Obesity Is Hilarious
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Even though it's on track to overtake smoking as the leading cause of preventable death in America (if it hasn't already done so), Chris Christie thinks obesity is hilarious:
I've focus-grouped four family members and friends and they are split on whether or not the gag is funny, but can you imagine if the Governor of New Jersey took out a cancer stick and started blowing smoke rings on network television? We'd never stop talking about how a potential presidential candidate thinks evil, evil cigarettes are some sort of joke. (UPDATE: Ezra Dulis notes that smoking is banned in all enclosed workspaces in New York, so smoking on the "Late Show" set is illegal.) But overweight Christie rubs the donut--with its refined sugar and trans fat and simple carbohydrates--right in the face of the American public and no one cares.
If I am ever on a late night comedy show, remind me to take a drag off a Kool. When the media has a conniption, we'll be reminded once again how hypocritical the war on smoking is.