CNN says republican men are shorter than democrats

[MIMStigator]

Inside politics report, no transcript yet.

Said poll showed men under 5,10 tend to be republican and taller men are democrats. What's the deal?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

1. Would you consider Napoleon a Republican?

Or Dudley Moore?

[mitchum]

2. That's why they're so bitter and angry

[calimary]

68. Perhaps it's also because THAT lack of stature suggests ANOTHER lack

of stature.

If you get my drift...

[Emillereid]

73. So that it why republicans are so angry and mean --

it's simple reaction formation after all. They're really mad and feel inadequate about their lack of stature which unconsciously signals a lack of manhood. What about Republican women -- what's their beef?

[Pillowbiter]

3. When you feed on the milk of human kindness...

how can you not grow large and strong?

PB

[JeebusH]

4. Napoleonic Complex?????

[HFishbine]

5. I'd seriously like to see that kind of study

on penis size.

[northernsoul]

14. me too

I think it would be mighty revealing (no pun intended)

I've always pretty much assumed that racists were seriously under-equipped. Of course, there's no overlap between racists and Republicans </sarcasm>

[rucky]

6. OMG...it's so true IME

both my freeper uncles under 5'6
both my freeper cousins, too

all the tall republicans i knew in college have switched teams (in more ways than one).

[Loonman]

7. Hey, If Napolean had Fox News Channel...

...nobody would have known he lost Russia.


Fox News exclusive: Napolean has Russians on the run, guerilla attacks seen as "desperation"

[ronzo]

64. Where did this come from? W as Napoleon...

I found this in a saved graphics file on my computer today... snagged it somewhere around here. Funny as hell.

[ninkasi]

8. Insecurity, probably.

In addition to being short, they have tiny, twisted minds. That's why they love athoritarian forms of government. It makes them feel better about themselves. I think it's also why they're so hung up on sex, because nobody but Republican women want them, and they've taken a good look at Republican women.

I have absolutely nothing to validate this, just years of personal observation. My dad was short, and to push his buttons, all it took was for someone to question or criticize anything he did.

[catzies]

9. My GOP congressman is 5'2" or 5'3" and is said to be a wifebeater.

I didn't say it first, but I'm just sayin'...

[northernsoul]

15. Norm "The Teeth From Brooklyn" pretty shrimpy in person

of course, Paul Wellstone wasn't exactly gonna be nicknamed "Strecth" any time soon, but he had that scrappy wrasslin' physique. I'd bet he could pin any freeper who challenged him in ten seconds flat.

[hlthe2b]

10. funny...! that'll really piss off the freepers...

:evilgrin:

[artr2]

11. Smaller too

If you catch my drift

[rumguy]

12. Of course

I figured this all along. Most of them are small, puny and pathetic cowards. I could probably take on 10 of them and kick the living sh*t out of every last one. Damn that would fun...

[chromotone]

16. I'd like to join you!

Particularly if they were these:


(Thanks to Democrats.com!)

[corarose]

13. Republicans are UGLY and I am not joking

Democratic men are good looking.

[Cocoa]

17. every time I see Bill Janklow

I think, man does that guy look like a Repupblican or what. Mitch McConnell too.

[funkyflathead]

57. Yeah John Podesta is a hunk n/t

[Character Assassin]

58. Two words for you, Cupcake: Bill Traficant. Or Senator Exon.

Go ahead: have at 'em.

[oasis]

75. Ann Coulter, Laura Ingram, Katie O'Beirne, Pickles, Maria Shriver

some ugly GOP chicks

[Zomby Woof]

18. notice they had no Democrats in the report?

The tall guys were fascisty looking "Independents". And then that one woman made me puke when she said "My husband is 6'4" and the strongest Republican you will ever meet!" :puke:

Gawd, why was I watching????

[Scott Lee]

19. Thank the Gods I'm 6'2"

This explains DimSon's Napoleanic complex.

[Terwilliger]

49. I'm 6'4"...am I more Democratic?

or simply less Republican?

[Scott Lee]

53. By two inches!

.

[AntiCoup2K4]

72. If that's the case, I'm more Democratic than you at 6'6"

ya damn Bush-lite :evilgrin:

20. but...

