Raw Story blogger: Chris Christie and his wife do not look Presidential

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Tom Boggioni, of the Raw Story blog "Panic in Funland," today:



https://twitter.com/tbogg/status/397905141522636800

[Cooley Hurd]

1. They look fine to me...

...however, what comes out of their mouth? Not so normal.

[Nine]

3. +1

[elleng]

4. Absolutely!

I doubt he'd go over for large part of U.S. electorate. (I MIGHT be prejudiced!)

[FSogol]

7. What part of the electorate?

heh-heh.

[Dawson Leery]

2. They are fine as long as they don't speak.

[Bonobo]

5. A nasty comment that should not be applauded. nt

[MFM008]

6. now now

hes getting there, i would kill to be able to have the surgery he did. Its his policies that are crap.

[LiberalElite]

8. Looks aren't everything -

[RFKHumphreyObama]

9. When did Dubya and Laura ever look presidential?

And look where they ended up and for what amount of time

[William769]

10. Apparently he doesn't remember William Howard Taft. nt

[bunnies]

11. Taft had the advantage of being pre-TV.

But I dont think Christies weight is an issue for most Americans these days. It gives him the "relatable" factor.

[William769]

12. That is very true.

P.S. I was not knocking weight just giving a comparison (in case it was taken the wrong way).

[bunnies]

15. Oh, I know you didnt mean to knock his weight.

Ive never see you knock anyone unless they really, really deserved it. *cough* russia *cough* Youre a sweet one, Bill.

[William769]

16. You too!

[Boudica the Lyoness]

13. It doesn't matter what people look like!

There was a time when Obama wouldn't have been considered as presidential, just because of his appearance.

Please don't judge people based on the way they look.

[Liberal_in_LA]

14. if they were good, solid liberals, i wouldnt care what they looked like

[Nine]

25. That's your interpretation?

You're the original poster here. It feels like you're trying to get people to say what you want them to say, and if they don't you're going to twist their words until you get there. Everyone in this thread has said they don't care about Christie's weight, only his politics. "if they were good, solid liberals, i wouldnt care what they looked like" does not equal "if they're not liberals, bashing their weight is fair game." That's an outlandish interpretation.

[bigwillq]

17. Yes they do.

They look like the average American family. I hate all this political BS about this person doesn't look like this or that. It's not a freaking beauty contest.

[Lilyeye]

18. Not a fan of him, but this tweet is really rude and uncalled for.

There are a lot of reasons why Chris Christie doesn't belong in the WH, but basing that on he and his wife's looks is wrong. Not everyone can look like the Obamas or the Kennedys. That does not make them less deserving of being the President or First lady.

[northoftheborder]

19. Sorry, but I'm already tired of looking at and listening to Chris Christie. Doesn't wear well.

[Historic NY]

20. Hum.

[treestar]

21. They look like average Americans, which could play well with some voters

His personality, on the other hand . . .

[PeteSelman]

23. Taft was a heavyweight.

Of course that was a long time ago but I also remember Clinton being chided for being fat too. Of course he wasn't morbidly obese like Christie or Taft but the fact remains.

I'm not sure what this stupid term "looking Presidential" means. I do know that I don't want him to be President.

[cali]

24. so they're too fat to be in the White House? That's what you're saying?

Ugh. fuck that ugly discrimination.

It's his policies and who he seems to be as a person that we should focus on, not that he and his wife aren't "attractive enough to dwell in the White House.

Frankly, I find this is just ugly bigoted shit.

[DrDan]

26. Does this look like the mayor of the 5th largest city in North America?

his margin of victory was over 11%

[B Calm]

27. Looks are only skin deep, the ugliness in Kristie

comes from the inside!

[HappyMe]

28. I don't like the guy, but that's just uncalled for rudeness.

TBogg has some growing up to do.

[magical thyme]

29. personally, I took it as a comment on their clothes and facial expressions.

They have a long way to go if they want to master the intricacies of looking "informally formal" or maybe "formally informal" eg, dressed down and yet somehow dressed up at the same time.

Wrinkled, poor fitting clothes that accentuate the worst aspects of your build; odd color choices that look like whatever wasn't in the laundry that day.

Knowing they are likely to be photographed, most candidates for whatever tend to dress in clothes that complement (pink shorts, navy blue top could be cute, but the attempt at "cute" is undermined by the beige sweater -- it just doesn't fit there, especially since she's wearing shorts).

Their look certainly highlights their attitude "I don't give a fuck." That can be taken a couple ways

[BeyondGeography]

30. Looks matter

Sorry to all the perfect-worlders here. You admit it as much when you say the photo gives him an "everyman" quality. Why? Because he's fat, obviously. Now how deep is that? With Christie, it's not the fat so much as the anger that bothers me. Domestically, I'm not sure how much his appearance will matter, since much of the nation is grappling with portion control issues. Internationally, he will look like a gross cartoon of excess to much of the world, which would be unfortunate albeit not too far off of our actual behavior.

[Agschmid]

31. This is a crap flamebait OP.

Obvious trolling is... Well... Obvious trolling.

Don't bite.

To any potential jury I made no personal attack on the poster of the OP, rather the content of the post. Also this whole thread seems to exist just to create drama in the DU community... Much like the other thread talking about this thread. Oye.

[Dash87]

32. How does one look "Presidential?" This is stupid.

[leftynyc]

33. Newbie trying to stir some shit?

You're on the wrong board for that. Try the right wing blogs that are trying to metaphorically crucify this man because he has the audacity not to hate the President. They may be more receptive.

[bullwinkle428]

34. Meh. How many millions of tea-baggers continue to spout this point

about Barack & Michelle as a couple?

"'CUZ YA KNOW...HINT-HINT...WINK-WINK...NUDGE-NUDGE!1!!"

[Tom Ripley]

35. They look like American tourists

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

36. I remember Leslie Stahl on 60 Minutes

interviewing Howard Dean and his wife. She showed a clip of junior and pickles in formal attire and wondered if they could look that fabulous!