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Robin Lustig | 20:19 UK time, Tuesday, 7 October 2008

Thanks to the New York Times for pointing out that if John McCain is elected next month, he'll be, at just 5'7" tall, the shortest US President since William McKinley, who was elected in 1900.

Every President since Dwight Eisenhower (5'10½") has been six feet or over. (Well, to be strictly accurate, Richard Nixon was 5'11½" but who's measuring?)

Barack Obama is 6'1½".

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  • 1. At 9:08pm on 07 Oct 2008, Menedemus wrote:

    What are the chances that the next President of the US of A will have brown eyes?

    The next burning question is: Is either candidate left handed i.e. sinister?

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  • 2. At 3:37pm on 23 Oct 2008, lordBeddGelert wrote:

    Robin, this is discussed in more detail in the book Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. Whilst I'm not a big fan of his, the allusion to how much we are influenced by appearances is a good reminder to try and analyse things a bit more deeply.

    I personally didn't realise McCain was such a short guy - presumably he makes sure that the TV cameras 'look up to him', so to speak.

    Mind you, it never stopped President Sarkozy..

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