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That Won't be Crow on Carlson's Plate
By Lloyd Grove - Washington Post
Wednesday, June 18, 2003; Page C03
It's hard to see how Tucker Carlson can get out of it.
On repeated occasions in the past six weeks, the CNN "Crossfire" host has vowed on the air to eat his shoes if Hillary Rodham Clinton's book sells a million copies. He has also pledged to eat his shoes if Simon & Schuster recoups its $8 million advance. Sometimes he has promised to eat his tie, too, and to buy co-host Paul Begala dinners for a month.
"If they make $8 million on that book, I will eat my shoes," Carlson declared on April 28 about "Living History," the New York junior senator's memoirs. "I promise that right here." The next night, Carlson vowed: "If this woman sells a million copies, I'll eat my shoes and my tie."
On May 16, Carlson reaffirmed that pledge to Begala, and added: "Literally, I will pay for your dinner for a month if she makes $8 million." On June 5, Carlson insisted that if Clinton's book "does sell more than a million copies, I'll eat my shoes here on 'Crossfire.' "
On June 11, Carlson declared: "If she sells a million copies of this book, I'll eat my shoes and my tie. I will." On June 12, Carlson repeated: "If she sells a million copies, I will eat them."
But last Friday, the day Simon & Schuster announced that Clinton had already sold 600,000 copies, Carlson didn't sound quite so confident. "There are not 400,000 more gullible people in this nation," he said.
Yesterday he told us: "I feel a little sick to my stomach just thinking about it." In a self-pitying tone, Carlson added: "I am probably going to end up being punished for attempting to be honorable. I'm still betting on America, but I'm probably going to end up like Al Gore. I'm going to contest the results and demand recounts, but ultimately I'm going to give in and do the right thing."
Carlson predicted that he'll soon be consulting fetishistic Web sites for edible footwear. But he won't eat his tie. "There's only so much humiliation one man can take." As for Begala's month of dinners, Carlson said: "They'll be Mrs. Lee's tuna sandwiches."
Simon & Schuster spokeswoman Victoria Meyer told us: "When the time comes, we'll be only too happy to send Tucker a bottle of steak sauce."
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