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Nicolas Sarkozy bans tall bodyguards
The Telegraph ^
| 07 Jun 2010
| Henry Samuel
Posted on 06/08/2010 9:11:43 AM PDT by Daffynition
The vertically challenged French president is said to have banned statuesque bodyguards despite their added value of being able to spot potential attackers in a crowd.
A police source told Le Parisien that "there's no point recruiting supermen" as "large-sized" candidates stood little chance of being taken on.
The presidential guard, known by its acronym GSPR, has been beefed up from 50 to 80 men since 2002, when a mentally disturbed man managed to take a potshot at Jacques Chirac, Mr Sarkozy's predecessor, with his hunting rifle before being overpowered.
President Sarkozy is notoriously sensitive and secretive about his diminutive height of around 5ft 5 ins – making him shorter than Napoleon.
He has gone out of his way not to stand small on the world stage or when next to his 5ft 10 ins former model wife, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, who mostly wears flat pumps.
Besides wearing specially-designed stacked shoes, Mr Sarkozy has been caught standing on tiptoes in global leader group shots and stood on a box to remain shoulder to shoulder with Barack Obama, the US President, when the pair gave speeches to commemorate the Normandy landings last year.
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To: Daffynition
“President Sarkozy is notoriously sensitive and secretive about his diminutive height of around 5ft 5 ins”
The guy should just work it. I doubt that many care.
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posted on
06/08/2010 9:17:03 AM PDT
by
Persevero
(If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes?)
To: Daffynition
Makes me think of one of my favorites...Lewis Grizzard and his books....Shoot Low Boys - They’re Riding Shetland Ponies
To: Daffynition
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posted on
06/08/2010 9:19:25 AM PDT
by
katana
(For what is an Irishman ? But a .......)
To: Persevero
The guy should just work it. I doubt that many care.
Agreed. President of France (pretty good gig for the perks) and Carla Bruni for a wife is enough to establish him as an alpha.
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posted on
06/08/2010 9:25:19 AM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: All
I’d gladly trade our tall President for Sarkozy...
Now how sad is it when a FRENCHMAN is a better alternative...
BTW, kinda reminds me of Invader Zim.
Urkan leaders are chosen because of their height...
To: Daffynition
You know, if he really wants short bodyguards, he can probably get some from North Korea for a small cache of luxury items.
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posted on
06/08/2010 9:28:44 AM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: Daffynition
Sounds like a Monty Python sketch.
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posted on
06/08/2010 9:29:30 AM PDT
by
Nachum
(The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
To: Daffynition
He reminds me of Lord Farquaad from Shrek :)
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posted on
06/08/2010 9:31:26 AM PDT
by
MollyKuehl
(Contribute to FR: $10 $20 $50 $100 REMEMBER, LURKING IS A FORM OF ENTITLEMENT!!!)
To: Daffynition
Is his favorite western “La terreur de la ville minuscule”?
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posted on
06/08/2010 9:32:12 AM PDT
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Live jubtabulously!)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
06/08/2010 9:34:23 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Dr. Sivana
Has anyone else noticed that the dress caps for Communist militaries have grown in size compared to the caps in the late 1940s through early 1960s? Whether North Korea or Soviet Union, the darn things look like souffle molds.
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posted on
06/08/2010 9:37:12 AM PDT
by
12Gauge687
(Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice)
To: Tijeras_Slim
Is his favorite western “La terreur de la ville minuscule”?
While his favorite book is Gulliver's Travels and him identifying with the Liliputs and the Blefuscus ;)
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posted on
06/08/2010 9:44:13 AM PDT
by
MollyKuehl
(Contribute to FR: $10 $20 $50 $100 REMEMBER, LURKING IS A FORM OF ENTITLEMENT!!!)
To: Dr. Sivana
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posted on
06/08/2010 9:44:19 AM PDT
by
Fido969
("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax." - Albert Einstein)
To: Daffynition
Sarkozy must be related to Napoleon?
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posted on
06/08/2010 9:44:59 AM PDT
by
exbrit
To: Daffynition
He should be proud of being short, he is in great company of France's leaders of the past not by lack of height but also by not being French in origin, one being Corsican and Sarkozy being Hungarian.
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posted on
06/08/2010 9:46:47 AM PDT
by
MollyKuehl
(Contribute to FR: $10 $20 $50 $100 REMEMBER, LURKING IS A FORM OF ENTITLEMENT!!!)
To: Fido969
Shes a bit flat chested..no?
To: Armedanddangerous
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posted on
06/08/2010 10:03:56 AM PDT
by
Adams
To: exbrit; MollyKuehl
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posted on
06/08/2010 10:12:18 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
("Play it, Sam, for old times' sake, play 'As Time Goes By'.")
To: Persevero
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posted on
06/08/2010 10:14:20 AM PDT
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Daffynition
("Play it, Sam, for old times' sake, play 'As Time Goes By'.")
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