https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/07/is-chris-christie-too-fat-to-be-president/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 07:44:59 -0400<![CDATA[Is Hillary Clinton too prone to blood clots to be president? No. But the question will be asked and ought to be asked. Health matters. Endurance, as a quality of health, matters more than other qualities, like the propensity for certain types of cancer. Christie has proven by his actions as governor that he can endure a punishing schedule. Being president is tougher than being governor. It is stressful. Being overweight in high-stress jobs is not pleasant, it taxes the body, and it increases the likelihood that he&#8217;ll have a heart attack. (He&#8217;s not a ticking time bomb; the actual chances of any one person who is fat and in a stressful job having a heart attack are not insignificant but not necessarily in the realm of &#8220;likely&#8221; either.)]]>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 21:20:10 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/02/07/is-chris-christie-too-fat-to-be-president-n99939