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Dr. Keith Ablow discusses the importance of physical appearance and how it’s impacting Chris Christie.
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-- this week about New Jersey governor Chris Christie and his weight.
Could he ever be a vice presidential candidate looking the way he looked this weekend in New Hampshire.
Studies show that we tend to elect tall thin people and we tend to Ohio people like that to.
You want to let's get an -- only what this -- about.
Let's bring in a psychiatrist why not doctor keep -- -- is here to explain the psychology behind this -- Studies show we do vote for and higher been told people.
Why.
Aesthetics matter to people but beyond just the aesthetics that you enjoy looking at somebody who's an attractive figure of cuts and attractive figure on the planet.
The bottom line is we also in part to people who can control themselves.
Other qualities okay that they candidate that they're skilled in choosing.
That they're not hostage to any thing being implies you got disciplined you have discipline a general -- you're gonna fall into battle.
Think of following very heavy general and the battle he would do well yeah.
-- -- -- -- -- -- Let me bring Americans can relate to more yes what do you think Americans identify with -- -- to man on the camera right now.
Mean there are millions and millions of Americans with weight problems you know that can empathize and sympathize and understand some on the base is attending do you.
-- conversation about a woman.
Yeah it fell about how do we not have probable after analysts and -- take -- hit this himself.
And -- interview that is gonna air with Oprah Winfrey and January 15 -- network he said he.
He is worried about his help he is worried about his children and what's going to happen today.
Yeah.
He -- a nearly.
Chris Christie needs to do become Oprah.
He needs to come front and center no pun intended.
And say to people sure I'm worried and I'm gonna lose this weight that's my pledge to you.
Because the bottom line is I'm at a point in my life where this matters to me and you'll see it happen.
And then when you get to know watch it at losing that weight empathize with an even more and love him even more great and all but I think it's like -- incident and to help -- well.
Obama's smoking -- in a little.
What a great opportunity.
Chris Christie has to say you know what I.
I get it and I wanna be a role model for Americans it's yet another way that I can be a role model and maybe you can say this listen I've never been able to say no to food.
But I sure have been able to say no to entitlements that's for sure have been able to see -- -- Can I eat -- I don't spend it he should start talking about it may -- his own and own it because culturally we like the fat figure some certain context Santa Claus so you'll generous happy if he handled it writes he has not -- -- eaten his way -- -- the vice presidential spot being self effacing don't talk about -- gonna die.
That's wrong it's.
Be able to poke a little funny yourself tell you tell us you're going on yet another diet and you know what may -- I've eaten it's the one vice they have all never spend the wrong dollar for you though I might need -- -- twinkies.
But never the wrong dollars.
Now -- actually trinkets left that and it's going to happen.
And -- that's -- political and cultural advice from the psychiatrist himself doctor Keith now adopted thank you very much it's a pleasure excellence but I think you the.
