The left is all about silencing those it disagrees with. Witness the attacks on Dana Loesch. Have you spoken out against the efforts to have her taken off CNN?

Sounds like the morbidly obese tub-of-lard is getting prickly about his abundant girth. The key point in the Robinson column was Christie’s fitness for office. And anyone who takes a long hard look at Christie or listens to him gasping for air in his speeches has to acknowledge we have a serious, serious question of fitness and health we all need to be asking. It would be a terrible, terrible risk nominating Christie for president or vice-president. I don’t know that there is a delicate way to put them.

What a hack. Only someone beholden to the left would give Robinson a pass here. The left cries about civility all the time, while saying things like Robinson did. It’s none of his business. The writer points out Obama’s smoking habit – that is a more reasonable critique, simply b/c there are genetic predispositions to obesity, but no such thing exists for smoking. When will the left stay out of people’s business?

just tried to look up eugene robinson on wikipedia…..Blacked out. 

There was at list one piece here on that story.

Robinson was correct in giving the good advice to Christie that he should eat more salads and get off his fat ass and exercise!!

Wow, the left has had everyone from Jon Kerry, Biden, Howard Dean, Nancy Pelosi, and on and on and on, say individuals and or groups should not have a platform to speak….

Does anyon have a link an article written by tommy where he voices his outrage when lefties say this?

Robinson’s Pulitzer Prize shows that it is about as valuable a Nobel Prize.

Totally meaningless.

Robinson is ignorant on a wide range of issues, and is perfectly happy to share his lack of knowledge all over MSNBC and in his unreadable columns.

I forgot that Eugene was black for about an hour like Matthews did Obama.

Leave our children alone.

That was such a racist comment.

Racist!

Mika called the Governor  by his 1st. name- will Chris Matthews say she was a racist?

Eugene Robinson is a Washington Post columnist and MSNBC “contributor”, and a certified flack for Obama. All of Robinson’s columns lately are pro-Obama (Barry can do NO wrong) and/or anti-Republican.

both incredibly clever comments. Written only 1 minute apart from each other. 

You gave me a good laugh. Yes, there are many, but let’s just go back a day-and-a-half.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/keith-olbermann-media-matters-pressure-cnn-to-fire-dana-loesch-over-urinate-gate/

I’ve been very consistent on this issue, for many years. And on Monday.

How about help for people who uses a lot of “umms” while he speaks.

How lazy can you get? You couldn’t click my name and look back 44 whole hours?

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/keith-olbermann-media-matters-pressure-cnn-to-fire-dana-loesch-over-urinate-gate/

Typical right wing anti-American lunatics.  Can’t take criticism, take things out of context, thin-skinned, and want to suppress freedom of speech.

Oh, and Christie, my governor, won’t make it to the next election is he doesn’t start turning down at least a couple of his 20 meals a day and parks the state helicopter and limo to walk the 20 feet to his rallies.

Maybe Joe is just a coward that can’t stand up for his buddies weather they are right or wrong. 

Christie is the tough Republican?  Tough enough to toss verbal bombs at the president while loosing a debate with the buttery crisp cheese filled danish that makes such very tasty arguments.  Tough enough to attack a journalist but just weak enough to pile untold pounds onto his frame as consequence of chronic irresponsibility.  If he wants to commit slow motion suicide because the gap in his character is too far a span to close… go for it.  Just don’t whine and cough up all over your frontside when someone has the audacity to notice.

Odd. In a 14 November column, Robinson roundly criticized our President for being weak and effective in dealing with the housing crisis. Does that not qualify as “lately”?

Christie being defensive is understandable, you can’t just lose weight by eating salad and taking a walk. Its a state of mind, that requires the obese individual to eat less and exercise, that’s all. He really needs to watch his temper and being defensive all the time, a little humility and self deprecation might help. 

LOL!

Good advice. I don’t think the flashes of temper and defensiveness, indeed prickliness, play all that well outside the Garden State.

How is justifiably firing someone for saying something outrageous on the air the same as an elected official saying someone should not have a platform to speak with whom they disagree with?

…and he sounds like he has marbles in his mouth.  

Have trouble with his outlandish ass kissing.  It’s very unbecoming for a grown person.

how can you be weak and yet effective?  I know, it’s a speciality of our government at the moment.  

I agree, Joe needs to grow a pair when it comes to standing up for his collegues…but then really the only time Joey gets upset is about himself, when someone rightly points out that is a phony hypocrite….By the way, Eugene Robinson is right….eat a salad– take a walk and get rid of some of that hostitality Gov….Can’t stand that fat a…..!!

anyone take a gander at Robinson’s fitness for office?  Since he hasn’t had an original thought and honesty since the Red Sea parted…  He might be better served to just write pap for the “Obama Fan Club”.

Has he formed an exploratory committee? Is he being considered for office?

Thanks. I edited.

