With more or less equal legs, the newspaper can stand taller and reach higher.
Thomas Friedman in possession of 500 pages of ruminations on the metaphorical theme of flatness would be a very dangerous thing indeed. It would be like letting a chimpanzee loose in the NORAD control room; even the best-case scenario is an image that could keep you awake well into your 50s.
"equal legs"
Personally, I don't think Tony Snow's legs are "equal" to Ann Coulter's.