Howard Dean is 5-8.

So am I. I'm not a republican.

Do these pollsters have too much time on their hands?

[terrya]

21. A little known secret about Republican men and Democrats

Republican men have MUCH smaller penises than Democrats. :-)

[OneTwentyoNine]

22. Damn,I knew Daschle was a closet Repub.....n/t

[TLM]

23. Hehe.... yeah we're all much better hung too

eom

[Carolina]

24. in every way

;-)

[xultar]

25. Well you know what they say about TALL MEN :=) n/t

[transeo]

28. Yes, they have a longer...

inseam. ;-)

[SharonAnn]

26. Confident people are Democrats

Insecure people are power-hungry, controlling, selfish. They are otherwise known as Republicans.

[mlawson]

27. Oh, yeah, Lincoln was shorter than Stephen Douglas, after all!

So of course they are right.... :eyes:

[Kamika]

29. well finally some *serious* news, instead of this MJ thing

thank god for cnn

[Barbara917]

30. Oh, good grief!

When are they going to start reporting the news? Instead we get Michael, Kobe, Scott, and the average height of political party members.

[Robbien]

31. Just another ploy to distract from the main issues

Never mind what the democratic candidates say, look at their ugly ties. And by the way, did you notice how short they are?

[Ksec]

32. Its that short mans complex

always pretending to be macho to make up for lack of height. Makes total sense. Dems are more confident in their own skin.

[Yupster]

33. Are A-A men on the average taller than Anglo men?

If that is true (?), and if A-A's vote Democratic 90 + %, then statistically, that alone would mean the average Democratic voter would be taller than the average Republican voter.

[Skittles]

34. WHAT THEY SHOULD CHECK IS PENIS SIZE

YES INDEED

[quaker bill]

38. I was going to go into the overcompensation bit.

But you beat me to it. LOL

[Terwilliger]

43. you want to see Trent Lott's dick?

Skittles! :shrug:

[Skittles]

48. I DON'T HAVE TO SEE IT

TO KNOW IT IS MICROSCOPIC

[Scott Lee]

54. He has cute little Klan hood shaped condoms...

his wifey coos to him "Hon, time to call the klavern meetin' together - lets see the Grand Wizard!"

[Skittles]

65. DAMMIT SCOTT !

I'm recovering from sinus surgery - your post made me laugh - OUCH, OW.

[Scott Lee]

79. I'm sorry, that was damn cruel.

Godspeed to your recovery so I can REALLY let loose with the Trent Lott stories.....

[knight_of_the_star]

35. Honestly people!

We don't need to be going around insulting Republicans because of their penis sizes! That is jsut something that is so below the belt! I mean, it is just not nice to remind them so loudly and publicly about their inadequacies! And I thought that liberals were SUPPOSED to be more compassionate than conservatives, how about we show some compassion to the pencil-dicked republicans. It's not THEIR fault that they need a microscope and tweezers to perform!

[calimary]

69. WRONG!!!! We SHOULD be insinuating all kinds of stuff like this.

The better to knock 'em off their mark. We ABSOLUTELY need them to be pissy and whiny and outraged about how unfairly they're being treated, so we can then throw back in their faces all the shitty treatment they've dished out, repeatedly, to Democrats.

And we need to do stuff like this again and again and again. Okay, maybe take the high road as far as OTHER kinds of insults. BUT, it would be most demoralizing to the enemy to start making little noises all over the place about this. AND IT IS CRUCIAL TO START DEMORALIZING THE ENEMY!!!! We want them on the defensive, NOT the offensive. They do too much damage to everybody, everywhere, when they're on the attack.

It is BEYOND HIGH TIME we began a resolute and nonstop campaign to begin demoralizing the enemy. In any and all ways possible. Attack from EVERY DIRECTION!!!!!!!

[AntiCoup2K4]

74. The downside of this argument

Is that soon you'll have Hannity and O'Reichly (and possibly Coulter) dropping their pants live on FAUX to prove that this "liberal spin" isn't true.

And if it IS true, no doubt Rupert Murdoch will employ some "special effects" to make it appear otherwise.

On the other hand, this all might traumatize the brainwashed masses into dumping the corporate media for good ;-)

[goforit]

36. The Napoleon complex is proven again!!!

God help us!!!

