A reader writes:
You
rules out GOP hopefuls like Mitch Daniels, in part, because, well, he's really short."
Consider the fourth president, James Madison, the Father of the Constitution, who checked in between 5’3” and 5’4” and weighed barely more than 100 pounds. As a young orator they say friends taunted him by calling “Jemmy, stand up!” as he stood at the podium. His presidency had its ups and downs, but he was assuredly a very great leader to whom the country is indebted for its civil liberties tradition.
Could anyone imagine a man of Madison’s stature being elected today?
And isn’t that a shame!
Go Mitch!
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