Fat politics
From Amy Chozick in the Wall Street Journal (link from Krugman):
In a nation in which 66% of the voting-age population is overweight and 32% is obese, could Sen. Obama’s skinniness be a liability? Despite his visits to waffle houses, ice-cream parlors and greasy-spoon diners around the country, his slim physique just might have some Americans wondering whether he is truly like them.
From Michael Finnegan in the LA Times:
The margin (Poizner beat the Democrat, 51% to 39%, with more than 10% favoring other candidates) suggests that Bustamante’s TV ads highlighting the rotund lieutenant governor’s weight loss failed to build voter confidence in his qualifications to regulate insurers.
Too many column inches to fill, I guess . . .
Comments
The WSJ is channelling the Onion here.
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/as_obese_population_rises_more
Posted by: Eric L. | August 1, 2008 10:53 AM
She might have been very desperate to fill those column inches indeed:
http://laboratorium.net/archive/2008/08/02/journalistic_ethics_in_action
Posted by: Jeff | August 3, 2008 09:41 AM
That’s hilarious! The next question is, what excuse did Michael Finnegan have?
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August 3, 2008 04:46 PM