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Coconut-cracking tips for Hillary Clinton

By Michelle Malkin  •  May 3, 2008 02:52 PM

The Smartest Woman in the World shows her “softer” side by admitting that neither she nor the He-Man knew how to open a coconut when Chelsea was younger. Cackle, cackle! I honestly don’t know what demographic she’s trying to appeal to here, but I know the story sounds as phony as her Tuzla sniper fire tall tales:

Forget about policy speeches and wooing superdelegates. For Hillary Rodham Clinton, Saturday morning was devoted to chick chat — a panel discussion with a group of working moms on topics ranging from girl-on-girl violence to her daughter’s early dating years.

“Chelsea was a teenager in White House, which meant that the Secret Service went on her dates,” the Democratic presidential contender said on a panel hosted by the Web site momlogic.com. “A lot of her girlfriends’ mothers loved it when they double dated because there was a guy with a gun in the front seat.”

Clinton also acknowledged that for Chelsea’s boyfriends, “It was really intimidating to talk to her father. And, I guess, to me.”

Clinton joined the panel from North Carolina, where she was campaigning before the state’s primary Tuesday. She took questions from a largely-female audience in a high school auditorium here.

The mostly lighthearted discussion focused mainly on how Clinton had balanced work and family when Chelsea, now 28, was growing up. But it also produced a few revelations.

The former first lady said that when Chelsea was a little girl, the family would organize a group activity most Wednesday nights, like going to a movie or hitting tennis balls.

One family night involved a coconut, Clinton said.

“Chelsea said she had heard about coconuts, but had never seen one. So we went to a store and bought a coconut and took it home,” Clinton recalled. “Bill and I, between us, had 50 years of education but we could not get the coconut open. We were throwing it on the driveway, we were beating it with a hammer. We were so embarrassed.”

Maybe the Hillary Nutcracker would work.

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There are plenty of ways to do it, but this is one of the more amusing methods. Watch carefully, Hill, so you’ll be ready on Day One:

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Allah’s got the vid of Hillary’s chick chat. She’s growing on you, AP.

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  1. #1
    On May 3rd, 2008 at 2:55 pm, dejack said:

    That’s a shock. I would have thought cracking nuts would have been a breeze for HRC.

  2. #2
    On May 3rd, 2008 at 2:57 pm, Craig said:

    A lovely bunch of coconuts…those Clintons.

  3. #3
    On May 3rd, 2008 at 2:57 pm, see-dubya said:

    Ahem.

    Time for a jumbo model?

  4. #4
    On May 3rd, 2008 at 2:58 pm, see-dubya said:

    D’oh, you linked that. Never mind.

  5. #5
    On May 3rd, 2008 at 3:00 pm, dejack said:

    Beating a coconut with a hammer is mild compared to what will happen to Bill Richardson if the Clintons get back in the White House. He should have a ticket to Caracas standing by just in case.

  6. #6
    On May 3rd, 2008 at 3:02 pm, SDINES said:

    On May 3rd, 2008 at 2:55 pm, dejack said:
    That’s a shock. I would have thought cracking nuts would have been a breeze for HRC.

    Zing!

    Had I been a teenage boy meeting Bill Clinton, I would not have been intimidated. I would have been trying to get tips on how to pick up the ladies.

  7. #7
    On May 3rd, 2008 at 3:05 pm, zorro said:

    Hillary loves to make up stories. We’re gonna have to start referring to her as Hans Christian Klinton.

  8. #8
    On May 3rd, 2008 at 3:14 pm, DagneyT said:

    “It was really intimidating to talk to her father. And, I guess, to me.”

    Intimidating talking to the queen of B!tches? Naaaah!

  9. #9
    On May 3rd, 2008 at 3:26 pm, ram said:

    This looks like something at which Bill would be a natural.

  10. #10
    On May 3rd, 2008 at 3:37 pm, old trooper said:

    The Clintons have been stomping the cocoanuts of their political oponents for decades.

    More Clinton bull.

    Not to be believed at this point.

  11. #11
    On May 3rd, 2008 at 3:37 pm, Surveyor said:

    It was really intimidating to talk to her father. And, I guess, to me

    Man…I bet that was like dealing with 2 dads instead of one…..that had to suck for the boyfriends! :(

    A machete works well on coconuts….but I can’t see Hill or Bill ever wielding one or even know where to get one for that matter.

  12. #12
    On May 3rd, 2008 at 3:56 pm, josetheguerilla said:

    The Filipina wife can crack a coconut in about five seconds. Scary huh? She cracks it on cement or pavement. She looks more impressive than the Kun-fu dude. I don’t need showmanship to open a coconut. I just use my Marine Corps Ka-bar. One crack from the old Ka-bar always does the trick.

    Semper Fi’

    Carry on, carry out the POD

    /s/

    the guerilla

  13. #13
    On May 3rd, 2008 at 3:58 pm, ajmontana said:

    With that big hinder of hers she could sit on the coconut and it would probably hatch. :roll:

  14. #14
    On May 3rd, 2008 at 4:13 pm, atxcowgirl said:

    Watching that video I thought he might crack it with his head.
    If Hillary did that it might knock some sense into her.

  15. #15
    On May 3rd, 2008 at 4:22 pm, localmalcontent said:

    “Bill and I, between us, had 50 years of education […] we were beating it with a hammer. We were so embarrassed.”

    Aside from the very real possibility that this story is another Clinton family fiction, my question is “Is this episode what passes as ‘embarrasing’ to you two?”

