Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Why does his own medicine have to be so tasty? MMMMMM KRISPY KREME" Riiiight? Have you ever had one fresh out of the vat?
Originally Posted By skinnerbox If the guy were as lovable and pleasantly tempered as the mythological Santa Claus, or even the brilliant but departed Chris Farley (RIP), then the label would be insulting. But the guy is mean-spirited and ill-tempered and obviously loves to throw his weight around by the way he gets up in people's faces when he's angry. The videos don't lie. The only reason Christie had the lapband surgery was for Presidential aspirations, because he knew he couldn't win on the national stage as a fatty. He could have done this surgery years ago, before becoming Governor, if he truly cared about his health. He did it solely to be more acceptable to the American public in order to win the White House. Mark my words. Lapband surgery or no, he's going to gain the weight back. Once he realizes his national political career is finished, he's going to put those pounds back on, probably faster than he did the first time.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "I have no problem whatsoever with that moniker. He's a bully. PERIOD. He treats others with a huge amount of disrespect. He deserves a taste of his own medicine." "Why does his own medicine have to be so tasty? MMMMMM KRISPY KREME" Making both of you no better than however you perceive him. I've been guilty of it myself. I have no respect for Mitch McConnell, but I've backed away from making fun of his appearance. Engaging in this kind of crap opens the door for President Big Ears, President Darkie, President Lisp. And, we've spent considerable amount of time here expounding about how no one can help their sexual orientation. No one can explain why a person is a straight, gay, accept them for what they are. I'd bet the vast majority of people who post here are either overweight, too thin, physically handicapped in some way, too short, too tall, hard of hearing, flat out unattractive, too nasally, have body odors you can't help, bald, incontinent, black, white, Asian, Mexican, missing body parts, on and on. Decent, rational, compassionate people shouldn't consider any of that fair game. His appearance should be left out of it.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>The only reason Christie had the lapband surgery was for Presidential aspirations, because he knew he couldn't win on the national stage as a fatty.<< As a "fatty" myself, I am currently on Weight Watchers. I'm not doing it for political reasons, I want to get healthy. I don't think his weight, other than perhaps being a health issue, impairs his ability to form political opinions, or is relevant in any way. There have been many brilliant "fatties" of both genders through history. This schoolyard stuff doesn't get us anywhere, and is about at the level of talking about a female candidate's looks rather than her ideas. Please stop.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>flat out unattractive, too nasally, have body odors you can't help, bald, incontinent<< I am not bald.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Making both of you no better than however you perceive him." Oh brother. Of all the people scolding us for being petty and mean.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>Have you seen this new ad funded by the DNC?:<< <------Misses the days when something the intern slapped together and stuck on YouTube didn't count as a "new ad". Or, for that matter, "funded". That "ad" had a budget of approximately $0. #GrumpyVideoEditor >>I have no problem whatsoever with that moniker.<< You should. There's this thing called "strategy". Making up Limbaugh-esque names isn't a good one in this particular case. (And if you must call him a name, please try to come up with one that's at least 40% less stupid than Gov. Krispy Kreme.)
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I wasn't even making fun of his weight, I just really love Krispy Kremes.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance But to answer your question Hans, no I haven't right out of the vat, but you need to try them refrigerated. SO GOOD.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Really? I stopped eating donuts several years ago, but now that we've started talking about them the cravings have kicked in. I may have to make a dash to KrispyKreme this weekend and refrigerate some!
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "Oh brother. Of all the people scolding us for being petty and mean." Give it a rest. You're conveniently ignoring the part where I say "I've been guilty of it myself". Attacking me in no way justifies ridiculing his appearance.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 "I wasn't even making fun of his weight, I just really love Krispy Kremes." That's how I took your post too, CC. I also agree that we should lay off the weight. There are plenty of very legitimate things to criticize this guy for.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Hans, make sure you get the plain, glazed kind to refrigerate. I don't generally make fun of people for their appearance, especially weight. It's hurtful in a cruel, unnecessary way, now like Dabob said, we can certainly find plenty of legitimate things to say about the sleazeball
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Attacking me in no way justifies ridiculing his appearance." Except that no one here was ridiculing his appearance, nor was I "attacking" you. You sure are sensitive all of a sudden.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Has Rush Limbaugh weighed in on the issue?" You'd better be careful what you insinuate around here. Sheesh.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>Has Rush Limbaugh weighed in on the issue?<< No, we were talking about making fun of PEOPLE.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance If you were related to Rush Limbaugh, and you called him up to talk every once in a while, I wonder if you could discuss things with him without him getting all worked up and ending up shouting at you.
Originally Posted By andyll It isn't getting any better for him: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://us.cnn.com/2014/01/13/politics/christie-feds-investigating-sandy-ads/index.html?hpt=hp_t1">http://us.cnn.com/2014/01/13/p...pt=hp_t1</a> "Feds investigating Christie's use of Sandy relief funds"
