Posted by
Kilroy on Monday, January 07, 2008 9:36:00 PM
Nashua, NH – On the eve of the New Hampshire primary, third place contender Hillary Rodham Clinton choked back tears as she described in chilling detail the horrors beset upon her last week at the hands of Iowa. In fairness, it should be said that both sides differ on the event. As Mrs. Clinton tells it, she always had a cordial, bordering on friendly, relationship with Iowa. Then, suddenly, things turned ugly --
“I was sittin' on the porch, and he (Iowa) come along. Uh, there's this old chifforobe in the yard, and I-I said, 'You come in here, boy, and bust up this chiffarobe, and I'll give you a nickel.' So he-he come on in the yard and I go in the house to get him the nickel and I turn around, and 'fore I know it, he's on me, and I fought and hollered, but he had me around the neck, and he hit me again and again” In a statement to the press, Iowa, has defended itself against the charges, giving an entirely different account of the events:
“Well, sure, I was friendly to her (Clinton) but that’s just the Iowa way. I never meant to give her the wrong idea. Anyway, looks like she didn't have nobody to help her. I felt right sorry for her. Anyway, I told her I couldn't do nothin' for her, an' she said, oh, yes I could. An' I asked her what, and she said to jus' step on the chair yonder an' git that box down from on top of the chiffarobe. So I done like she told me, and I was reachin' when the next thing I know she... grabbed me aroun' the legs. I got down off the chair, and I turned around an' she sorta jumped on me. She hugged me aroun' the waist. I just ran away."
Pleading the case of her own political viability to New Hampshire voters, Sen. Clinton blamed her dismal third place performance on the "
barbaric back alley apportion" she underwent before leaving Iowa. No charges were filed against Iowa, who advised Clinton that she should "
just put a little ice on that".