There you go again, Royal Commode. We’ve had several presidents with bulk, so how does his weight diminish his abilities?  I notice you have a widespread presence on this site, and seem to thrive on promoting your intellectual prowess.  Your timelines, seem to indicate you have no life other then the small one you’ve established here.  Perhaps, you’d be willing to share a photo (as I have), and show us some evidence of your royal emperorhood?

How about the morbidly skinny President whose governing talents equal his body weight? If a  rotund person if unfit to office of the Vice Presidency, so is a skinny person, for the Presidency, who could not lift a  forkful of lobster or Kobe Beefsteak without the explicit permission of his salad-gobbling and busybody wife? If anyone takes a long look at 0bama’s speeches without a teleprompter, will see the hmm’s the gasps, the aaaahhh’s  and the generally obvious signs of hesitation, being uninformed, misinformed and confused. It WAS a terrible mistake to elect him President, and that is about the gentlest way to put that.   

Ka-Pow!!

Lol!! Tommy burned you!!

Stonepark is still upset because he keeps getting banned from Mediaite!!

Maybe you would like to elaborate on your statement, not sure what you mean??

No can do, JB.  It’s hardwired into their DNA. Liberals, traditionally need to have their noses up someones ass.  I suspect their genes have mutated with the genetic makeup of Warthogs.  Th vocalizations, are even similar.

Robinson should advise his god to grow a spine and quit smoking.

“Tough enough to attack a journalist but just weak enough to pile untold pounds onto his frame as consequence of chronic irresponsibility.”

do you have any idea of the many causes of obesity?  Do you have a medical degree? Do you know for sure his “chronic irresponsibility” is the cause of his obesity?  Please link. Or is this just your opinion of someone disagree politically?
 

I have heard rumors, Obama is a crack addict.   Can anyone verify?  Now if I said that about a conservative or independent…you liberal goons would run off the charts with it.

Lol!! Tommy missed the point! …As did you!  Lol!

At least Governor Christie buys the buttery crisp cheese filled danish with his own money, while the President mooches on taxpayers money to gobble up Kobe Beef and lobster. And, of course, cigarettes.

If you must insult Governor Christie’s eating habits, please be honest enough to at least question the President chronic irresponsibility for smoking. “If he wants to commit slow motion suicide” (you know, LUNG CANCER) “because of the gap in his character is too far to close…go for it. Just don’t whine and cough up all over your frontside when someone has the audacity to notice.”

Greg, you are a typical liberal. You and your comrades toss condescending comments around without doing due diligence that your your own words can come back and haunt you.

According to WebMD:
1: Emotions and Habits
2: Lifestyle
3: Genes
4: Friends and family
In addition low self esteem, emotional concerns, trama, alcohol, medicine and medical conditions.
http://www.webmd.com/diet/tc/obesity-cause

Christie is not a victim. He did this to himself. Have you ever seen a show titled, “The Biggest Loser”? Once he takes responsibility and stops lashing out at others he can develop the character needed to take care of himself. If he does, great. If not, I hope he stops moaning about others ability to observe the obvious.

Sprry, Mr. Soros does not allow us to use our real names nor our pictures.

That is the best advise the President ever received, or should have received. Of course he never heard from fitness and nutrition expert, Eugene Robinson, except for the usual Democratic talking points, invented by the DNC and relentlessly and unceasingly promoted by MSNBC. .

On one hand we have a demonstrably morbidly obese man for all the world to see. On the other, we have a rabid partisan making a nasty and unfounded accusation. Bad show, Bobby, I say: “Bad show!”.

How many Pulitzer Prizes has your employer, Little Andy Blightphart won?

Yeah its the left, not like that time almost ten years ago when there was a effort to silence a guy who said that the intelligence for the war in Iraq was complete garbage.  No one outed his wife as a CIA member.

I get that you don’t like Eugene Robinson from your attack.  I understand you have been conditioned like a dog to salivate with anger, fear, and hate at the word “liberal” or “MSNBC” or at anyone who might say something positive about Pres. Obama. But what makes you an expert on the truth?  Because you are so observant?  That obviously is not it.  Is it because of your critical thinking skills?  Hardly.  Or is it because you trust your puppet masters who expertly pull your strings using an array of manipulation such as fear, loathing, and rhetoric that reinforces your world view?  I’d say there is more truth to that than anything else.

But I must tell you, on the surface, from a anyone who would be reading your comment, purely from an objective point of view, would conclude that your comment defines, truly, what close minded ignorance is.   

The irony here is that I am betting everyone of these posters is overweight.

