Did anyone else see Chris Christie on a Morning Joe segment today? I'm scared for him...

[CTyankee]

He was gasping for air while he was talking (about how awful Jon Huntsman is). He was in his usual bad mood, angry and snarky and "pissed" (his word).

This man looks as close to a heart attack as anyone I've ever seen in the public spotlight. I just wonder if the MJ crew were as alarmed as I was looking at that tape. But anyone having that amount of difficulty speaking (with his anger on top of it) has got to be heading for trouble.

I truly don't know why the man continues to do whatever he is doing. He needs help. He needs an intervention if anybody does, maybe even taking medical leave and getting psychological counseling and physical therapy. It's not good...

[Thaddeus Kosciuszko]

1. He's from Jersey...have you ever watched the Sopranos?

[CTyankee]

2. This goes beyond the Sopranos or anything about NJ. Christie's weight is over the borderline

morbid obesity. His nastiness might stem in part from his bitterness about his health situation.

He looks like a coronary waiting to happen...

[roguevalley]

16. hes already been in the hospital since elected

He wont live to be gov long let alone pres. Look at his face. Ill man.

[karynnj]

20. His nastiness is part of who he is - he always was that way

- even as Morris County Freeholder decades ago.

He does seem to be a coronary risk, but I really think that should be his, his family's, and his doctor's concern. He did say he was trying to lose weight during his run for Governor - though he was obviously not successful.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

30. It looks like he's really gained since the time he

was thinking about running. Perhaps he should have, since one of his
reservations at the time was that he was "too unhealthy, too overweight"

do you think he would add to the ticket? couldn't we win NJ?

[CTyankee]

38. well, he would get the Angry White Male vote but not much else...

I just can't see it. Suburban women will be scared of him, minorities wouldn't trust him and old people would fear his policies. That's a bad combination to have against you...

[bigtree]

3. right, he needs an intervention

unfortunately, his own party and the nominee he's shilling for have no heart to offer him. It's rather ugly to watch, but he's asking for it.

[JustAnotherGen]

13. If all you know about New Jersey

Is the Sopranos or Reality Shows - I invite you to come ride with me down route 206 so you can see horse farms, picturesque 300 year old towns, and that people who aren't Italian Mobsters live here.
Seriously - I'm only Italian by injection - and my fiance isn't even in the mafia. Whoda thunk it!

[tallahasseedem]

19. Exactly!

I live in South Jersey and it's a completely different world down here!

[Mira]

4. I saw him standing with Romney on some show yesterday

he looked like he had just eaten a whole chicken for a snack.
He won't live much longer, his organs can't breathe.

[MineralMan]

7. We simply do not do that here.

Thanks for your cooperation.

[WI_DEM]

6. how awful Huntsman is!?

Mitt is a phony just like Christie and his act.

[Broderick]

8. He needs a good dietitian

That can't be healthy to be that big. I understand some can't help it with gland issues, ect... but I would think he could afford some good care. He does seem unhealthy. Probably why he didn't run. I expect him to be at the top of the VP candidate list though. Seems he is angling for that.

[WI_DEM]

10. I definitely think he wants to be Mitt's VP

He would be Mitt's pit bull while Mitt will try and take the 'high road'--I think Biden could take Mr. Big Mouth in a VP debate handily.

[Broderick]

11. I don't know about that

Something very clever about his debate skills that people seem to like. Biden may have a lot more knowledge, but on the scale of gravitas, this clown has some kick to him.

[roguevalley]

17. hes the kind of guy who thinks

Hes just a big guy, not a fat one. Those guys die.

[NNN0LHI]

9. Thought he looked to be in tip top health myself

He ought to push himself a little harder.

Don

[Broderick]

12. LMAO

[immoderate]

34. He needs a chocolate cream pie...

or three!

I think he should be widely exposed and broadly covered. People should get to know just what a nasty son of a bitch he is.

