Mark Shields on Christie's Weight: When You Sit in the Bathtub and Water Rises in the Toilet It's a Problem
The juvenile bashing of Chris Christie's weight hit a disgraceful low on PBS's "Inside Washington" Friday when a panel absent the guiding sanity of syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer chuckled and guffawed over the size of the New Jersey governor.
What posterity will certainly view as one of the more embarrassing episodes on this political talk show stalwart came when PBS's Mark Shields quipped, "When you sit in the bathtub, and the water level in the toilet does rise, it’s a pretty good indication that you probably ought to cut the second dessert" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
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EVAN THOMAS, POLITICO: Christie would be a very appealing candidate except that he weighs too much. I mean, it’s an issue that everybody is uncomfortable with but it’s really an issue. [...]
COLBY KING, WASHINGTON POST: He’s a guy that I would love to have breakfast, lunch, and dinner with at the same setting.
MARGARET CARLSON, BLOOMBERG: Yeah, the all you can eat. [...]
MARK SHIELDS, PBS: Now, the weight thing is a problem, and I can say that when you sit in the bathtub, and the water level in the toilet does rise, it’s a pretty good indication that you probably ought to cut the second dessert. And I think that’s a problem with the Governor.
Be advised the above playground discussion involved members of the supposedly esteemed media outlets Bloomberg, PBS, Politico, and the Washington Post.
I hope the heads of these organizations are proud of the way their respective members behaved Friday evening.
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Ha, ha, ha, ha . . . . Mark
Submitted by jdhawk on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 12:50pm.
Ha, ha, ha, ha . . . . Mark Shields should be calling someone fat? Yeah, a human dymano, that Mark Shields. When is the last time you worked out, Shields? My guess is it was to raise a cheek to fart! Someone as out of shape and rotund as Shields should not be identifying others as fat.
Meanwhile, the best way for Governor Christy to get past this physical issue is to get it out there in the press. Have an interview and tell people to get over themselves. Yeah, I am fat. It has been a problem all my life, blah, blah, blah.
Nevertheless, Governor Christy should make his intentions clear and soon. Either he is in or he is out in this Republican candidate for president race.
Meanwhile, we need more like him running our states. He is doing a terrific job, in NJ. I only wish we could trade him for Bev "let's suspend Congressional elections for two years" Purdue here in North Carolina. By the way, her polling went to an all time low on that dufus remark.
Ha!
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 4:37pm.
Christie should add that he is tired of the bullying and intolerance from the Democrats and their followers.
They hate to be called out for that!
Just take a gander as
Submitted by kg on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 5:18pm.
Just take a gander as Shield's jowls and the dunlaps disease he has. Dunlaps...when your belly dunlaps over your belt.
"DumbAssity of Dope"
Agreed. Shields is
Submitted by dr-go on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 5:43pm.
downright imaginative and oh, just too funny.
I am kinda chuckled and guffawed myself..
Submitted by ThePickle on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 12:53pm.
I am kinda chuckled and guffawed myself..when I looked up the CDC statistics on obesity in the United States and realized these idiots are denigrating and making fun of over 1/3 of the voting age population...:)
Per the CDC..... •Percent of adults age 20 years and over who are obese: 34% (2007-2008)
So you chuckle heads just keep getting downright mean about someones weight, I'm sure that 1/3 of the voting age population is just overjoyed at you having a laugh at their expense.
After all, to coin a phrase from the liberal debate book, ...WE ALL KNOW that only Conservative Republicans are fat and out of shape.
SHIELDS
Submitted by D'saredumbpeople on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 12:53pm.
I always thought this guy was retarded, and he sure showed it today...he must be related to MIKA.
The guy is fat (put down the
Submitted by Rusty Shackleford on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 1:07pm.
The guy is fat (put down the donuts already), but aren't these people the same people who whined about people commenting on Micheal Moore's massive weight problem?
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Chris Matthews: The Joy Behar of MSNBC.
Bill Maher: The Joy Behar of HBO.
Paul Krugman: The Joy Behar of The New York Times.
They're also the same cork sockers ...
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 1:20pm.
... who push for government to pass "Bullying Laws" so kids in school won't tease and bully the fat kids, or the geeky kids.
Does it ever occur to a liberal that setting an example in their own lives may be the best way to affect behavior in the next generation.
