I am so tired of the cracks about Gore's weight!!!!! I personally like

[madmunchie]

a man with meat on his bones! The attacks and remarks are as lethal as cracks on sex, nationality, religion....

Why is it "acceptable" to knock someone because of their weight?????? AND Why are we not more outraged at those vicious type of attacks?

[adadem]

1. Me, too

Leno was obnoxious last night. I turned it off.

[MADem]

2. It's what people do when they can't go after his ideas. And if we are gonna

get into discussions about "fat bastards" I'd say Gore has a ways to go before he can hop on the opposite scale from Denny "Big Boy" Hastert.

[DesertRat]

3. They have NOTHING else negative to say about him. n/t

[Tempest]

4. Notice how those same people say nothing about Jeb Bush's weight?

And Jeb has put on a lot of pounds recently.

Then there's Hastert. Talk about a fatty.

[azurnoir]

21. Lets not forget

Rove and Chaney looking a little plump too.

[melody]

5. Hatred of fat people is among the last acceptable biases

Anti-fat bias has the same psychological structure as any other form of bigotry. Just as a religious person feels they are "saving" a gay person by opposing them, a fat bigot thinks they are concerned with someone's health when they knock them for that. So the people who snipe at Al over his weight are feeling smug because they think they are "awakening" him to something he knows one hell of a lot better than they do. lol

Beyond which fact, the man has dropped forty pounds over the last year.

[Clark2008]

12. And Southerners.

Apparently, one can say anything they want - no matter how dated and delusional - about Southerners and get away with it.

[melody]

20. Yup, I've noticed

My family is from the south.

[Democrat 4 Ever]

6. I am so tired of the personal comments, too. Will we ever get past

the silly, inane things and go to the character of the person?

As long as there are repugs there will be personal attacks, snarky remarks about looks, silly comments on families, homes, cars they drive. I don't care if Al Gore weighs 500 lbs (although I would worry about his health), I care more that he is a honest, decent, moral person.

I don't care if Hillary wears pant suits or ball gowns. I don't spend a lot of time worrying if she needs a hair cut or her roots touched up. I don't care if Barney is gay or not. I especially don't care to ponder their religious (or lack thereof) affiliation. The repugs have devolved politics into personal destruction to an art form - but I refuse to participate.

That said, I'll attack hypocrisy any time I see or hear it. The repugs have kept us all busy!

[Norquist Nemesis]

7. Same thing with Clinton and his love of cheeseburgers

Apparently, the MSM has a Mary Poppins yardstick for the GOP and they're just Practically Perfect!

[mitchleary]

8. Leno has a lot of room to talk

his chin has a gut. Ya know Gore maybe a little portly but nowhere near morbidly obese Rush and Cheney.

Rush got less corpulent due to the heroin. You ever see a fat heroin addict?

[Lone_Star_Dem]

9. Considering that the average American is much heavier than four decades ago

It would appear that they're just attempting to anger the average American. :shrug:

In other words it's not a very smart thing to be bashing in the USA.

[n2doc]

10. We go after the fat republics too

Consider it a sign of (backhanded) respect. Gore scares them enough to go into full out lying and character assassination mode.

The attacks that really piss me off are the ones about "inventing the internet" and "house uses 20 times more energy than average" and "flies private jet but expects us to walk everywhere." Simply going off on appearance ain't gonna do much when the republics are running the likes of Newt, McCain and Rudy....

[WorseBeforeBetter]

11. Outrage fatigue?

I suppose the overriding belief is that a person is in control of his/her weight; that is, put down the Ho-Ho's and you might not be packing 300 lbs. The attacks are juvenile and mean, but many of us haven't gotten past schoolyard taunts. Come to think of it, I'm guilty of it too since I refer to Ann Coulter as a "bony-ass bitch" and am obviously knocking her b/c of her weight. Among other things...

[wake.up.america]

13. Attacking the physical appeance is not very nice. And as much as I dislike....

Bush, I cannot see attacking his appearance.

He's an idiot for the way he behaves.

[City Lights]

14. Me too.

Criticize him for what he says if you disagree, but not for how much he weighs. His weight has nothing to do with anything.

I was ticked at Jon Stewart last night for jumping on the "Gore is fat" bandwagon. :eyes:

And I'll never forget asshole Matthews for his attacks on Gore in 2000. From the size of his neck, the way he parts his hair, to his breathing. Absolutely sickening.

Who is Matthews to judge? Sheesh! I have a few choice words I could spew about him, and I've never even seen him in a Speedo! :puke:

[DainBramaged]

15. 210 and 5'11" think I'm fat? Come on try and knock me down

Think one of you skinnies could lift me off my fat feet? :silly: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

[Connonym]

16. Definitely one of the last "acceptable" forms of prejudice

Liberals are just as guilty of it as conservatives. It's awful. Any time you bring it up fat acceptance people start in with the comments about health as if that justifies cruelty. Some of the most devoted exercisers I know are overweight and very, very fit (like walk 10 miles a day plus do kick boxing 4 times a week fit). So the thought that overweight people are unilaterally unhealthy is bullshit.

There's a saying - I may be fat but you're stupid. And I can go on a diet.

[Beelzebud]

17. Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot - By Al Franken

Deal with it.

Free speech, yadda yadda yadda.

[Cleita]

18. It's seems like it's the season for personal attacks. Not ony

Al Gore but Hillary Clinton, who is castrating and has fat ankles, and Barack Obama, who is a magical Negro..........what???

[jollyreaper2112]

19. well now

If he wouldn't sit on such delicate chairs you wouldn't be hearing the cracking.

I kid! I kid! One of the most embarrassing moments at the office was breaking one of the el cheapo rolling chairs right in front of the boss. The way it broke, there was still a sharp metal spike sticking up from the wheelbase. I'm just glad I didn't impale myself on that.

[Poiuyt]

22. Someone asked Tweety last night why he keeps obsessing about Gore's weight

[hatrack]

23. Did he answer, or did he just brush hot Bush mancrush sweat away from his eyes?

:evilgrin:

[City Lights]

26. Said he's "Raymond Burr."

:eyes:

MATTHEWS: Welcome back to HARDBALL. We‘re joined now by Eugene Robinson of “The Washington Post” and Michael Feldman, a former adviser to Al Gore. By the way, is Al Gore sharpening up his political blade now? He‘s up there on the Hill. Is he going to lose some weight and make his move, or...

MICHAEL FELDMAN, FORMER GORE ADVISER: You‘re obsessed with his weight, Chris!

MATTHEWS: Because he weighs—he‘s Raymond Burr!

[Semi_subversive]

24. My belief is that some day they will pay us our weight

in diamonds and gold. I'm just being greedy in advance.

[GreenTea]

25. Your right Gore offers more than just pounds, he's a true national political heavy weight.