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June 17, 2013

Rabbi Simcha Weinstein: Black to the Future: American Apparel Gets Biblical

Patrik Jonsson: Minnesota Nazi: How did Nazi hunters miss Michael Karkoc?

Kate Irby, Ali Watkins, Trevor Graff and Kevin Thibodeaux: All the ways you're being watched
Don Lee: G-8 meeting will test NSA leaks' effect on U.S. influence

Patrik Jonsson: Fort Hood shooting: Judge nixes Nidal Hasan defense strategy. What now?

Stacey Burling: Why the stigma for migraine sufferers?

The Kosher Gourmet by Lisa Abraham: Does it work? 5 new kitchen gadgets put to the test

June 14, 2013

Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski: A spiritual budget: Religious economics and being a ruler

John P. Martin: Hitler insider's missing diary found

Matt Pearce: NSA surveillance disclosure could affect court cases
Peter Tinti: US bounties changes strategy on (Wild, Wild) West African jihadis

Daniel Pendrick, M.D.: Memory loss? Old age may be the least of it

Lauren F. Friedman: But it's all natural! Should we have an instinctive preference for herbal remedies?

Jewz in the Newz by Nate Bloom : Streisand and Alicia Keys in Israel; "Girls" Stuff; Mel Brooks, Another TV special; Superman (who is Jewish) returns --- Israeli plays his mom

The Kosher Gourmet by Sharon K. Ghag : Bored with salad? Bling it up a bit (4 effortless recipes that will result in a 'WOW!')

June 12, 2013

Stephanie Hanes: Little girls or little women? The Disney princess effect

Fred Weir: In tweak to US, Russia would 'consider' asylum for Snowden

Sharon Palmer, R.D.: What's so special about Omega-3 supplements?
Morgan Housel: What newspapers were saying when you should have been buying

Pete Spotts: How cockroaches evolved so as to bypass 'roach motels'

The Kosher Gourmet by Anjali Prasertong: Deep-dish cookie: Warm, gooey and a little over the top

June 10, 2013

Joseph A. Slobodzian: Faith healing and third degree murder: Thorny legal case
Lindsay Wise: Few options for online users to avoid spying, experts say

Sharon Palmer, R.D.: There are plenty of nutritional food bargains out there
Harvard Health Letters: Can bariatric surgery control diabetes?

Zach Murdock: Superglue helps doctors save infant's life

The Kosher Gourmet by Celebrated chef Mario Batali : As good as grilling gets: Rib eye with dry mushroom spice rub

June 7, 2013

Rabbi David Aaron: Beating jealousy

Caroline B. Glick: Wounded . . . and dangerous

Clifford D. May: Al Qaeda vs. Hezbollah
Harvard Health Letters: Fighting back against allergy season

Kimberly Lankford: Grandparents who use FSA to cover grandkid's braces and other must-know info

Jewz in the Newz by Nate Bloom:J ewish Tony Nominees/Tony Awards; Jewish Teen Actor In Sci-Fi Flick; Jewish singer in "Voice" finals

The Kosher Gourmet by Anjali Prasertong: A tart filling so good it might not make it to the crust

June 5, 2013

John Rosemond: Mom, Dad: Talk More and listen less

Kristen Chick: Egypt court sentences 43 pro-democracy workers to prison

Sharon Palmer, R.D.: Mushrooms Have Medicinal As Well As Culinary Value
Morgan Housel: Why you never learn from your investment mistakes

Don Lee: In China, kindergarten rivalry takes deadly turn

The Kosher Gourmet by Sara Kate Gillingham-Ryan: 30-Minute Coq au Vin isn't a dream

June 3, 2013

Molly Hennessy-Fiske: Military judge to consider letting Fort Hood shooting defendant represent himself

Richard A. Serrano: Pvt. Bradley Manning's WikiLeaks trial also a test for government

Mark Trumbull: Have degree, driving cab: Nearly half of college grads are overqualified
Kim Lankford: What to do when long-term care insurance premiums rise

Deborah Netburn: Study: Adults' mouth bacteria may help babies

Jewz in the Newz by Nate Bloom: Jewish Contestant on 'The Voice'; Will Smith's 'Jewish movie family'; Bravo Gives Long Island Jews the Jersey Shore Treatment; Magicians and More

The Kosher Gourmet by Bill Ward: How to be as refined as the wines at a wine tasting

May 29, 2013

Andrew Connelly and Helene Bienvenu: The Little Synagogue that Refused to Die

Dennis Prager: The 'Muslims-Killed-by-the-West' Lie

David Clark Scott: Open war on teachers?
Morgan Housel: If you know only five things about investing, make it these

Sara Reardon: AGenome detectives change the donation game

Deborah Netburn: A one-way ticket to Mars? 78,000-plus and counting apply by video

The Kosher Gourmet by Bev Bennett: CHEDDAR AND CHERRY MUFFINS --- your mouth is already watering

May 24, 2013

Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb: When I didn't so 'humbly disagree'

Caroline B. Glick: Thank you, Hafez al-Assad

Diana West: From the Brooklyn Bridge to London
Morgan Housel: Why spotting bubbles is so much harder than you think

Environmental Nutrition editors: NuVal labeling to the rescue?

