Roger Simon writes for Tiger Beat on the Potomac these days, and the headline writers make him look like a fool. You would think that an article entitled Why Hillary Hates Iowa would have at least one fact in it that verifies that she has some kind of antipathy for the Hawkeye State. But, sadly, all this article has is the assertion, by Simon, that “until quite recently [she] has loathed the place.”
Admittedly, her third place finish in the 2008 Iowa caucuses would justify her not having the fondest feelings about the state, but if you are going to say that a potential candidate “loathes” a state, you ought to at least have some kind of second-hand anonymous source to justify it, right?
But Politico doesn’t require even that. The article is really little more than a snarky bit of coverage of the Clintons’ appearance this weekend at Senator Tom Harkin’s 37th (and last) Steak Fry. It doesn’t in any way document any loathing of Iowa, any unhappiness to be there, or any significant news whatsoever. Likewise, Mr. Simon argues without any substantiating documentation whatsoever that Vice-President Biden is making Hillary Clinton “crazy” by visiting Des Moines this week.
Apparently, this totally mailed-in article cuts the mustard at Politico, and the click-baiting headline bothers no one.
What a joke.