“At least Governor Christie buys the buttery crisp cheese filled danish with his own money, while the President mooches on taxpayers money to gobble up Kobe Beef and lobster. ”
—Is Christie not a public employee? From where does he derive his buttery crisp cheese filled Danish dollars? A magic tree?
“If you must insult Governor Christie’s eating habits, please be honest enough to at least question the President chronic irresponsibility for smoking.”
—I must… and the President’s habit was addressed by Tommy alongside the mention that Obama has not attacked the press for mention of his rotten habit… Christie made this an issue. If Mr. Christie wants to be tough… be about it. His and your moaning only piles weakness on top of weakness on top of weakness…
“Greg, you are a typical liberal. You and your comrades toss condescending comments around without doing due diligence that your your own words can come back and haunt you.”
—You’re not condescending at all! How dare I hope for Christie to take some responsibility… to be a man in the classic sense and not wallow around in anger and self pity for the world to see. Tommy was diligent. I was on topic. You should read with more care.

I KNEW that scum bag was back under another handle! LMAO!

All robinson did was point out that Christie was fat and you know what, he is!

… as to conservatives having their heads stuck up Rush Limbaugh’s ass.

Robinson first says it was a column about obesity, not a political one.   Mika says, “so you just chose Christy as some random overweight guy?” to which Robinson directly contradicts himself and mentions Christy may be running for president.  Even Mika can then be seen having trouble processing that logic.

Having established it was a political piece, the real trouble is it shows Robinson doing what the left routinely does:  rather than stick to the issues, get personal.  His “have a salad” snark is designed to demean Christy personally, and (as Christy later said) is incredibly ignorant of the more complex issues at hand.   Robinson would probably be horrified if someone said to a homeless person (with similar snark) “get a job”.

I heard that Christie actually ATE a crackhead in Newark last August. Can anyone verify?

Just can’t stay away!!

Getting medical advice from WebMd shows how truly ignorant you are on the subject.
Guess you never heard of Diabetes, thyroid disease and a host of other pathology?
I thoughtthe libs looked at the what’s inside the man rather than make judgements about appearance, guess not eh?

“WebMd shows how truly ignorant you are on the subject.”
—Enlighten me. What source is better in this case?
“Guess you never heard of Diabetes, thyroid disease and a host of other pathology?”
—”Diabetes Up, Obesity to Blame”
http://diabetes.webmd.com/news/20060420/diabetes-up-obesity-to-blame
“I thoughtthe libs looked at the what’s inside the man rather than make judgements about appearance, guess not eh?”
—If you want to take my personal sentiment as indicative of all liberals then go ahead. Poor methodology, but you are allowed to think poorly. My judgement was not based on “appearance”. It was a judgment that the angry tough man is obviously weak and soft at the core.

you’re right… should have done my home work before spouting off

He’s a devout Catholic folks!

“My judgement was not based on “appearance”.

Then why this?
“weak enough to pile untold pounds onto his frame as consequence of chronic irresponsibility.”

My point is that you truly have no idea why this guy is morbidly obese.  To just attribute to weakness is “poor methodology” So have at it you, are allowed to think poorly.

Typical Republican.

Whatever personal affliction they suffer from must be raised up in righteous indignation and those who poke fun or criticize must have their right to speak stripped away.

Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck never poke fun at anyone.

Republicans can dish it out but they can’t take it.

Meanwhile, when it comes to people who are really suffering, whether it be from healthcare issues, or unemployment, or bigotry or economic hardship, or religious intolerance, or police corruption, etc., they are callously ignored.

Perhaps Joe agrees with Christie on this point. He always argues with Mika about weight/food topics… 

“After the Governor of New Jersey had just tacitly called for the firing of his friend and colleague, Scarborough joked, “Willie and I have our own struggles.”“As far as I’m concerned,” Christie continued, “guys like that shouldn’t have a platform to speak because they’re so ignorant.”Sounds like he was just lashing out because he is pissed off at Eugene, not so much as saying anyone should be fired. 

Now how is Robert supposed to get the cut of your jib without a pic?

Isn’t this a speed dating site?

I heard that Rush Limbaugh was obese AND addicted to pain killers. Can anyone verify?

Now if you can take that attitude and get out of everyone’s bedroom and church pew, we’d really appreciate it. And while you’re at it, stop worrying what people stick in their mouths or derrieres. 

None. He has competed aggressively for the Pee-YewLitzer (awarded for exceptional stench and rapid decay in journalism). Master microbiologist Jim Hoft produces a terrible stink that is hard to overcome.

i made the “blacked out” joke 8 hours ago in reference to a comment about whether Blacks were represented on Fox primetime

stop stealing my words without attribution

Well, I’m just a cad, Empy.  I thought, maybe we could come together on bulk vs quality.  But Mr Sorry, has to be the Emperor maker.  You know the wretch?  For a small pittance of  his  wealth, I shall turn colors yet again.  I’ll even front the monies, for Christie’s first engagement with Weight Watchers.
You are truly blessed, Empy…to share the same waste  receptacle with the mighty George.

i think she’s referring to the first lady’s education campaign against childhood obesity…

President Obama is single handedly responsible for getting more rightwingers to STOP smoking than anyone in history…

because if Obama’s doing it, it must be bad…if Obama is against Obesity, it must be good.

