Politicians have to court voters. In the same way that someone who has a crush on someone else eats celery and goes for jogs, maybe get a bit of a tan, politicians try to look better, women and men, they’re trying to look leaner, more capable, more handsome, pretty, someone you “want.” They want a date and they’d like to consuma… they wanna win.

Do not tell us that Obama’s looks didn’t help him immensely. Biden clearly had some surgery on his face and worked out. Trump is the exception, racism and a lot of makeup made him attractive, to some deplorables.

Pompeo was one hell of a big man. Of course, he was in congress, one can be fairly anonymous in Congress. Then he was in the cabinet (jumping through positions) all the way to Secretary of State, one of the four to five most important positions in the country. He was a big guy, but he sort of looked naturally big, and, to the extent this staff talked about it, he looked more confident and comfortable.

Now he’s losing a lot of weight and, generally, there is only one reason, beyond medical conditions. His desire to be loved “outweigh” his desire for pepperoni pizza. So what does he want? He doesn’t want to be in the House of Representatives again. That leaves two possibilities, one makes more sense than the other. He wants to run for the Senate from Kansas (Most likely). The other possibility is he’s already honing his edge – early, for a run at the presidency, and wants to look like a different man.

That would seem to be a good answer because the last Republican guy was an asshole. We have little hope for the new guy. Regardless, it generated some talk on the net:

pompeo looks like he’s losing weight. Either he’s sick or he’s sick enough to think he should run for president. 🤷🏼‍♀️

— AC (@AbsterYinYang) August 15, 2021

https://twitter.com/TarrantSouth/status/1426894337418403845

Looks like Pompeo has apparently lost weight since he doesn’t have the US treasury to foot his and his wife’s food bills & parties anymore.

— Classic Movies 🎞 📽 & 🎾 (@ClassicMP) August 15, 2021

On a side note, Pompeo appears to slimming down trying to get to that senator or presidential candidate weight.

— John Novio (@JohnnyNovio) August 15, 2021

Look, Pompeo lost weight.
I hope it’s from fear of prosecution.

— Michele Murelli (@MicheleMurelli) August 15, 2021

Pompeo is losing weight! Getting in shape for that 2024 run!

— Whatevs (@j035ich5pach) August 13, 2021

https://twitter.com/conbontalk/status/1426982938831425542

I see Pompeo losing weight a la Chris Christie for his big 2024 POTUS run😂

— 9Lives (@09lives09) August 15, 2021

https://twitter.com/JanesAmethyst/status/1426913876675907586

Mike Pompeo looks like he’s taken off some weight, but that won’t negate the heavy burden he’s still carrying from all the awful things he did during the Trump years.

— mindy trotta (@mindytrotta) August 15, 2021

#Pompeo has lost weight.
Stress?
Guilt for his evil ways?

— PantheraLeo013 (@PantheraLeo013) August 15, 2021

https://twitter.com/Gammiex4MMC/status/1426935186651066369

It appears Pompeo has lost a significant amount of weight. Wonder if he figured running for President in 2024 would be hard if he remained fat & out of shape.

— Judydn5 (@Judydn5) August 15, 2021

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