IRON-YA-SHIRTS RADIO JOCKS GET FLATTENED BY A STEAMED UP HILLARY CLINTON
January 11th 2008 08:46
Two US radio jocks who tried to put Hillary Clinton down for being a woman will probably think twice before pulling a similar stunt.
According to Consortium.com, “The two yahoos, who interrupted one of Clinton’s last speeches on the Monday before the New Hampshire primary, were later identified as Nick Gemelli and Adolfo Gonzalez Jr, who are associated with Toucher & Rich, a white-guy-oriented talk show on Boston’s WBCN radio.
Consortium said, “Hillary Clinton helped turn her political fortunes around in New Hampshire by flipping a tasteless shock jock stunt – two guys shouting “iron my shirts!” – into a case study of male oppressors blocking her route to the presidency.”
As security guards escorted Gemelli and Gonzalez from the auditorium in Salem, Clinton added, “As I think has just been abundantly demonstrated, I am also running to break through the highest and hardest glass ceiling.”
She later joked, “If there’s anybody in the audience who wants to learn to iron his own shirt, we can talk about that.”
Clinton’s comments drew a standing ovation from the crowd as well as widespread media attention on New Hampshire’s news shows in the hours before the first-in-the-nation primary.
One source inside the Clinton camp said the ‘iron my shirts’ comment appeared to anger and energise women in particular, boosting Hillary Clinton’s share of the women’s vote and pushing her to a narrow upset victory over Barack Obama.
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