Is Barack Obama skinny? Or maybe a better question is: Is Barack Obama too skinny to be the next President of the United States of America?

Wow, just how stupid are these questions? They are certainly dumb. So why am I asking these questions? Well, if we are to believe The Wall Street Journal, Obama’s physical appearance might not go over well with overweight voters. And there are a whole bunch of them, more than half of people in U.S. are overweight!

Can Obama gain weight quickly? No, he cannot. Actually, he can get fat rather quickly by pigging out on junk food, but he cannot quickly gain weight the healthy way. For someone with his body type – he is an ectomorph by the way – it is not easy to gain lean muscle mass, because his muscles are long and thin and they do not grow easily.

It seems that the point of the Journal’s story is that Obama should be fat. Do we really want that? Or do we want to have a fit and healthy President? How can someone be “too fit” (as the article’s title suggests) to begin with? I understand if someone’s appearance is described as too muscular, too thin or too fat, but what does it mean to be too fit?

Here is the question: If you could choose between a skinny Obama and a fat Obama, which version of Obama would you choose? [via]