Sometimes I want to revert back to being a Republican so I wouldn’t have to think independently anymore….wouldn’t that be great?

“Then why this?”
The weight is the visible evidence of otherwise invisible mental weakness.
“My point is that you truly have no idea why this guy is morbidly obese.”
Not true. Obesity is the result of particular behavior. Even the least controlled factor, genetics, relies on behavioral triggers. I haven’t directly tested the rotation of the earth but enough public knowledge exists for me to speak with accuracy on the topic. I don’t need to be Christie’s doctor to know he makes bad decisions.

yes, but with all due respect, Mr. Christopher.

You used Andrew Breitbart’s big government website as a source, as if it’s a credible news site.

That discredits your reporting unfortunately.

sounds like somebody is jealous

I disagree, Robinson should be allowed and even encouraged to speak and write as often as possible. Mainly as he exemplifies that the depth and breadth of liberal ignorance knows no bounds.

”
Does anyon have a link an article written by tommy where he voices his outrage when lefties say this?”
What, Keith Olbermann and Media Matters don’t count as “lefties?” 
As I said, there are many, many examples. Do your own research before you make uninformed accusations.

Barry, I’m a crooner (and a damn good one) and an unemployed janitor.  I visit this site, on occasion, to see if there are any wake up comments.  The ones that go to the core, regardless of political and religious affiliations.  I don’t go to doctors, because I know they’ll pronounce me deceased.  When I do take my last breath, I’d like to take it knowing my children, grand children and great grand children will not be conformists.  If they visit, and eat from my bare cupboards, they earn it.  By reading a good book, dumping the trash, fetching my cane or changing my felines kitty litter.  No free rides, no imposed ideals, no expectations.  A fair trade off…food for work.  We have too many wimps in America, and most blindly lean with the liberal agenda, and it’s promises of entitlement.  Hey, I even have one five year old grand daughter that is a brown belt in karate.  bet she never gets abused or raped like so many of the female sheep out there.

The fact that you think Obama is skinny is an indication of how out of shape people in this country are. People walk around 25 to 40 bounds over weight and think they are fit, wrong. If someone is at their healthy weight in today’s America they seem skinny in comparison to the rest of the population. Try looking up the ideal weight for a man of 6 feet, it is ~175 lbs. The explosion of diabetes, heart disease and cancer can be directly related to our eating habits and the drug companies and the medical profession if perfectly willing to treat the disease and not cure the problem. Diabetes for all intents and purposes in 100% curable with diet, but the drug companies can’t make money with the American population eating whole foods.  Keep eating the standard American diet and you will have a nice life as a senior taking medication until the day you die.

Sticks and stones can break my bones but you are one dumb Polack.

Archie Bunker

From one Polack to another.

The Gov makes Scarborough look less fat!

If I were a birther I would change my handle also.

Now that is what you call a comment that is full of hate with no substance.  True ignorance at its bliss.  That is the kind of stuff that reinforces those beliefs that the world hold towards right wingers.

Now what was that prize he got……some kind of literary prize for writing…..was it a Pulitzer ? …..Hmmmmm

You sound jealous…..are you fat too?

True…..

Poor Gov. Fatty McFat…did he hurt your feelings?

I cannot believe nobody has commented on the racist dog-whistling inherent in Christie’s remarks. The governor is clearly trying to appeal to those elements in society who yearn for the days when black slaves were denied speaking platforms due to the tyranny of well-fed white overseers. Much like Tommy, I’m a white guy who’s met a few black people, and therefore consider myself an expert on not just the black community, but on racist language and the terms that said community finds most offensive. Mediaite’s silence on Christie’s bigotry is deafening.

Gov. Krispy Kreme is not just overweight, he is morbidly obese.  He has the money and opportunity to do something about his weight, and his health, but never has and never will.  He seems to like “throwing his weight around” with his caustic insulting remarks, but he can’t take the heat when it comes back at him.

Well, you certainly “got_a_grip” on your own hypocrisy.  You obviously did not read Robinson’s original article.  And taking a page out of Rush Limbaugh you make judgmental comments based not on the truth but on the bigotry you have towards that person who doesn’t share your world view.

So…..You got a problem with that

Let me explain it to you…..obstructionism makes you look weak but overcoming it makes you effective…..

Some people should keep the safety on their gun all the time…haha.

You have no idea what you are talking about regarding obesity in this country. Please do yourself a favor and read up on the subject. Over the past 50 years we have gone from eating 80-90% whole foods and turned it around to eating 80-90% processed foods. That is the problem, not the DNA issue that is being pushed by the folks looking for an excuse to stuff anything they want into their mouth and the food and drug industries.

Tommy, he can’t be wrong. His comment has the most likes in this thread. Just like with Fox News having the most viewers, whatever most people “like” has to be correct. Therefore, both Mr. Douglas and Fox are correct. Are you new to this or something?

