Not what Sarah intended, I'm sure....

[Martyj]

As we all know, there has been ZERO buzz about Sarah Fisher on the national level the past few years. So doing the photo-op thing was Hillary Clinton yesterday was a smart move to remind the public that she's still around.

And yet, this morning driving to work I was surfing the radio dial listening to various post-primary commentary on various Washington DC stations. One commentator was recapping Hillary's day yesterday, and said:

(paraphrasing)..."while waiting out the day, she stopped by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as guest of Danica Patrick and was photographed with Patrick's race car."

The other commentator added: "Obviously, by meeting with Patrick, Senator Clinton is trying to strike a theme of 'girl power' by showing that the only female in the Indianapolis 500 is supporting the only female in the Presidential race...."

ouch.

My guess is, despite Fisher's intentions, the widely held perception among the "man-in-the-street" is simply that Clinton met with the "girl" race car driver. Which happens to be Danica Patrick.

[Doyouloveit?]

It's just like Indycar gets called F-1, or Danica is a NASCAR driver.

[irlracingfan]

Just further proof that journalists are in the same class with lawyers, real estate agents, doctors, sports agents and other such parasites who need someone else to mooch off of to make a living. What ever happened to DOING YOUR JOB? Research before you write! Is that such an absurd concept?

[MarkDonohueFan]

Sen. Clinton met both drivers. Sarah's was a bigger to-do and Danica was a "hi, how you doing?" thing. But you are right...it is lazy journalism to report the big star who talked with her for a few minutes compared to Sarah whose team had a big welcome and everything for the Senator.

Sarah is still getting good play for it, though.

[TooMuchStagger]

Simply amazing. I am constantly amazed at the lack of knowledge people have with racing. I remember back in the Roberto Guererro days, Len Dawson our local sports caster kept calling him Pedro Guererro.


I've had tons of friends ask incredibly stupid questions about the 500 over the years.. among them...

"Where is that race held?"

"Is that a dirt track? "

"Will Richard Petty be in it this year?"

And of course my all time favorite "how can you sit and watch cars go around and around all day long?"

[Brent_the_Lazier_fan]

Just further proof that journalists are in the same class with lawyers, ....?

That's pretty damned offensive. How come we're the only ones who can apparently read contracts and abide by them?

[Cosworth]

Just further proof that journalists are in the same class with lawyers, real estate agents, doctors, sports agents and other such parasites who need someone else to mooch off of to make a living. What ever happened to DOING YOUR JOB? Research before you write! Is that such an absurd concept?

What a load of crap!

[CARTer]

Can anyone point me to a bio page for Will Overhead?

[Ace Sprocket]

Not that I like to mix politics with racing - I just think its a bad idea - but Sarah hit a home run in NYC !


Large photo of Sarah high fiving the evil one on page 4 of the NY Daily news. They had the names right, the series right and the Speedway right. Full page story. Best press Sarah has had in a while.

Oh, and the best part ?.....Absolutely NO mention of Danica !!!!

[cornutt]

"Where is that race held?"

"Who is buried in Grant's tomb?"

[Brantoc]

Just further proof that journalists are in the same class with lawyers,

That's pretty damned offensive. How come we're the only ones who can apparently read contracts and abide by them?

I agree. he should apologize to every lawyer on here.

[midtown]

I was more offended by his crack at doctors, and I'm an engineer. God forbid irlracingfan, or someone he cares about, ever gets sick.

[Pit Poppy]

I've had tons of friends ask incredibly stupid questions about the 500 over the years.. among them...

I usually hear...when do you leave for the raceS -- as if there is more than one.

[CARTer]

I've had tons of friends ask incredibly stupid questions about the 500 over the years.. among them...

I usually hear...when do you leave for the raceS -- as if there is more than one.

Before I became a parasitic mooch, I worked in PR. My boss told a story of taking some VIP and his ditzy trophy wife to the race one year as part of some corproate entertaining. As they took their seats, the wife asked "is this race really 500 miles?" Upon being told yes, she said,

"What do we do until they get back?"

[Hardscrabble]

"Who is buried in Grant's tomb?"

Napoleon...

BTW, I've seen the Sarah/Other One photo all over the place yesterday and today...