Comments on: Election 2008: candidates we don’t have to look up to? https://thenewneo.com/2007/03/05/election-2008-candidates-we-dont-have-to-look-up-to/ A blog about political change, among other things Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:50:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Dan 5'10'' Age: 15 https://thenewneo.com/2007/03/05/election-2008-candidates-we-dont-have-to-look-up-to/#comment-47623 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:50:13 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/election-2008-candidates-we-dont-have-to-look-up-to.html#comment-47623 I feel that I am slightly above average height and I disagree with this essay. I believe when I was shorter I was much smarter. My father and mother both around 5’5″ are very intelligent and have a lot of common sense. My oldest brother is 6’1″ and he towers my parents but my other brother is 5’7″ and he is the smartest of us all. I think I was smarter before I turned big.

]]> By: Lee https://thenewneo.com/2007/03/05/election-2008-candidates-we-dont-have-to-look-up-to/#comment-32146 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:28:46 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/election-2008-candidates-we-dont-have-to-look-up-to.html#comment-32146 I dunno, guys. I’ve seen paintings of the guy and Napoleon looks pretty short.

]]> By: Sloan https://thenewneo.com/2007/03/05/election-2008-candidates-we-dont-have-to-look-up-to/#comment-30544 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:08:28 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/election-2008-candidates-we-dont-have-to-look-up-to.html#comment-30544 Cappy,
Not only that, Hillary would be the first blonde president to have been the wife of the first “black” president. Top That!

]]> By: Ariel https://thenewneo.com/2007/03/05/election-2008-candidates-we-dont-have-to-look-up-to/#comment-30537 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 07:29:36 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/election-2008-candidates-we-dont-have-to-look-up-to.html#comment-30537 HANES study 1999-2002 Average USA Male height is 5 ft 9.3 inches. Canadians are approx. 0.8 inches shorter, 2005 data. HANES is about due to be done again.

Yep, Napoleon wasn’t that short. This is also why Humphrey Bogart looked a little above average in movies in 30’s and 40’s, he was about 5’8″ – 5’9″.

]]> By: Ymarsakar https://thenewneo.com/2007/03/05/election-2008-candidates-we-dont-have-to-look-up-to/#comment-30527 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 04:15:55 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/election-2008-candidates-we-dont-have-to-look-up-to.html#comment-30527 HIs measurement in French units was 5 feet 2, but that translates in modern US as 5 feet 6.

Six inches below tall, but then again folks back in their day had malnutrition problems.

]]> By: SB https://thenewneo.com/2007/03/05/election-2008-candidates-we-dont-have-to-look-up-to/#comment-30508 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 23:06:33 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/election-2008-candidates-we-dont-have-to-look-up-to.html#comment-30508 Wasn’t he, though?

Are you telling “Time Bandits” wasn’t based on solid, historical truths? That’s very disappointing.

Well, the real question isn’t how tall they are, it’s whether you can kick their asses when the Secret Service guys aren’t watching. I’d give myself about even odds against Hillary, maybe a little better if she’s wearing a skirt. Nancy could probably take me best two out of three falls because she reminds me of my wicked stepmother – very discouraging. Newt looks like a myocardial infarction waiting to happen. No trouble there. I’d watch out for McCain, though. Ex-military, survived the POW camps, gets lots of fresh air and sunshine. Sounds like trouble.

]]> By: Ymarsakar https://thenewneo.com/2007/03/05/election-2008-candidates-we-dont-have-to-look-up-to/#comment-30505 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:02:48 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/election-2008-candidates-we-dont-have-to-look-up-to.html#comment-30505 Who thinks Napoleon here was short though?

]]> By: SB https://thenewneo.com/2007/03/05/election-2008-candidates-we-dont-have-to-look-up-to/#comment-30489 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 17:05:59 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/election-2008-candidates-we-dont-have-to-look-up-to.html#comment-30489 Why does this remind me of the Napoleon episode in “Time Bandits?”

]]> By: Cappy https://thenewneo.com/2007/03/05/election-2008-candidates-we-dont-have-to-look-up-to/#comment-30483 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:56:51 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/election-2008-candidates-we-dont-have-to-look-up-to.html#comment-30483 How come nobody’s noticed that Hillary would be the first blonde president?

]]> By: Good Ole Charlie https://thenewneo.com/2007/03/05/election-2008-candidates-we-dont-have-to-look-up-to/#comment-30468 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 01:47:16 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/election-2008-candidates-we-dont-have-to-look-up-to.html#comment-30468 Dictators I Have Measured Department:

Adolph Hitler = 5′ 6″
Josef Stalin = 5′ 3″

Source: Alan Bullock: Hitler and Stalin: Parallel Biographies

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