I hope he lives long and gets twice as fat.

--imm

[JustAnotherGen]

14. No - I'm not concerned

And neither should the people who voted for him be concerned . . . except for he whines about Public Servants not 'doing their job' yet Good Guv'nah Dough Boy is out traipsing around and shilling for Romney.

Be concerned about Christie's ties to Karl Rove - and if he is tied to Karl Rove - then so is Romney. That's the fear factor here for me.

[CTyankee]

25. I hear what you are saying and I agree with you re Rove and his stuff about public employees.

He reminds me of a guy who was morbidly obese and had a partner who was heavy herself. He was abusive toward her, vicious even, snarling the way Christie is doing. He'd been a friend of my husband's in college but I told him I never wanted to see the guy again...

I notice Christie likes to be abusive verbally to women (and to older men). As a large man, he can't get away with that so easily. Women and old people don't like to be pushed around by a huge bully.

This is why the idea of his being Romney's running mate is out of whack. If all he attracts is younger, white males to the ticket and he is used to look ugly and mean, I think the Republican party is badly mistaken. He'll drive people away...

[monmouth]

26. As we used to say in Jersey to describe a Christie-type..."Rude and crude." Says it all IMO...n/t

[JustAnotherGen]

35. He was this way during his OWN election

It's not a turn off for people. Hell - there are a lot of 'liberal' women hating men too - and those guys are the ones that crossed over and voted for him.

Even liberal women hating and objectifying men must find him - er - attractive?

[bigwillq]

15. His weight is the only thing that doesn't scare me

about him.

He's truly a scary man in every other aspect.

[Orsino]

24. Unfortunately, it's about the only thing disqualifying him from running for president.

Instead the party of Lincoln is going to go for the tall, rich, handsome white guy with good hair and no ideas.

[unapatriciated]

18. He does look like he is having trouble breathing.

link to clip mentioned in OP.
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/morning-joe-crew-discuss-chris-christies-issue-with-huntsman-i-question-his-integrity/

[karynnj]

21. He does have asthma

[DLine]

22. I would imagine that being governor of NJ....

He has a lot of his meals prepared for him. For me, having to prepare meals and judge portions is the hardest part of dieting. I would imagine Christie is a serious snacker. The kind of guy who will eat a sensibly portioned dinner and then 2 hours later be eating a sandwich and some cookies.

[Initech]

23. He reminds me of the principal from Beavis & Butthead

"Uh.... Beavis & Butthead!!! You're expelled from the entire school system!!!"

[rustydog]

27. He's a Personal Responsibility Conservative..He needs to stop eating babies smothered in gravy

He is probably one pretzel incident away from an untimely death.

[Bruce Wayne]

29. Supply and Demand. Still, it's not necessary. A leader should be a role model.

Plus he has a school age kid. He needs to stay healthy.

[FarLeftFist]

28. Meanwhile, HE'S RICH, get a personal trainer and a chef, perhaps liposuction.

[irisblue]

37. gastric bypass

he needs that, lipo comes after a significant weight loss, 95% of the time. (no snark icon here)

[WingDinger]

31. Jabba the HUD hung on a long time too. Only the good die young.

All the Rethugs want is someone angry. He is angrier than most.

I am surprised they havent recruited Curtis Sliwa.

[99Forever]

32. I have zero sympathy for that obese waste of oxygen ...

.. or any of his ilk. If he tips over, the world becomes a slightly better place.

[Brother Buzz]

33. Unless he does a Huckabee, his political career is coming to a grinding halt

[JustAnotherGen]

36. Another thing

Can I just say the obvious?

He's fat and ugly.

He needs to lose 100 pounds, get an eyelift, and have the fat removed from his chest because even when he loses the weight he's going to have moobs. He's a perfect example of a gross unkept man in America regardless of political affiliation. Pay attention boys . . . Tighten that ass, brighten that smile - the good old girls who like men for how they look on their arm are here - and out there.