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Wednesday, October 22, 2008 12:00 AM

Should we worry about the fat vote?

New York Times blogger and evolutionary biologist Olivia Judson suggests a link between obesity and politics.
Vincent Rossmeier

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  • Wednesday, October 22, 2008 03:53 PM

    I've always thought that abysmal public schooling has helped the GOP

    Clearly if a person has not been taught to think critically then they can't wade their way through Republican scaremongering and lies. I don't believe that being overweight has any affect on critical thinking, but any factor that does could certainly affect politics in the future.

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