Is Ron Paul "Diminutive"?

[shrugged0106]

Something I've noticed this week in a bunch of articles, the seem to be adding the term "Diminutive Texas Congressman", kind of like they used to say quixotic in the past.

I thought he was over 6 ft? Is he smaller than I thought?

 

[jdmyprez_deo_vindice]

Something I've noticed this week in a bunch of articles, the seem to be adding the term "Diminutive Texas Congressman", kind of like they used to say quixotic in the past.

I thought her was over 6 ft? Is he smaller than I thought?

No he is as tall as you thought. The media likes to pick certain words and run with them as a form of a smear. In this case, they chose a word which they hope will reinforce the idea that Ron is weak or frail in the minds of the general public.

 

[Icymudpuppy]

The media likes to pick certain words and run with them as a form of a smear. In this case, they chose a word which they hope will reinforce the idea that Ron is weak or frail in the minds of the general public.

QFT. They are deliberately using the word as a smear.

 

[sailingaway]

I've heard about six feet as well. Not 'diminutive'. I understand he still takes stairs two at a time.

 

[jbuttell]

Ron Paul is over 6' ?? I mean I can understand how some would think he's 8' tall since his ideas dwarf the competition, but... really?

 

[fisharmor]

He just has a larger sized head that makes his body look small.

 

[vita3]

Lot's of Americans likes crazy talk from their Prez, "George Bush smokin' out terrorists" or "Obama giving super emotional speeches."

If diminutive is really a notch or two below these clowns, I'll take it.

 

[Johnnybags]

Of course he is, he is also cranky,quixotic,a gadfly,kooky,nutty,etc. He is like us and that's what we love. Lame stream media is insulting US. But a toe sucking, popeye the sailor man singing, prostitute loving Dick Morris(the purveyor of BS) is a fine upstanding political analyst and Eliot Spitzer gets his own show.

 

[Root]

^^^^ I wish my arms and shoulders were that well defined!

 

[Suzu]

With so many Americans today being obese, anyone whose weight is proportional to their height must be considered "diminutive"?

 

[musicmax]

I'm 6'1" and in the picture I had taken with him in 2007 he looks at most 2" shorter than me. I'd say he's between 5'11" and 6'0".

 

[Cody1]

Dude's cut.

I can attest to the obese thing. I'm just over six feet tall and weigh in around 165. Growing up I always got the comments about being "sickly" and that I needed to gain weight. It's all a bullshit narrative. We are winning

 

[brandon]

He's probably around 5'11 145 lbs. It wouldn't kill him to eat a couple extra chocolate chip cookies.

 

[69360]

Less than 6'. I'm 6' 2" and he was quite a bit shorter than me when I said hello to him. Maybe 5'8"?

Let's not go all Kim Jong Il about Ron now. He wasn't born on a mountain top, can't shoot 18 holes in one and does poop.

 

[PauliticsPolitics]

Joe Rogan is pretty officially 5' 8" (there are several UCF bios about him and he always mentions his height on his podcast for some reason).
So I would estimate that Ron Paul is right around 6 foot (+/- 1 in) based off this photo:

 

[BuddyRey]

Ron Paul is very slender, but I would in no sense consider him "diminutive." And even if he was, James Madison was only 5'3'' and he was one of the best (better) Presidents of all time!

 

[1836]

When I have been next to him, I would say he is about my height. 6ftish. Taller than Robert Reich, who might fairly require the adjective "diminutive."

 

[Anti Federalist]

He's not very tall.

I've met him a couple of times, and I'd say he was small-medium build.

Regardless, it is a smear attempt.

No articles that I've seen start off with "the portly Newt Gingrich" or " the wild haired Donald Trump" or "the perfectly manicured Mitt Romney".

 

[coastie]

^^^^ I wish my arms and shoulders were that well defined!

No kidding(well, mine are)...and at nearly 80!?!?!

Guess this is what a good heart and mind-soul- get you into the older years.


Ron Paul-I'm not getting older-I'm getting better.

 

[sailingaway]

76 is nearly 80?