Protesters ask Clinton to iron shirts

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Source: Associated Press

SALEM, N.H. - Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign stop was interrupted on Monday when two men stood in the crowd and began screaming, "Iron my shirt!" during one the New York senator's final appearances before New Hampshire voters cast primary ballots Tuesday.

Clinton, a former first lady running to become the nation's first female president, laughed at the seemingly sexist protest that suggested a woman's place is doing the laundry and not running the country.

"Ah, the remnants of sexism — alive and well," Clinton said to applause in a school auditorium.

The two men were removed from the hall after raising a pair of signs that said, "iron my shirt!" They also shouted the same slogan.



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080108/ap_on_el_pr/clinton_laundry

[AllyCat]

1. Knuckle-draggers are everywhere I suppose.

What a couple of louts. Now those are the kind of people who should be removed from these events.

[SpiralHawk]

62. typical republicons: afraid of women

and trying to move the nation back to the 10th Century...

Pathetic morans...

[Sabriel]

79. It looks like someone's been ironing his t-shirt. n/t

[Deja Q]

2. Said by the lady who asks "Is America ready for a black president?"

'nuff said.

[emilyg]

8. Hey Toad.

[goclark]

24. Please tell me HC did not ever say anything like that ~please

If so,that is my final ounce of caring about her.

[aquart]

40. You had a whole ounce?

Empathy is not everybody's thing.

[olddad56]

54. Is America ready for a black president, or a woman president?

I am ready for either, but are either actually electable? In a country that was naive enough to wind up with Bush twice. I wonder which of the top three candidates has the best chance to win against a smear campaign like the 'swift boaters' will run. I wonder how much corporate money is flowing in to the candidate that corporate America thinks a Repug has the best chance to beat.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

63. under what context did she say it? and besides has not everyone said it?

i have heard it atleast 1000 times in GD and not all of them were HRC

[Historic NY]

3. Must be huckaberry's people.........

women must serve him.

[ronnykmarshall]

4. Good thing I'm not Hillary ..

I would have ripped off my bra and said "Iron THIS, mother fuckers!".

That's why I'm not in politics!

[emilyg]

7. I probably would have knocked those sexist pigs.

[DRoseDARs]

53. I'm neither a Hillary supporter nor a woman, but I'd've knocked their fucking teeth out...

That, or told them to get off the La-Z-Boy and get a fucking job. ;)

[Lucinda]

9. I bake cookies. Excellent cookies. I DO NOT iron.

And it's a good thing I'm not in politics too....I wouldn't have been as nice as she was. :D

[ronnykmarshall]

11. Work them cookies!

[peace13]

23. Are you old enough to remember when Bill fist went to the

White House and the dear couple was on 60 Minutes. She made it very clear that she would not be baking cookies! Go figure, I thought it was quite the slap to those that did stay at home and care for their families. Oh well she's a big girl now, she can take care of herself. Peace, Kim

[heliarc]

13. And if you were Hillary and you had done that...

I would be a Hillary voter...

[aquart]

42. Too many liars, too little time.

No, you wouldn't. It would just be another thing to attack her on.

[davidinalameda]

19. will you rip off your underwear instead for me

:bounce:

[ronnykmarshall]

20. Hey I've done that!

[DBoon]

33. you can still do that Ronny

and some of us would applaud enthusiastically.

[Chovexani]

56. My black ass would have gotten arrested

My shoes and earrings would have come off.

[Phillycat]

65. Get the vaseline!

:rofl:

[redqueen]

73. ....

:rofl:

[Uncle Sinister]

5. Ironing is a step up from baking cookies, isn't it?

And while she's at it, my shirts are a bit rumpled.
:sarcasm:

[bluerum]

6. Hard to believe the ignorance that people have. That is not even sexism.

That is pure unadulterated ignorance - straight from the tap.

[alfredo]

22. They're adults and they still can't iron their own shirts?

[TwilightZone]

10. DUers will probably criticize her for not ironing them.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

12. Mmmff,

:spray: MKJ

[heliarc]

15. Don't be silly.

I'm not a Clinton supporter, but that attack on her was totally bigoted and uncalled for. She doesn't deserve it, and I'm smart enough to know what's fair game and what isn't. Those guys should have to work in a Sweatshop ironing shirts for a few years as punishment.

[demigoddess]

84. don't be silly, that sexist attack was not on hillary alone it was on every woman

who works outside the home or who would dare to run for office!!!!

[heliarc]

85. Obviously it was. That would be the definition of "Sexist" nt

[clspector]

14. That's the lamest thing I've ever heard

<<The two men were removed from the hall after raising a pair of signs that said, "iron my shirt!" They also shouted the same slogan.<<


I mean in a world of insults, that's the best they could do? Jesus, what a couple of pathetic, troglodytes. The Republicans really are completely devoid of ideas. They can't even insult well anymore.

[auburngrad82]

59. It's not even original

There was a guy who held up an "iron my shirt" sign when women protested outside the Augusta National Golf Club years ago. They were protesting because the home of the Masters golf tournament doesn't allow women members. I'm sure you can find the photo on the internet. It was mildly amusing at the time but this time it's akin to one comedian stealing a line from another. It loses what sense of humor there was in the original.

