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< BACK TO Fresh Intelligence Is John McCain's Height a Bigger Deal Than His Age?
MINI-MCCAIN John, Mitt (Photo: AP) The percentage is certainly high enough to give Republican candidate John McCain pause: a shrimpy 5'6," the septuagenarian is a solid half-foot shorter than his opponent, 6'1" Barack Obama. (At least he'll have momentum on his side: 5'11" George W. Bush defeated both the 6'4" John Kerry and the 6'1/2" Al Gore.) Now, McCain's diminutive stature might have served him well as a captain in the Navy, when small cockpits dictated that occupants be short enough to fit in them. (Interestingly enough, some have opined that the younger McCain bears a striking resemblance to another military man, Top Gun star Tom Cruise—a comparison made funnier by the fact that the Scientologist is famously one of the shortest leading men in Hollywood.) But his height, or lack thereof, will certainly be front and center when he takes to the stage against his taller rival in the upcoming televised presidential debates. The picture above, in which McCain is positioned next to the 6'2" Mitt Romney, provides a glimpse at just how awkward things will be when McCain and Obama meet. It's actually surprising that the media hasn't focused more on the height discrepancy, given how superficial most other coverage of the election has been, but we expect that'll change soon enough. Particularly since McCain is already thought of as physically inferior to Obama on account of their huge age gap. Things won't be so bad for McCain when he's standing behind the podium, but at some point he's going to have to come out and shake Obama's hand. What's the guy whose trying to become the second-shortest president on record (James Madison stood 5'4," though everyone was smaller back then) to do? We hear that he's already taken to wearing lifts in his shoes to add a few inches—if anyone has pictures of his shoes, by all means send away! (Before you judge, it's worth pointing out, as both the Telegraph and Saccharinist have noted, that 5'6'' French President Nicolas Sarkozy does the same thing when he's in the company of his much taller babe of a wife.) Even with elevated shoes, though, it's going to be rather difficult for the old fogey to avoid coming off like Ross Perot. UPDATE: This article has been updated to include a link to a piece on the blog Saccharinist, which, like a story that predates it in the Telegraph, uses the same photo and makes some of the same points. Dear American Citizens and the Press Posted by: akhajawall on July 9, 2008 6:10 PM Hey asshole, you ripped me off -- you plagiarizing idiot. Use your own brain you pathetic piece of shit. You used my exact lines, my ideas, my research and even chose the same exact photo I did. Get a life. Better yet, get a brain. THE SACCHARINIST www.saccharinist.blogspot.com http://saccharinist.blogspot.com/2008/06/running-short-tall-tale-of-john-mccain.html Posted by: Saccharinist on July 9, 2008 10:38 PM Saccharinist-- Neither of your articles are particularly unique. Any halfway decent writer would have come up with the same puns and lines. Posted by: etteloc on July 9, 2008 11:34 PM Ha! That's pretty funny SACCHARINIST. Accusing a blogger of "ripping off" another blogger is comical. In case you haven't noticed, ALL blogs rip each other off. You're not a reporter, so don't act like one. At least you got a link out of it and more traffic in a day than you've seen all year. Posted by: Midge on July 10, 2008 1:51 PM Advertisement |
   
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