Maybe then Christie should stick up for Michelle Obama and lay into Limbaugh over his “Moochelle” comments.  Or does this piety only apply to people that make fun of his weight?

Didn’t someone recently say that and told them to take a bath also….

Christie obviously has serious health issues and should be more willing to listen to those who are in effect expressing concern for him.  While I don’t care for his politics or his pugnacious delivery style, I don’t want to see him die in office.  That said, he’s a walking advertisement for heart disease, diabetes and chronic obesity.  The chances of him having a heart attack are increasing every day he doesn’t actively take steps to address his weight. And attacking the messenger does nothing for Christie except prove he has chosen not to take personal responsibility for his size.

Rule # 1, Don’t talk about the Soros club.

Ah,  I’m a racist…. see the knee-jerk to ignore the substance of my comment and attack me personally?  You have helped validate my point rather than contradict it.
(And for the record, I most definitely did read Robinson’s original piece- it is part of a  process of staying informed/thinking for myself and not being reliant on any pundit, Limbaugh included.)

Honestly, the guy is a prick to anyone who questions him in anyway, including his constituents.  But if anyone attacks him he plays the victim and tries to silence them.  Sanctimonious idiot, classic case of dishing out on a regular basis but never able to take even a spoonful of his own medicine.

One thing at a time, syphlus. One thing at a time.

I’ll take the Pulitzer prize-winning Eugene Robinson over Chris Christie in a heartbeat. Christie is the guy who took a helicopteer and a limo to his son’s high school baseball game. He was driven straigh to the stands. This episode speaks volumes about his obesity and work ethic. He’s too lazy to walk. He is a loudmouth, obnoxious shill for the corporate elite.

Facts don’t count unless you like them, eh Barry?

*drink*

Aren’t you glad your Momma wasn’t pro-choice?

When I was growing up some people told Polish jokes all the time.
I would never repeat them just because I heard one.

Is a difference between many homeless and Occupy Wall Street…. the former have some complex issues, the latter is political protest of some kind.

Wow, I didn’t know Eugene Robinson was running for President.  Shouldn’t this be breaking news?

And I suspect you are intellectually stunted and likely stopped your mental growth in about 7Th grade.

El Rotundo saying someone else should not have a forum to speak his piece. What a crock! El Rotundo should remember people wear the uniform to protect everyone’s right to free speech!

I have the freedom to play basketball to my heart’s content, I don’t have the right to be hired by the Lakers.  Tommy Christopher seems to be reacting as if he thinks Christy was saying Robinson has no right to speak, when he was merely questioning MSNBC’s choice of hiring him to air his ignorant comments on their platform. 

Looks like the quaint folk from South Carolina just performed an Occupy Mediaite in this thread, in solidarity with Newt the Ging-grick dunking that uppity black Fuppet in that tub of sanctimony the other night. 

Read, people – & think. Eugene Robinson did NOT attack Christie for his immensitude. His WaPo column made the correct allowance, of Christie having a distinct personal problem (which Christie admits it is – both personal & a problem) & then pivoted to talk about the First Lady’s campaign against childhood obesity, which is a national social problem (which Christie completely talks past, because apparently his fee-fees were so hurt by that bad evil BLACK man writing those bad evil BLACK MAN WRITTEN things about him being fat – which, in completion of this vicious circle, was not about Christie being bad, evil or in any way personally irresponsible for his being fat. 

Put another way: the problem is CHILDHOOD obesity – the tragic outcome is ADULT obesity. 

Now … Christie’s a smart guy. He’s got a smart mouth, sure, a bit of a smart ass as they say in Jersey, a bit of an asshole as any of us may say – & a hell of a lot of CHEAP BULLY. So what’s really going on here? My 2 cents (or “somewhere around 15 percent, yeah, sure, about there”): it’s cut-out week, folks – or as they say in South Carolina, “It’s a wonderful post-South Carolina debate Wednesday in America”, & time to rationalize that Newt the Ging-grick – & not JUST Newt the Ging-grick, but by absolutely no stretch the entire GOP contestant list still listing AND the entire live South Carolinan audience flying their freak flag & whooping & hollering at the prospect & spectacle of a little symbolic lynching. 

This is what this presidential election year is coming to, folks. You got Whitey on Whitey on Whitey on Whitey on Whitey doing the actual White People Are Talking Here, Bo-ah, so shut yo’ mouth or I’m a-fixin’ to shut it for y’all, there in the lists, & an uppity, okay half-uppity target of necessity sitting there eatin’ on our tableware with our silverware, drinkin’ out of our goblets, sleepin’ in our bed, occupyin’ OUR WHITE HOUSE SO-NAMED FOR GOOD REASON. 

