We already knew that Hillary could lose a shoe and recover as gracefully and adorably as Cinderella thanks to this incident at the Elysee Palace in January 2010 when then President Sarkozy successfully partnered her recovery of the lost slipper.
Today,
while speaking at the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries
conference in Las Vegas, she demonstrated that she is as quick-thinking
and fleet of movement as Derek Jeter when she dodged a shoe lobbed at
her by a woman in the audience who was taken into custody. Reportedly,
Hillary was not hit, and her hand-on-the-hip stance is as cool as that
of any Major League short stop. You can almost envision the glove on
her left hand. Note to all: She is as good at ducking flying objects
as she is fielding all the pointless questions about 2016. She will
speak about that when she is good and ready so stop the useless prodding.
A
woman was taken into custody after hurling what she said was a shoe at
Hillary Clinton during a Las Vegas speech — and the former secretary of
state was quick with a witty comeback.
The
bizarre incident happened just moments after Clinton took the stage
Thursday at an Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries meeting at the
Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino.
The former first lady, 66, ducked, but did not appear to be struck by the flying object. She quickly joked about the incident.
Clinton quipped: "Is that somebody throwing something at me? Is that part of Cirque du Soleil?"
She
added: "My goodness, I didn't know that solid waste management was so
controversial. Thank goodness she didn't play softball like I did."
LAS
VEGAS — Authorities have filed federal charges against a Phoenix woman
accused of throwing a shoe on stage while Hillary Rodham Clinton gave a
convention speech.
The
trespassing and violence charges lodged Sunday against Alison Michelle
Ernst in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas come as local prosecutors
consider a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge in state court.
Ernst didn't respond to a phone message Monday, and it isn't clear if she has a lawyer.
HANDOUT / Reuters
Alison
Ernst, 36, is seen in a booking photo released by the Las Vegas
Metropolitan Police Department in Las Vegas April 11, 2014.
The
36-year-old faces a June 24 court date on the local charge, which could
get her a year in county jail stemming from the incident Thursday.
A
court date in the federal case wasn't immediately set. Clinton wasn't
struck by the shoe. She continued her speech to a recycling industry
conference at the Mandalay Bay resort.
HANDOUT / Reuters