  16. #16
    On May 3rd, 2008 at 4:36 pm, Cicero said:

    I’m just not getting this picture of Bill and Hill driving off to the local Safeway to pick up a coconut to show to Chelsea. I mean, don’t they have people to do this kind of thing?

  17. #17
    On May 3rd, 2008 at 4:46 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    I bet they know how to crack open the door of Airforce One.

  18. #18
    On May 3rd, 2008 at 5:23 pm, backwoods conservative said:

    They couldn’t crack it open with a hammer? It always worked for me. But I guess lying doesn’t build up your muscles like working does.

  19. #19
    On May 3rd, 2008 at 5:39 pm, libocrat said:

    Double dates for Chelsea??
    Bill and Monica, Chelsea and ???.
    Vince Foster driving he limo.

    Is Oliver Stone out there reading this?
    Oliver? Oh Oleeeeevah???

    You can share the loot Oleeeeevah!

  20. #20
    On May 3rd, 2008 at 5:41 pm, libocrat said:

    Backwood, all Rodham had to do was put that COCONUT atwixt her more than ample thighs and……….GOT MILK!!!!

  21. #21
    On May 3rd, 2008 at 5:43 pm, feebiebabe said:

    Ahhh, news flash Hillary, takes more brawn than brains to open a coconut (if ya know where the sweet spot is of course).

  22. #22
    On May 3rd, 2008 at 5:43 pm, feebiebabe said:

    #20 - libocrat. lol.

    (there is also the option of the cankles)….lol

  23. #23
    On May 3rd, 2008 at 6:02 pm, Cicero said:

    Knowing the Clintons’ m.o., Hillary probably called Andrews Air Force Base and ordered a General to get out of bed to come over and crack the coconut.

  24. #24
    On May 3rd, 2008 at 6:08 pm, cicerokid said:

    Never saw a coconut? Poor sheltered child.

  25. #25
    On May 3rd, 2008 at 6:40 pm, Tennessee Dave said:

    “Bill and I, between us, had 50 years of education but we could not get the coconut open.

    This proves, without a doubt, that all the education in the world sometimes won’t make you smarter than a coconut.
    I bet Brazil nuts are also smarter than the Cintons.

  26. #26
    On May 3rd, 2008 at 7:31 pm, Billy Mays said:

    ALL YOU NEED TO OPEN A COCONUT IS A TIRE IRON. USE THE POINTY END TO STRIP OFF THE HUSK AND THEN SMACK IT WITH THE BAR TO CRACK IT OPEN.

    (THE BACK OF A VERY LARGE KNIFE IS ACTUALLY THE BEST THING TO USE TO CRACK OPEN THE HARD BROWN SHELL)

  27. #27
    On May 3rd, 2008 at 7:55 pm, Boomer said:

    Back in my flying days we used the crash axe from a KC-135A when flying around some of the tropical islands in the Pacific. Piece of cake! I was able to visit some exotic spots like Wake Island, Guam, and the every popular Diego Garcia (middle of nowhere Indian Ocean before women were allowed on the island).

  28. #28
    On May 3rd, 2008 at 8:13 pm, The Ugly American said:

    Ah now, c’mon Michelle…she was obviously laying some groundwork for Guam ;)

    Everyone knows you can make Chicken Kelaguen without coconut.

  29. #29
    On May 4th, 2008 at 12:19 am, AlabamaMama said:

    We didn’t know how to open a coconut the first time we got one, either. It took about 12 seconds of contemplation before we came up with “Let’s try a machete.” Worked perfectly. If we didn’t have a machete, I’m absolutely positive our next idea would have involved a large kitchen knife. Remind me again why she’s supposedly “the smartest woman in the world?”

  30. #30
    On May 4th, 2008 at 12:58 am, AlohaGuy said:

    “A lot of her girlfriends’ mothers loved it when they double dated because there was a guy with a gun in the front seat.”

    Yeah, disarm everyone else though.

    And yes, I can see the First Lady and the kid at Whole Foods picking up a coconut - but have you seen the price lately?

    I’m surprised errant sniper fire didn’t crack it open. Or the lady with the angry vagina.

  31. #31
    On May 4th, 2008 at 12:58 am, AlohaGuy said:

    The other lady with the angry vagina! :)

  32. #32
    On May 4th, 2008 at 2:10 am, Vntnrse said:

    MMMmmmmmm!!!!! Chicken Kelaguen!!!

    Oh yeah! Back to Hillary…right… right…..she lies so much she can’t remember when she told the truth last!

  33. #33
    On May 4th, 2008 at 3:22 am, BKennedy said:

    Well Hillary, at least you can donate it to Barack so he can improve his Bowling score.

  34. #34
    On May 4th, 2008 at 7:29 am, TMoney said:

    I like to use a 7mm Remington Magnum at 100 yards. Great fun, but a little expensive to only find a few pieces.

  35. #35
    On May 4th, 2008 at 10:35 am, americangrunthog said:

    How does a high school diploma, bachelors degree, and a JD times 2 equal 50 years?

    (12+4+3) =(19) X (2) = 34

    HS + BS + JD (x) Bill and Hill = 34

    Maybe they need remedial math….. unless they repeated a few courses.

    That explains a lot about how they look at economic policy, actually.

    all you money / all our socialist goals = budget

  36. #36
    On May 4th, 2008 at 10:37 am, americangrunthog said:

    woops… my math isn’t much better. 19 X 2 = 38… Oh well, I am a knuckledragger. But at least I check my own work. And they still missed the answer by 12.

  37. #37
    On May 4th, 2008 at 9:02 pm, floridaobserver said:

    How about her not knowing how to use the coffee machine. What a couple of losers.

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