Will Dean wear platform shoes in his debate vs. Bush?

[WhosNext]

To make himself to appear a solid 5'10? I heard Bush wears them.

[Cleita]

1. Get him a soapbox.

That's what they are for.

[creativelcro]

2. mummy has made dinner... Don't disappoint her

:silly:

[WhosNext]

4. bwahahahaha

[LittleDannySlowhorse]

3. I hope not

I'm 5'7"" and he would win the solid support of me and people like me in the Short Guys' Voting Bloc if he cleaned Bush's clock with a visible 6 inch height deficit.

[Cha]

10. Spiderman is 5'8" as I'm fond of

saying!

[SheilaT]

5. I really don't think

Howard Dean is that shallow.

[WhosNext]

7. Unfortunately the American people ARE.

[elperromagico]

6. Dunno, but they shouldn't have put Dean next to Kerry in the last debate.

It made Dean look like a midget. But then again, everybody on stage looks like a midget next to that giant freak John F. Kerry. :P

[WhosNext]

8. It's almost like they do it on purpose.

They should be putting Dean in between Kucinich and Lieberman.

[Cha]

11. No worries....

Dean can hold his own...he has something inside of him that gives him confidence that over rides the shallowness of any one.

[Blue-Jay]

15. They should put him next to Sharpton

So that he looks "slimmer" as well. (as long we're approaching this from a beauty contest standpoint)

[Eroshan]

9. Would we be having this discussion

if a woman was running?

[maxanne]

13. nope

we'd be having some variation on the beauty contest theme if it were a woman. We'd be carping about her clothes, her hair, or how thin or fat she is.

[wa state wanderer]

12. What is the height of all the candidates?

Not that it matters. Just interesting. And,of course, Ms. Braun gets a handicap.

[maxanne]

14. Why? n/t

[wa state wanderer]

16. It is not a lady's fault she may be shorter.

I think. Now, I think Carole has more than enough stature to pound her adversaries into submission. Is that what you were asking? Of course, it is not a man's fault he may be shorter. What did I get myself into?! :)

[elperromagico]

18. Estimated heights

From this article: http://www.hillnews.com/living/102903_here.aspx

"John Kerry, who stands in at about 6´4´´ (presumably including the hair). Going down the line is Dick Gephardt at 6´1´´, then John Edwards at about 6´ even. Al Sharpton measures up at about 5´11´´, Wesley Clark 5’10”, Howard Dean about 5´9´´, Joe Lieberman 5´8´´, Dennis Kucinich 5´7´´ and, finally, Carol Moseley Braun at, we’ll say, 5´4´"

George W. Bush is about 5'11", I believe.

[wa state wanderer]

19. Thanks for the info!

I guess just stupid facts. Wonder about historical significance, if any. Leaning to Dean, myself, but far from being firm.

[citizen snips]

17. I don't think he will.

I just don't think he will wear platform shoes just so he can look taller than Bush.