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 were stronger together, but even she cant 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 WABCs 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 Clintons 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 nights 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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Podium: what you stand on.
Lectern: What you stand behind which holds your notes and liquor glass.
Will she also need a safety harness and the lectern bolted to the stage so she doesn't pull it over on herself when she passes out?
The put some nice round details on the sides of those lecterns so Hillary can use them as handrails in the event she gets the vapors.
Yes, the smaller podium is likely hers. They’ll hardly ever both be shown in the same shot. Proportionally, the two candidates will appear to be of equal height because the visual cue will be how tall they seem in their respective podiums.
I really don’t see what the big deal is here...
Since this is a TV event very little time will be with both on the screen at the same time...
I hope Trumps people check the lighting.... That will have a much bigger impact on how the viewers see the two...
She will have farther to fall from her elevated platform.
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Elevated platform? I thought the Debate Commission ruled against that request. No?
Wonder what will be happening that we won't know about. Secret signals, wiring, etc.? Everything h - ILL - ary does is for her benefit to the detriment of everyone else.
Trump should bring his own gilded leaf podium.
I don’t give two hoots about the size of the podium. But I sure do hope that our team has access to some sort of device to jam the transmission of info to her ear piece.
The larger one would be for Trump, hillary would look dwarfed behind it.
The only question left after your helpful post is:
Do the media and semi-literates hereabouts make this simple English usage error more frequently or less frequently than referring to concrete as cement? (you can't skin your knee on cement)
Exactly.
Love your tagline.
I read that too. An elevated platform would look wrong anyway. It would be like she had a small upper body and long legs. That’s how Dukakis looked in 1988.
I think that will make her look smaller, this is going to be funny
>>>Podium: what you stand on. Lectern: What you stand behind which holds your notes and liquor glass.
In the photo there are two lecterns and a box. Unless the box is a podium and Donald doesn’t get a box...
Omg, debating in her housecoat!!!!! I’m crying to death laughing!!!!
You’re right, but in practice the word “podium” often gets used (or misused if you insist) to refer to a lectern.
I am literally crying. Weeping with mirth. Rofl!!!
What a horrible message Pickles is sending to all of us out there who are shorter than she is. Are we supposed to feel ashamed of our height and try to pretend to be taller?
She can’t be honest about ANYTHING!!
Wouldnt a larger podium make her appear smaller?
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In a word.....
Yes.
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