Would We Choose a Fat President?

The presidential race is not merely about how well you will run the presidential seat anymore. It's about how you present yourself, how you fit into society and how you LOOK and of course the money and success factor. I have been reading my book titled "Amusing Ourselves To Death" and it brought up several of these points of really substantial and good information being traded for looks.

Pres. Taft

We, as US citizens pay attention to the media, more than ever before. We look at Glamour magazine or check on the actors or actresses on the movies and compare and contrast and then many people end up practically worshiping them. They then have the ability to influence us in the way they want. We even had Ronald Reagan that came from the show business world into politics and became the president of United States and now Arnald Schwarzenegger is in politics. How do we let this happen? We love them from their movies and how they act and look on the screen that they become our leaders of this country?

Ronald Reagan

Even what we pay attention to and use frequently has to be "pretty." Itunes and apple are a great example;  they are flashy and bright with a great presentation of their products. It is all about the presentation of the information.  What happened to information that was simple and very precise? What happened to a world that wasn't so focused on their image?

One reason I believe that we have drastically changed within the last couple of centuries is because of connectivity. As technology advanced, so did our ability to communicate and see each other and the rest of the world? We were no longer, stuck in our little bubble. When we are very connected to the world and groups we associate, we become very influenced by them.  By doing so, we are influenced by what is "good" by societies standards...(being lean, in shape and beautiful or successful)

It didn't always used to be like this, remember Theodore Roosevelt and Pres. Taft? Taft was 300lbs. With the information rise and the technology advances for connectivity, do you think there are any other reasons why we would not choose a fat president in this day?

Here is another article about history of fat presidents: http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2011/09/28/a-history-of-fat-presidents/