B.S. alert: Hillary’s “Iron My Shirt” hecklers; Update: Video added, stage manager Hillary tell staffers to turn the lights on; Update: A radio show prank?; Update: Meet the goofballs from WBCN’s Toucher and Rich Show
Update: Follow-up question: Why didn’t the shock jock show staffers identify their affiliation to the Daily News? Was it a show-sanctioned prank or not?
Answer: See-Dub notes that another of the show’s staffers, Rich Shertenlieb, was apparently the same dork who held up one of these “Iron My Shirt” signs at the Masters in 2003.
Update: Reader Ron points to a Wikipedia entry that points to a possible radio prank. The hecklers had been identified by the NYDailyNews earlier in the day as Nick Gemelli and Adolfo Gonzalez–but the paper did not make the connection with the radio show. As Ron points out, the Wikipedia entry lists “Intern Nick” and “Adolfo” as staffers for a Boston radio station show called “The Toucher and Rich Show:”
* Fred Toucher
* Rich Shertenlieb - Show host
* Crash Clark - 3rd chair, news and sports
* B-Real - show producer
* Intern Nick - phone Screener (only on air if he makes an error on the phones, or to play a game.)
* Adolfo Gonzales, Jr. - Assistant producer
Hmmm. Allah has a video comparison and thinks these are the guys.
And here’s a Facebook screenshot of one Nick Gemelli (via Patrick Ishmael):
Yup. These appear to be the pranksters (from the WBCN Facebook fan page; Adolfo’s on top, the other guy’s not Gemelli; hat tip- Patrick Ishmael):
Here are a few screenshots of the guy who looks like Adolfo Gonzales being taken away by security:
And here’s a screenshot from one of Adolfo’s YouTube videos:
Losers. Their employer is WBCN radio in Boston.
Update: Here are two video clips of the heckling incident (hat tip - Patrick Ishmael). It’s so “spontaneous” that Hillary orders her staff while on stage to turn the lights on because “it’s awfully dark in here”–and, you know, she wants to make sure all the photographers get good pictures of the unexpected, unpredicted hecklers rudely interrupting her and giving her a perfect YouTube-able moment to stand up to sexism! Darn those hecklers!
See also the New York Daily News, which reports that one of the hecklers had some interesting stickers–pro-Hillary and pro-health care. Surprise! The other dude says he’s a “Republican.” Hmmm:
We followed.to ask what the heck they were thinking.
Nick Gemelli, who is 21, and born at least a decade after “iron my shirts” was an anti-women’s rights slogan, didn’t have much of a rationale. “I just don’t think a woman should be President,” he said. He couldn’t really say why, but he agreed that he was a health care voter, as the sticker on his carrying case implied. The “Hillary for President” sticker was a bit more of a puzzle. He said he had just been given both and peeled them off. He said he had no connection to any campaign.At least he got some attention. His friend — a la Bart Simpson — said his name was Hugh Jas, but The Mouth later learned that his real name is Adolfo Gonzalez Jr.
Update Adolfo apparently has a MySpace page that says he is a Republican who doesn’t do drugs or have a girlfriend, and calls himself “Captain Fun.” He did seem to enjoy himself more than Nick.
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Hillary Clinton was at a Salem, NH rally earlier today where two male hecklers held up signs that read “Iron My Shirt.” They also yelled the odd slogan at delicate Hillary, who showed her jocular but steely side and batted down the sexist diatribe. Spontaneously, of course. Like those watery eyes. Several MSM outlets are reporting on the incident and MKH at Townhall blogged it from the scene.
Haven’t seen any video yet, but Anne Korblut notes that the hecklers were young students. Is your B.S. detector going off yet?
The two young men were quickly booed by the audience and escorted outside by the local police, and after repeatedly being asked, finally said they were protesting the notion of having a woman in the White House.
They declined to elaborate. One of the young men, who said he is a 21-year-old student, was told he looked too nice to have that sort of attitude toward women, and replied, “Looks can be deceiving.”
Yeah, I have a feeling there’s some deception going on. Question the timing? You bet.
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In comments, Mookie notes that college goofballs have held up the sign–with profanity added–at feminist events. The question is whether someone in the campaign happened to encourage goofballs like these to show up today. There’s a history of that in the Hillary campaign, you know…
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More from the NYTimes:
“Oh, the remnants of sexism are alive and well,” Mrs. Clinton said.
When everyone had settled down a bit, she said, “As I think has just been abundantly demonstrated, I am also running to break through the highest and hardest glass ceiling.”
Her words were drowned out by a cheering, now-standing crowd.
“That’s one of the things I love about it,” she said. “It’s never predictable.”
Oh, I beg to differ. She’s as predictable as rain in Seattle, fog in San Francisco, and wildfires in Malibu.
The Anchoress, 1/2/08:
What I dread most in this political season is the “genuine” moment - and it is coming, soon, sometime between today and tomorrow, or tomorrow and New Hampshire - when Mrs. Clinton, in her ongoing effort to turn herself into whatever the polls says she must be, cries in public. It’s going to be genuinely ghastly.
