Why is it noteworthy that Chris Christie is fat?

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10. May I join your minority? Christie's obesity is a

medical condition, not a failure of character. I think attacks on a person's obesity come perilously close to attacks on a person's skin color.

That said, I think DUers see Christie's 'fat-ness' as symbolic of excess in general, whether excessive greed, excessive hoarding and so on. As the Rude Pundit so eloquently put it: "Who the fuck does this fat fuck think he is, this man-beast poster boy for the sins of gluttony and avarice, telling the poor that they have to tighten their loose belts? Talk to us about cutting back when you can see your penis without the aid of a mirror, Governor Bubble. And maybe stop talking about how great you are and actually govern, fucker."

http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/

Back in Shakespeare's day, matters were somewhat reversed, as one of Shakespeare's characters in Julius Ceasar refers to the conspirator Cassius as having a "lean and hungry look." I've always loved that description Contrast with the depiction of the merry (and quite corpulent) Falstaff of Henry IV, part 1