I’m vertically challenged.
At maybe 5-feet-5, the only folks I can look eye-to-eye are middle schoolers and maybe Ken Jenne.
It is natural that articles about height interest me.
The following editorial in Saturday’s Daily News caught my eye.
This is what happens when we elect a president who plays basketball.
So, as they sing in “Guys And Dolls,” what’s in the Daily News?
I’ll tell you what’s in the Daily News:
An Obama tall tale
Barack Obama’s prejudice has been revealed. The man is a tallist. Now that he has assembled his whole cabinet, who can ignore the evidence?
- Paul Volcker, chosen for a plum White House economics job, is 6-feet-7.
- Arne Duncan, picked to be education secretary, is 6-feet-5.
- Gen. James Jones, national security adviser, is 6-feet-5.
- Eric Holder, attorney general-designee, is 6-feet-3.
- Tom Vilsack, the choice for agriculture secretary, is 6-feet-3.
- Ray LaHood, tapped for transportation, is 6-feet-2.
- Ron Kirk, new U.S. trade representative, is 6-feet-1.
- Obama’s idol Abraham Lincoln was 6-feet-4.
Where are the Robert Reichs (4-feet-10)? Or the Madeleine Albrights (4-feet-10)? Or the Michael Bloombergs (5-feet-8 on a good day)?
Clearly, Obama (6-feet-1) looks down on all of them.
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Not only did he only elect tall people but when he was campaigning to be the democratic canditate I saw him pat a BBC newsreporter on the head!!! She was a bit taller than me 5ft 1in … never liked him since.
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