This is good – this is an improvement. After all, in South Carolina, things are so, uh, NORMALIZED, that it’s not even necessary for Professor Ging-grick to go to all the trouble of adherin’ to a dog whistle; all he has to do is say, Oh Belvedere, come on up here & kick this PERSON’S ass for me, right now. But now Lee Atwater’s long dead & with one of THOSE types in the White House, the gloves are off in South Carolina, & God’s people are free to call a shovel a spade. Still, once you step outside the friendly confines of the Palmetto State, y’all gotta adhere to certain, uh, niceties – like findin’ some vaguely covered way to say “uppity” without actually using the word – in SOLIDARITY with Brother Newt, you see, don’t you? So Brother Christie is given full license to go on Morning Goe & preach the GOSPEL according to Saint Lee of Atwater. 

And it’s going to get a lot uglier, & a lot more personal, & none of it’s going to be their FAULT, you see, because it’s just like they been sayin’ all along, it’s their MISSION to defeat the UNOTUS & the politics ain’t beanbag.

You mean that affirmative  action Pulitzer………..??????

Don’t results matter any more? Two fake presidents who are health-freaks and gym-bunnies two of them in succession to occupy the white house and what do we have to show for it?

Yeah

well said

Then don’t read the link in my name

Just shut up and admit this is what happened to you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=UzfY-aXGcBY&NR=1

Finally, someone who has the guts to call the blowhard Robinson. He belongs on MSNBC with the rest of his “peer group”.

And ignoramus is exactly the right term for Eugene on this issue

Much more than salads and going out for walks is involved when obesity exceeds a certain level. Besides, there are perfectly healthy people who are overweight and conversely there are total wrecks and heart attacks waiting to happen who are considered ideal in weight

I did not refer to you has being a racist… but of course you would take it that way, naturally.  I referred to you as being a bigot as being biased towards liberals.  That was just that.  You had no substance to your comment.  Base on his article (whether you really read or not) and the interview on Scarborough, your comment was simply an attack on the Robinson’s character and MSNBC rather than his article… which has long been people like Limbaugh’s style.  Character assassination.  So, you have something in common with Rush.

I’m withholding my endorsement until I see his long form birth certificate. As you know, all African-Americans running for president must release tehir long form birth certificates.

You honestly think Christy is reacting to Washington because he is black?  Really? 
(By the way-  don’t you think stereotyping the entire population of South Carolina as “whooping, hollering, lynching” might be REAL evidence of bigotry?)  Projection, such an interesting concept.

The interesting think about bias is it is hard to see it in yourself, so I will leave room I might have some bias against liberals. I do try to stick to the merits of the thought from all directions, though, and listen to what is being said. One reason I follow Mediaite is I find Tommy Christopher is true to the logic of his own thought processes and is not just working backward from a preset agenda.  God forbid the right and the left actually learn something from one another.

The very first post in this thread asked and had answered your exact same question. 

Obviously asking you to do research is out of the question, but is it really too much to ask that you actually read the thread you are commenting on?

Christie tells some women she’s “going down, sweetheart” and whines.

It’s just the “real” royal emperor getting her freak on…

Eugene Robinson is among a breed of Leftist media hacks whose only note is ‘Thasssssss Racisssssss.’ Media hacks orbit among their own kind, and develop an inflated sense of self-worth thanks to all the self-congratulatory backslapping that their industry revels in.

Eugene only has a hammer, so everything to him looks like a ‘thassssssss racisssssssss’ nail.

If she was outed, which is questionable because she was NOT a covert agent, it was done by Richard Armitage, something Patrick Fitzgerald never explored – and Armitage never threw himself on the sacrificial altar. 

“Guys like that” is easy to say. The guy ain’t there.

Next time, gov, try saying “people like you” to Eugene Robinson’s face, and let’s see his reaction … and the reaction of the news media hours afterward.

I hear the dog whistle.

What ever happened to “Nature Freak?”  Hmmmmmmmm…..

Something like a re-birther, eh?

OK you ignoramuses.  What part of Robinson’s quote ‘being taken out of context’ did you NOT understand?  I bet you WHINED and SNIVELED when poor Romney’s ‘I like to fire people’ what taken out of context!  Yes, obesity control takes MUCH more than ‘eating a salad’ but that’s not what he said.  What is MORE troubling is the attempt to silence Robinson.  You may not like what he says so DON’T LISTEN TO HIM.  Christie is a BULLY.  He touts ‘family values’ when he takes off for Florida during a HUGE snowstorm in NJ and then bitches about Obama taking a week off.  He is constantly trying to shut people up when he doesn’t want to hear what they have to say or when they disagree with him.  And you all jump right on this as Robinson should shut up.  I’ll tell you who should shut up…

He handed him his A_s_s_righteous_liberal.

How come Liberals were outraged when Sensenbrenner said, of Michelle Obama, “she lectures us on eating right while she has a large posterior herself.”, but feel free to attack Christie on his weight, just to, apparently, be petty? 
She has made it her mission to talk about obesity and eating right.  Chris Christie doesn’t travel the country preaching about obesity and the need to eat better, does he?

