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  Hillary “Iron My Shirts” was a Radio Prank
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Last EditedServo  Jan 10, 2008 01:48pm
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News DateTuesday, January 8, 2008 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionMichelle Malkin reports that the comments were part of a prank by a Boston radio station:

Follow-up question: Why didn’t the shock jock show staffers identify their affiliation to the Daily News? Was it a show-sanctioned prank or not?

Answer: See-Dub notes that another of the show’s staffers, Rich Shertenlieb, was apparently the same dork who held up one of these “Iron My Shirt” signs at the Masters in 2003.

Update: Reader Ron points to a Wikipedia entry that points to a possible radio prank. The hecklers had been identified by the NYDailyNews earlier in the day as Nick Gemelli and Adolfo Gonzalez–but the paper did not make the connection with the radio show. As Ron points out, the Wikipedia entry lists “Intern Nick” and “Adolfo” as staffers for a Boston radio station show called “The Toucher and Rich Show:”
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