Does this Make the News Media's Head Look Fat?

While the huckster in chief was peddling his snake oil to the yokels, the press slid in some rude observations about his nominee for Surgeon General

Dr. Regina M. Benjamin, Obama's pick for the next surgeon general, was hailed as a MacArthur Grant genius who had championed the poor at a medical clinic she set up in Katrina-ravaged Alabama.

But the full-figured African-American nominee is also under fire for being overweight in a nation where 34 percent of all Americans aged 20 and over are obese.

This is rude. Why must our press traffic in such trivialities, especially now when the American people need the facts on so many important issues?

Even the lefties over at Salon are busting on her. How judgmental! She is a hard-working doctor who probably doesn't have time to hit the gym everyday like the affluent liberals who are attacking her.

And here's another thing. Most Americans don't look like Hollywood. Actually, judging by the candid photos in the supermarket tabloids, even Hollywood doesn't look like Hollywood when not up on the silver screen. It's not normal and it's not natural, so they need to get off her case.

Further, they owe her an apology. I still can't believe this is the dominant issue of discussion about this accomplished woman. According to exercise and nutrition nazis in this country, over half of us are overweight.

The liberal press is always blabbering about having a a cabinet that looks like America. Well, Dr. Benjamin fits the bill. She's not fat. She's normal. And unlike the press and the other liberal nutrition nazis, she had actually contributed to the betterment of those around her.

ABC News - Overweight