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Hillary Clinton to use larger podium than Donald Trump at first debate
NY Daily News ^ | 9/25/2016 | ADAM EDELMAN

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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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016debates; aflac; bfac; clinton; cpd; debate; donaldtrump; hillary; hillaryclinton; hillarypodium; podium; podiums; trump
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To: RightGeek

Is it OSHA approved? Has there been an environmental impact statement filed? Doesn’t that motor add to global warming?


61 posted on 09/25/2016 7:08:14 PM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: fortes fortuna juvat

“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!


62 posted on 09/25/2016 7:09:25 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Bill and Hillary for ADX Supermax!)
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To: Kenny

“To keep her steady.”

Did they use her walker for a measurement guide?


63 posted on 09/25/2016 7:10:29 PM PDT by Notasoccermom
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To: Rebelbase

it all is meaningless anyway— coz when they shake hands they will see she is shorter-—


64 posted on 09/25/2016 7:12:09 PM PDT by freespirit2012
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To: Genoa
I just got around to watching last week's Saturday Night Live. The cold open was a Democrat debate. Bernie said "You know what I don't understand, America? These podiums. What are you supposed to do with your elbows? Rest them on top? They're too short!"
65 posted on 09/25/2016 7:13:27 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (If Muammar Gaddafi had donated to the Clinton Foundation he would still be alive and in power today.)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

POAP... Pig on a pedestal

PIAPSOAP...Pig in a pantsuit on a pedestal


66 posted on 09/25/2016 7:13:56 PM PDT by mouse1
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Rush: Do you Hillary’s will come with handrails?


67 posted on 09/25/2016 7:14:27 PM PDT by OrangeHoof ("If you cain't run yo own house, you cain't run da White House. Cain't do it." - Michelle Obama)
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To: Rebelbase
“Wouldn’t a larger podium make her appear smaller?


68 posted on 09/25/2016 7:15:03 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping list.)
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To: RightGeek

Hook her up, and cinch it tight!


69 posted on 09/25/2016 7:18:19 PM PDT by TChad
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To: MtnClimber

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.


70 posted on 09/25/2016 7:19:14 PM PDT by ransomnote
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

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.


71 posted on 09/25/2016 7:20:49 PM PDT by HandyDandy (Don't make up stuff. It wastes time.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

The higher they are, the greater the fall. And, der Hildebeast has the greatest risk of falling. The seismographs will be detecting an event.


72 posted on 09/25/2016 7:22:42 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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To: Voluntaryist
So she wants to deceive the viewers to believe that she is something that she is not - taller? Well! I would never believe that she would deceive anyone?? sarc/off.

In any case regarding the debate, may the best man win......

73 posted on 09/25/2016 7:24:40 PM PDT by eeriegeno (<p>)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
"It is believed that the larger one was built at Clinton’s request to make her appear taller than she is."

Making themselves appear larger is what animals do when they fear the stronger animal.

74 posted on 09/25/2016 7:25:09 PM PDT by Heart of Georgia (#neverhellary ... but then, I'm just an uneducated hayseed)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Trump is 6’3”and she is 5’3” so they’re lying again.


75 posted on 09/25/2016 7:25:31 PM PDT by TexasCruzin (Trump is the man. #TrumpPence16)
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To: ConservativeLawyer

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.


76 posted on 09/25/2016 7:25:43 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Proud to be a deplorable American. Go Trump!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

He wrote 18”.


77 posted on 09/25/2016 7:26:06 PM PDT by Rastus (#NeverHillary #AlwaysTrump)
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To: TXBlair

Mrs. Pickles! Love that!


78 posted on 09/25/2016 7:29:53 PM PDT by lizma2
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To: MtnClimber
She will have farther to fall from her elevated platform. Hope she does not hit her head again. And not really, really hard.

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.

79 posted on 09/25/2016 7:30:35 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (RATs, RINOs......same thing.)
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To: roadcat

And the black guy!


80 posted on 09/25/2016 7:32:37 PM PDT by lizma2
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