WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2016

Hillary’s Horse-Thieving Heritage

Last night with all our local Disingenuous DemocRATS watching former Pants-Dropper-In-Chief Bill Clinton spin his myth of love and change, attempting to wash away decades of scandal, power, and corruption with a yarn and a smile, Cynical Conservatives were checking out the latest item being passed around the Internet:  

Judy Wallman, a professional genealogical researcher, discovered that Hillary Clinton’s great-great uncle, Remus Rodham, was hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Montana in 1889.

The only other known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows.  On the back of the picture is this inscription:

‘Remus Rodham; horse thief, sent to Montana Territorial Prison 1885, escaped 1887, robbed the Montana Flyer six times.  Caught by Pinkerton detectives, convicted and hanged in 1889.’

Judy e-mailed Hillary Clinton for comments;

Hillary’s staff of professional image adjusters sent back the following biographical sketch:

Remus Rodham was a famous cowboy in the Montana Territory.

His business empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian assets and intimate dealings with the Montana railroad.

Beginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to service at a government facility, finally taking leave to resume his dealings with  the railroad.

In 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the renowned Pinkerton Detective Agency.

In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic function held in his honor when the platform upon which he was standing collapsed.’

And THAT is how ‘SPIN’ is done, folks!

But wouldn’t it be funny if this same basic piece of political fiction had been adapted for just about every person running for president during the past 40 years?

(Snopes.com says the above photograph of train-robbing outlaw Tom “Black Jack” Ketchum has been adapted into a “one-size-fits-all” political jibe — all one need do is simply alter the text by changing the surname to match that of the disfavored politician du jour, then send it winging around the Internet yet again. In May 2001, for example, another version actually featured George W. Bush and a previous Hillary version was passed around in October 2000.) [MORE]