Posted on 05/17/2024 9:42:20 AM PDT by Red Badger
This was when W was running for reelection against Kerry.
It was at the National Guard Armory in Manchester, NH. He was about 6’ tall.
I saw Kerry the July prior at the neighboring town July 4th parade and at the hotel across the street once. He is a tall skinny dude. Probably 6’5” or more.
The guy who was the VT governor was at the parade too. The Dr. guy that “yelled” and his career was over. He was a kind of short stocky guy about 5’ 8”.
The one that surprised me in person was Liberman. He was in great physical shape for a guy of his age. He had a huge head. Like Elmer Fudd. But he looked like he was at the gym everyday. Plus he was about 6’ 1”.
I have also shook hands with Romney. Tall thin guy. Big smile. Fake, like a used car salesman.
Tulsi, looks good from 10’ away. She had kind of a big butt.
Up close she has very bad facial skin. Like she had really bad acne as a kid. That is why when you see her on TV they always soft focus her.
I sat four rows behind Rudy at the Trump rally. He looked like an old bald guy with a bad dye job.
I shook Bob Doles LEFT hand at a rally when he ran. He was a little guy. Probably only about 5’ 6 or 7’ and 150 pounds.
Good synopsis, I have a photo with McCain when he was making the circuit, it got wet in storage and I was not bothered.
Met Rudy when he and George Pataki were doing a phone bank for us to elect Congressman John Sweeney, who later got spanked by Gillibrand for that seat as she released 911 tapes of Sweeney’s ex-stripper who he was married to.
Also had a good chat with Judge Jeanine Pirro at a Lake George Bar/Restaurant rally when she ran against Hillary. Oh, and did alot for Lazio for that same purpose one year, I remember him calling me after the election to thank me.
Took my boys out to Andrews AFB in the late ‘70s to pick up my husband.
The place was pretty deserted, but the kids noticed men with rifles on the roof.
Then, inside the terminal, my youngest said “Mom! Mom! That guy is talking into his armpit!”.
Husband’s flight was delayed from landing while we watched Henry Kissinger, his wife and golden retriever disembark from a lear jet.
She’s looking at the camera while others are just looking.
Glowies!
Paging Laz
Or just open carrying a pair of 38's?
Your post reminds me of Napoleon in “Time Bandits” where he obsesses over how tall everyone is.
What a stupid, disrespectful headline, DM.
If you're ever in DC for lunch or dinner, the Hotel Washington (est. 1917) on 15th St NW is directly east of the White House. The hotel has a rooftop restaurant that overlooks the Washington Monument and the Potomac, and also the Vue bar and grill that overlooks the White House roof—which is lined with snipers in swat black. From the Vue, you can see the AF1 helicopter landing in the back garden among the trees, but the trees also hide the President as he walks up to the back door. It's tempting to take photos looking down from there onto the White House, but I'm always careful when I lift any object in my hands across from that much firepower and surveillance.
*** It’s tempting to take photos looking down from there onto the White House, but I’m always careful when I lift any object in my hands across from that much firepower and surveillance.***
As my 30 something children would say…”Heard!”
I totally agree with that.
P.S. I haven’t been in DC proper in a bazillion years. I have cousins in the area, but we visit them instead of DC. Last time I was in DC it was to watch the Air Force Falcons play their nemesis, Annapolis. We met AF friends there. Saw a couple of kids we know play football. It was a fun time. The WWII memorial was open so we took a pic there. That was in 2008 or 2009. I’m not sure which. No plans to go back. DC is an amazing place that has been bastardized. It’s not the place that I grew up to respect.
I share your sorrow over DC. Glad I could enjoy it back in the day.
Well considering the FBI these days….,
Bob Dole stands 6’2”.
Whose hand did you shake?
No way was he 6’ 2”
I am 5’ 10”
He was shorter than me.
I know what his bio says on the Internet.
There is no way Bob Dole was 6’ 2” when he ran for POTUS.
My uncle took me and my cousins to DC in August of 1974. He took us to the outer gates of the White House to watch President Nixon leave on Marine One. Every rooftop around there has at least one sniper on it.
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