Last night, just after 11:00, I received the following series of texts from my lady friend, who was watching Letterman at the time: “Oh man. Chris Christie has gained weight…He can barely fit in the seat…His pants are up to his neck…Letterman is straight up asking him to go on a diet.” A little later, I watched the interview on my DVR and discovered she was right — Christie basically had to wedge himself into the chair sideways in order to fit in it.
Now, though a few conservative-leaning UPROXX commenters have accused me in the past of being a liberal hack, in reality that’s not really the case. I have, believe it or not, voted for Republicans quite a few times in my life, and Chris Christie is a guy I could see myself possibly voting for. I think he’s one of the good guys in American politics, someone motivated mainly by a desire to make the world a better place. He also just seems like a he’d be a fun dude to hang with, as evidenced in the clip below when he pokes some good-natured fun at himself by eating a donut mid-interview.
With that said, I’m seriously worried about Chris Christie dying on us if he doesn’t lose some damn weight. Dude seriously needs to dial back the eating and starting walking vigorously for an hour a day or something. He just turned 50 for Christ’s sake. Come on, Chris, you can do this!
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He pulled out a second donut towards the end of the interview.
When he loses 100 pounds in 2014, you’ll know it’s because he’s running for president. He’ll be elected because everyone thinks he looks so much better. People will vote him because they feel they can have a beer with him, not because they agree with his political views. That’s how politics work.
Ehh. I suppose we could do worse. But if my wedding is any indication, he’ll put it all back on and double it within a year of inauguration. Mark my words!
I’ll vote for him, I’ve accepted that the Presidency is bought and paid for well ahead of time anyways.
Jersey Resident here: His policies really tick me off… vetoing marriage equality especially. And even though his no-bullshit ways can become super rude, even I have to admit it’s still refreshing to hear a politician talk straight, even if I disagree with him. Also, he kicked ass during Sandy and is still crusading during our recovery. I’ll never vote for him because of his social policies but I can see his appeal. He’s intelligent and is definitely a man with a plan. Like Kevin/Robot said I wouldn’t be surprised if he looses a ton of weight for the run, making analogies to how hard work and practical sacrifices can benefit the nation etc etc. When it comes to straight forward Jersey politicians I prefere Cory Booker, Newark Mayor, who is running for Senate and probably eventually prez.
I watch this kinda stuff all the time on redtube.
FalseIdolator is right. Christie isn’t one of the “good guys” in politics; he’s just a guy who is able to make himself look good on a national scale. If he runs for president, NJ won’t vote for him.
pre-Sandy I would have totally agreed with you. But people here have short memories just like the rest of the country. “Yeah I disagreed with everything he did before, but JERSEY STRONG YO! He hugged my aunt after we lost our house, which means we’re best friends now and he’s a nice guy whose policies I now don’t care about…” The only thing would be if he continues to be bipartisan, but I’d like to see him do that in the state with non-hurricane issues… and I would still be wary of him continuing that behavior after election.
Yeah, before Sandy the only policy of his that the state could get behind was his strict no-fracking policy.
I’m sure the fact that New Jersey doesn’t have the natural gas resources to make fracking a possibility has nothing to do with that.
In closing, Chris Christie is only bi-partisan because his party is so wildly unpopular.
As a democrat he’s the only republican I worry about in 2016 as I think he could win.
However, republicans are fucking idiots. He’s by far their most popular politicians right now but they all hate him because he took some pictures with Obama. So they’ll probably end up nominating that weirdo amateur exorcist Bobby Jindal or something and once again snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
I’d vote for him solely b/c he’s old time-y fat and it’s my belief that we need a late 1800s/early 1900s old timey\-y fat president.
Top hat would also help, also, giant sideburns….