[leesa]

37. Another in-depth investigation...you would think they would notice

that we have had a coup in 2000 and two illegal unethical wars have been launched which are currently destroying our country. But at least they get the important stuff out there!

[Darth_Kitten]

39. I'm taking issue.....

nothing wrong with being short. :evilfrown:

We shorties have feelings too. :cry: :(

[BlueJazz]

40. Yes and Democratic Woman have HUGE breasts.

.

[Scott Lee]

80. Democratic/Left women are the most beautiful creatures on earth

Pander? ME???

pssshhhh.

[uhhuh]

41. And that means what exactly??

I still don't understand why people seem to equate height with some sort of virtue. I think it just another form of bigotry to presume that there is anything in this report that means anything. It's like saying that repukes have longer toenails, isn't it?
Are we to assume that height proves anything about a person? Are tall people better than short people? Rather than gloat over "us tall democrats", shouldn't we take a look at why people who are not tall are viewed as less worthy than others?
Why has our society developed in such a way that people who may be of great value, have great compassion and concern for others, and are honest and loving get sidelined as potetnial mates and leaders because they don't need to move the seat back in a sedan?

During the California recall, Gary Coleman got laughed at for running. It was not because his positions were unclear and not well thought out(which was the case), but because he was really short. Everything said about him had to do with his height.
We don't live in the forest anymore. Height doesn't offer any advantages for people that can't be met with technology.
For women, I would think that the idea that a potential mate would have to tower over them would be a disgusting concept, but that's just my opinion.

I'm glad that an unneeded way to classify people that persists in the world, and is sadly, generally accepted, makes the repukes look bad, but it also makes me a little less confident that anything I hope to achieve will be taken seriously because, like Howard Dean, I am "only" 5'8".

[Terwilliger]

42. Napoleonic issues?

just a little taller than Bob Novak, but much more appealing

[drscm]

44. Rush Limpballs was disgusted with Robin Williams because

Robin Williams said he sent Newt Gingrich a couple of viagra for a wedding present. The problem is that it only made Newt taller.

Rush's take: How dare he make fun of short people!

Honest - he went on for at least ten minutes about "short people," completely missing the joke.

Limpballs is not the brightest light in the room.

[knight_of_the_star]

47. OUCH!!!

What party is Robin Williams registered with?

That kind of a comment is a torpedo below the waterline, I love it!

[JanMichael]

45. This 5'8" Progressive Dem doesn't take CNN's analysis seriously.

Nor does he take some of the dumbassed comments on this thread very seriously either.

[Zero Division]

50. 5'7" Dem here reminds everyone that:

"Most Republicans are short" is NOT logically equivalent to "most short people are republicans". ;)

[Catherine Vincent]

55. True.

Just like most racists are republicans which is not equivalent to most republicans being racists.

[SmileyBoy]

46. Seriously, I'm 5 feet, 9.5 inches tall.

I crest over 5' 10" with shoes on.

[Native_Iowan]

51. Hey - What About Wellstone?

One of the finest Democrats in history - looked me eye to eye once and I am 5'4'! - and he towered over his taller colleagues in courage and humanity!

I may be of short stature but I am very good looking (thank you very much) and have a lot of wit, humor, and intelligence in my arsenal. I come from a family of 3 sub-5'6' male liberals. Our 6 foot cousins are all Republicans.

Actually, I have also noticed that a great many of Hollywood's most notable male liberals are or were of sub-6'0 stature (Tim Robbins not withstanding!) - think Martin Sheen, Tom Hanks, Danny deVito, Jon BonJovi, Tom Cruise, etc., etc,

Still, there is some humor in all of this - most Republicans do seem to have a Napolean complex - regardless of height!

[BeachBuckeye]

52. Did you ever wonder why Rush, Hannity, Savage,

Prager, Gallagher, and a host of other Right-Wing radio programs all have sexual, libido enhancing potions as sponsors? What do these companies know about the Conservatives that we don't know? Hmmmmm?

[CSI Willows]

56. Woah

that is weird. My step-father and father are both conservatives and under 5'10".