Jewz in the Newz by Nate Bloom : Memorial Day: Jews Serving and KIA in War on Terror; Liberace Bio-Pic; Jew Wins "Survivor"; Shalom, Dr. Brothers; More

The Kosher Gourmet by Emma Christensen: HIDE THESE FROZEN TREATS FROM THE KIDDIES!: Sangria pops; Irish cream pudding pops; mango Lassi pops

May 22, 2013

John Thorne: They launched the 'Arab Spring' but now yearn for the good old days of a strongman

John Rosemond: 'Disciplinary math' adds up to parental successl

Warren Richey: Are prayers before public meetings OK? Supreme Court to decide
Rick Montgomery: Use of ADHD drugs as study aid raises concern on campuses

Brierley Wright, M.S., R.D.: 6 convincing reasons you should keep carbs in your diet

Eoin O'Carroll: Scientists examine nothing, find something

The Kosher Gourmet by Carole Kotkin: This soup is made from one of the great pleasures of spring: A wonderful pairing of rosy color and earthy tang

May 20, 2013

Richard A. Serrano: Is Meir Kahane's assassin now a changed man?

Hannan Adely: Town raises Palestinian flag at City Hall

Melissa Healy: Genetic copies of living people from embryos no longer science fiction
Morgan Housel: When smart investors do stupid things

Sharon Saloman, M.S., R.D.: Hunger games: Eat more, weigh less, without starving

Jewz in the Newz by Nate Bloom : Jews Inducted into Rock Hall of Fame; Anton Yelchin co-stars in New "Trek" film; Kutcher (but not Kunis) visits Israel; Jewish TV Star Praises Jewish Rap Star

The Kosher Gourmet by Cathy Pollak: WARNING: This WALNUT CAKE WITH PRALINE FROSTING, perfect for afternoon coffee, is addicting


Jewish World Review Dec. 21, 2007 / 12 Teves, 5768

Clinton crowds are taking their shoes off

By Roger Simon


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http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | WATERLOO, Iowa — A Boys & Girls Club gymnasium in not the fanciest part of town. Folding chairs on a scuffed floor. Cinderblock walls. An old scoreboard with big light bulbs.


The speeches are over, and 42 and 32 — that would be Bill Clinton and Magic Johnson — are working the rope line.


It is hard to say who is enjoying it more. Both men are smiling and laughing. Both make conversation with the people who are lined up. Both reach deep into the crowd to grab hands.


But there is one difference: People take off their shoes for Magic Johnson.


Usually one shoe, left or right, it doesn't matter. They take off a gym shoe and reach it to him and ask for an autograph. He obliges.


Which then leads to a dilemma. What do you do with the shoe? Put it back on and risk ruining a Magic Johnson autographed shoe? Or do you hop back to your car on one foot in the ice and snow?


People do both.


What else do people stick out to be autographed? Cell phones. Odd, but true. People often don't have any paper with them. But just about everybody has a cell phone.


They also have money, which is why some people stick out dollar bills. At a grocery store in Des Moines recently, Bill Clinton signed a dollar bill, while Hillary Clinton declined, saying it was not legal to do so.


This is probably not the biggest disagreement they ever had.


There is no disagreement over the use of Magic Johnson, the popular former Los Angeles Lakers superstar, however. He is a good stump speaker. (Though the campaign tends to use him mostly in the three cities where Iowa's small black population is grouped: Des Moines, Davenport and Waterloo.)


"Sen. Clinton is about creating jobs," Johnson says to the crowd in Waterloo. "And she is not just about it today — like many of the candidates — but she has been about it a long time."


Whether this is supposed to be a criticism of Barack Obama is anybody's guess.


"I play on a winning team," Johnson says. "You play on a winning team. Hillary is the winning team."


Then Johnson introduces "the greatest president we have ever had in the history of the country" and Bill Clinton steps up and says, "Before I got into politics, I was as tall as Magic."


Everybody laughs, but, actually, at 6 feet 9 inches tall, Johnson does not really loom that much over the 6-foot-2-and-a-half-inch Clinton. (Johnson, who announced in 1991 that he is HIV positive, also appears to be in excellent health.)


"This is a happy election for me," Clinton goes on. "I will have been a voter for 40 years next year. I hate it."


Everybody laughs again.


"This is the best field I have ever seen," he says and the audience bursts into applause, perhaps indicating there are some undecided voters in attendance. "The whole field is good this time. We have a happy challenge: Who would be the best president?"


He lists a number of reasons why Hillary would be: She will "rebuild the middle-class dream" and "recover America's leadership in the world" and "reclaim the future for our country."


He also tells a little anecdote about switching to Hillary's dentist not long ago and how tedious a process it was.


"I sat there like a toadstool and answered questions for an hour!" he says.


A toadstool? There is more laughter.


He goes on talking about health care and how Johnson "is a strong man today, because he works on wellness."


He also says that Johnson, who is usually careful about what he eats, was led astray by Clinton that day.


"At lunch we had soup, gravy, french fries, grilled cheese sandwiches and banana cream pie," Clinton says. "We need a nap."


More laughter.


He grows serious and talks about how Hillary is an "agent of change" and then, interestingly, indicates she will have a harder time winning the primaries than in November.


"What stands between her and the presidency is not the general election," he says. "I think she will be elected, if she is nominated."


If.


"Please caucus for her," he says.


Then it is all over, and he and Magic walk to the rope line. Where people begin taking off their shoes.

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