The Times takes a look at the effect that New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine's ad about rival Chris Christie's massive blimposity is having on the electorate. With polls showing the beleaguered incumbent finally tied with his challenger, it is pretty clearly working.
In a recent survey conducted by Monmouth University, voters were asked to say the first thing that came to mind about Mr. Christie. "Fat" was one of the most frequent responses, said Patrick Murray, the director of the poll, who attributed the results to the Corzine ads.But read further and there is something rather shocking.
New Jersey is one of the leanest states, according to CalorieLab Inc., which ranked it 42nd in obesity last year.I know, right? Anyway, our formidable skills of prognostication resulted in our predicting back in July that the race would tighten up in the fall but that Corzine would probably lose. It's still a distinct possibility, but should Corzine manage to pull it out, we are going to blame our error on the fact that we had no idea some people were actually too fat for New Jerseyans to take. It's a humbling experience, but an educational one.
Ominous voiceover: (dissonant musical chords): Did you know Chris Christie has voted to legalize feasting on human flesh? Uh-huh. Paid for by the Governor who doesn't have a taste for his fellow man."
The URL to the NYT story is a gem.
I think for many of the NY-centric crowd, our impression of NJ is skewed by our truck stop visits of the Turnpike. While they are filled with fatties, they are also not representative of New Jerseyites (ites? ians? kin?)
As for being sensitive to fatties, I look at them as I do smokers and people who try to overdose with aspirin or cut their wrists on the horizontal instead of the vertical: Suicide FAILS
Agree that statistic is rather hard to believe.
Balk - speaking of the Times, where is your byline?
(heh, heh)
I'd like to thank you for this post.
I wasn't going to the gym, on account of the serious frickin' pain from the last two days' gym activities.
But, reading this FUCK IT I'm going to the gym even if it kills me, because I'd rather be dead skinny than fat alive.
Also, as a still-fat but God-damn-like-50%-of-me-disappeared-this-year person, I reveal to you that the best thing you can do for fat people is to be merciless and brutal about their fatosity.
In some things, the high school version of you had it right.
SOMEBODY wishes he was writing NYPost headlines.
You are incorrect. Trans people are still okay to make fun of...trust me, I'm trans, and just the other day you made fun of people like me. asshole.