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Mariano, who served nine years as a doctor in the White House medical unit said Christie's obesity would certainly become an issue should he run for the presidency in 2016. She warned a future President Christie could suffer from potentially deadly complications from diabetes, sleep apnea, and heart disease.
"It's almost a like a time bomb waiting to happen unless he addresses those issues before running for office," Mariano said
Originally posted by FlyersFan
reply to post by Benevolent Heretic
I think he could get nominated. The republicans really don't have anyone else. (although Jindal is starting to make noise again). But I dont' think Christie could get elected with his weight where it is.
Originally posted by Azdraik
Yep because no head of state has ever been overweight.
I think people need to look at some historical photographs.
Originally posted by rickymouse
Fat doesn't automatically mean unhealthy.
Originally posted by burdman30ott6
Nothing to do with weight. This is a ploy by CNN to sway folks away from Christie.
Originally posted by Aleister
Left something out - in the same interview Christie himself said that his own doctor said he had to lose weight, that he was a ticking time bomb.
TAFT, 27th, 1909-19 Throughout his life, William Howard Taft's weight generally paralleled his unhappiness. Taft was 5 feet 11.5 inches tall. He weighed 243 pounds when he graduated from college. He weighed 335-340 pounds when he left the White House. The one thing that Taft never asked of his portraitists was to slim him down. When told his likeness made him look pudgy, Taft answered, "But I am pudgy." He consumed eight-course breakfasts. Through his mother, Taft was a seventh cousin twice removed of Richard Nixon.
Originally posted by rickymouse
A skinny person has less chances of making it through a serious illness than a little overweight person.