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Geezus . . . . Christie sounds short of breath. (Original Post) Stinky The Clown Aug 2012 OP
He is very unhealthy. LiberalLoner Aug 2012 #1
they say the keynote speaker is the future of the party.... ejpoeta Aug 2012 #3
Him and Tony Soprano ProudToBeBlueInRhody Aug 2012 #2
How can he not be out of breath...carting all that weight around. Auntie Bush Aug 2012 #5
yeah--I turned it off because that was painful to watch librechik Aug 2012 #4
He is definitely morbidly obese. Jennicut Aug 2012 #6
He's turning a little red, too XemaSab Aug 2012 #7
Remember he could not walk 100 yards to his son's game malaise Aug 2012 #8
He is not well... HipChick Aug 2012 #9
He has pretty serious ashtma nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #10
along with some serious weight HipChick Aug 2012 #11
Yeah, but the morbid obesity nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #13
Agree..it is a disease... HipChick Aug 2012 #14
So which party came up with the GI Bill? Aerows Aug 2012 #12
according to wiki justabob Aug 2012 #22
You think he's out of breath ?...You should have seen... RagAss Aug 2012 #15
He is incredibly obese and very unhealthy. mythology Aug 2012 #16
He's not used to the altitude in Tampa. sadbear Aug 2012 #17
Remember, healthcare is for pussies. Arugula Latte Aug 2012 #18
Hate does that. nt nanabugg Aug 2012 #19
He's conserving his breaths like all good conservatives. npk Aug 2012 #20
In his defense. He had to walk all the way to the podium without Guy Whitey Corngood Aug 2012 #21

Jennicut

(25,415 posts)
6. He is definitely morbidly obese.
Tue Aug 28, 2012, 10:41 PM
Aug 2012

I hope for his family's sake (especially for his children) he gets his weight down. That is about the nicest thing I can say about him.

HipChick

(25,485 posts)
11. along with some serious weight
Tue Aug 28, 2012, 10:45 PM
Aug 2012

My sister was morbidly obese..her knees basically gave way under her weight..

justabob

(3,069 posts)
22. according to wiki
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 12:55 AM
Aug 2012
<snip> President Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted a postwar assistance program to help transition from wartime but he wanted it need based for poor people, not just veterans. The veterans' organizations mobilized support in Congress that rejected FDR's approach and provided benefits only to veterans of military service, including men and women. Ortiz says their efforts "entrenched the VFW and the Legion as the twin pillars of the American veterans' lobby for decades".[4]

Harry W. Colmery, a World War I veteran and the former Republican National Committee chairman, wrote the first draft of the G.I. Bill.[5][6] He reportedly jotted down his ideas on stationery and a napkin at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC.[6] U.S. Senator Ernest McFarland, D-Arizona, was actively involved in the bill's passage and is known, with Warren Atherton, as one of the "fathers of the G.I. Bill." One might then term Edith Nourse Rogers, R-Mass., who helped write and who co-sponsored the legislation, as the "mother of the G.I. Bill".[citation needed] Like Colmery, her contribution to writing and passing this legislation has been obscured by time.[7]

The bill was introduced in the House on January 10, 1944, and in the Senate the following day. Both chambers approved their own versions of the bill.[5]

The bill that President Roosevelt initially proposed was not as far reaching. The G.I. Bill was created to prevent a repetition of the Bonus March of 1932 and a relapse into the Great Depression after World War II ended.[citation needed]</snip>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Bill

RagAss

(13,832 posts)
15. You think he's out of breath ?...You should have seen...
Tue Aug 28, 2012, 11:07 PM
Aug 2012

the poor fucker who was trying to bring him clean dishes at the early bird buffet tonight.

 

mythology

(9,527 posts)
16. He is incredibly obese and very unhealthy.
Tue Aug 28, 2012, 11:28 PM
Aug 2012

I can't imagine why people would think somebody who is in that poor of a physical condition would stand up to the rigors of running for either vice president or in 2016/2020 president.

npk

(3,660 posts)
20. He's conserving his breaths like all good conservatives.
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 12:38 AM
Aug 2012

He's fiscally sound when it comes to his breathing.

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