Personally, I'm sick of both Christie and Palin PT-ing the conservatives with their "Don't. Stop. Don't. Stop! Don't stop, don't stop" tease, but that doesn't change the bully boy tactics of a pack of fairies who think they have a license to "bully" the fat guy.
I'd love to see Christie invite the whole panel to step into the cage with him for an "athletic contest." I'm betting he can whip their asses all at the same time.
Palin isn't "teasing" anyone.
Submitted by Free Stinker on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 2:29pm.
Palin isn't "teasing" anyone. She said she would decide late this year. I think late Nov is the deadline to file for Primaries, so relax. You won't have to worry bout it in another 7 weeks or so.
Unfortunately for you, Sarah Palin is 47 so you'll be hearing a lot about her for the next 20 +years, regardless of whether she runs or not
/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
Sarah is killing left and right..
Submitted by Rukus on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 6:09pm.
And she isn't running for shiite! She is the best at what she does... make the media go nuts!! If she get's in, and I don't think she will, she will make the TEA Party a major thing, not a party, but a big thing and will make 12 the same as 10... just my 2 cents.
Shields says this when...
Submitted by Dbak61 on Mon, 10/03/2011 - 12:13am.
...his head is so full of liberal hypocrisy and BS that every time he opens his mouth his sewage bill rises.
Open season on fat people!
Submitted by kata on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 1:10pm.
I guess bullies will now get a pass if an overweight teen commits suicide? Or shall we blame "Inside Washington" panel members.
And, I am guessing the editors pick for today isn't coincidental.
Chris Christie isn't some kind of warrior for the health movement to be judged as example for body image. He's a politician, and a very good one. (Hey, Mark Shields you're not exactly Iron Man there by the way). I'd wager Krauthammer would have had none of this High School Cafeteria nonsense.
Kata
Submitted by Radical1979 on Sun, 10/02/2011 - 1:14pm.
Correction. Open season on fat CONSERVATIVES. Remember how offensive it was when Laura Ingraham made a joke about Megan McCain's weight?
It's not the issue that they care about, it's whose side someone is on.
I personally do not think
Submitted by Gat New York on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 1:11pm.
I personally do not think Christie should run because while he is tough and has conservative economic creds, he is also a progressive when to comes to many other issues.
But whether he chooses to run or not run, the day he makes that announcement I expect that he will go after all those low life lilberals from Tweetie to Shields to Eugene Robinson and call them all out. Because this is not political - it is personal. And if he are going to call someone fat or ugly or any defamatory reference then you should be willing to physcially back that up - - - or be branded as a Coward.
In a New York second, Gat.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 1:25pm.
Whatever happened to the good old days of just kicking the Shiite out of the loud mouthed school yard bullies when you had heard enough out of them?
Christe for POTUS
Submitted by NVRAT on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 1:35pm.
I agree, as he himself stated he is not ready for POTUS. Let him clean up NJ and then we will see if we think he is ready. Just because he calls out opponents and challenged the unions does not mean he is the man, maybe the ELITES but, not necessarily for everyone else. As usual the GOP Elites are throwing in another ringer to confuse the members just as they did Perry and Romney.
He holds certain positions
Submitted by Gat New York on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 3:13pm.
He holds certain positions that are more consistent with progressives than conservatives and the minute that is exposed he will be finished. I think we have enough candidates to select from and polls show that any one of them will beat Obama.
The only thing I am upset about is the White House driven and coordinated campaign to create a media barrage denegrating Christie about his weight. I think it is dispicable.
Well,
Submitted by bkeyser on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 1:16pm.
you can't argue with experience.
Mark Shields: "When you sit
Submitted by Gary Hall on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 1:27pm.
. . have become a grown man and still don't have a clue as to how plumbing works.
(;~> gary
Gary
Submitted by bkeyser on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 1:38pm.
I'm guessing in the Shield household, the bathtub and the toilet are one in the same.
It also gives you some
Submitted by Gat New York on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 3:15pm.
It also gives you some personal insight in Mark Shields that he actually takes bubble baths. What a man.
He has separate toilet and tub
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 4:36pm.
He just uses his flushing water for bathing and drinking.
Hypocrite!!
Submitted by malefecent928 on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 1:38pm.
