Hillary Clinton’s expert PR

Hi all,
This was a really cool message forwarded to be by my Journalism professor. Check it out :) Its really funny! Enjoy!

 A professional genealogical researcher discovered that Hillary Clinton’s great-great uncle, Remus Rodham, was hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Montana in 1889. His only known photograph shows him standing on the gallows. On the back of the picture is the inscription: “Remus Rodham: horse thief, sent to Montana Territorial Prison 1885; escaped 1887; robbed the Montana Flyer six times; caught by Pinkerton detectives, convicted and hanged in 1889.”

This was sent to Hillary Clinton. However, her staff of image consultants got their hands on it and decided they could use it for their own purposes: they cropped Remus’s picture and edited it with image processing software so all that’s seen is his face.They then wrote the following biographical sketch:

“Remus Rodham was a well-known cowboy in the Montana Territory in the late 19th century. His business empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian assets and intimate dealings with the Montana railroad. Beginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to service at a government facility, finally taking leave to resume his dealings with the railroad. In 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the renowned Pinkerton Detective Agency. In 1889, Remus passed away during an importaA professional genealogical researcher discovered that Hillary Clinton’s great-great uncle, Remus Rodham, was hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Montana in 1889. His only known photograph shows him standing on the gallows. On the back of the picture is the inscription: “Remus Rodham: horse thief, sent to Montana Territorial Prison 1885; escaped 1887; robbed the Montana Flyer six times; caught by Pinkerton detectives, convicted and hanged in 1889.”

This was sent to Hillary Clinton. However, her staff of image consultants got their hands on it and decided they could use it for their own purposes: they cropped Remus’s picture and edited it with image processing software so all that’s seen is his face.They then wrote the following biographical sketch:

“Remus Rodham was a well-known cowboy in the Montana Territory in the late 19th century. His business empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian assets and intimate dealings with the Montana railroad. Beginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to service at a government facility, finally taking leave to resume his dealings with the railroad. In 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the renowned Pinkerton Detective Agency. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic function held in his honor, when the platform upon which he was standing collapsed.”

Cool isnt it? I mean, how good do you get! And to think it actually happened!!!! :D

Cheers, and have a great day!


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August 2, 2007 | Filed Under Humour 

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2 Responses to “Hillary Clinton’s expert PR”

  1. Clay Shentrup on August 2nd, 2007

    It would be nice to see you link to this straw poll using Range Voting, which lets us much more accurately gauge both the depth and breadth of support for the candidates.

    http://polls.zoho.com/brokenladder/2008-u-s-presidential-straw-poll-using-range-voting

    The results are a little skewed right now, because it was first posted at some fairly partisan blogs, but as it picks up steam, I think it will be more representative of the sum of the various political factions. And it gives us so much more data than a simple plurality (vote-for-one) poll.

  2. wanda on January 17th, 2008

    Being a genealogist myself, I decided to check this out. IT IS A BUNCH OF GARBAGE.
    I have a paid membership to Ancestry.com, no Remus Rodham comes up on that site, which includes all Federal Census, social security, family trees,birth and death records, etc.. No Remus Rodham could be found. Same for FamilySearch.com (the Morman site).
    I have researched Hillary’s family tree.
    Here is the correct information, starting with the parents, etc. given on Hillary’s web site as to her family.
    I find them first in a 1881 Census of England
    Jonathan Rodham 37
    Isabella Simpson Rodham 31
    Children:
    Thomas Bell Rodham 12
    Margaret Rodham 10
    Isabella Simpson Rodham 8
    Joseph Rodham 6
    William Robert Rodham 4
    Jonathan Rodham 3
    Hugh Rodham 1
    I next find them on a New York Passenger list as follows:
    DATE PF ARRIVAL; WAS 9 OCT 1882, on ship named Alaska. From England to New York.
    Rodham, Bella (Isabella) 31 matron departed England
    Rodham, Thos. 11 child, departed England
    Rodham, Marget 9 child, departed England
    Rodham, Joseph 7 child, departed England
    Rodham, Wm 6 child, departed England
    Rodham, Hugh 2 child, departed England (Hillary’s Father)
    Rodham, Fanny infant, departed England
    1900 Census of Scranton Ward 2, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
    Jonathan Rodham 56 born 1844 England THIS IS WHERE YOU WILL FIND HER GREAT UNCLES,NO REMUS ANYWHERE!
    Isabella S. Rodham 50 born 1850 England
    Margarett Rodham 29 dau born 1871 England
    Joseph Rodham 25 son born 1875 England
    William R. Rodham 24 son born 1876 England
    Hugh Rodham 20 son born 1880 England
    Elizabeth Rodham 18 dau born 1852 England
    Robert B. Rodham 16 son born 1884 Pa
    Wade Rodham 14 son born 1886 Pa
    Ethel Rodham 12 dau born 1888 Pa
    George B. Rodham 10 son born 1890 Pa.
    Hillary Diane Rodham, dau of HUGH ELLSWORTH RODHAM born 1911 and Dorothy Emma Howell.
    Hugh Ellsworth Rodham, son of HUGH SIMPSON RODHAM born 1879 Kyo, Durham, England
    Hugh Simpson Rodham, son of JONATHAN RODHAM born 1843 Holmside, Wagtain cottages, Durham, England. and wife Isabella Simpson Bell born 1849 Durham, England.
    Jonathan Rodham, son of JOSEPH RODHAM born 1812 Beamish, South Mour, Durham, England amd Elizabeth Scurfield.
    Her great Uncles were only ages 1 through 12 in 1881. Really too young to be the criminal , horse thief, in Montana in 1885.
    The great great uncles lived in Durham, England.
    I remember the name “Uncle Remus” from my childhood.
    Another person said the original picture which was attached to this story had a Texas city and state printed on it. It also had the real name of the man who was hanged.
    LET’S TREAT PEOPLE WITH RESPECT. NO MORE GARBAGE OF THIS NATURE, ABOUT ANYONE ON EITHER POLITICAL PERSUASION.

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