[madrchsod]

16. geez i`m a guy and i......

bake cookies and cake,do the washing and ironing,clean the house,and wash the dishes....it sucks not being able to find a job! actually my sisters 50 years ago said i`d better learn how to do this stuff cause they were not going to do it for me...

real men iron their own shirts

[Hotler]

17. If she was my women she wouldn't have time for...

any ironing. That women is soooo hot I'd do her in every room, hallway, and every which way all day long. I like pie. Sure hope Hill bakes a good burbon pecan pie. I sure wish she would leave Bill and move into the trailer with me and the dogs.

[Turbineguy]

18. Did they

remove their cool KKK hats first?

[edbermac]

21. I'm waiting for these idiots to ask Obama to 'Shine My Shoes'

Think they'll have the nerve?

[Skinner]

25. This primary campaign just gets curiouser and curiouser. What a circus.

Protesters shouting "Iron my shirt"? It's so over-the-top sexist that I can't help wondering what, exactly, these protesters were trying to achieve. Seems like a protest almost guaranteed to backfire. Do we know who these two men were?

[hedgehog]

29. Do we know they weren't planted to make sure everyone remembers

Hillary might be the first woman president?

[NoodleyAppendage]

31. Ding. Ding. I'm smelling a plant.

This was a calculated controversy meant to recapture the sinking female vote for her. Bet on it.

J

[bemildred]

36. That was my first thought.

Although native stupidity is very workable too, and not as unlikely as one might assume.

[rosesaylavee]

37. That was my first thought...

what was this supposed to do? And who were they appealing to? Republicans I know would be as appalled by their statements same as me. Would like the rest of the story on who they are and where they came from.

[Marie26]

48. Seems to be something of a movement

Just googling.... from Urban Dictionary, a dictionary of slang & catch-phrases.

"Iron My Shirt, Bitch" 369 up, 25 down

A banner best held up at a Feminist rally.

"Women are People, Too!" - Banner
"Men are Pigs!" - Banner
"Iron My Shirt, Bitch!" - Banner near the back



http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=iron+my+shirt%2C+bitch&i=1


Note the similarity of the signs - both big, orange, & with the same slogan.

[Skinner]

60. Ah, yes. That provides some context.

That leads me to believe that these were assholes acting on their own.

[Catherine Vincent]

82. Yes, just like the aholes that told the woman that accused the Duke

LaCrosse team of rape to thank her grandparents for the cotton they picked for his shirt.

[Marie26]

47. Ah, Hillary black-ops?

She's like the CIA, always plotting, planning & conspiring. Or so I hear.

[Skwmom]

87. A "protest almost guaranteed to backfire."

I agree, which begs the question why?

[Danger Mouse]

26. If they tried really hard, maybe those two dumbasses could put together half a brain between them.

'Iron my shirt!'
How about 'kiss my ass!'?

[kskiska]

27. Maybe they should buy some permanent-press shirts.

No one irons shirts anymore.

[Binka]

45. I Love To Iron I Put On Some Bluegrass And Make Mean Creases

My Nan taught me to iron when I was 10 and I used to iron my Dads khaki Navy uniforms. Nobody and I mean nobody presses a pair of pants like me. Those suckers can stand up without a pair of legs in 'em. That said those two asscarrots would have had my industrial Italian made iron smashed into their ignorant back sides if they talked to me like that. If Hillary had been quick on her feet she would have retorted "I'm in the business of ironing out the problems of this country not your shirts."

[fizzgig]

28. i wonder how long it took them to come up with that?

like i keep saying, stupid should be physically painful.

i'm not much a hillary clinton fan, but that is just classless

[NoodleyAppendage]

30. PLANT. Clinton needs to recapture female vote, so he has a ringer rile up the anti-sexism vote.

She loads her early campaign stops with rigged questions, so now when she's on the ropes and the female vote is moving away from her, they have faux hecklers bring up a topic that they've calculated will piss off females and bring them back to her. Nice try, but no dice. A prime example of why people are sick of Clinton.

J

[ronnykmarshall]

32. Oh fuck off.

[NoodleyAppendage]

51. Sorry. The truth hurts. Did or did she not plant people before?

The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior. This is all we have to go on right now. It's not my fault her campaign was caught red-handed planting audience questions. So, if she would go that far, why is it out-of-bounds to think that this very timely and topical heckler was also a plant?

J

[Marie26]

52. Please see post #48

Or is Hillary so wily that she managed to plant two campaign staffers that did exactly the same thing as the dumb stunt designed to annoy feminists? Come on now.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

83. yeah except that your prediction was untrue.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

64. what bullshit

[La Lioness Priyanka]

81. so the truth has been released and you were fucking wrong. those guys are from some

stupid radio show.

:eyes:

[DBoon]

34. So will a group of women shout down Obama with posters saying:

"Fix my car"

[frogmarch]

35. Then the two assholes probably

went home and beat up their wives.

Scum. Filth.

[truthisfreedom]

38. Idiots didn't realize that aside from giving the 'thugs a laugh, they just upped her determination

and fed the fire in her female supporters.

