causes disrespect?

This is a thread about physical appearance, is it not? Obama is definitely not obese.
 
Re: Is electing a medically fat US President sending the wrong message to US children

I could care less about image.

But there is no way I am voting for a fat guy/gal.

Just 'portly'...okay.

But flat out fat (like Christie in the above photos) - forget it.

As I said above, being fat past 50 (or even 40) greatly increases the chances of major illnesses.

Plus, these people know how being fat hurts their chances of being POTUS AND how unhealthy it is...and still they cannot get it together enough to lose weight?

If they are that undisciplined - forget it.

You want to be the most powerful person in history---you better bloody well have personal discipline or forget about my support.
 
Re: Is electing a medically fat US President sending the wrong message to US children

But global image is how you are perceived whether you like it or not.
If the world determines our value based on how attractive our president is......



**** the world, they're idiots.
 
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Is electing a medically fat US President sending the wrong message to US children?

Should this even be allowed considering the health message it sends to US children that the leader of ....
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It is not sending a 'wrong' message. The message is "that's the way we are". But we are giving a strange example.
Also. A lot of people that are over weight because they eat more than they should and walk less. They let themselves go. I don't know that I trust that behavior.
 
Re: Is electing a medically fat US President sending the wrong message to US children

Think of it this way. Chris Christie is 51. So that means in 2016 he will be at least 53. If he were elected, by 2020 he would be at least 57. How many people as morbidly obese as he is typically live past their early 50s? Not many and the vast majority of those that do are hardly mobile by the time they get close to 60. I don't think weight should normally be an issue with electing a president. However, if a candidate is morbidly obese, then that is an issue because it calls into question whether they are going to be physically able to handle the rigors of the job and live long enough to serve their term out. I like Chris Christie, I think he is one of the most likable politicians of my adult life. However, the presidency ages even the healthiest of men (look at Bush in 2000 compared to 2008), and if he wants to be president he needs to lose a lot of weight.

I think he had surgery that helps him eat less and thus lose weight like those people on My 600 lb life tv show.

Yes, just found this. http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/chris-christie-weight-loss-85-pounds-experts-107315.html
 
Re: Is electing a medically fat US President sending the wrong message to US children

It is not sending a 'wrong' message. The message is "that's the way we are". But we are giving a strange example.
Also. A lot of people that are over weight because they eat more than they should and walk less. They let themselves go. I don't know that I trust that behavior.


NO! You must be some super high influence character on this forum! Do you realize what you've just done!?! You've come into a crowd think thread and actually posted the truth!




You must have some unforeseen incredible pull here. I feel the missiles of mass ignorance bouncing off you somehow! Mesmerizing! Mountains fall before you oh honest one!
 
Re: Is electing a medically fat US President sending the wrong message to US children

Um... I'm a bit confused. What about Obama's physical appearance causes disrespect?


You're definitely a bit confused but I'd be remiss if I didn't admit I hadn't long ago figured that one out after your Chris Christie and Putin comment hun.




I respect your absolute sincerity in your obliviousness though. I truly do.


Any human being who could possibly think that Chris Christie and Putin stacked up against each other on a global imagery stage is a good idea is truly beyond my most wild nightmare in comprehension.
 
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Re: Is electing a medically fat US President sending the wrong message to US children

First off they're both fat because of lifestyle choices that led to any mentioned conditions that might have deteriorated their health more so.

Hence do away with the fat one below!! Yuck!

Children don't see all your analytic stuff though. They look at the TV and see a medically fat person running the world. In charge of the nuclear submarines. Running everyone's lives. Is that really the correct message US children should be having in their minds as they stare at the TV? I say no. Not only do I say no but I say that something is seriously wrong with our society if the answer could possibly be yes.
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Re: Is electing a medically fat US President sending the wrong message to US children

Is electing a medically fat US President sending the wrong message to US children?

Should this even be allowed considering the health message it sends to US children that the leader of the free world can be medically fat?

What exactly is "medically fat". I don't think medical professionals use the term fat, they use obese, or overweight.

And I don't think it matters if the president is fat. Kids' weight will be influenced far more by factors other than that. And it's not like being fat hinders your ability to make decisions.
 
Re: Is electing a medically fat US President sending the wrong message to US children

Not at all. That's not even relevant
 
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