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Clinton Takes a Shot of Whiskey in Northwest Indiana
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ABC News' Eloise Harper reports: Sen. Hillary Clinton stopped by Bronko’s Restaurant and Lounge in Crown Point, Ind., tonight. Clinton stood by the bar and took a shot of Crown Royal whiskey. She took one sip of the shot, then another small sip, then a few seconds later threw her head back and finished off the whole thing.
Clinton later sat down at a table and enjoyed some pizza and beer, and called over Mayor Tom McDermott of Hammond, Ind., to come join the table.
"Every time I get around you we start drinking, senator," the mayor exclaimed.
Clinton nodded and raised her glass.
"It's Saturday night, though, Tom," she said.
The senator was eager to get a slice of pepperoni.
"I got one pepperoni, I think it's cheese and pepperoni," she said.
A fellow diner made a toast in Clinton’s honor and she raised her beer glass and touched the glasses of people sitting at her table. Clinton was looking for a staffer and her seat partner said, "Maybe he’s up at the bar."
"My campaign drives people to drink," Clinton said with a smile.
Then she turned to her ABC and CBS embedded campaign reporters.
"The only bad thing about this wonderful time with you is that every bite I take is recorded for posterity," she said. "These two young people are really very very nice but their job is to get something on film that looks really weird, so I try to accommodate them as much as often."
April 12, 2008 in Bush, George W. | Permalink | User Comments (135)
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Would you rather have a former drug user and continual smoker?
Posted by: Drea | Apr 12, 2008 10:08:22 PM
Great dialogue, LeeLee07! Now, let's have a drink to HILLARY!
Posted by: Emily | Apr 12, 2008 10:16:32 PM
LeeLee07 you are too funny! Great stuff. I advise you to post this on as many blogs as possible.
Thanks for the laugh!
Posted by: Drea | Apr 12, 2008 10:18:10 PM
@Emily -
I really wish I could claim it but I found it on a blog site. But I will have that drink to Hillary with you. Cheers!
Rise, Hillary, Rise! '08
Posted by: LeeLee07 | Apr 12, 2008 10:19:18 PM
I think I hear the fat lady warming up in the mountains of Pa.
Posted by: Bishop | Apr 12, 2008 10:20:50 PM
@Drea - You are welcome. Believe me, I intend to post it on every available site - in between sips of this very excellent wine! :D
Rise, Hillary, Rise! '08
Posted by: LeeLee07 | Apr 12, 2008 10:22:04 PM
@LeeLee07:
Just curious, what does "Rise, Hillary, Rise" mean? From the ashes? From the dead? Is she being coronated?
I'm not meaning to be insulting - that is the first time I've seen that used and it strikes me as odd.
Posted by: MIguy | Apr 12, 2008 10:22:07 PM
Was Hillary the Bosnian General drinking on behalf of people in PA who have lost their jobs, their health care plans and pension? That is the way Hill thinks about you and that is the way she sees us through glasses of wiskey. Wake-up people and let us get somebody in the White House who is close to us and think like us. God bless America and God bless Obama.OBAMA08.
Posted by: BKMC | Apr 12, 2008 10:23:12 PM
HILLY TRYING TO STAY UP WITH THE BIG BOYS....GO GAL DRINK YOURSELF RIGHT INTO THE GROUND AND STAY THERE...GOOD PLACE FOR YOU.
Posted by: h | Apr 12, 2008 10:23:13 PM
Tra la la la lah................ Yeah, I can hear her warming as we write. :D
Rise, Hillary, Rise!'09
Posted by: LeeLee07 | Apr 12, 2008 10:24:19 PM
Why would someone that purports to represent the working class not drink American made liquor during an election year while they are in public?
Posted by: Sindecuse | Apr 12, 2008 10:24:31 PM
Oops, I meant "warming up." See, I told you that wine was excellent! :D
Rise, Hillary, Rise! '08
Posted by: LeeLee07 | Apr 12, 2008 10:26:21 PM
@Sindecuse:
I'm giving away a little to much of myself in knowing this, but Crown Royal whiskey is not US-made. It's Canadian.
Posted by: MIguy | Apr 12, 2008 10:27:04 PM
I knew she was under influence, but now I know of what.
Posted by: Mark Webb | Apr 12, 2008 10:28:44 PM
I knew she was under influence, but now I know of what.
Posted by: Mark Webb | Apr 12, 2008 10:28:51 PM
and I should have added that it doesn't matter where it is made, because who cares. If people could dissociate themselves from their candidate for a moment, I think it's pretty clear that this was done to bring up the idea that people would rather "have a beer" with her than Obama. Should he counter the notion? That's up to him whether it's important.
Posted by: MIguy | Apr 12, 2008 10:30:12 PM
If someone wanted to buy her a shot then that is fine and in that setting could be considered rude to refuse. However, if she is buying herself or others shots, then Clinton really should buy American made liquor. Otherwise, she might as well slap on the Chinese lapel and start waving the Chinese made flag since no worker should be bitter about their lost jobs, right?
Posted by: sindecuse | Apr 12, 2008 10:36:42 PM
@h - wow, you sound extremely agitated! You might want to lay down for a bit, maybe take a chill pill or two or maybe I should just call the men with the butterfly net for you ... smooches! :D
Rise, Hillary, Rise!'08
Posted by: LeeLee07 | Apr 12, 2008 10:39:56 PM
brother, hillary has a shot of whiskey and now you guys have her as a drunken sot. shame on you......hillary, my glass is raised in your honor.....down the hatch! and have fun....
Posted by: carla sue | Apr 12, 2008 10:41:25 PM
You guys are absurd! How is having a drink in public evidence of "a drinking problem"? How does it make her "a drunk"?
No wonder Obama's ahead... you guys can't even think straight.
Posted by: Texas | Apr 12, 2008 10:43:58 PM
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