I love the way the lefty buffoons throw stones when they themselves are hardly pictures of svelte modeldom! Yesterday, it was Star Jones aka "Miss Gastric Bypass", who denied having the surgery for over one year! Shields looks to be able to lose at least 60 lbs! Maybe it's the jowls....sorry...my bad! Shouldn't stoop to their level!
Mark Shields
Submitted by NVRAT on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 1:41pm.
Is another Whinny Liberal wanting to make a childish point. It looks like he would raise the water level also, heck his jowls looks like they would do the trick all by them selves.
Pretty amazing huh?
Submitted by telecaster on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 1:59pm.
Liberal punditry.......fourth graders gleefully exclaiming "neener, neener, neener!", pointing and giggling at the fat boy. Now there's intelligence and tolerance to boot. If this is the road they're on when is someone going to call Shields little Marky four eyes? These people are despicable posers.
Shields should
Submitted by Gat New York on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 3:18pm.
Shields should talk???
Exactly how many chins those this house of blubber have?
This clearly is a coordinated Obama campaign tactic.
He who rolls over the toilet seat should shut up, Mark.
Submitted by drsamherman on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 2:05pm.
You are not exactly Mr. Universe yourself, Mark. You and the rest of the hypocrites on that panel need at least two mirrors - one for each face.
Corzine Who?
Submitted by HardRightTurn on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 3:16pm.
Corzine's supporters elected Christie with jokes like that.
To more fully comprehend the Left, one must read “Leftism As Psychopathy” by John Ray, M.A., Ph.D. Caution, it might scare you a little bit.
http://jonjayray.tripod.com/psycho.html
Snap
Submitted by StarAZ on Sun, 10/02/2011 - 1:02pm.
Excellent pt!
What's next?
Submitted by theprofessor on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 3:31pm.
Cripple jokes? Special Olympic jokes? How much of this crap before Krauthammer tells them to stfu?
snark shill hasn't anything to brag about
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 3:54pm.
so what does he do? He does what all good libs do. He attacks the person not their policies. Of course if Christie did a little bit of BLO, he would probably be scrawny too.
Huh?!
Submitted by GG_NB on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 4:02pm.
Sitting in water in the bathtub=rising level of water in the toilet?
I guess if the tub totally overflows and your toilet is attached to it.
Oh, forget it...
"If not us, who? If not now, when?"
~Ronald Reagan
I don't get it. Does Mr. Shields have a toilet problem?
Submitted by The Vet on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 4:03pm.
The water in the toilet is subject to air pressure on both sides of the trap. It is impossible for the water to rise in the toilet regardless of the water level in the bathtub.
Oh wait. I know what he is thinking of. He has a critter in his vent pipe. See. Flushing or discharging a drain sets up a vacuum in the drain line that is relieved by the bathroom,(lavatory) vent. If the vent isn't operating or is blocked then the suction attempts to relieve itself by venting through the nearest available fixture. Since it can not pull air through the toilet trap the suction pulls water out of the bowl.
Let me explain about vents. When you pull a plug or flush a toilet the water going down the pipe sets up a suction. This has to be relieved by outside air. Hence a pipe through your roof. If the vent is blocked by a birds nest or a dead critter the water will pull suction through the nearest trap and you will hear a gurgle. It may be a fixture trap or the toilet may talk to you but you will hear it someplace. And now you know about vents.
Maybe he lives in a condo and his drainage and vents are shared systems. He should contact the maintenance guy or the condo manager and explain hisproblem.
Liberal totally plugging up a 4" drain line, comes naturally
Submitted by upcountrywater on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 5:06pm.
It's a one of a kind, some savings on the building permit..jpg
Commingling of gray and black water, permitted for lib spewage.
Take away his tub replace with this.jpg.
Options Mr. Shields; to saggy for the toilet seat, rotate it out of your way so you can just squat.
LOL you squatting, when was that in the 50's.
You Didn't Build That.
It's allowed - They're liberals
Submitted by krendler on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 4:30pm.
They can bully and stereotype and be as uncivil as they please. They dominate the media. Nobody's going to call them out on their never-ending hypocrisy.
The left has shown itself
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 4:42pm.
The left has shown itself be bigoted, racist hypocrites. Unable to debate any issue they resort to grade school name calling. The right has been handed another weapon to use against the liberal buffoons but they will undoubtedly squander it in McCain like fashion as they always do.
"Progressive" hypocrisy
Submitted by Galvanic on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 4:44pm.