Presume he says the same thing about Liar Sarah Palin or blowhard, cigar chomping drug addict, race-baiter Fatbaugh?  Prob. not.  

A TV personality calling for someone to be fired for saying something out of bounds (which your article yesterday pertains to) is entirely different than when an elected official, who’s oath of office is centered on upholding the constitution, implies that opposition should be silenced.  They make law, Keith Olberman does not.
 
With that said, you are right to call out Christie on it, however, at your request,  I’ve looked hard and have found nothing were you denounce Kerry for his comment back in August, or the Congressional Black Caucus calling for the Tea Party to be silenced, or your denouncing of the fairness doctrine..which was supported by many left wingers.  
 
So, maybe one of the few giggling children who have also participated in this exchange can prove me wrong, otherwise, I’ll just take your word for it when you say you are consistent on this issue…

I didn’t say food wasn’t the problem. I agree with you. But there is also a genetic predisposition for obesity and there definitely is not one for smoking. Don’t put words in my mouth.

As far as Christie becoming President, most definitely his weight is a major issue, since obese people are much more likely to die from heart related illness than the less obese. That fear might be mitigated if he were to run with a strong VP, like the Donald, or maybe Rudy. If he were to run with Santorum, then he had better go for the salad if he wants to run for president.

Oh, and you can swallow the condescension. “You have no idea what you are talking about regarding obesity in this country. Please do yourself a favor and read up on the subject.” I actually study the subject. Genetics and diet are both problems.

Don’t worry, there’s no chance I will.

He should have won that one by now.

I’m certainly rooting for him!

Apparently the two had a fling back in the eighties when their weights were a great deal more similar.  They’ve been on a first name basis ever since.

Nice try, sparky. The reference was to the housing crisis, saying “The Obama administration’s response has been weak and ineffective”.

ANY objective reader of the WHOLE article can see that Mr. Robinson was tearing down the Republican candidates who may end up facing his Dear Leader in the general election.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/republicans-arent-closing-the-deal-with-voters/2011/11/14/gIQAr5wKMN_story.html

Yes… and it was written by Tommy. He douched on her as much as possible. But at least he didn’t go all big brother/1984 on her. But I think we can both understand the Govs reaction to such an ugly and personal insult by ER. And ER as made quite a few foot in mouth moments lately.

Tommy was far more outrage bu Loesch than ER. And ER was just as big a douche with what he said. Tommy should have called him out just as hard… but he didn’t. Very telling.

Lets see here. Eugene Robinson, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author. Thoughtful, engaging and truthful.
Chris Christie, foul mouth, obese, condescending smart ass bully who thinks he is a Jersey wise guy. As for as liberals wanting to silence speech, I see several posts and Christie’s own words: People like that shouldn’t even have a platform.
As for Scarborough sitting there like a stone, as he did when Coulter disparaged the memory of Ted Kennedy, one the finest Senators ever to ever inhabit the halls of Congress, that is because Scarborough is on the same level as Coulter and Christie and that is a low bar indeed.

Mayhem…the quicker you understand the difference between a TV talking head asking for some one to be fired versus an elected official seeking to silence political opposition, the quicker you’ll appear to be less of a sophmoric idiot.   But keep looking up videos on youtube, buddy…that should help…

Yeah Christie was rushed to the emergency room last summer after an asthma attack.

 He’s one donut from the Big One.

And ER and Al saying the Govs weight is “a problem” is no different than saying a black candidates color is “a problem” 50 years ago. Just as bigoted.

It amazes me sometimes how up front some people can be with their bigotry.

Christie has acknowledged health problems like asthma which landed him in the emergency room last summer.

Also I remember the big controversy last year when Christie took a state helicopter to attend his son’s baseball game and he was driven to the stadium so he would only have to walk a 100 yards to the stands.

Clovis, there are problems with those charts and even BMI.

Those weights don’t take into account body structure. Some people really do have a large frame or as they say in the black community-big boned.

Also the Body Mass Index doesn’t take into account bodyfat percent which is a good measure of how healthy someone is.

ER is not getting a bad rap here no matter how much you want to sell that angle. He was a douche. I think you should have just been honest about that and it would have been a better article.

Typical Democrat.

Whatever personal affliction they suffer from
must be raised up in righteous indignation and those who poke fun or
criticize must have their right to speak stripped away.

Keith Olbermann and EVERYONE AT MSNBC never poke fun at anyone.

Democrats can dish it out but they can’t take it.

Meanwhile,
when it comes to people who are really suffering, whether it be from
healthcare issues, or unemployment, or bigotry or economic hardship, or
religious intolerance, or police corruption, etc., they are callously
ignored.

*fixed it for ya…….

So clearly you think Obama’s smoking habit means he should step down.

And all VP’s must prove they gave birth to their own children.

BOOM!!!!!!!

WOW… the Koch brothers have the same rule… weird!

