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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Oh well I guess it is his right to do this even though it makes him look crazy? My hubby is only 5’7’ whcih is fne with me he’s a lot taller than I am. He’s always had a sense of humor about it and if razzed by taller people just tells them God blessed him in other ways. ;)
You’re right. Often when people see a short man with a tall beautiful woman, they think, Wow, that guy must really know what he’s doing, to be able to keep her satisfied. And Carla looks very peaceful and fulfilled. So he should just go with it and not be embarrassed by his height.
I laughed right out loud when I read this headline. :o)
Loved LG. One of my favorite quotes (after six marriages) was, “I am not going to get married again. I am just going to find a woman I can’t stand and buy her a house.”
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