Posted on 09/25/2016 6:39:20 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Entire Title: "Hillary Clinton to use larger podium than Donald Trump at first debate to make up for height disadvantage: report"
Hillary Clinton says that we’re “stronger together,” but even she can’t deny Donald Trump is taller.
The Democratic nominee, who is 5-foot-4, has apparently enlisted the help of a raised podium for the first presidential debate against Donald Trump, who is 6-foot-3, Monday night, photos of the two podiums show.
According to WABC’s Rita Cosby, one of the two podiums inside the debate hall at Hofstra University, in Hempstead, N.Y., is larger than the other.
It is believed that the larger one was built at Clinton’s request to make her appear taller than she is.
“Clinton is 5'4" and Trump 6'2" and her team wanted the podium modified or a box added so she won't look short next to Trump,” Cosby said in an email.
“One is clearly larger … than the other,” Cosby said.
Photos taken by Cosby appear to show two podiums of two different sizes.
The Clinton campaign did not immediately respond to questions about whether the Democratic nominee would be using a raised podium at Monday night’s debate. The Commission on Presidential Debates, which organizes the debates, did not respond to questions either.
However, multiple outlets had reported last week that the Clinton campaign had asked the CPD if the Democratic nominee could use a raised podium to avoid appearing 10 inches shorter than Trump.
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Is it OSHA approved? Has there been an environmental impact statement filed? Doesn’t that motor add to global warming?
“Wouldn’t a larger podium make her appear smaller?
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That is exactly what I was thinking. A midget standing beside a Clydesdale would look much shorter than one standing beside a pony.”
Maybe this will turn out to be her “Richard Nixon” debate strategy. The irony is delicious!
“To keep her steady.”
Did they use her walker for a measurement guide?
it all is meaningless anyway— coz when they shake hands they will see she is shorter-—
POAP... Pig on a pedestal
PIAPSOAP...Pig in a pantsuit on a pedestal
Rush: Do you Hillary’s will come with handrails?
Hook her up, and cinch it tight!
That elevated platform has been used on her campaign trail to give her an excuse to have help moving as soon as she stops talking. She seems to “freeze” in place and can’t turn and walk away without help. By making a point of getting on and off a platform with gallant help from nearby men, she conceals her problems with mobility. Instead of being frozen in place and having someone walk up and tow her away from her mic, she has someone walk up and “help the lady down” from that big bad platform.
Notice she wasn’t 5’ 4” inches until now? No height issues during previous elections.
I am just a little concerned that there is way too much focus on Hillary Clinton. She is a red herring. It is the powers behind her (the same ones behind Obama) that we must defeat.
The higher they are, the greater the fall. And, der Hildebeast has the greatest risk of falling. The seismographs will be detecting an event.
In any case regarding the debate, may the best man win......
Making themselves appear larger is what animals do when they fear the stronger animal.
Trump is 6’3”and she is 5’3” so they’re lying again.
That’s the same thing I was thinking. This is stupid. Trump is going to dwarf his smaller podium and the large podium will dwarf the “media” princess. This doesn’t make sense. She’ll look like Lily Tomlin sitting on that large rocking chair.
He wrote 18”.
Mrs. Pickles! Love that!
Yes, I would like to echo your sentiments, and also hope she does not take a flying leap from her lofty perch, smash her face into the deck, breaking an eye socket, knocking out a couple of teeth, and smashing her nose, as well as fracturing a couple of cervical vertebrae.
That would be just terrible.
And the black guy!
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