This episode of Inside Washington had 4 so-called progressives on the panel (regular Krauthammer was missing), and all four made cracks about Christie's weight. Three of the four are what the progressive describe as oppressed "minorities" -- black guy (King), woman (Carlson), and obese guy (Shields) -- who are supposed to be sensitive to such attacks, yet not one of them spoke out against them. They not only piled on, but obese guy Shields threw in a fat joke.
If they were all high school classmates of Christie, their progressive principal would suspend them all for insensitive and hateful speech.
The Democrats call themselves an inclusive party, but earlier this week, a black Democrat called Herman Cain a racist. On this show, four Democrats (one of them fat) ridiculed an obese man.
Voters, please take note.
They wouldn't be just progressives
Submitted by stunned on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 10:40pm.
In NJ Christie signed into law the worst piece of anti-bulling law you can imagine. School districts must pony up tens of thousands of dollars for this nonsense. If a teacher heard any of these comments and didn't report it verbally in a day and in writing within 2 days they could loose their license to teach! Progressive or Conservative this law is nonsense and in my kid's school already 20 have been hauled in for a group inquisition by a safety team where all but two have been found not to be a bullying situation but each case requires a mountain of paperwork.
tired of liberal lies
Also...
Submitted by StarAZ on Sun, 10/02/2011 - 1:00pm.
who are supposed to be sensitive to such attacks, yet not one of them spoke out against them
Didn't our very president scold Republicans for not throwing those anti-gay shouters to the ground or something during the last debate? Tsk task--mind your own store...
You know...
Submitted by Chris Norman on Sun, 10/02/2011 - 12:19am.
You know you've been a silly liberal commentator on television way too long if you're Mark Shields.
Pot..meet Kettle.....
Submitted by USA4freedom on Sun, 10/02/2011 - 3:21am.
Pot..meet Kettle.....
Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.
Insert: your name, 2008, the Republican party.
Obesity, the new bigotry
Submitted by CobraMan on Sun, 10/02/2011 - 12:48pm.
Obesity has become the new bigotry. Which is ironic, as most of the obesity bigots are, supposedly, members of the "tolerant" and "inclusive" Left. How is denigrating someone for their weight any different from denigrating them for the color of their skin?
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Forgive me
Submitted by StarAZ on Sun, 10/02/2011 - 12:58pm.
But didn't Mark Shields say this--not George Clooney?
uhhh...
Submitted by liberalsarefunny on Sun, 10/02/2011 - 1:02pm.
Why would someone who looks like Shields make any remark about anyone else's physical appearance?
Elementary School Lunchtable
Submitted by Radical1979 on Sun, 10/02/2011 - 1:16pm.
These idiots sound like grade schoolers making fun of the fat kid. If this is an issue why wasn't Obama's smoking? Or when Obama's doctor told him to cut down on his alcohol intake? The alcohol issue is the one I would worry about the most. Extra calories don't affect decision making, but booze does.
For the good of NJ, stop the crybaby stuff!
Submitted by Trochilus on Sun, 10/02/2011 - 7:09pm.
Exactly!
Please stop responding to Democrats by advancing these silly crybaby arguments, i.e., taking issue with Chris Christie's weight with "fat" jokes about him. You are only setting the D's up for a shellacking, and Christie may actually enter the race.
Back during the Gubernatorial election in 2009, with the polls here in the very blue state of NJ, swaying back and forth between Corzine and Christie at the height of the fall election season -- Chris finally put the election away for good when he went on Imus' radio program and made a number fat jokes about himself. Because of the closeness of the race, Corzine's campaign had stupidly begun openly aiming derisive comments at Christie's weight, and the fat man simply outdid them.
Everyone had a huge laugh when, in response to a faux-serious question from Don Imus, Chris "admitted" that he was a "fat pig" and he further joked that he probably weighed about 500 lbs. That was it. Corzine was done. The race was over and Chris took it walking away. It was one of the most satisfying election results I can ever recall.
Now, as a resident of New Jersey, I will be the first to admit that I do NOT want to see Chris Christie run for President, primarily because I want him to remain here and finish the great job he has begun with his admirable political skills.
However, if he decided to run against Menendez for U.S. Senator representing NJ, I might have second thoughts.
Hmmmmm . . . Okay, drop the "might" bit!!