Liberal commentator Mark Shields is hardly the poster boy for health and fitness in this country.
Despite that, the portly PBSer took a cheap shot at Governor Chris Christie's (R-N.J.) weight on Friday's Inside Washington (video follows with transcript and commentary, file photo):
MARK SHIELDS: As for Chris Christie, I mean, I’m the last person in the world who should tell him he should join a gym, but watching him get out of an SUV is like watching the Russians get out of Afghanistan – it took that long.
Yet the larger point is how comfortable media members are at making such jokes about Christie.
Would they be doing so if he were a Democrat, a woman, or a minority?
As the answer is likely "No," that means Christie's weight is an acceptable target because he's a white, Republican male.
America's tolerance has certainly evolved in recent years, hasn't it?