Hillary Clinton, 1/7/08: Boo-hoo-hoo.
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I question the timing, but even if they were genuine chauvanists, shouldn’t the potential most powerful person in the free world be able to shrug such nonsense off, especially as polarizing as she is?
Representatives and senators -regularly- hurl insults that are far worse at Booosh, yet you don’t see people spinning it as abusive or uncalled for in any way.
I don’t know what’s more sickening…the double standard or the pseudo fragility.
The “Iron My Shirt” slogan has been one of those internet meme things. College guys show up at feminist type events on campus and hold up signs saying “Iron My Shirt” but the signs also include the word bitch.
Here’s one of them
It’s All “Holly-Weird” make believe with Hillary!
“Looks can be deceiving.” What the heck? Real people don’t say “I am a horrible bigot” and mean it.
Whenever Hillary’s around, wear your waders and carry a shovel.
The B.S. detector here in PA just pegged. Global warming just took a hit from all the manure flying out of her organization. She and her campaign are sooo pathetic and phony, well, it’s beyond words. She is a fraud of the first degree and a lousy actor as well.
The Anchoress ROCKS!!!
You know, the signs look identical, minus the bitch part. Check out this picture from the event today and compare it to the one from the Masters.
Iron My Shirt
Were they wearing tin foil hats? No. Maybe young Republicans.
Awww, poor Hill, her
slipplantsisare showing…Do they really think people are that stupid?
I am sooo sick of all the dummocrats whining about things and acting like a bunch of fragile flowers. I’ve heard the words that come out of their mouths and there is nothing “nice” or “fragile” about them. Two-faced, lying, scheming idjits.
Obviously the writers guild has been making exceptions for the Hill-de-beast regarding the writers strike …
Too many of these things happening to be totally coincidental …
Can anyone say “Hollywood Script”???
If she didn’t ask for the lights to be turned on, I’d almost believe these were just a couple of idiots. But asking for the lights to be turned on tipped her hand. She wanted people to see the sign.
OMG, Victim In Chief…
now that is change.
“She who must not be named” must really be getting desperate now first the crocodile tears as and later as if “manna from heaven” these sexist pig males appear out of nowhere to whip the poor oppressed woman of this country into a frenzy of anti-male hatred and mutually supporting and nurturing sisterhood. My wife isn’t buying it one little bit and she firmly believes if a woman were to be elected to POTUS it would not be her it would be Oprah.
Boomer
No offense but I’d take Condi before I’d take Oprah …
This “woman” is a freak! Watching her melt down is a late Christmas present. How soon does the lovely couple divorce after she’s done with her presidential bid?
I can only imagine how poor Hillary would react to the racial, sexist crap that Condi has had to put up with. Did we hear her whining… No. Condi is a strong, class act. Hillary is a poor imitation of a human being.
that smells so bad it has to be BS
just look at the slogan - “IRON MY SHIRT”
Who says that now to a woman? What dumb@$$ would even think of saying that and to a hillary clinton rally of all things. This just strikes me as complete BS
Defector01
agree … and I doubt today’s college students even had mothers that ironed shirts … if they had been old timers it would have been more believable … but they don’t think that far ahead …
Hillary, a calculating phony?
Say it isn’t so.
Hysterics aside, she’s still only a polished turd, able to achieve a dull luster any way you look at it.
In the world of identity based victim politics, this is her only chance. Obama is black. He can not afford for Americans to believe that blacks’ oppression has eased.
Hillary is a woman. She can not afford for Americans to believe that women’s oppression has eased. To keep up with Obama, she must show it is just as bad, or worse, to be a woman in this country as it is to be black.
Whoever has the best complaint gets to be president!
Something is rotten in Denmark. Uh, I mean New Hampshire. This sounds like another plant that provided an opportunity for a very cold and calculating Hillary to do what she does best - glorify Hillary R. Clinton.
Please!! someone stick a fork in her…she is DONE…..
16 & 23
Yeah, where is Condi anyway? Who do you think she would endorse? (probably no one) WWCD?
Not buying it.
Racist protest against Obama would come before sexist protest against Clinton, and I wouldn’t believe a racist comment either.
Maybe not today, but it wasn’t that long ago Conservatives were practically begging Condoleeza Rice to run. Christine Whitman was a contender before 9/11 ruined her. Many wish Margaret Thatcher was an American. If only Bella Abzug was an undead.
Of course, there’s always John Edwards.
“Iron My Shirt” actually goes back to Rush Limbaugh, if I’m not mistaken.
I recall an anecdote from a Rush to Excellence performance where–and forgive me if I get part of this wrong–where Hillary comes to him and asks him to make her feel like a real woman.
After several minutes of stringing the audience along, the payoff is the punchline of him telling her to iron his shirt.
It’s really much funnier when told by Rush. LOL
Now if the the sign had said Launder my campaign contribution, I might believe it was genuine.
Shine my Shu?
