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Hillary Clinton to use larger podium than Donald Trump at first debate
NY Daily News ^ | 9/25/2016 | ADAM EDELMAN

Posted on 09/25/2016 6:39:20 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel

Entire Title: "Hillary Clinton to use larger podium than Donald Trump at first debate to make up for height disadvantage: report"

Hillary Clinton says that we’re “stronger together,” but even she can’t deny Donald Trump is taller.

The Democratic nominee, who is 5-foot-4, has apparently enlisted the help of a raised podium for the first presidential debate against Donald Trump, who is 6-foot-3, Monday night, photos of the two podiums show.

According to WABC’s Rita Cosby, one of the two podiums inside the debate hall at Hofstra University, in Hempstead, N.Y., is larger than the other.

It is believed that the larger one was built at Clinton’s request to make her appear taller than she is.

“Clinton is 5'4" and Trump 6'2" and her team wanted the podium modified or a box added so she won't look short next to Trump,” Cosby said in an email.

“One is clearly larger … than the other,” Cosby said.

Photos taken by Cosby appear to show two podiums of two different sizes.

The Clinton campaign did not immediately respond to questions about whether the Democratic nominee would be using a raised podium at Monday night’s debate. The Commission on Presidential Debates, which organizes the debates, did not respond to questions either.

However, multiple outlets had reported last week that the Clinton campaign had asked the CPD if the Democratic nominee could use a raised podium to avoid appearing 10 inches shorter than Trump.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016debates; aflac; bfac; clinton; cpd; debate; donaldtrump; hillary; hillaryclinton; hillarypodium; podium; podiums; trump
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

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The taller podium is for the taller person, I assume.


21 posted on 09/25/2016 6:45:38 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: libertarian27

Oh I do hope that ears that house coat.


22 posted on 09/25/2016 6:46:00 PM PDT by funfan
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Being on a raised platform only means she has farther to fall when she collapses and increases the risk of injury or death, as well as making it more difficult to recover and creating a ledge making a mis-step more likely.

I’m all for it, I just cannot see the down side.


23 posted on 09/25/2016 6:46:19 PM PDT by redfreedom
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
I actually think it's to hide her wideness / stockiness ... as much as to make her taller. Everything from them is a lie.

Imagine her behind a thin podium. She'd look like humpty dumpty. I guess that's deplorable shapism.

24 posted on 09/25/2016 6:46:47 PM PDT by tinyowl (A equals A)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
The Democratic nominee, who is 5-foot-4...

So much venom and hate in such a small package.

25 posted on 09/25/2016 6:47:02 PM PDT by kiryandil (George H. W. Bush: "Read my lips. I'm a Republican.")
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Like the dwarfs and the mini Stonehenge from Spinal Tap.


26 posted on 09/25/2016 6:47:04 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

It will just make her look even smaller than she is. reminds me of Jeb standing on his tip toes.


27 posted on 09/25/2016 6:48:28 PM PDT by RC one (The 2nd Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances)
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To: OpusatFR

“The larger podium will make her look squatter and stouter than she already is.”
Does this podium make me look fat?


28 posted on 09/25/2016 6:48:49 PM PDT by DaxtonBrown
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Will she get a crew to lift her on to it?


29 posted on 09/25/2016 6:48:55 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (If Muammar Gaddafi had donated to the Clinton Foundation he would still be alive and in power today.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Good she’ll have a longer distance to face plant when she vapor locks


30 posted on 09/25/2016 6:48:57 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

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Trump should open his first comment by stating that she is on a “child’s platform” and asking “How’s the weather up there?”
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31 posted on 09/25/2016 6:49:51 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Good grief, now we have to vote for Hellda not only because she’s a woman, but because she’s 5’4. Otherwise we’re racist against everyone 5’4. BTW, is this the same Rita Cosby of the W Bush/Al Gore hanging chad fame? Whatever became of her?


32 posted on 09/25/2016 6:49:51 PM PDT by georgiegirl (Count me in the half that's in the Deplorable Basket)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

She needs a larger podium with more storage. To hold cough drops, water, Depends, tissues, a cane, booster seat, special eyeglasses and all the other things necessary to keep her alive. Since there are no breaks, hope she remembers to store a potty chair in the podium.


33 posted on 09/25/2016 6:51:09 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: georgiegirl

Yep, that’s that same Rita.


34 posted on 09/25/2016 6:51:15 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (I am so very blessed! Thank You, JESUS!)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

podium envy?


35 posted on 09/25/2016 6:51:36 PM PDT by piasa
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To: ConservativeLawyer

Wouldn’t a larger podium make her appear smaller?
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That is exactly what I was thinking. A midget standing beside a Clydesdale would look much shorter than one standing beside a pony.


36 posted on 09/25/2016 6:52:02 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (The Democrats are so lacking in class, especially the avant-garde.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Raised??? I’m missing something here.

They wouldn’t give her a stool to stand on but I though they agreed to a lower podium for her.

Personally, I think they should raise so high that we don’t even have to see her!! That would be a hoot!


37 posted on 09/25/2016 6:53:05 PM PDT by lizma2
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Just farther for her to fall.


38 posted on 09/25/2016 6:53:09 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

39 posted on 09/25/2016 6:53:18 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: RightGeek

Oh my.....


40 posted on 09/25/2016 6:53:47 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (I am so very blessed! Thank You, JESUS!)
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