SALEM, N.H. — Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, campaigning on the eve of the critical presidential primary and facing another possible second place finish, was met by a couple of hecklers at a campaign event who shouted “Iron my Shirt, Iron my Shirt.”
“Oh the remnants of sexism, alive and well tonight,” the New York senator said with a smile, prompting the crowd of several hundred supporters to applaud and break into chants of “Hillary, Hillary.”
As she offered to take questions from the audience, she joked: “If there’s anybody in the audience who wants to learn to iron his own shirt, we can talk about that.”
But the young men had already left the building, after giving vague, confused answers to reporters who asked them their names, their ages and why they had been heckling.
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Sounds like another Clinton set-up. Where were these sexist comments a week ago, a month ago, ever? The Clintons are like wrestling hucksters - good riddance.
- Posted by Harley SmithIt is really ironic that the Clintons spent the last many years helping create the petulant voting public, now that they are seemingly out of control, the Clintons seem surprised. Anytime you convince a country to mistrust their government, you’ll invariably end up with the disenchanted masses, and frankly, the Clintons represent, in the publics eye, the government. Nice going Clintons. Oh, and iron my shirt!
- Posted by douglasThe hecklers were probably Clinton plants, if so it looks like a new standard has been set in how low a politician can stoop.
- Posted by CPT Morganway to go Hillary. you handled it beautifully.
- Posted by luckykabutar[...] couple of male hecklers met Hillary on the trail Monday, shouting “Iron my shirt! Iron my shirt!” This is [...]
- Posted by In The Pink Texas » Blog Archive » You’ve Come a Short Way, BabyI want a woman for president but not an opportunistic arrogant fraud
- Posted by beaumanoirhillary handled that with class and dignity.
- Posted by joseThe level of misogyny continues: despite the Senator handling a difficult siuation with her characteristic aplomb, she is once again responded to by some of these posters with suspicion and hatred. I have encountered missives on the Des Moines Register, for example, where she has been called a “whore” who couldn’t “take care” of her husband’s “needs”. Is sexist “hate-speech” now somehow more acceptable than racist slurs? Long way to go, America!
- Posted by AntonI read the guys work for the Boston radio station WBCN and did this as a stunt for their Toucher & Rich Show. So, a clever comeback to some radio personalities’ heckling makes her somehow appear as a “strong” leader after her morning crying jag about how she gets ready in the morning? Good Lord… it’s all so pathetic.
- Posted by Eve MaulsbyThe hecklers were not plants, this was a radio stunt from a local Boston afternoon show. The guy (or guys) shouting are well known locally for pulling pranks like this.
- Posted by Jeremy“facing another possible second place finish”
This is the second primary, and in Iowa Clinton placed third. Why does the media insist on forgetting John Edwards?
- Posted by NinaGiven that Ms. Clinton is a multimillionaire, and before that lived in the White House and Governor’s Mansion with a full staff, I think it unlikely that she has ironed anything in years.
- Posted by Holy PrepuceClearly a planned event. Hillary wasn’t crying for her country the other night. She was facing defeat of the Bush Dynasty - which the Clintons are primary members of - Just about everything Hillary does or says is a lie and this orchestrated heckler event is not a bit different - if the heckler got tazed aka “Don’t Taze me bro . . .” - I might think differently - Kerry, Bush(1,2), Clinton all peas in a pod Liars / Cheats / Thieves. Wake up people - Do your own research! And besides for those folks that have to iron other peoples shirts for a living - Hillary has not a single clue what is like - Remember her ‘forgetting to tip the waitress a while back’ - I do! She is only acting out what the polls tell her will get more votes - no clue what a leader of our nation needs to do for ‘most of the people’ not those elite family members she was so tearful about the other day - she doesn’t mean you and I when she says ‘us and our families’ - sorry.
- Posted by Xemu X. XenuJudging by the number of sexist comments I’ve read about Hilary Clinton, just in this thread, I would say it isn’t impossible that this was for real.
People question whether or not a woman can be President. If she’s too aggressive, they take unflattering pictures of her and try to make her seem crazy. If she cries, she’s not strong enough and she can’t be President then.
I don’t care if you love Hilary or hate her. The disrespect with which she is treated in the media is different than other candidates are receiving. She is not being questioned on her individual goals, ideas, or policies. She’s being questioned because she’s a woman.
- Posted by KristyOh, so now we know what’s in Hillary’s mind? Gee, if you could just read ALL the candidates’ minds, we can all make a truly informed decision.
Why wouldn’t she cry about the direction our country is headed? I sure sobbed on Election Day 2004!
I like Hillary, but recognizing that people hate for no good reason, and that sexism is alive and well, I’d like to see her run as Obama’s VP.
She’s got 8 years’ experience as president by proxy and sleeps with a brilliant advisor. And the Clinton years were a heck of a lot better than these last 7.
- Posted by Iron Your Own ShirtWell handled Hillary. I highly doubt it was planted. Those type of men exist in abundance, unfortunately.
Hillary ‘08
- Posted by TomHey Tom, Kristy, and all you other sniveling, obsequious little over-educated post-feminist drones who are so quick to stand on your invisible remote-connection soapbox (what courage, btw) - this whole thing was a joke. It was a radio stunt by a couple nerdy 21-year-old kids who work for WBCN in Boston. There was not one ounce of sincerity in their words, nor was there any philosophical objection whatsoever to the idea of a woman being president.
It was just a prank, and all of you (Hillary included) have proven to the world what humorless cowards you are.
- Posted by JohnThe chant should have been ‘Hillery, cry on my shirt’ She’s a loser.
- Posted by greg