Fit For Office?

New York Times   |  JODI KANTOR   |   November 24, 2007 12:47 AM


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Running for president is like entering a competitive eating contest and a beauty pageant all at once. Candidates are expected to eat local specialties often and with gusto, yet still look attractive and fit.

So it is no wonder that many of this year's candidates have what might be called food issues -- the same kinds that plague the rest of us, especially at this time of year, but exacerbated by the brutal demands of campaign life.

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if Guiliani had some sense he would have invited some underpriviledged kids to share the pizza with him, instead the glutton stuffing his overfed mouth

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:39 PM on 11/24/2007

Note that in the photos, the subject is taking the first bite. You don't see them finishing off the portion. These are poses for the photographers, then the tasty treats are handed off to someone who puts them in the garbage, unseen by photographers.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:25 PM on 11/24/2007


The "Fit for Office" piece is the kind of useless campaign journalism we can do without. It also runs counter to the mission you put forth in "Off The Bus."

Encouraging this kind of crap as top news on Huff Post looks careless. Stop putting this drivel on your newssite and put out things that are more meaningful in news content.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:20 AM on 11/24/2007

Jodi you should get a job with a gossip paper.

A bright future

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:17 AM on 11/24/2007

A candidate has to do what he/she has to do to impress the ignorant right?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:15 AM on 11/24/2007

Pathetic simply pathetic.
Why I do I have to elect someone like these?
Are there normal Americans out there with the capacity to run this country?

I guess not.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:56 AM on 11/24/2007

if Guiliani had some sense he would have invited some underpriviledged kids to share the pizza with him, instead the glutton shoved it into his stomach.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:52 AM on 11/24/2007

Obama can't even eat ice cream right. Just like we said. No experience. For god's sake put your mouth over it. Look at Hillary. there is a lady with experience.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:45 AM on 11/24/2007

Is this Bill's she got in her mouth? or?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:43 AM on 11/24/2007

Hillary it's time you keep your mouth closed. In more ways then one. You should be an example of healthy habbits in a nation plagued with the fattest people in the world. If you don't lose 25 pounds come election I won't vote for you. A person who doesn't care about themselves and their health, shure don't give a damm about mine.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:42 AM on 11/24/2007

The man on the stand
He wants my vote,

He's runnin' for office on a valid note.
Up there preachin, in front of the steeple,
Tellin' me he loves all kinds of people.

He's eatin, bagels,
He's eatin' pizza,
He's eatin' chittlins.... Ah...ha..

Mr. Zimmerman

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:17 AM on 11/24/2007

EAT THE RICH

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:54 AM on 11/24/2007

Hope they all have their cholesterol and blood pressure checked regularly...cheese and ice cream isn't so good for you in that respect...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:45 AM on 11/24/2007

FIT FOR OFFICE?

We are 7 years too late asking this question.

BUSH IS INSANE!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:39 AM on 11/24/2007

Sometimes ya just gotta laugh.
If I were choosing from what I can see them eating, then they would all get my vote!!!
I wonder if that pizza has anchovies on it.....
What kind of ice cream are they eating?????
At last, a topic to push Britney off of the front page, something I can really sink my teeth into!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:01 AM on 11/24/2007
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