[The Monkey]

59. leaning

I'm 5 foot 4 inches tall, standing straight, but usually I look a little shorter, cuz I'm always leaning to the left ;)

[maxanne]

60. Ha!

I've always suspected this. ;-)

There are exceptions, however. Jeb Bush is 6'4". My 2002 campaign manager is about 5'6" - but he is a TALL Democrat.

[onebigbadwulf]

61. This explains their thirst for war and sexual oppression...

little man complex. Can't get any lovin so they wage war.

[JI7]

62. this is funny

i just think it's funny a study on this was done at all. i'm wondering about what the process was. who decided to do the study, and why ? it's just funny thinking about it.

[sujan]

63. 5' 11" and still

CNN can go to hell.

[salin]

66. CNN:bush is greeted warmly in Britain...and in political news... heights

:eyes:

Like there is no news to discuss about the overtime rules... about the energy fillibuster (and dem success)... the medicare vote. Nothing to talk about regarding the political implications of the stepped up attacks in Iraq and Turkey ... Nope - height differential in male supporters of the political parties. :eyes:

[Military Brat]

67. Perpetual anger stunts growth

I mean, there must be something persistently angry in them from childhood to grow up and be that way.

bush is still angry with Battle Axe Barb for verbally smacking him about crying because his sister Robin died (she was about 5 years old, I think), but he takes it out on everyone else who gets in his way.


Edit: I'm not saying if you are short, then you are angry. And I would rather see research on whether Repubs drink more, smoke more, beat their wives (or husbands) more, et cetera. Now, that would be interesting.

[loudsue]

70. That was when he learned NOT to have feelings, or compassion

at the hands of Barb the Barbarian. He still feels small...that's why he's a bully.

:kick:

[Scott Lee]

81. It gets you hooked on painkillers, too. Ask Limpblah.

I'm serious...did anyone entertain the possibility that the guy needed them so bad because he built up all that hate that started eating him from the inside out?

[JohnKleeb]

71. 6 foot flat here and democrat

Two of my favorite dems however tend or tended to be short :D, Wellstone and Kucinich.

[JAbuchan08]

76. Democrats are just "bigger" people

thank the ordering of matter for that extra inch.

[Panda1]

77. Transcript

Just what we've all been dying for.....a really important poll.


(Scroll down...last topic)
http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0311/21/ip.00.html
WOODRUFF: Finally, what you've been waiting for. The tall and short of next year's election. Surely, height has nothing to do with party affiliation. Or does it?

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

WOODRUFF (voice-over): There comes a time when every man has a eureka moment. CNN polling guru Keating Holland had his a couple weeks ago.

KEATING HOLLAND, CNN POLLING DIR.: I looked and saw the Gallup was asking height and I thought to myself, I wonder if tall men are different than short men.

WOODRUFF: And guess what? They are. At least in one respect. Our poll shows men 5'10" and under are more likely to be Republicans than their taller counterparts. Keating, who is 6'1", can't explain it.

HOLLAND: I think it's probably related to some third factor.

WOODRUFF: So we hit the streets of New York for a spot check.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don't think height has anything to do with it. I may match, but I think it's just coincidence.

WOODRUFF: He's 5'8" and a Republican.

Here you have two big guys, 6'1' and 6'6". And they are...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Independent.

WOODRUFF: And?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Independent.

WOODRUFF: But they don't buy our poll.

snip...rest at link

Just my opinion...Liberal men are handsome and intelligent. Republicans are extremely unattractive in every way.

[Cat Atomic]

78. Hey- I'm 5'6" and I'll have you know that we shorter men have

the same equipment as everyone else. In fact we look bigger because our bodies are smaller.

So there.

[mobuto]

82. Arnaud de Borchgrave

The walking pile of excrement is referred to in some circles as "The Short Count."

Yes, he's short. Very short. And he's a Republican. And he's a Count.

And as Randy Newman says, with such eloquence, "Short people got no reason to live."

[neomonkey]

83. Oh help me

How many height-related threads will we have to endure on DU before we finally realize we are squandering time and energy on the most stupid bullshit imaginable??

What tomorrow? Republican men tend to maintain their tire pressure more than Democratic men? Democratic women on average are hairier than Republican women?

People, the world is falling apart out there. Has anyone noticed...