Hillary Clinton 'Overweight,' Author Ed Klein Tells Fox News

[rhodanum]

For some, when U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Bangladesh in early May, the country's human rights record wasn't the top news. Nor was her speech on the recent tensions within the country.

Instead, the Drudge Report splashed a photo of Clinton's makeup-free face, calling her "au natural," as she merely sported black framed glasses

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[johnnypenn]

Hilary Clinton is human. Just like everyone else. And she's...an older woman. Her weight is gonna shift.
A lot of people battle weight issues. This just makes her human, like everyone else.
And. I think people need to keep their noses out of other people's weight issues.
I don't care how much Hilary Clinton weighs. That's her business. Not the publics.
This goes for all celebrities and anyone else we watch for entertainment.

[beoweasel]

Ed Klein is also the same scumbag who has questioned Hillary Clinton's sexual orientation and promotes the conspiracy theory that Bill raped her (and that Chelsea was born from said rape).

And I like how these conservatives love policing Hillary and Michelle Obama's weight, but they don't say a damn thing about Chris Christie, but then, he's a man and a Republican, so he gets a free pass.

[sakuya_baby]

promotes the conspiracy theory that Bill raped her (and that Chelsea was born from said rape).

Whoa whoa whoa whoa..... what?

[beoweasel]

Yeah, in a book he wrote in 2005, called: "The Truth About Hillary -- What She Knew, When She Knew It and How Far She'll Go To Become President."

He claims that Bill raped Hillary while they were vacationing in Bermuda, and she became pregnant with Chelsea as a result. Klein's only evidence is a pair of unnamed people who claim that Bill told them what he had done.

[lisasimpsonfan]

- but she's not looking good these days. She's looking overweight, and she's looking very tired."

BECAUSE every other president we have ever had has been a SEX GOD!!!!11! And looks = ability to be a good president.

Fuck you Ed Kline.

[bellichka]

okay, my taste is questionable at best, and even I..... no.

[layweed]

What the fuck is this shit.

[san]

And as you know -- and I don't want to sound anti-feminist here --

*hits the buzzer*

[beoweasel]

Nono, he doesn't sound 'anti-feminist' he sounds likes a misogynistic prick.

[seishin]

The SECOND you try to qualify a statement with 'and I dont want to sound..' you should stop.

[san]

Yep! Just like all those people going "I'm not racist, but--". My reaction is usually something along the lines of "SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT THE FUCK UP".

[tekiclutch]

I'm reminded of an episode of Doctor Who where the PM (female) did something to piss off the Doctor and he just turns around and says to a journalist, "don't you think she looks tired..." and it kills her career. :/

The saddest part about all of this is there are plenty of other things you could be doing to further political discourse - the best thing you could think of to criticize Clinton was talk about her appearance? Not only is it sexist, it's just plain lazy. I guess I shouldn't expect much from Fox News, though...

[ms_maree]

"don't you think she looks tired..." and it kills her career

Yep, but you know they were saying the same about a local female politician recently in my area, teh same thing 'she looks tired' and I was like yeah, no. Grrr. It's so loaded.

[effervescent]

At the time that I watched that episode, it didn't bother me at all, but now I'm very :/ about it. I don't think they would have used that same line with a male PM.

[strandedinaber]

That's still the one DW line that pisses me off more than any other tbh.