Plus, Huckabee lost tons of weight(but is still rather large) and no one has complained about his cosmetics.
He's not "still" rather large. He was thin during his Presidential run. In fact, he was so think that I thought he looked rather sickly. Now he has gained a lot of it back and I think people have complained about it from a cosmetics standpoint.
Unfortunately, politics is about cosmetics. Have you seen Christie lately?
Well, Bush wasn't exactly the epitome of male beauty either.
It's not about beauty though. I think people are a lot more hostile towards weight than they are about facial features. That's why Bush got more of a pass than someone who is overweight.