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You must be ‘this tall’ to be president?
CNN Political Ticker ^ | June 22, 2007 | Unattributed

Posted on 06/22/2007 4:53:30 PM PDT by gpapa

WASHINGTON (CNN) – The taller you are, the better chances you have at becoming Leader of the Free World. Or so says New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has suggested size matters.

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: elections; fredthompson; height; presidents; short; tall
Includes photos with height chart. Fred Thompson missing at 6-foot-5.
1 posted on 06/22/2007 4:53:31 PM PDT by gpapa
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To: gpapa

Height is correlated (somewhat) with success. I saw a study somewhere that the CEO’s of the Fortune 1,000 are taller than average. It’s been awhile so I’m not sure how strongly the two were correlated, but tall people tend to be more successful that short people.


2 posted on 06/22/2007 5:03:56 PM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: gpapa

Yes... and we all know how well being tall worked out for John Kerry.


3 posted on 06/22/2007 6:30:07 PM PDT by So Cal Rocket
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