'Morbidly Obese' Men Like Rush Limbaugh Too Honored?

Leftist radio host and columnist Dave Sirota posted a column Friday headlined "Why The Fat Guy Should Lose His Privilege."  Sirota took the fact that 90 percent of the clients for the commercial "weight-loss industry" are women, while men are apparently most accepting of obesity. In his rush to denounce a sexist double standard, Sirota mangled obvious facts, like claiming Rush Limbaugh is presently a "morbidly obese" man:

In politics, it may be the worst of all: Overweight icons like Rush Limbaugh, Haley Barbour, Newt Gingrich and Chris Christie regularly dominate the headlines as serious leaders, but no woman even vaguely approaching their body mass index would be taken seriously in a similar role. In fact, so powerful is this double standard that America barely flinched when the morbidly obese Limbaugh criticized the svelte Michelle Obama for “not project[ing] the image of women that you might see on the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.”

Not only is Sirota wrong on the "morbidly obese" Limbaugh, he's wrong that overweight women cannot be taken seriously as leaders. How does he explain Madeleine Albright? Janet Napolitano? Senator Barbara Mikulski? None of this stops Sirota from his these that "fat male privilege" must be eradicated from society:

In light of all this, Weight Watchers’ move can be seen as a welcome, if belated, step toward addressing a deeper gender disparity in how we portray weight. It is a disparity at the heart of everything from male obesity epidemics to female eating disorders—and it will end not when the fat lady sings, but when the fat guy finally loses his privilege. 

Earlier, Sirota found the same double standard in entertainment:

The real explanation for the gender disparity is found in a chauvinist culture whose double standards demand physical perfection from women while simultaneously celebrating male corpulence.Though this double standard is rarely discussed, you can see it everywhere. 

In comedy, fat guys from Chris Farley to Kevin James haven’t been venerated in spite of their huskiness—their humor has been seen as more valuable because of their size. Same thing in the drama genre: From John Goodman to James Gandolfini, male girth is seen as either innocuous or beneficial. But how many major female comediennes or actresses get the same treatment? Very few. 

Again, Sirota seems to be dismissing actresses like Kathy Bates, Roseanne Barr, and Rosie O'Donnell. Well, the last two are at least respected in Sirota's liberal world.