re: #771 palomino

We’ve become a rather superficial nation in terms of appearance. A fat guy can win as guv, but rolling his fat body all around the country for America to see for the next year and a half? That’s not how you get elected in this age.

Now if he suddenly lost a bunch of weight, that would be different. He could use that as an example of personal redemption (or some other media-ready narrative).

Only in our age is losing weight considered a form of redemption.