First of all the FLOTUS isn’t lecturing anyone. She  gives speeches simply stating facts, but only a fat Republican who is two Dunkun Donuts short of a coranary would consider the truth lecturing.

Also as a female you should know that women deposit their fat in their hips while men deposit their fat in their abdominal area. Furthermore Michelle’s butt is big and firm not fat and jiggly.

If she were truely fat her arms wouldn’t be as toned as they are. Her fat would be evident in other parts of her body.

Totally agree with Christie on this one. I remember the op-ed piece telling Christie to take walks. That may be said by analysts or commentators, but Robinson doesn’t fit those categories.

went right over your head there sweet pea.  Not surprising.  

well his best bud got a nobel – and the joke continues.  

talk about being thin skinned. Nice to know our politicians can handle themselves when they hear something they don’t like. No finnese, just yell they they should have no platform to speak.  What about the unemployed, the people who have jobs and have to use food stamps, have no health insurance but have diseases, etc., etc.? No, politicians should not speak out about that stuff, I guess.

This comment section is really sad. I have plenty of friends who are overweight and whenever we disagree it never comes to the point where I call the person “fat ass” or “tub of lad” like I seen by one person after another in this section. Really sad stuff and truly hateful.

I am with you!  I didn’t know that the loudmouth bully was so thin skinned.  

He is a bully!

To be sure!

Yeah, Robinson to Christie is another “uppity” ignorant  black man that needs to be put in his place. 

Did ER say the same when Sharpton ran as a fat candidate?

I like the characterization of Christie being the “the tough Republican.”

The smart ones just keep on coming…..

I hear Olbermann may be leaving Current …….E-you-gene.
Got a resume?

You make some really good points, but using the BMI is not one of them. It’s okay, most people aren’t aware of its fallacy, and even medical insurance companies use it to discriminate. However, the BMI was not intended to be used as a reference for an individual’s health – it was used to view weight among large populations of people. It does not take into consideration what makes up said weight.

However, everything else you said – right spot on. Good post.

This guy, Christie, is a pig, not because of his weight but his mouth.  He is a bully trying to get  acceptance by talking rough and tough.  Can’t stand him.

Eugene Robinson stays in the democrat house.

Hey Christie,
Eat what you want, and do, or don’t do, what you want.
I really don’t care if you live or die.

What a petty, fat sumbitch.

Regarding Joe’s non-responsiveness, I think this is one of the underlying problems with Morning Joe.  Scarborough has admitted to limiting his news diet to MSNBC, the New York Times and Washington Post, and I would guess with a little Politico and WSJ mixed in as well.  Plus he and the other hosts have to go to bed early get up at 3:30 am to get ready for the show.  They (Joe and Mika especially) always seem a few steps behind when it comes to the latest news.  The round table discussions are usually sort of interesting, but I can’t say I ever learned something new from the show.  I always feel like I know more than they do about whatever topic they’re talking about.

On top of all that, you know Joe and Mika don’t want to make influential guests and panelists too uncomfortable because doing so might exclude them from the “elite” social circles in New York and DC to which they desperately aspire.  I can’t get too upset about Christie’s comments about Robinson.  We’re talking about a Pulitzer Prize winning columnist who made fun of the Santorums’ dead baby.  

Is there a platform strong enough for Christie to stand on?

weather she was covert are not, it was illegal and done for political reasons.

If you knew someone who won one, I’d suggest you’d be praising its value, numb-nuts.

Thank god we have a Republican pol who has the balls to call these idiots, like Robinson, out . Christie is correct; Robinson is an uninformed race baiting ill spoken uninteresting dope. Go get em’ Chris!

you’re really bad at counterpointing

but really good at cutting and pasting

p.s. I’m not a registered Democrat anymore than a Ron Paul supporter is necessarily a registered Republican

you’re not very good at snark

but keep plugging away

every time a rightwinger hears that Obama smokes, tobacco stock loses 2 points on the stock exchange as they choke on their butts 

“Don’t hate because Michelle’s butt stands at attention while yours can’t manage at ease.”

So…I can’t quote someone who said something about Michelle’s butt, yet you, not knowing me, can insult my ass?

Yea, that makes sense. Typical though. Just read all the comments attacking Christie about his weight, yet get their panties in a twist if someone comments on Michelle’s weight. You are no better. 

Seriously, do you have her poster on your ceiling?

Are you seriously an idiot?

Obesity leads to a host of ailments while being doesn’t in and of itself cause someone to have bad health–although it is a proven fact that minorities receive worse health care from doctors than do whites.

Kennedy?? Finest ?? ….. That’s a first.

Chris Christie is a Republican and wants to silence Eugene Robinson; he is also drop-dead [and I mean that literally] fat and would be a very dicey choice for President in his present condition.  I have no knowledge of this Dana Loesch situation and therefore no opinion.  The GOP ought to try that sometime.