The Washington Examiner's Becket Adams chose the perfect title for his article about an out of touch Olympic gold-medalist-turned-candidate for UK parliament who thinks that Communist Cuba and North Korea are doing a bang-up job fighting obesity.
"Idiot candidate for UK parliament: North Korea and Cuba are the best at fighting obesity," wrote Adams. Idiot candidate, indeed. His article continues:
Famine can do wonders for your figure. Are you struggling to shed those stubborn final pounds? Food shortages, vitamin deprivation, and government rationing will help you get over the wall. You may die from it, but the weight loss will make you look fabulous.
At least, that's the takeaway from a Sky News interview this week featuring double Olympic gold medalist James Cracknell, a member of the Conservative Party who has aspirations of becoming a member of the U.K. Parliament.
"If you think of the two countries in the world that got a handle on obesity, what do you think they are? Which two countries?" Cracknell asked.
One of his hosts responded, "I don't know."
"North Korea and Cuba. They're quite controlling on behavioral change, so there is a place where it has to be worked and you have to get people to buy into it," the Olympian said.
One host interjected with some fairly important background information, "Yeah, but people are starving in North Korea, aren't they? You know, they're not obese because they haven't got any food."
"Well, exactly," Cracknell responded. "But there were sanctions and everything else. But the example is behavioral change."
If it's any comfort to Cracknell, whose comments are being criticized all over social media, he's not alone in suggesting famine is great for weight management.
It wouldn't be the first time a Western elitist praised a Communist country for starving its people, hence keeping them "lean and fit." As Adams notes, Cosmopolitan magazine once touted poverty in Cuba for the longevity of its people:
"In short, Cubans could no longer afford to be fat. In that five-year period, they lost an average of around five kilos per person, which is over 11lbs. As a result of people getting slimmer, they also started living longer, with fewer Cubans dying of diabetes and heart disease," stated the Cosmo article.
This perfectly sums up the demented left-wing mindset.