[liberalhistorian]

41. Maybe that was the whole intention in the first place,

which is a major reason, among others, that I'm leaning toward this being a plant to go along with her rigged questions in previous speeches.

[truthisfreedom]

43. Anything's possible. I'm just as suspicious as you are.

[Marie26]

50. Nah

It's a dumb Internet phenomenon, in which asshole college guys show up at feminist events w/a big orange sign that says "Iron My Shirt, Bitch," take a picture, & then LOL about it amongst themselves. Given the age of the protestors, the loudness, & the Internet savvy, I'm guessing... Ron Paul fanatics.

[Chovexani]

57. Shame on you trying to inject facts here

The silence is deafening.

I'm with you on thinking they're idiot Ron Paul fanboys.

[liberalhistorian]

78. Oh? I hadn't known about that "phenomenon", but

it wouldn't surprise me in the least if it was coming from Paulbots. Those people have some serious issues.

[Marie26]

80. Seems like it was radio shock jocks.

Though they probably have similar audiences!

[aquart]

39. Huh?

What was that about?

[struggle4progress]

44. I bet the guys are just upset cuz their mean old mommies told them to do their own smelly laundry

:cry:

[tinrobot]

46. Extreme Ironing

You know, with the introduction of extreme ironing as a sport, ironing is no longer just housework.

[Dr Fate]

49. Lol! Great response on Hil's part! n/t

n/t

[originalpckelly]

55. If I were her, I'd iron something much, much, much smaller on those two "guys".

[beastofbourbon]

58. Gotta admire street theater no matter who it's directed at

it was a YIPPIE thing.............it was funny............period .

[Bridget Burke]

66. Yeah, plenty of the Yippies were sexist, too.

Their Old Ladies could support their political activism, raise the kids & cook the dinner.

But they got over it.

[MollieBradford]

77. I suppose there is an element of humor

for the dumbass thug type of guy. Unfortunatly you can find them on the right and the left.

[beastofbourbon]

86. Gee Mollie you are rather nasty........Hillary laughed and put them down very neatly

..what no humor in your body ?........Do a little research and see what Yippie is........I was going to ask you to dinner but you can forget it now.............note the reaction inside you at that statement ?.................That's Yippie at work........

[MaineDem]

61. Sexism lives

Great answer by Senator Clinton!

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67. Radio staion stunt.

" Fake "Iron my Shirt" protesters at Hillary rally identified - they are not Clinton plants, they work for radio shock jocks in Boston

Something seemed strange about the 2 protesters at the Hillary Clinton campaign rally Monday. They both held up identical "Iron my Shirt" signs and their chants seemed "too sexist" to be sincere. They cooperated nicely when security escorted them out of the auditoium. The above picture shows one of the protesters being escorted out. Fom the smile on his face he seemed to be enjoying the experience. Some speculated this was a possible Clinton plant. After this picture was posted on the internet a commenter at BobKrumm.com identified him as Adolfo Gonzalez from the "Toucher and Rich" radio show at WBCN in Boston. Below is a photo from the station's web site.

Adolpho Gonzalez is at the far left. The other protester was identified as a special needs student known as Nick Gemelli (“Intern Nick”). More at BobKrumm.com (scroll for updates). So it was all a stunt by a couple of low-level staffers from a rock station in Boston. Evidently Toucher and Rich have a history of obnoxious stunts. From looking at the station web site, Adolfo and "intern Nick" may be mentally slow, and I get the idea they are the regular brunt of mean jokes from the jockeys, Toucher and Rich. Any doubt the hosts dared Adolpho and Nick to disrupt the rally? Hopefully Toucher and Rich will be fired Tuesday"

:rofl:


http://cancelthebee.blogspot.com/2008/01/fake-iron-my-shirt-protesters-at.html

[Gold Metal Flake]

68. This should be in it's own thread.

If it has not yet been posted.

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70. Done

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3129186

[JPZenger]

69. Macy in Pleasantville - "Where's My Dinner"

My favorite movie is Pleasantville. It is about an alternate world based on 1950s television where the population gradually evolves and becomes more worldly. The wife goes off to find her calling in life, and the husband (William Macy) sits down at the kitchen table and can't believe his dinner is not sitting there waiting for him.

[KansDem]

71. Neanderthals wear shirts?

...I don't think so.

[demo dutch]

72. It's amazing that anyone would want to run for Prez, with this kind of crap going on.

[snooper2]

74. Yeah, running for Pres. is hard work...as Chimpy would say...

You have to do your best to fight back the tears...

[demo dutch]

75. Oh come on!, the way this country chooses a President is ridiculous! A Billion Dollar Disaster!

bashing a woman is ok, but for an idiot to, for example, ask Obama to shine his shoes is politically incorrect. You can't get away from it, if it's Obama, a segment of our population will react that way. As far as I'm concerned it's all crap! The whole country needs to grow up!

[Lorien]

76. The boys should have been holding a sign that said "Change my diaper"!

because let's face it; guys like that don't need wives, they need "mommies" to take care of them because they're SO incompetent that they could never iron a shirt themselves! Pathetic.