Chris Christie White House fat jokes on rise again

The Chris Christie girth control watch and fat jokes have returned to TV amid chatter about a brokered Republican nominating convention.

On Tuesday night, Comedy Central's Jon Stewart used the New Jersey governor's recent veto of a bill legalizing same sex marriage to go after his size. “Chris Christie seems to have a fundamental misunderstanding of marriage equality, specifically the equality part,” Stewart said. “It’s surprising, since he too is a member of a group that society does not always grant a full measure of respect. I’m referring, of course, to Christie’s choice to live openly as an obese American.” There followed a parade of GOP hopefuls — Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum among others — mouthing doctored utterances that substituted "fat" for "same sex" marriage. Subtle it wasn’t.