Chris Christie: I'm Not Too Fat To Be Governor Or President Of The United States

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By Mack Rawden
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Channeling a viewpoint William Howard Taft would be proud of, Chris Christie defiantly told Barbara Walters it is “ridiculous” to claim he’s too fat to be President of the United States. The Governor of New Jersey, known best for his aggressive, yet good natured demeanor, has long been considered a potential presidential candidate by Republican strategists, but thanks to his work both before and after Superstorm Sandy, the politician now seems like he will be one of the frontrunners when primary season kicks into gear three years from now.

The exchange in question took place during Walters’ recently recorded series of interviews with the ten people she selected as the most fascinating of 2012. The sitdowns will air this evening during a special on ABC, but some of the more interesting exchanges have already begun leaking out. Luckily for Christie, he handled himself quite well. Here’s a portion of his actual response to the “are you too fat” question, as per The Washington Post…

“I’ve done this job pretty well. I think people watched me for the last number of weeks during Hurricane Sandy doing 18-hour days and getting back up the next day and still being just as effective in the job, so i don’t think that will be a problem.”

Christie gave the keynote address during the Republican National Convention earlier this year, and since, he’s even stopped in for a segment on Saturday Night Live. Affable, highly intelligent and, yes, fat, he should be a force to be reckoned with in 2016, if, of course, he officially decides running for President is what he’d like to spend his time doing.

Mack Rawden
Mack Rawden
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Mack Rawden is the Editor-In-Chief of CinemaBlend. He first started working at the publication as a writer back in 2007 and has held various jobs at the site in the time since including Managing Editor, Pop Culture Editor and Staff Writer. He now splits his time between working on CinemaBlend’s user experience, helping to plan the site’s editorial direction and writing passionate articles about niche entertainment topics he’s into. He graduated from Indiana University with a degree in English (go Hoosiers!) and has been interviewed and quoted in a variety of publications including Digiday. Enthusiastic about Clue, case-of-the-week mysteries, a great wrestling promo and cookies at Disney World. Less enthusiastic about the pricing structure of cable, loud noises and Tuesdays.