Hillary Clinton to use larger podium ...

[Excon]

Hillary Clinton to use larger podium than Donald Trump at first debate to make up for height disadvantage: report

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It is believed that the larger one was built at Clinton’s request to make her appear taller than she is.

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Hillary Clinton to use larger podium than Donald Trump at first debate to make up for height disadvantage: report ​

Skewing the optics. Figures.

 

[digsbe]

How petty.

 

[TheGoverness]

That is because Hillary Clinton's resolve has never been stronger!!!

 

[jpn]

Wow, this is going to have a big effect on a woman's right to choose, on massive tax cuts for the rich, on trade policy, on taking modern science seriously. Sure glad we have posters like this to keep everyone's eye on the ball...

 

[Skeptic Bob]

I don't blame her. Maybe she remembers this.

 

[Brochacholomigo]

Everyone knows it's not the size of the podium that matters, it's the motion of the ocean.

Wait, that's not right...

 

[DiAnna]

Eh, I'm five-foot nothin'. I couldn't even see over a normal podium, and I wouldn't want to spend 90 minutes cracking my neck to look up at someone who's 6'3". I'd request a step stool. Really. So I don't blame her either!

Nobody is going to allow themselves to look like a miniature poodle standing next to newfoundland when the stakes are this high. But on the bright side, I seriously doubt she'll be sporting a spray tan and pasty white eyelids.

 

[Excon]

Sure glad we have posters like this to keep everyone's eye on the ball...

This isn't about the poster.
It is about Hillary's decision to skew the optics.

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I don't blame her.

So it is ok with you if she skews the optics?

 

[Skeptic Bob]

So it is ok with you if she skews the optics?

Yes, I am fine with her using a step.

 

[Excon]

Eh, I'm five-foot nothin'. I couldn't even see over a normal podium, and I wouldn't want to spend 90 minutes cracking my neck to look up at someone who's 6'3". I'd request a step stool. Really. So I don't blame her either!

A step stool with a regular size podium is understandable.

But a larger sized podium? Her upper body will look diminutive.
Maybe the article got it wrong and the smaller one is for her?

But on the bright side, I seriously doubt she'll be sporting a spray tan and pasty white eyelids.

So you want to take this route eh? Ok, she needs a larger podium to accommodate her needed medical devices. :mrgreen:

 

[Excon]

Yes, I am fine with her using a step.

The article wasn't about a step, nor was that what was asked.

 

[DiAnna]

A step stool with a regular size podium is understandable.

But a larger sized podium? Her upper body will look diminutive.
Maybe the article got it wrong and the smaller one is for her?

If she stands on a (let's speculate) 6" stool, the podium will only extend to her, uh, navel. Not what she's looking for, I presume.

So you want to take this route eh? Ok, she needs a larger podium to accommodate her needed medical devices. :mrgreen:

One is an ugly, completely unsubstantiated rumor; the other is visible to anyone who has functioning eyes.

 

[shrubnose]

Height will have nothing to do with Trump's defeat in November.

Bigotry on one side and tolerance on the other side will have a lot to do with it.

 

[cAPSLOCK]

If she stands on a (let's speculate) 6" stool, the podium will only extend to her, uh, navel. Not what she's looking for, I presume.




One is an ugly, completely unsubstantiated rumor; the other is visible to anyone who has functioning eyes.

I agree with you somewhat. But the rumor is pretty damn substantiated.

 

[Excon]

If she stands on a (let's speculate) 6" stool, the podium will only extend to her, uh, navel. Not what she's looking for, I presume.

The larger podium also looks to be wider, which if true, would make her look diminutive regardless of a step.


If Trump were purposely skewing the optics, #nevertrumper's would be all over this.

In all fairness he should be given a larger podium and a step also.

One is an ugly, completely unsubstantiated rumor; the other is visible to anyone who has functioning eyes.

Focusing on his tan is an absurdity.
She has known health issues, that is not unsubstantiated, and her behavior suggests they are more severe than she has revealed.

So you joking about a tan, fake or not, isn't even on par with joking about needed medical devices.

 

[Orly?]

She is a fool for giving Trump such good ammunition.. Watch him point it out on stage and laugh at her..

Ha ha ha..

 

[DiAnna]

I agree with you somewhat. But the rumor is pretty damn substantiated.

Link, please, with your substantiation. A while back the rumor was that she wore a defibrillator under her blouse. Snopes debunked that quite nicely.

 

[Excon]

She is a fool for giving Trump such good ammunition.. Watch him point it out on stage and laugh at her..

Ha ha ha..

That is a possibility and though I doubt either will happen, instead of directly pointing it out he should take the stage first and take that podium and step as his.

 

[Glen Contrarian]

Hillary Clinton to use larger podium than Donald Trump at first debate to make up for height disadvantage: report

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It is believed that the larger one was built at Clinton’s request to make her appear taller than she is.

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[...]

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Hillary Clinton to use larger podium than Donald Trump at first debate to make up for height disadvantage: report ​

Skewing the optics. Figures.

Because whether you like it or not, it MATTERS, since the taller of the two major candidates is generally the one who wins. That, sir, is a matter of human perception - people have a tendency to look at taller people as leaders. That was one thing that was so obvious back in the Navy - the officers were almost always at least of normal height, and were usually a bit taller...there were not many shorter officers at all.

What does this mean for a presidential debate? We're trying to determine who's better-suited to have his or her hand on the nuclear button. Do we really want the results to be skewed by the historical tendency of humans to choose the taller over the shorter, without respect to who is better able to do the best job of defending America? Do we really want America to be more likely to choose a tall idiot just because he's much taller than the woman who's much, much more capable of actually doing the job than he is?

 

[Excon]

Because whether you like it or not, it MATTERS,

Which would then be why Trump should have the same thing.

We're trying to determine who's better-suited to have his or her hand on the nuclear button.

Right, and you are ok with her faking it. Understood. Which would then be why Trump should have the same thing.

Do we really want the results to be skewed by the historical tendency of humans to choose the taller over the shorter, without respect to who is better able to do the best job of defending America? Do we really want America to be more likely to choose a tall idiot just because he's much taller than the woman who's much, much more capable of actually doing the job than he is?

iLOL Stop crying Hillary isn't a taller idiot. She is just an idiot.

 

[spud_meister]

Short people. :lol:

 

[matchlight]

"Let her paint an inch thick, to this favor she must come."

 

[Ikari]

Hillary Clinton to use larger podium than Donald Trump at first debate to make up for height disadvantage: report

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It is believed that the larger one was built at Clinton’s request to make her appear taller than she is.

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[...]

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Hillary Clinton to use larger podium than Donald Trump at first debate to make up for height disadvantage: report ​

Skewing the optics. Figures.

This sort of thing has been going on for quite some time. The "debates" are just song and puppet shows for the People. There's not much of substance to be found there.

 

[Ellis_G]

Maggie never stooped to something so low and cowardly, obviously she has no confidence in her ability to debate and in her policies to actually win the election.

 

[NonoBadDog]

She is a fool for giving Trump such good ammunition.. Watch him point it out on stage and laugh at her..

Ha ha ha..

Yeah, that will get him elected. This is one of those "take to the next level of stupid" posts.