Mark Halperin’s bad joke
Matthew Stockman/Getty Images I think it’s safe to say this joke by Mark Halperin was in poor taste: YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS STUFF UP Hillary Clinton enthusiastically picked a filly named Eight Belles to win the Kentucky Derby and compared herself to the horse. Eight Belles finished second. The winner was the favorite, Big Brown. ...
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I think it’s safe to say this joke by Mark Halperin was in poor taste:
YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS STUFF UP
Hillary Clinton enthusiastically picked a filly named Eight Belles to win the Kentucky Derby and compared herself to the horse. Eight Belles finished second. The winner was the favorite, Big Brown. Eight Belles collapsed immediately after crossing the finish line, and was euthanized shortly thereafter.
Blake Hounshell is a former managing editor of Foreign Policy.
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