Bill Clinton certainly got a lot of mileage out of cheap wordplay with the name of his hometown, Hope, Arkansas. So what could Hillary Clinton have been thinking, THE SCRAPBOOK wonders, when she kicked off her official candidacy for the Senate last week in the town of Purchase, New York?
Far be it from THE SCRAPBOOK to make easy jokes about riverfront land purchases, or purchasing a night in the Lincoln Bedroom. The Clintons, truth be told, are better known as freeloaders than as purchasers. Consider all the times they've vacationed gratis with their friends. Consider that Bill Clinton will probably be crashing at his presidential library after he leaves office. And consider that Hillary last week at one of her first campaign stops in Albion, N.Y., left no tip for the singlemom waitress after her free breakfast at the Village House diner.
As Barbara J. Saffir reported in the Washington Times, "the locals have been talking about little else since Tuesday, when [Hillary] stopped for breakfast after making a speech about how New York's farmers 'are really hurting these days.'" The stiffed waitress "makes less than the minimum wage and pays for her own health insurance," Saffir noted.
Restaurant owner Alex Mitrousis said it was "an honor" to host the first lady. "She had two servings of eggs," Mitrousis recalled. After an order of oatmeal, scrambled eggs, home fries and rye toast, Hillary ordered an additional "two scrambled eggs with cheese," he said. "We're going to call it the first lady's special."