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No. immoderate Feb 2013 #1
what i want to know is Catherine Vincent Feb 2013 #2
When you go on TV celebrating being overweight malaise Feb 2013 #25
I thought his playing in to Letterman's joke Ilsa Feb 2013 #69
No hard feelings - is what Christie said when he ate the donut fadedrose Feb 2013 #75
Why should anyone care? HockeyMom Feb 2013 #3
True but the man is unhealthy and malaise Feb 2013 #27
I agree about the special concern about POTUS, but really BlueStreak Feb 2013 #81
Valid point malaise Feb 2013 #83
Agree quinnox Feb 2013 #4
I believe malaise Feb 2013 #29
I know a kid who is 17. Big, very big. Smokes and drinks as well. Parents claim he has wake.up.america Feb 2013 #89
Here's what he has to say about it jberryhill Feb 2013 #5
the doctor didn't merely say he was overweight dsc Feb 2013 #6
Exactly. Smacks of Tom DeLay trying to diagnose Teri Schiavo from a video tape Iris Feb 2013 #12
That was Bill Frist but exactly dsc Feb 2013 #13
Wasn't that Frist?? Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #15
haha! Yes! Look up! Iris Feb 2013 #28
After awhile they all sound alike ............. Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #37
No kidding! Iris Feb 2013 #38
Look and smell alike too. lonestarnot Feb 2013 #72
Well, I will have to disagree with you on this... madinmaryland Feb 2013 #17
No she said he would likely die dsc Feb 2013 #22
It was an inarticulate way of saying what she did. Actuarily speaking, a 50 year old man, who is madinmaryland Feb 2013 #42
If you want person x to become healthier you go to person x dsc Feb 2013 #48
Christie has been talking about his weight for a while and has made it a public issue. Don't we madinmaryland Feb 2013 #53
And Teri Schivo's condition was public dsc Feb 2013 #61
Not sure what the statistical chances are for someone who is clinically dead and has been madinmaryland Feb 2013 #66
Terry Schiavo was a private person who never asked to be in the public eye. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #70
Christie is a very good looking man. Just imagine what he could look like wake.up.america Feb 2013 #92
And that's the point malaise Feb 2013 #35
I would do the same thing he did liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #44
haters? malaise Feb 2013 #46
Huh? Morbidly obese is a medical diagnosis. NOT HATRED. madinmaryland Feb 2013 #54
people don't discriminate based on high blood pressure, they discriminate based on weight liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #56
I'm obese. laundry_queen Feb 2013 #67
truth! +1 auntAgonist Feb 2013 #90
OK but marions ghost Feb 2013 #91
unless you know his cholesterol and blood pressure you don't know that he is more likely to have liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #47
His weight does have statistical correlation with many diseases that shorten life. madinmaryland Feb 2013 #55
that is between him and his doctors. liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #65
Exactly right. And I thought Republicans were all about Personal Responsibility R B Garr Feb 2013 #71
Husband's doctor told him he was obese HockeyMom Feb 2013 #19
Your husband can eat smaller portions, cut out sugar and fats, and exercise more. Tx4obama Feb 2013 #23
Actually, I don't think anyone should eat "diet" food. nobodyspecial Feb 2013 #51
This happens laundry_queen Feb 2013 #68
Your husbands Doctor is a moran. trumad Feb 2013 #88
Well I told some friends that he's unlikely to make it to 2016 and I'm no medical doctor malaise Feb 2013 #30
Not the point. This doctor doesn't even practice in NJ, so what's it to HER? WinkyDink Feb 2013 #39
That doesn't matter - he went on TV stuffing a donut into the mouth of that malaise Feb 2013 #45
Wow, humor-impaired? Again, WHAT'S IT TO HER OR YOU? Planning to marry him? Vote for him? WinkyDink Feb 2013 #57
In 2013 "being way overweight" is not considered a great thing goclark Feb 2013 #58
My rear is smaller than hers, and that's saying something. SORRY if that is non-PCDU. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #62
Michelle Obama is a role model because she leads by example not by fat shaming liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #63
Obama made it and he smoked. liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #7
Any 40 something smoker can make it malaise Feb 2013 #31
he knows he is overweight , but he was saying based on his own doctor JI7 Feb 2013 #8
Sorry he's a RETHUG malaise Feb 2013 #32
No. He said that he knows that he has a problem on Letterman. Mass Feb 2013 #9
exactly. Does she know what his cholesterol or blood pressure is? liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #16
Don't tell him. Maybe he won't notice until he collapses after winning the GOP Primary. n/t Ian David Feb 2013 #10
I was a little surprised to see how big he was ecstatic Feb 2013 #11
as someone in NJ -when Christie ran against Corzine it was neck and neck graham4anything Feb 2013 #14
Question for you, graham... madinmaryland Feb 2013 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author graham4anything Feb 2013 #21
the most Progressive Governor in the country. nt madinmaryland Feb 2013 #24
This message was self-deleted by its author graham4anything Feb 2013 #26
I will vote for the Democratic candidate in 2016. Whomever she is.(Hillary,Eliz,Janet) graham4anything Feb 2013 #43
I, also, will vote and support whomever the Democratic Candidate is in 2016... madinmaryland Feb 2013 #50
BTW-it is possible to be overweight, but have good other numbers graham4anything Feb 2013 #18
or to have normal blood pressure BainsBane Feb 2013 #34
We should ask the DU medics malaise Feb 2013 #40
exactly liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #52
of course he knows he's overweight BainsBane Feb 2013 #33
DUH. He was simply commenting that one should MTOB if they haven't examined him. Do you WinkyDink Feb 2013 #36
Hillary is not morbidly obese and any doctor worth his or her salt malaise Feb 2013 #41
I didn't know the qualifier "morbidly" was in play. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #49
Maybe he has one of those mirrors they have in carnivals in the House of Mirrors Cleita Feb 2013 #59
His weight has nothing to do with why I would not vote for him. Mr.Bill Feb 2013 #60
weight is a non-issue for me too. His attitude and policies are definitely the real issue. liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #64
Respectfully, what would Ruby Bridges or ML King say to a thread like this? -nt- Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #73
He's fine. He should be encouraged to eat more. jsr Feb 2013 #74
ROFL malaise Feb 2013 #84
It's like smokers. They don't smoke around me - that's their business... wake.up.america Feb 2013 #76
Should we really be sticking our noses into the health decisions made by ScreamingMeemie Feb 2013 #77
I think he's painfully aware of it, malaise -- and I've no doubt it gateley Feb 2013 #78
He's just "big boned"! rdharma Feb 2013 #79
I saw the clip of the doctor earlier today fujiyama Feb 2013 #80
Agreed. He' taking a huge risk at his present weightage. But, you never know wake.up.america Feb 2013 #82
Are you suggesting that he should smoke as well? malaise Feb 2013 #85
I had a friend who once claimed that. AngryOldDem Feb 2013 #86
That simple malaise Feb 2013 #87
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