1 Sep
How Tall is Sarah Palin?
Surprisingly, this is one question that Google can’t answer reliably, it seems.
Why do I ask?
Well, first off, McCain himself is notoriously short at a pixie-ish 5′ 7″ tall. But the selection of Palin is so baffling that I’m looking for any plausible reason why McCain would have chosen her for VP, since she’s not only manifestly unqualified, but is also obviously completely uninterested in national issues, and laden with a whole lot of very problematic baggage in her personal and political history.
Tim Pawlenty and Mitt Romney are reported (neither at particularly reliable websites) to be 6′ 2″, and Joe Lieberman is reported to be 5′ 9″ tall. I can’t seem to find any information about how tall Tom Ridge is.
But Palin is said to be just over 5′ tall.
So, that must be why she was chosen — she was the only candidate who was shorter than McCain himself.
