[Laimuun]

here's the video: YouTube - Hillary Clinton Heckled - IRON MY SHIRT ! **Full Video

I love youtube.

[sally]

well yes i understand what it means literally. i thought there was also a hidden meaning behind it. i heard some people said there might be one. so i was wondering.

[Jamroll]

Originally Posted by sally

well yes i understand what it means literally. i thought there was also a hidden meaning behind it. i heard some people said there might be one. so i was wondering.

You mean, like a coded signal to al-Qaeda or something?

[Timbit]

Yeah, could be rigged. Hmmm.

Obama makes vague references to his race, but never says it outright. I wonder if he's gonna change that as things get more heated.

[zzze]

asslamau alaykum

well funny.

[sixpakistan]

i don't know why people think there's any hidden meaning. "iron my shirt" is pretty clear and direct in its intention (assuming it wasn't just a stunt set up by hillary's campaign).

personally, i don't know why he'd ask hillary clinton to iron his shirt. it seems like she'd suck at ironing. i think "learn how to iron my shirts properly" might've been a better heckling phrase to go with.

[kenneth]

this was totally staged.

[PhDGirl]

Originally Posted by GOTFIVEONIT

hahaha that was hilarious. it just goes to show you stupid feminazis that plenty of people in america, especially american men, are fed up with left-wing radical feminism!

How is sending shirts out to be laundered the sign of a radical "feminazi?".

Anyway, I doubt it was staged. It's not like she needs to highlight that she'd be the first female president should she get the nomination and eventually win.

[sixpakistan]

Originally Posted by PhDGirl

Anyway, I doubt it was staged. It's not like she needs to highlight that she'd be the first female president should she get the nomination and eventually win.

Yeah, but she doesn't have the nomination yet.

And such a stunt would (and did) draw media attention to her - when she was perceived as being behind Obama, no less. It was positive media attention, because the guys that are doing it are almost cartoonishly boorish and stupid. And she gets to respond with a quotable soundbite.

This could have an effect the currently ambivalent/ambivalent Democrats and cause sympathy, arouse a bunch of "you go girl" sentiment, etc.

I'm not saying it was staged, just recognizing the possibility.

[sally]

how many people are going to be bothered to waste votes on sympathy?

i dont think it's gonna make a difference for her.

[sixpakistan]

Originally Posted by sally

how many people are going to be bothered to waste votes on sympathy?

i dont think it's gonna make a difference for her.

Ambivalent individuals could certainly be influenced one way or another by sympathy, especially if they're women - women tend to be more likely to be influenced by sympathy than men. Especially if they see it as a sexist attack by male chauvinist pigs against one of their own.

The incident gained a lot of publicity & unquestionably helped her image.. and elections are 90% about image. It's reminiscent of Giuliani answering his phone and calling his wife "sweety" while giving a speech in front of the NRA.

[sumiyia]

totally staged.

and so was her tearing up and crying bit. so lame.

[sally]

Originally Posted by sumiyia

totally staged.

and so was her tearing up and crying bit. so lame.

you know there are people who are all for her and really surprised by the crying..i was like..she's a woman. it's gonna happen. deal with it.

[sumiyia]

Originally Posted by sally

you know there are people who are all for her and really surprised by the crying..i was like..she's a woman. it's gonna happen. deal with it.

yea freal. and its not like all the other male presidents never cried before either.

[Timbit]

Originally Posted by sumiyia

yea freal. and its not like all the other male presidents never cried before either.

Umm... you just said it was contrived.