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  • NYT tastelessly compares Clinton to Eight Belles

    POSTED BY ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD, MAY 08 2008 10:28 PM | PERMALINK

    Moments after Eight Belles was euthanized on the track of the Kentucky Derby, I was just waiting for a barrage of tasteless commentary comparing Hillary Clinton to the filly that came in second. Sadly, I wasn't disappointed. See video:

     

     

    Just days before the Derby, Clinton told her supporters to "bet on the filly," the only female horse in the race. Running the race of her life, Eight Belles came up short, not only losing to a horse called Big Brown, but also breaking both ankles, an irreparable...