Prospective 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton gave an absolute dud of an introduction to her speech in Winnipeg Wednesday afternoon.
Noting the relationship between the United States and Canada, she said the two countries’ commonalities are about a frozen pond wide and just deep enough to skate on.
“I know sometimes you are called the Chicago of the North. As someone who grew up in the Winnipeg of the South, I feel right at home. They greeted me when I got out of the car by saying, ‘It’s cold and snowy,’ and I said, ‘Yes it is,’ ” Clinton began to the sound of light laughter from an audience perhaps wondering where on earth she was going with this. “I’m glad to be here with you. In fact, that’s how I feel whenever I come to Canada. Our two countries have so much in common, including hockey … chambers of commerce — so many things that connect us across our very long border.”
Sources confirmed that Canada and the United States indeed share a climate in some places, the sport of ice hockey, and the practice of establishing regional business organizations.
“No two nations in the world are closer,” she continued.
Given all that, no doubt.
Tickets to watch Clinton speak were $300 a pop, Manitoban press reported. Some 2,000 were in attendance to watch her deliver brief remarks and participate in a question and answer session with a Canadian bank’s CEO.
She was scheduled to talk in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Wednesday evening, where she will have the opportunity to note the U.S. and Canada’s shared traditions of hunting and Tim Hortons coffee.
