Eight Belles is Dead: a Bad Sign for Hillary Clinton?
Yesterday, Hillary Clinton was sporting Kentucky Derby hats. A journalist asked, “Which horse of going to win the derby?” She said, put your money on the only filly in the race, Eight Belles. Bad news. The only female horse in the race came in second but also broke both her ankles and had was killed right there on the track! The Winner? Big Brown! I’m not making this stuff up!
I’m not into fate, fortune cookies, or omens. But, it does make you pause and go, “hmmmmm.” I bet she wishes she wouldn’t have put her money on Belle. I bet Belle’s owners wish she hadn’t either. Barrack has to be smiling. Does anyone else find this completely bizarre?
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that is female discrimination!!!! poor eight belles…. it isnt hillarys’ fault that she wanted eight belles to win but she broke her ankles. i’ll say it again…. poor eight belles.
Comment by jenna | May 3, 2008 |
edited because Matt is having a bad day.
Your a ** idiot!!!!! How dare you make this into a political issue. Your a **, and exactly what is wrong with this country. Rot in hell you **. Rest in peace Eight Belles…….
Comment by matt | May 4, 2008 |
edited because Matt is redundant in his moaning and whining.
Ok, edit me. Let me be more elequint. You are a BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, etc, etc….
Comment by matt | May 4, 2008 |
I love this thread.
Comment by travjohnson | May 4, 2008 |
edited because Matt’s vocabulary is pretty advanced for a 12 year old
I’ve got your moaning and whining you **! The WHOLE political process is littered with ** like you. My point, you sensor my comments. You go, Tipper Gore! you flying **.
Comment by matt | May 4, 2008 |
edited because Amanda is trying hard to be like Matt.
it takes a real ** to take something like this and make it into a political campaign. I hope someone BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH, etc, etc…..
Comment by Amanda | May 4, 2008 |
dang!
Comment by jesse santoyo | May 4, 2008 |
Somebody really loves horses. :/
Comment by The Citizen Cane | May 4, 2008 |
Actually, if you took the time to read the original post you would see that he was asking the question not making the statement. Will Hilary’s tying her self to this filly have any political fallout? Of course, the loss of the horse is a sad, sad event. But thinking about the effects of it shouldn’t confuse you so that you misunderstand what is really being asked.
Comment by rhbee | May 4, 2008 |
[...] spoke about fate and destiny. Woven into the story was the tale of Hillary Clinton picking the only female horse to win the Kentucky Derby. Unfortunately, it broke its legs and had to be put to sleep on the spot while coming in second to [...]
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I can only hope that clinton suffers a similar fate as eight belles.
Comment by Richard Veal | May 4, 2008 |
Yeah nobody said if Clinton loses she will be put down for crying out loud!
Comment by treadmarkz | May 4, 2008 |
Some of you need to lighten up! This whole election year has become a joke, with Clinton and Obama parroting and/or insulting each other. Suddenly everything is political, even this horse race.
Comment by Katherine Hutchinson | May 4, 2008 |
LOL! That is a good story
I don´t get why everybody is so upset, come on! It´s a joke (I hope Obama wins though).
Comment by jkrincon | May 5, 2008 |
Let’s get back on topic people.
Hillary’s ego and negative campaign musta been on that poor horse. I hear she hates all animals and anyone who likes them. That’s why it died!
Comment by madmonq | May 5, 2008 |
Eight Belles may have passed away, but both she and Big Brown did better than the Current Occupant, aka Snort the Line (out of Battleaxe by Woeful Wimp).
Seriously, the fact that both she and Barbaro have had their ankles literally disntegrate on the race track is, as an expert said on the news tonight, a sign that race horses are being overbred and overraced.
Comment by Phoenix Woman | May 5, 2008 |
[...] Fuente de la noticia. [...]
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I love the ‘Springer’ atmosphere on this thread!
Comment by Jonathan Stone | May 5, 2008 |
Can’t we admit the obvious IRONY and the parallels between Obama (Big Brown) and Hillary (Eight Belles)?
The term “Eight bells” can also be a way of saying that a sailor’s watch is over, for instance, in his or her obituary. It’s a nautical euphemism for “finished”.
1) Hillary will stop at NOTHING to get the nomination, even if it hurts herself and her party….
(A fine filly like Eight Belles will stop at nothing even if she breaks her own legs and dies.)
2) Hillary is madly trying to run with the BOYS in a race she will do ANYTHING it takes to win — for the power and the glory and to prove she can do it no matter what the injury to herself or others.
(Eight Belles — fighting an artificial turf and a herd of massive males, tried to win over the huge and powerful Big Brown)
3) Hillary wanted everyone to bet for Eight Belles to win (not to place) and everyone who trusted her lost.
4) The filly was fatally crippled, so they euthanized her. Will this happen to Hillary’s campaign or her potential presidency? She has the will, but does Hillary have the strength to avoid going down at the finish line as well?
I personally put my money on Big Brown and guess what… I won.
I’m betting on Obama. I don’t trust Hillary or her judgment.
(All respect to women running for office — Feinstein, Thatcher, etc…. this is not about women… it’s about Hillary’s bedlamite character and lack of strength needed to finish the race and run the free world.)
Quoting Brian, a blogger on ABC:
“The parallels are a little weird and I hate even bringing them up. Big Brown had only had only run three races and people were questioning his experience. Eight Belles was the only filly in the race and comes in second.”
Comment by OhHillary | May 5, 2008 |
Did anyone else look to see who finished 3rd to see how we could make a McCain crack?
Comment by Patrick Gillen | May 6, 2008 |
Patrick,
I think his horse wasn’t in this race. He was in the stands watching, betting on The Big Brown.
Comment by travis johnson | May 6, 2008 |
PROPHECY!!!
Comment by Gene | May 6, 2008 |
Trav – Of all the crap we have said on our blogs…and it is cracks about a horse race that gains the most hate mail. I have been deleting comments all day long concerning my post about Eight Belles…you’ve been editing them on your’s. I think it is hilarious…it’s great to be friends with you!!!
Comment by Chris Elrod | May 6, 2008 |
This one is almost as fun as the one about finding Alex a wife.
Comment by Bill Finch | May 6, 2008 |
As Pastor Trav can tell you, no one loves horses more than I do, I hate that Eight Belles was destroyed. She was a champion of the order of Ruffian. HOWEVER, without mentioning names… someone who has posted here needs to get a life! Rest in peace Eight Belles, she is in horsey heaven… Hillary doesn’t have the heart that Eight Belles has, she doesn’t have the dignity. She needs to be put out to pasture. harumph! harumph!
Comment by Jo Sullivan | May 12, 2008 |
Speaking of Hillary Clinton:
There is bad news about her husband.
It is opined that Bill Clinton committed racist hate crimes, and I am not free to say anything further about it.
Respectfully Submitted by Andrew Y. Wang, J.D. Candidate
B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993
(I can type 90 words per minute, and there are probably thousands of copies on the Internet indicating the content of this post. Moreover, there are innumerable copies in very many countries around the world.)
_________________
“If only it were possible to ban invention that bottled up memories so they never got stale and faded.” Off the top of my head—it came from my Lower Merion High School yearbook.
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