Q: How tall is Nancy Pelosi?
People keep Googling this question and finding T.A.M.S.Y., but the post they land on doesn't even address new Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's height. Meanwhile, the answer provided by Yahoo! users is preposterously insufficient.
So by popular demand, I went on a fact-finding mission to uncover Pelosi's actual height.
A: In the description of a YouTube video, author Milt Shook describes Pelosi as "about five feet tall." This isn't much of an answer -- but it's literally the only specific reference to Pelosi's height I could find anywhere on the Internet, and I looked for a while.
In an effort to pin down some hard facts, I called Pelosi's Congressional office in San Francisco. They can't be too busy today, right?
"I have kind of a strange question. How tall is Congresswomen Pelosi?" The young woman who answered the phone said she wasn't sure. "Could you ballpark it?" I asked.
"I know she's much shorter than me," she said, "but I don't know exactly how much shorter. I've never really thought about it."
"So how tall are you?"
"5'6." A-HA! A clue!
Possibly the only clue. The staffers in Pelosi's D.C. office were less helpful, and treated the question as though I were asking for nuclear secrets. The woman who answered the phone was unwilling to offer an estimate, although she did eventually transfer me over to Pelosi's press office.
"I've been asked this question several times," the flack told me, "but at this time, I'm not at liberty to give you an answer. If I find out, I can let you know."
"Thanks. Should I leave my number?"
"Your best bet is to call back. Even if you do leave a number, I probably won't call you." Oh snap. Maybe I shouldn't have mentioned I'm a blogger.
In other words, the mystery lives on. For now, I'm going with "around five feet tall."
DEAR READERS: If you happen to have any better information on Nancy Pelosi's stature, please leave it in the comments.
RELATED: Measure Nancy Pelosi's height with the Great Women wooden ruler (from the estate of Edith Wharton). You'll need around five of them.
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She is much taller than Greta based on the tv interview video!?
Prepare to be amazed. Haha, in this picture:
http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/_PFlmomJPfu/Pelosi+Paul+Simon+Discuss+Children+Health/-B6JQLRP5vO/Paul+Simon
Paul Simon is shorter than her. He is something like 5'2"-5'3". Granted, she could be in heals, but if he already had 2-3 inches on her, there's just no way heels would give her that much of an advantage. She must be around his height with no shoes on.
I do not know how tall Nancy Pelosi is, but I do know that she is very short. In 1989, I saw her walking side by side with Barbara Boxer, whom Wikipedia says is only 4'11" tall. Pelosi was a bit taller than Boxer, but not much. Both women are the same age, and both wore extremely fashionable designer clothing. They looked like sisters. I remember thinking to myself, "My God! These two powerful Congresswomen in their expensive outfits are both SO TINY!" That was over twenty years ago, and both women, born in 1940, are undoubtedly even shorter today!
Just as somebody else said, Nancy Pelosi has to at least be the same height as Paul Simon, but I think she may in fact be a little taller. If you compare her to Hillary Clinton in pictures of them together, she's almost the exact same height. Clinton is listed at 5'6". So, I would venture to say that Pelosi is around 5'4" - 5'5".
Shes a midget
Nancy Pelosi is definitely 5'4 or 5'5. She was nearly eye level with Jon Stewart when she appeared on his show, wearing one or two inch heels. Stewart is supposedly just under 5'7.
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