I confess to being too shocked at the collapse of the Hillary campaign to have anything to say regarding this or any other Hillary incident. For 16 years, the Clintons have been untouchable. Think of it: nobody anywhere was able to hold them accountable for anything. Talk about Teflon. And then in the span of a few weeks, the Evil Clinton Empire collapsed. How? Why? The only thing I can suggest is that given the triumph of identity politics that we have seen this year, Hillary would have had to match Obama in youth and energy and that was not going to happen. It appears the average democrat looks upon the prospect of a continuing Clinton legacy with the same excitement that they would a date with their grandparents. So it’s over. I would like to think this is a good thing, that the disturbance in the force has been healed at last, but I worry. She at least was the devil conservatives knew. Now we are faced with one we do not know: quite likely Obama and there is no question he is a formidable campaigner. With that geezer McCain going against him, should it happen, the outcome is not in doubt.
Karl Rove, you magnificent bastard!
(I don’t know who first coined that, but I love it.)
Then why weren’t they at an Edwards rally?
Puleeez, McCain is who libs bring up at happy hour when they want to seem open minded.
FourStringFuror, I believe that was Patton.
This woman is so pathetically desperate, she’s losing it. She feels she is entitled to this, it’s HERS! And now that things aren’t going her way, she will stop at nothing, but unfortunately for her, this snowball has gotten way too big rolling down the hill to stop.
She’s melting down.
I’m expecting her October surprise any moment now. She’s holding out. Just you wait.
#29 Brooklyn Red- I love you! Marry me! Oh wait I already am married…drats
Awwww JoAnn, what is this thing women have for shoes?
I cant wait for the day when there is no more Hillary threads….. ew, ew, and ew.
ajmontana
I’ll second that motion …
why is the sign facing towards the persons face that has it raised? for the audience? yup,
aj … of course … Hill already knew what it said so she didn’t need to read it again …
/sarc off
and can you see what it says from the stage? lights in you’re face backwards? hmmmmmm… she seemed to know what it said…. hmmmmmm….lol, only thing missing was the scene board “scene 1 iron sign action” snap!
lol, dl, yup.
I missed the campaign song thread…
but I like “disco inferno” burn, baby burn
game back on nite all….
Do women even feel “oppressed” by the act of ironing? I’ll admit right now that I cant iron to save my life (or career), so having a female iron my clothes would be much appreciated, not derided.
i must look like my head spins on and off.
first tears, then this?
i need to offer my friends a sincere apology for ever sticking up for this woman.
Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=jsocCWiLh3s
I iron. What’s the big deal? If I’m too lazy or busy, I’ll take it to the dry cleaners.
Oohhh, that’s right. She’s not some woman standin’ by her man like Tammy Wynette baking cookies.
bloghooligan
apology acepted …
truth eventually comes out on all of them and some are just fortunate enough to see it sooner than others …
Jeddite, I send my laundry out. OK this is NYC, but I find a certain attraction to a woman who can’t cook, sew, iron or operate a vacuum cleaner…
Ripping someone a newone in a status meeting is soooo hot…
How do you spell “plant”.
All together now………..PLANT!
#29 and #30, TexasTiger and brooklyn red, you guys are toooooo funny!!!!!
What an idiot although I like the Hugh Jas (Huge A**) name.
Still though, with the MSM being the only ones stating that either a woman or an African American “is going to be in the highest office”.
GIve me a good candidate, ironed shirts or not, and they’ll get my vote!!!
J.C. Watts for VP
Also on Capt Fun’s Homepage
So he is an open borders zealot
I’m trying to imagine the juxtaposition of this scenario in an Obama rally, whether real or planted:
Ummm, still trying to imagine it. If one of the Justice Brothers or a race-baiting politician… yes. I just don’t see it happening with Obama under any circumstance.
I will be so glad when Obama sticks a stake in her heart and buries the Clintonista machine once and for all, s that Chelsea doesn’t get any ideas a quarter century from now.
But then the GOP had better nominate someone to put the Dems to pasture in 08.
HarryStar
Alas … someone else who likes one of my favorite people ever … Thanks … J.C. Watts has so much class he would wipe any of the Dems aside without any problem …
You called it Michelle. Another contrived stunt by the democrap phonies.
Like anyone would mistake the cHill for a woman… I’m not buying it.
I suggest that no one should count this woman out! She and Slick Willie didn’t slide out of piles of dung so many times without still having a trick or two up their sleeve.
Would someone please explain what she meant when she said, “I have so many opportunities for this country”? Opportunities to loot the White House again? Opportunities to get more bucks out of the Chinese? We gave them those opportunities once before…we can’t afford it again! Which of our other enemies will they sell us down the river for their personal gain, if they have another “opportunity”? Iran?
These guys love to crash these kind of events.
Once there was a open borders rally in Boston and one of the people on the show stood by all the college kids making fun of their signs and holding up one of his own that said “Midgets are evil.”
I wonder why they didn’t start talking about how they’d like to rape and kill her like Dopie and Entropy did about Condoleeza and Laura Bush?