Chris Christie: Keep the White House out of the cafeteria

[jpak]

Source: CBS News

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - If Chris Christie becomes the next president schools probably won't be required or even encouraged to serve lunches filled with fruits and vegetables.

That's because Christie said he doesn't believe the president should have a say in school lunches. Those, he told voters in Council Bluffs, Iowa should be up to the parents.

"Doesn't the president of the United States have anything better to do than to worry about what you are having for lunch? Let me tell you this, I don't care," Christie said Monday when 11-year-old Jacob Royal, who traveled from Nebraska to hear Christie speak, asked the New Jersey governor what he would do to make the lunches better.

"They were fine when Mrs. Bush was the First Lady but now that Mrs. Obama is the First Lady they have gone down," Royal said when he asked Christie how he was going to fix school lunches.

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[forest444]

1. Of course. Crisco wants it all to himself.

[Tab]

9. Goodness knows he was raised on fried food and turned out just healthy.

Why deny current schoolkids the potential future of being governor of their state, or even President?

Assuming they live that long on that diet.

[forest444]

12. Good point.

They probably don't want kids growing up healthy at all.

This way, they become shackled to the health care rackets later in life (diabetes, heart disease, etc.). And besides, an unhealthy kid will probably also have serious self-esteem issues - which is exactly the kind of voter they want later on.

So much bad faith in this world.

[tinymontgomery]

18. The military doesn't worry about what kids are eating

“The factors that we use to measure and evaluate people to join the Army increasingly they’re not able to meet those requirements. It’s very troubling, and the trends are not in the good direction -- especially in regards to fitness. Young people are showing up at our doors increasingly unfit or obese and it’s, it’s a real problem.”



http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/fewer-than-one-in-three-young-americans-can-join-military/2599917.html

[HassleCat]

2. He doesn't care? That's obvious.

That guy is fatter than I am, and you won't see me wearing any spandex in public. I love it when he gets all red in the face. I just wish he would show some compassion for school kids. Just because he's a blimp doesn't mean kids have to end up the same way. I think he has some anger issues about his weight.

[callous taoboy]

3. Teacher here- Childhood obesity is surging, no thanks to what our caf serves-

Lots of high-fat, high-sugar low nutritional value foods. It should be a govt. concern.

[Igel]

19. Two years ago new regs went into effect.

Well, a year and a half.

Whole grain, not so much fat or salt or sugar, more vegetables.

In some cases it's more expensive. It's certainly harder to deal with in a lot of ways.

The cafeterias serve it. Kids don't necessarily eat it. Even I stopped eating what my school's cafeteria serves. Whole wheat no-salt crackers with the salad? Orange chicken, low salt, with brown rice?

The fix wasn't a solution. But it made a lot of people feel good, even as students started stopping for Chick-fil-A on the way to school, stepping out for pizza or burgers during lunch (and missing a class), or bringing in more food and soft drinks. It was a month after the students realized that the weird cafeteria food was here to stay that we lost the battle against food and drink in our classrooms--cookies, chips, candy, etc., etc. became common because many kids simply stopped eating at lunch time.

Really cut down on student group fundraising, too. Can't sell anything for delivery during the school day that can be eaten and violates the guidelines. Sell cookie dough? You have to sell only to staff or make sure it's only picked up by students after the school day's over.

Most obesity is from what's eaten at home and from low levels of physical activity.

[callous taoboy]

24. Well, they don't really eat the crap served at my school either.

And I get a lot of stomach ache complaints on mystery meat sandwich day.

[vkkv]

4. Yes, let's let 11 yr olds decide what they want to eat...

Where is the the fat and chubby Smiley Face?

[Person 2713]

32. +1

[Vinca]

5. Amazing - campaigning to bring back mystery meat.

[Mendocino]

6. So if 11 year old Jacob Royal

says so, well we must make a change. Seriously an 11 year old remembers the Bush years and what he ate when he wouldn't have even been school age...riiightttt.

[jpak]

7. Good catch!

[global1]

10. You Kind Of Wonder - Who Put This Kid Up To Asking This Question?.....

Seven years ago when President Obama took office - this kid would have been 4y/o. I'm sure... he remembers the lunches he ate when the Bush's were around. (sarcasm)

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

36. When Bush left office JR would have been, what, four years old?

He wasn't even eating school lunches during the Bush years.

The kid had to have been fed the question by his parents or someone else wanting to make Christie look "strong" by taking a firm position on school lunches (which the White House has absolutely no control over).

Besides, Chris Christie is the worst person ever to advocate for uncontrolled gluttony.

[Feeling the Bern]

8. Good idea. God forbid you get in, the WH food budget would skyrocket

Overstuffed blimp of a turd. God, I hate this shit for brains douche nozzle.

[Chemisse]

23. I hate him to, but please don't dive into the fat-shaming cesspool. n/t

[Feeling the Bern]

29. I'm 350 lbs. I think I can do that with no shame

[Chemisse]

30. Lol! Touche.

Nevertheless, the rest of us who carry excessive poundage might feel that it is unfair to criticize someone for being fat.

With Christie, there are many other things to criticize that are related to his character, not his body.

[Feeling the Bern]

31. If he were skinny, I'd called him a skinny turd

I've learned that, in politics, thick skin helps. If you are comfortable with yourself, body shaming means nothing. I've dealt with it for years.

I consider the source and move on. Don't let it bother you. If I'm called fat, I just say it's storage for sexual energy for your wife and my girlfriend. Ends the stupidity fast!

[callous taoboy]

37. O.K. enough of the skinny - shaming!

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

11. Poor kid had no clue he was talking to hurricane Christie

not a clue.


He knows kids just throw their packed lunches away than go buy whatever the school is serving up.
He knows all about it. He knows because he has seen pictures of happy kids in Patterson New Jersey throwing away their packed lunches only to stand in line coin in hand to buy lunch ,he knows ,he has seen it.

Imagine

[CatWoman]

13. the fucking irony

[sarge43]

14. When pond scum wants to insult, "It's lower than Chris Christie." n/t

[Akicita]

15. I couldn't wait to get to the comments when I saw the title of this thread.

[George II]

16. In the unlikely event he's elected, we'll have to work to keep the President out of the cafeteria.

[tabasco]

17. Yeah, he's obviously an expert on good nutrition.

Sorry fucker never missed a lunch in his life, so he thinks he's an expert.

[3catwoman3]

20. Just the person from whom we should...

...be taking nutritional advice.

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

21. What he really said in his bottom line to kid is this

Look Kid as a republican I really don't give a dam what you eat or if you eat. Eat anything you want as long as you pay for it.

[Chemisse]

22. They were even 'better' when Reagan was president,

and ketchup was considered a vegetable.

[tazkcmo]

25. We know he doesn't care.

He doesn't care about a lot of things.

[notadmblnd]

26. Eat all the junk you want kid. I did, and just look at me!

[Skittles]

27. using an 11 year old child for nonsense propaganda

[no_hypocrisy]

28. In the NJ public schools where I teach

most school kitchens no longer cook from scratch. The food is prepared off site and catered (mostly pizza) or packaged (three bites of lettuce with two grape tomatoes) with a sandwich.

[wordpix]

35. Same with D.C. public schools

[olddad56]

33. Food, something Christie will fight for.

[wordpix]

34. "What's wrong with donuts for lunch?"---Gov. Krispie Kreme

The guy doesn't know the difference between spinach and lettuce

[dembotoz]

38. His schools would serve bridge mix