>>I would say that both comments are objectionable as they depict people's traits that are absolutely irrelevant. If he wanted to comment in the Republican slate the relevant traits I would imagine are the merits (or lack of) of the candidates to be nominated; if they are slim, fat, black, yellow or fans of the Boston Bruins has nothing to do with it.
Sometimes you can't follow what they're saying and other things become more interesting. E.g.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM1pvax-OTkSeriously, there's plenty of humor about these things. Look up "Bubbles Devere" for some samples following my Little Britain theme. ;-)
"... They ne'er cared for us
yet: suffer us to famish, and their store-houses
crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to
support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act
established against the rich, and provide more
piercing statutes daily, to chain up and restrain
the poor. If the wars eat us not up, they will; and
there's all the love they bear us."
-- Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act 1, scene 1
